MUScoop
MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: The Lens on March 19, 2021, 09:14:02 AM
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Found this to be a pretty powerful piece on Traci.
https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-hartford-mens-basketball-traci-carter-20210315-56q7jtmrujfxfnc36zrykt5omq-story.html (https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-hartford-mens-basketball-traci-carter-20210315-56q7jtmrujfxfnc36zrykt5omq-story.html)
“The one thing that hurt me was I felt like I was responsible for him because I believed that I was supposed to go to the NBA and get my family out of there,” Carter said. “Things didn’t happen how I planned. That was one of my fears. I have lost more than 15 people I have known well to gun violence in Philly within six years.”
It's pretty incredible to realize the challenges he's had to deal with and pretty inspiring to see what he's trying to build off the court.