Its all demonstrated in the documentary, Carlisle said after the game. "I can finally say I made it," Sykes said. Former Pacers guard Keifer Sykes, center, hosts a free youth camp at the Irsay Family YMCA in Indianapolis on April 30, 2022. It's a boy, and they're down to two names with two months to go. of the Basketball Super League. This summer, there was a murder near the house where Keifer Jr. lives with. A lot people were just calling me a scorer, so when they presented me the opportunity to run the team, be a point guard and show that I could help run the organization and prove that I could win, I was excited. Due to his success, he was invited to the 2016 NBA D-League Elite Camp. A lot of people don't see the world until college. My'Shawn's been to almost every Spartans home game this season, sitting with Dawson's high school coach, Johnny Ryan, and a former teammate, Devonte Harris. Stephen A. Smith discusses why the Lakers are a better . "You don't want to encourage your guys to have kids out of wedlock, but when it happens, you have to help them. Because KJ wants to be a big boy really fast. They went through predraft workouts together in 2015.Thats where my respect (for him) came from. 1:08; See All. The 28-year-old doesnt remember the last conversation he had with his dad because he never expected it to be the final one. A tremendous man," Wardle said. "I know she's probably gonna cry (when I talk to her) because it's bringing tears to my eyes right now," Sykes said, his voice cracking. The mother, who Kedren has known since middle school, lives in Johnson's hometown of Lewisburg, Tennessee. Buchanan III is expected to stay in the hospital until at least this coming Sunday as the scar on his heart slowly starts to heal. "So she just told me congratulations. Following his senior year at Marshall Metro in Chicago, Sykes wasn't even considered a top-25 senior in Illinois. For me, my pride in him is just on his self-belief and determination.. She lives more than 250 miles away, in Iowa, with her mother. She's going through the same thing these young ladies are going through. However, he regularlymentions his children during interviewsand posts pictures of them on his social media handles. "A curious boy who loves to be around his cousins. The Pacers had Sykes and Wanamaker in training camp and kept the veteran Wanamaker when the season began. He was already a mature freshman, and that made him grow up even faster and kind of take his work ethic to another level. "I really made the NBA.". [12] Sykes was one of eight invitees to compete in the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2015 Final Four, where he placed second. In Wardle's eyes -- and having spoken to many coaches on this, many expressed similar sentiment -- here was a kid who was playing for something. 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Like Bell at Gonzaga, Delaware's Kyle Anderson is a four-year starter. "My stomach just dropped when I saw what he looked like. So it's just amazing. Where the family is. But that nightmare hasn't ended, neither has the pain. It's about mom just as much as dad. Why is Keifer the father he is? I just repeated it like, Remember what your dad said. His dad taught him everything he knows about being a man, being responsible and taking the lead in everything you do.. She took in five kids, taking care of my kids when I told her I wanted to play college basketball. They think, 'that's what I eat, so that's what the baby should eat.' One of those players already had a child, and the other had one on the way. "We want to young parents, to be young grandparents, all of that," Anderson said. You cant eat before somebody whos older than you, you gotta bow, you cant drink alcohol in front of older people; it was just a full-blown different culture. Theres a lot of different rules over there. Five and a half years later, James and Lisa Sykes married, on April 27, 1999. So I was processing it, and then I didnt know what to do. You scope college basketball, and the stories are everywhere. Johnson has two teammates, Markel Crawford and Trahson Burrell, who are fathers. [23], On December 27, 2019, Sykes signed with the Olimpia Milano until the end of the season. My mom's going crazy, and my dad was taking heat. I've heard a couple of times him screaming, 'Go, Daddy!' To report about any issues in our articles, please feel free toContact Us. [11] For the week of January 410 of 2015, Sykes won the Naismith National Player of the Week Award. I want the kid around. In that week, Sykes averaged 28.7 points, five rebounds, and four assists per game while shooting 53.6% from the field, 50% from three, and leading the Phoenix to a 30 record. The two began dating and created a family out of wedlock. The 21-year-old Bears power forward, a second cousin to the late Hank Gathers (who died 25 years to the day of this story's publishing), married his longtime girlfriend on June 10, 2013. After being cut, Sykes could've left Indianapolis for good and focused . In thesix years of his professional career, Sykes has played for various leagues worldwide, including the NBA and NBA G League. At the time I didnt know that, but he was affirming my greatness. "I can't wait to get the list of all the players they had ranked ahead of me. My own trainers telling me, 'Prepare and train for overseas,' and I'm telling them, 'No.' I remember they tried to send me home, and the way they do it is like they give you a week trial run. "For me,itwas just me getting my first bucket. For more than a few college athletes, this is the side of life the public does not see. Harrington was also featured in Chi-Town, and during the documentary his life took a drastic turn when he was shot and paralyzed while driving his daughter to school. "I immediately fell in love with her.". 