And I guess she thought or they thought I had maybe talked to my agent but I hadn't," Sykes said. Keifer Sykes' 3-pointer wins TBT for Boeheim's Army. Like Sykes, Dawson's been a father since he was a junior in high school. So when you see a kid and he graduated (high school) in 2021 on back, and he comes up and he makes it to the league, youll be like, Man, hes so tough. I do a lot of camps (in my hometown). Sykes said he was in a state of denial, praying hed wake up and the nightmare would be over. "So Im very fortunate to have that opportunity. Once my brother left, I went to school by myself. My foundation is about mass incarcerationand gun violence. One of Sykes signature moments came when he scored five points a dagger 3 and layup on back-to-back plays in overtime of a dramatic 121-117 upset win against Stephen Curry and the Warriors at Chase Center on Jan. 20. This June will mark a decade since Keifer Sykes father died, 10 years of carrying on without his biggest fan. It's been an emotional journey for Freeman, who went out and bought a few pregnancy tests last summer, and then cried and hugged Kylee as they discovered they'd be parents. Theres a lot of different rules over there. "Chicago means everything to me, man. Sykes said it was devastating to never receive his final payment, but he refused to surrender to his tough times aboard and eventually had a breakthrough campaign in Australia with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the National Basketball League. Even when I was younger, he would just always affirm my greatness, Sykes said. Sykes studied at Marshall High School, where he started playing basketball. "I didn't want to do it. There was yelling on one end of the line and a 15-year-old stomach swirling to mush on the other. On Tuesday morning, Buchanan got into a car with his father, aunt and uncle and drove nearly four hours to join his team in Dayton, Ohio. We had guys on our team trying to feed their kids fast food. In this, Dawson's final year at Michigan State, My'Shawn has lived with him, the two of them bonding, sharing meals in a small off-campus apartment. He and his wife/high school sweetheart, Laura, are expecting. At James Sykes' urging, and Keifer's own interest in ending the courtship of so many other coaching staffs, he committed fairly early as a junior. Former Pacers guard Keifer Sykes, center, hosts a free youth camp at the Irsay Family YMCA in Indianapolis on April 30, 2022. "We felt defeated," he said. My own agents telling me that I'm not gonna play in the NBA. I was afraid to tell my mom.". After Keifer impregnated his former girlfriend, Allyne, he was horrified to tell mom. By the time Wardle got to Sykes' dorm room, Sykes had locked himself in the bathroom as he grappled with one overarching and unshakable thought: The life he had before he went to sleep was gone. "One time I asked him, and he didn't know. 'You don't know who this is?'". "She's the key to being married, to being a dad. [25], On October 4, 2020, Sykes signed a 1-month contract with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League. He remembers hopping into a car after getting that call, riding with the aunt of My'Shawn's mother, a 10-minute drive to Methodist Hospital. (Without prompt, Sykes publicly defended his coach throughout the ordeal.). For more than a few college athletes, this is the side of life the public does not see. I thought I was going to pass out, but I stayed strong. I can't wait to see her and hug her.". She's been a tremendous help to our players and our players' girlfriends. "It's the first time I had to do real school work. When Sykes joined the Phoenix, they were an expansion team in Year 2 of their development, and according to Mitchell, no one expected much from them or Sykes. Lisa Sykes said she cried nonstop when she initially saw the video, and she cried again while sitting in a back room at Proviso East with Keifer across the hall speaking to dozens of children she had just handed pizza to. How tall is Keifer Sykes? Sykes didn't like the recruiting process -- at all. But in talking to dozens of college coaches for this story, you discover that that this is a more common situation than you might think. You can practically hear the smile through the phone as Gathers, who was wearing scrubs that didn't fit his 6-8, 275-pound frame, tells the story. He has just one full sibling, James Sykes Jr., and seven more half-siblings: DaVon, Jarvis, Kristie, Jameeka, Rashaunda, Shakeeya and Antwan. After waiting for months, Dawson found the courage while plopped on a bus headed to Milwaukee. Like Sykes, he's a senior NBA prospect. The Pacers waived third-string point guard Brad Wanamaker after his poor playand picked up Sykes mainly as an insurance guard since starting point guard Malcolm Brogdon was sidelined with a sore right Achilles and backup point guard T.J. McConnell is out due to right wrist surgery. As of 2021, he is representing Fort Wayne Mad Ants, a professional basketball team of Indiana. He was 16. