I've known Tyrus since we were about 4 years old. |
If you go down to New Orleans in the poorer places, you still see things that are unimaginable. We were so lucky in Baton Rouge. We gave up our time, our homes, to help. |
It was amazing. People everywhere would see us wearing our colors and come up telling us how much they missed home. Everyone wanted to talk, to wish us well. |
It was great. We had already played together for a long time and to get him into a situation where he could thrive and become a man was important. He didn't have a father figure in his life at that time and my dad filled that role. We basically became brothers. |
Most guys who went through what (Davis) went through hardly live to talk about it. He didn't have a father figure in his life at that time, so my father was that man, to help him out and get him on his feet. |
My dad always talked to me and asked me how I felt about him taking in kids off the street. I was the youngest in our family and the only one left at home at that time, so I enjoyed the company. Plus, Glen is such a great friend. We always enjoyed being together. |
My dad said his coach was behind him 100 percent and kept encouraging him. My dad would get hate mail slipped under his dorm room door and there would be graffiti on his door. Through all that, he was able to stay strong and he's passed that down to me. I really can't imagine what it would be like to go through something like that. |
My teammates were running me to death. He didn't move as much as I thought he would. |
None of them run like J.J.. |
The referees were letting us play. So we were being physical with him without getting in foul trouble. |
They got a lot of easy baskets and we didn't get any easy baskets. That was pretty much the story of the night. |
They had enough time for a shot on us. |
This big a stage, he came out to play. He didn't want it to be his last game. |
We don't even have any hand signals, so I guess it's a sixth sense. We see each other's eyes, but sometimes we don't even have to look at each other. I guess that's what eight years of playing together does for you. |
We still have two people living in my parent's house. |