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. These are the guys helping Dawson, watching the little one when he's away, driving My'Shawn to and from pre-K school sessions. The first words out of his mouth are eerily foreshadowing. "It's my job to do what my dad did and tell him who my dad was," Keifer said. 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. We had nothing, man. Sykes didn't like the recruiting process -- at all. Follow IndyStar Pacers beat writer James Boyd on Twitter:@RomeovilleKid. The big thing with me is, I want Keifer to be a good father first. He posted a picture carrying her and wrote a beautiful heartfelt message. "More basketball players have the opportunity to have sex with more girls. From mother to son. in the Turkish TBL, posting 22.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Don't do what I did.'". After competing in Australia, Sykes was recruited by former Syracuse star Eric Devendorf to play for the Oranges alumni team, Boeheim's Army, in The Basketball Tournament. Sykes, a Chicago native who starred at Marshall High School, was twice named the Horizon LeaguePlayer of the Year at Wisconsin-Green Bay but went undrafted in 2015. August 5, 2020. And if you got children, I got your childrens back because youre doing something positive.. It's a lot of bloodshed in my city, a lot people dying, and I feel like God placed me in this position also to shed light on those things and to show that some people are able to be talented and get out, but some people aren't. Aubrey was born at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24. He also became nervous regarding his recruitment. Afterward, Dawson revealed his son was taken to the hospital two days earlier on account of pneumonia. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Pacers rookie Keifer Sykes' remarkable rise from inner-city Chicago, 3.32995855, After hitting $1 million shot, Keifer Sykes signed with Pacers to be closer to home, a dagger 3 and layup on back-to-back plays, Pacers rookie Keifer Sykes' remarkable rise from inner-city Chicago. The sport is now, has long been, and will continue to be populated by men who are fathers well before they are emotionally and financially ready for the task. He madehis firstNBA startat Cleveland onJan. 2, scoring 10 points. Four-year starter Gary Bell Jr. hopes to have his son, Gary Bell III, in the stands come the first weekend of theNCAA Tournamentin Seattle or Portland. "I don't ever want to go through that as a head coach again," Wardle said. Moreover, Sykes graduated from there with a degree in Communications. Its really not about the NBA, Sykes says. I do a lot of camps (in my hometown). I can't wait to see her and hug her.". We see him as one our guys, even though we only played a small part in his rise and elevation. He's got a goofy personality and caring heart but also boasts a paternal side that's as sanguine as it is dedicated. Although Sykes has not brought details of his wife in light, he is a father to his son Hugo and daughter Zarah. [16] Nine days later, he was acquired by the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of San Antonio. People think it's hard, and it is, but when I'm around KJ, that's the only time I can really get away from [basketball]. So I want to be thatvoice for them, and I'm happy to be in this position.". I dont know why they wouldnt allow this story to be continued in as much detail as possible. Some schools turned down interview requests. I was freaking out. His son, My'Shawn, was born March 30, 2010. Like Sykes, Dawson's been a father since he was a junior in high school. "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. Bloodman's long been saving for this. Obviously the city is gonna be so happy,"Sykes said. " He's going beyond the expectations of being there for his son. [32], On November 3, 2022, Sykes was named to the opening night roster for the Motor City Cruise.[33]. Keifer Sykes was born on 30 December, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is an American basketball player. So long as his health is good, he'll have earned a pro contract by then. INDIANAPOLIS Keifer Sykes remembers every doubter. "As a coach, you would love to have all parents talk to him in a lot of ways. Once my brother left, I went to school by myself. And I think we were able to give him that. "Loved James Sykes. Sykes studied at Marshall High School, where he started playing basketball. And to get back and go to my high school and give my jersey, to see all of the people there the men that helped me become a man, the role models that played a role in my life and inspired me, that helped me I think today was the first day I was able to look up like, Man, its really real.. [4], From his freshman year in 201112, Sykes was immediately inserted into the Phoenix starting lineup, and was also the youngest player in the nation, let alone youngest starter. Averyelle was born shortly after the sun came up. "One time I asked him, and he didn't know. We treat him as one of us. So many missed calls from his girlfriend. How long has it been since Dawson spoke to his dad directly? . A chain response of fear, as it often does with teen pregnancies, triggered a stress