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. She took in five kids, taking care of my kids when I told her I wanted to play college basketball. I remember being cut by the Pacers (before the season) and having to tell my son that I got cut, feeling like I just got cut in front of everybody, and I still had to do a seventh- and eighth-grade camp the next day. Sykes became the only active player in the nation with 2,000+ points, 500+ assists, and 400+ rebounds. More:Pacers swingmen Torrey Craig, Justin Anderson enter NBA's COVID-19 protocols. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'biographyhost_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_1',164,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-medrectangle-4-0'); Throughout his career, Sykesrepresentedseveral basketball clubs worldwide like Anyang KGC (Korean Basketball league), Ankara DSI (Turkish Club), Felice Scandone (Italian Club), etc. It's a boy, and they're down to two names with two months to go. For Sykes, whos been giving back for years, that was the norm. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Five and a half years later, James and Lisa Sykes married, on April 27, 1999. [26] The team later tried to sign Sykes to a contract for another month, but Sykes balked, wanting an agreement through the end of the year, and was let go by Panathinaikos at the end of October. Over Indianas past two games,Sykes is averaging 20.0points, 5.5assists and 3.5rebounds while shooting 53.8% from the field, 50.0% on 3-pointers and 85.7% at the free-throw line. "At first there was a lot of fear. The next day, Bloodman played 18 minutes against Kentucky. "Those of us that know his story, (it's) very compelling, and this is a culmination of a lot of work and a big dream.". She took care of everybody.. Eventually, Keifer will find himself back in Homewood, Illinois, standing over a plot where James Sykes eternally rests. His daughter Zarah has just turned six years old on 22 September 2021. 1 seed and took them to Game 5, which is like Game 7 over there, and lost on their floor," Sykes said. " Following his senior year at Marshall Metro in Chicago, Sykes wasn't even considered a top-25 senior in Illinois. In the 2017-18 season, Sykes played for Ankara DS S.K. Some of them terrifying, like the hell and stress Rhode Island's T.J. Buchanan has endured all season. He left a big mark on his teammates. So all I wanted to do is take care of her. "At this point, she's three months pregnant," Keifer said. In fact, Sykes is technically on a two-year deal, but the second year of his contract is non-guaranteed. The biggest help to me is my wife. It was tough, but I knew that might be a part of my journey with me being at a mid-major, Sykes said. He's the boss.". For now, the per diem pays for diapers. So, hell most likely head into the offseason having to prove himself all over again to the Pacers and other NBA franchises for a shot to remain in the best league in the world. After the euphoria of winning TBT and signing a training camp deal with the Pacers, Sykes faced another hurdle when he was cut before the season started. "I wasn't trying to map out a strategy to go pro. The death of Sykes father painfully added to that. The 5-foot-11 guard signed a training camp deal with the Pacers but was waived before the start of the 2021-22 campaign. And these (five games) that he's played, he's played tremendously. Go to college, live your life. We playing my hometown team, it was just my birthday (Dec. 30), everybody is excited like, 'You finally (got) the call up.' Ithink the basket was moving. The next thing I know I hear the coaches banging on the door. In high school. And life off the court has been pock-marked with losses and tragedies tied to the gun violence that has riddled the streets of Chicago for a century. He was on a trip for a basketball tournament, and that's when he called his mother at work. Then he sank a 17-footer over . He and KJ communicate every day; KJ can unlock an iPhone and FaceTime in no time. Keifer Sykes was on campus after his freshman season at Wisconsin-Green Bay, taking summer classes and going through workouts, when his phone rang around 7:30 a.m. His older brother, Jarvis Tucker, was on the other end. "Looking back on my season, where did it go, and it's been a weird, weird year.". Waiting. And like Dawson and Sykes, he's a pro prospect. His dad is alive, but he's not around and never has been. