“While my grades did not reflect it, I was academically gifted, but I didn’t put forth any effort because I wanted to spite my dad, who was working all of the time. This rebellion would keep Graves from the sport that he loved until ninth grade. “It is not that I didn’t think that education was valuable, but I was rebellious and wanted to focus and work on this on my own time.” “When I was in third grade, my mother got breast cancer and it really affected my focus in terms of my schoolwork,” said Graves. In fact, I was the third leading scorer in the city of Greensboro in the ninth grade,” said Graves.ĭespite early success in the sport that he loved, Graves would have a lack of focus for the educational part of his future. “I actually started playing basketball pretty early on as a kid. This former Page High School graduate found the opportunity to chase his first love while in Junior High School at Aycock Middle School (now Melvin C Swann Jr. Today, we are introducing you to someone who helped Miami Heat’s Center/Power Forward Bam Adebayo become who he is today.īefore becoming a trainer for some of the NBA’s basketball elite, Greensboro’s own Kevin Graves (better known as KG) also had his own famous basketball career, and instead of taking this all the way to the top decided to use his knowledge and talent to help other players chase their dreams. At the start of Say Yes Guilford’s Alumni for Education- Athlete story series we introduced you to one of the most talented NBA players from right here in Guilford County.
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