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? The craziest thing about this is that today is (Jan. 15), so today is the first time Ive seen an NBA check, Sykes said. Wardle, who is now the head coach at Bradley, called James Sykes a tremendous man, the type who, alongside Lisa Sykes, wanted his son to be held to the highest standard in all areas. Luckily for Wardle, he said he never had to spend too much energy in those departments because even though Sykes was just 17 when he made his college debut making him one of the youngest players in the country he was prepared beyond his years. So this is gonna be my first time playing 2K.". From grade school to now, I really paid the cost. Moreover, last year on her 5th birthday, Sykes took it to his Instagram@ksykeyb28. "The team was always paying us late, and they didn't think we would make the playoffs, but we got in the last spot, played the No. The biggest phone call. In high school, Sykes would ride alone on the green line to Marshall Metro High -- the team featured in the beloved basketball documentaryHoop Dreams-- where he played his way onto varsity and would become a McDonald's All-American honorable mention. On 5 August 2021, he also struck a deal with the NBA team, Indiana Pacers. section: | slug: paternal-fraternity-the-overlooked-reality-behind-so-many-college-athletes-daily-lives-as-fathers | sport: collegebasketball | route: article_single.us | A family of seven crammed into a two-bedroom place, where they lived until Sykes got to high school. Sykes was the undersized and underprivileged kid who was supposed to be swallowed up by the inner city, broken after his fathers death and discouraged by the countless doubters who told him reaching the NBA was a pipe dream. He felt shock, and immediately told his father. My own trainers telling me, 'Prepare and train for overseas,' and I'm telling them, 'No.' An uncle to six and the son of a farmer, Anderson grew up bailing hay in Newark, Illinois. I told them, 'Don't have any babies. I shot that wing 3 against the Bulls,I air-balled. So I went into my roommates room, and I just woke him up and just said it to him and just got to breaking down crazy. Both anticipated that their contracts would be guaranteed through the end of the seasonFriday, and McKinnie was retained, too. Pictured below, there he is in the hospital with his girlfriend, Kylee, and his baby girl, Maddox, born three weeks ago -- smack dab in the middle of the season. Keifer Sykes was a two-time Horizon League Player of the Year at Green Bay. After Saturday games, White drives east through the dark trails and over the Mississippi border to spend his Sundays with Joniah Jr. Memphis' Kedren Johnson can relate. 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I was gonna have to fight an uphill battle, so I was already ready for it if I didnt get drafted.. Lisa runs an out-of-home daycare operation. I trained with different guys. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but Brogdon will never forget his introduction to Sykes. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 27 years old? And in addition to that, you've got a demographic of kids without fathers, maybe more irresponsible, who don't understand things at a young age and make mistakes earlier.". Like Sykes, he opted not to turn pro early despite having a child to feed. My'Shawn's mother lives back in Indiana; it was her idea to have father and child live together this season, in part because she's working night shifts at a Speedway to save money and find some quiet that was lost during the early years of My'Shawn's life. The two remain close, and Harrington said hes thankful the gun violence that changed his life didnt have the same effect on the player he nicknamed Special K., I just started calling him Special K because I knew that kid had something special about him, Harrington said. [7] Sykes and 7ft 1in (2.16m) standout player Alec Brown led the Phoenix to a 245 regular season record and finished first in the Horizon League. There's more to life than basketball. [18] In his rookie season with Austin, including the playoffs, Sykes averaged 13.1 points, 3.3 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 0.84 steals while shooting 45.9% from the field and 77.4% from the free throw line, and also recording a plus/minus of +196. His father taught him and told him about becoming a boy to a man, Lisa Sykes said. Buchanan's son, Terry Buchanan III, was born in November with a life-threatening condition. [9] A loss in the Horizon League tournament, due in part to a Sykes injury, led the Phoenix to missing an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament and playing in the National Invitation Tournament. American NBA Player, Representative of Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Indiana. The two-time Horizon League Player of the Year scores a career-best 36 against UIC, helping the Phoenix win 72-67. Playing for two beating hearts. From there, Sykes bounced around the fringes of the NBA, joining the Cavaliers for the 2015 Summer League, then signing with San Antonio his father's favorite team and appearing in three 2015-16 preseason games, before being waived and picked up by the Spurs D League (now G League) affiliate, the Austin Spurs. It wasnt like when I went to Europe and your teammates have been around American players enough to know some English. "This is not the time for that," Cassandra Dawson told her son, thinking he was kidding. Sykes won the 2015 Horizon League player of the year to join the elite company of players to win the award twice. The two met in middle school in Louisiana, and remained close friends until things turned romantic midway through high school. He is at Green Bay because that staff impressed his father. Dayton kicked two players off its roster earlier this season after a dorm-room theft forced Archie Miller's hand. With the championship and money on the line, he drained the game-winning 3 to lift Boeheims army to a 69-67 walk-off victory. [17], On November 13, Sykes made his professional debut in a 10482 win over the Texas Legends, recording eight points, one rebound, six assists and three steals in 17 minutes off the bench. When I was like, Oh, Im small, he was like, Nah, you can go to the NBA. And as I have witnessed in recent days, the documentary is being augmented with a videographer. We had nothing, man. The child's mother, Cecilia, and members of both parents' families crammed into a hospital room and glanced back and forth between watching a father on TV and keeping an eye on T.J. sleep with tubes and probes keeping him alive. I can't describe how gracious God has been toward us. "He so reminds me of his dad. KJ crowned around dinnertime on Aug. 3, 2010, at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "We were a stage for him to perform on. Dozens of programs were contacted for this story and asked if they had a player on their roster who was a father or a father-to-be. Sykes, Dawson and Gathers all have teammates who are dads. Hes so well-rounded. You go to South Korea and thats a whole different culture, Sykes said. If it happens, he'll count that moment, along with the one he experienced Friday, as two big wins for his hometown. He was even more so on a mission than he was before.. "He earned it," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said of Sykes' contract being guaranteed for the rest of the season. From mother to son. The two began dating and created a family out of wedlock. Moments after making the million-dollar shot, it was reported by multiple outlets that Sykes signed with the Pacers, bookending a truly remarkable day. Pacers swingmen Torrey Craig, Justin Anderson enter NBA's COVID-19 protocols, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. At one point, he was the only active player in the country to eclipse 2,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds, but when he sat and watched the 2015 NBA Draft with his family and close friends, his name was not called among the 60 picks. So it's just amazing. "For me,itwas just me getting my first bucket. He'll want to turn to ESPN and watch a basketball game. Sykes, a former point guard for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, sunk a pull-up three to give Boeheim's Army a 69-67 win over Team 23 in Tuesday's TBT championship. I cant do that. So I was processing it, and then I didnt know what to do. I have made past mistakes in my life, and God continues to make a way for us. How old is Keifer Sykes? Sykes estimated he's trekked it back and forth about 20 times per season over the past four years. We had nothing, man. Come August, Keifer will be three months removed from college. Another team lost a player in the middle of the night, without warning, because he was given an ultimatum by the child's mother. Like Bell at Gonzaga, Delaware's Kyle Anderson is a four-year starter. (Virginia coach) Tony Bennett went to Green Bay and was a legend there, and I think Keifer was the guy thats been next in line as the second or first greatest player to play there. So whatever dreams they had, she backed them, which is why when Keifer Sykes fathered his son, Keifer Jr., at 16 and daughter, Kennedi, at 21, she volunteered to help take care of them while Sykes went to college at Wisconsin-Green Bay and continued his career overseas always chasing his ultimate goal of playing in the NBA. The sacrifices she made, man. We had nothing. pic.twitter.com/4JC9VJNSpW, James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) January 7, 2022, "Everything that she did for us, losing my dad, taking care of everybody she deserves this more than anybody, Keifer Sykes said. He was just a really good man. More than a decade later, and after making a name for himself overseas, the only box Sykes said he had left to check was to beat the odds his younger self foretold and finally play in an NBA game. But since Sykes' family felt he was already being overlooked due to his stature, they decided to send him an hour across town to Marshall on the West Side, where his dream of being a basketball star had a better chance of flourishing. He later joined the San Antonio Spurs on 28 September 2015. A few births have been by choice, but obviously many occur by accident. One of his brothers had called him before Wardle could break the news. Keifer Sykes plays professional basketball in Turkey, not Los Angeles or New York. Sykes was still at Wisconsin Green-Bay when the shooting happened and came to visit Harrington shortly afterward. But it doesnt matter. Nine children from five mothers and two fathers. One of those players already had a child, and the other had one on the way. "She heard a thump, which was him falling over, but she didn't think nothing of it. He's got a goofy personality and caring heart but also boasts a paternal side that's as sanguine as it is dedicated. Turning 5 will be the milestone. Dawson's fellow father teammate is junior Bryn Forbes, who had a boy, Carter, born when Forbes played at Cleveland State. See, the basketball part, thats easy. [27], On December 8, 2020, Sykes signed a one-year contract with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: collegebasketball | pageType: stories | (In this case, an ex-girlfriend of Kiefer's told her.) Even when I got here, (Boucek) just following me on Instagram and Twitter, and telling me alwaysto continue to chip away at it.". I remember looking up in the clouds like, My dad is in heaven already? Ill never forget that I was holding myself together until we got to the corner and turned down my block, thats when I was just like, Damn and broke down like crazy. "I was a freshman, already on the court, and trying to run a team, trying to learn, and learning how to be a dad and learn to be a college student," Sykes said. Sharp and his wife, Jordan, planned the pregnancy. But in true Sykes fashion, he blocked out the naysayers and helped the Phoenix make the playoffs, finishing fourth in the 10-team league before being knocked out in the final four. Of course he was worried about telling mom. The unexpected death came a month removed from the end of Keifer's freshman year. ins.style.display='block';ins.style.minWidth=container.attributes.ezaw.value+'px';ins.style.width='100%';ins.style.height=container.attributes.ezah.value+'px';container.appendChild(ins);(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId,'stat_source_id',44);window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId,'adsensetype',1);var lo=new MutationObserver(window.ezaslEvent);lo.observe(document.getElementById(slotId+'-asloaded'),{attributes:true}); In Chicago, Illinois, USA, the NBA G League player Sykes wasbornon 30 December 1993. KJ will look up to his dad. So I really had to focus in and just go out there and do what I do.". I didn't have goals to go further. "Because if dont nobody else deserve it, Keifer deserves it., Sykes has totaled 33 games in his NBA career, 10 of which he didnt play in. ", James Sykes died of heart failure on June 6, 2012. "She was really scared to tell me," Dawson said of his girlfriend's pregnancy. Gathers saved up his scholarship checks ($400 per month) and Pell Grant money to help pay Bria's rent, which came to nearly $800/month. Having not yet committed to Michigan State, the stress of choosing a college only added to Dawson's ongoing personal strain. Being silly. Yet, Forbes in 2019 evaluated that he must be receiving a minimum NBA salary which was $900,000. If anything, Sykes being a dad was a positive. And if you got children, I got your childrens back because youre doing something positive.. Trivante Bloodman is a 22-year-old senior guard from Harlem who's barely been able to sleep in the past week. Reach him via email: jboyd1@gannett.com. I finally opened it when I gathered my strength and the coaches were all crying, everybody was crying. I could never do that. Sykes' relationship with his son is the connection he carries from the one he had with his father, that connection he still feels, but one that inevitably dims with the passage of time. Antetokounmpo leads Milwaukee against Brooklyn after 45-point game. She's long had a keen love for caring for the young, something as immediately evident in Keifer as his flaring athleticism. "I just stuck with the plan and for it to become real, man, it's just a testament to believing in yourself. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. It's an intense situation for Ray and plenty of coaches who've become surrogate fathers in plenty of ways, this being a prominent one. Sykes was waived by the Pacers on Wednesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. "My son played (NBA 2K) last night with me. First and always, Sykes prides himself on being an awesome dad. 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