reaction. "I didn't want to do it. The point guard impressed early. Sykes said having his contract guaranteed through the end of theseason is "the highlight of my professional career," and he's thrilled that his 6-year-old daughter, Kennedi, and11-year-old son, Keifer Jr., can finally say their daddy is officially in the NBA. 2023 www.indystar.com. You gotta be a hero to do that, to stand up in front of these kids and let them know like, I got cut from the NBA yesterday, but Imma keep pushing and try to make it, and then come back later and show them that I made it. 1:08; See All. Gathers' teammate, Al Freeman? He listens. Then he sank a 17-footer over . The contract became guaranteed. Sykes spent one season in South Korea, but he said that was just the beginning of the hardships he faced as he continued playing in Italy, Greece, Turkey and China. He later joined the San Antonio Spurs on 28 September 2015. There's more to life than basketball. Former South East Melbourne Phoenix import Keifer Sykes has enjoyed a stunning rise with the Indiana Pacers, starting at point guard in their 129-121 loss to Brooklyn Nets on Thursday (AEDT) after seven years playing around the world and in the NBA G-League. Fortunately, despite varied situations, some of which are depicted below, many have happy circumstances. Keifer's parents met when fate played a chord. Soon after, the Austin Spurs acquired him for the NBA G League, and Sykes stayed there until 2016. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at "Just because we're in college athletics, we try to separate ourselves from the rest of the society, and we just can't do that," Ray said. Sykes made his second and third career starts against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden and Nets at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Jan. 4 and 5, scoring 22 and 18 points, respectively, with Mitchell and Co. cheering from Australia. Dayton kicked two players off its roster earlier this season after a dorm-room theft forced Archie Miller's hand. I trained with different guys. In college, Keifer Sykes wrote RIP DAD on his socks, and if there's room, he'll write that same message on his sneakers so his father is always with him on the court. The two helped Marshall finish third in the Class 3A Illinois high school boys basketball state tournament in 2010, and 12 years later they were on opposing sides of an NBA game for the first time when Sykes and the Pacers hosted McKinnie and their hometown Bulls on Feb 4. Buchanan's son, Terry Buchanan III, was born in November with a life-threatening condition. Sykes, Dawson and Gathers all have teammates who are dads. But the most important thing said that night: "The child will be taken care of." 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. They have a hierarchy. 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. We do a lot of things to help his daughter because as a single mom . There are major facets to these players' lives that are never seen, seldom known, but emotionally significant signposts toward personal growth and elemental struggle. 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. 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. As COVID-19 began to change the landscape of everyday life, Sykes signed a one-year deal with the Phoenix, turning down more money in Europe and betting on himself to turn his stint down under into a springboard to the NBA. Because even as a mom you dont expect your children to praise you like that. If anything, Sykes being a dad was a positive. I asked a tearful Keifer Sykes (@ksykesyb), whose contract was guaranteed by the #Pacers, how he thinks his mom, Lisa (@Supermom00767), will react when he talks to her.She deserve this more than anybody. [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. "I tell them I grew up just as disenfranchised and poverty-stricken as they were. It's free school, and I'm getting it, so let's go.". 12:00 am ET, Branden Dawson celebrates by cutting down the net after Michigan State won the East Regional Final of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. "It's not easy," Sykes said of juggling fatherhood with basketball and an impending graduation. He's a good kid; he's not a distraction.". Like Freeman, Johnson's been a father for only a few weeks. Now, after seldomly getting to see his him early in his college years, Dawson's senior season has been a change for the happier. So, if I get a DNP, how could I be mad? He admits now it was a lot to go through. Go to college, live your life. "I was on thetraining table. So she was downstairs cooking, and their room was upstairs, so when she went upstairs, that's when she saw that he was passed out. 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. And like Sykes, when Dawson found out he was going to be a father, he had zero interest in letting his mother know right away what he'd gotten himself into. And when Michigan State's got a road game, he'll ask Johnny or Devonte, "Is that my dad playing?". Since leaving the university after his senior year, Sykes has played in the NBA G-League, over seas, back to the G-League, and finally was presented an opportunity seven years after his college. My foundation is about mass incarcerationand gun violence. More: After hitting $1 million shot, Keifer Sykes signed with Pacers to be closer to home, Its only one team that wins out of 64, so the chances are whatever, Sykes said. Rhode Island and Nevada. 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. Sykes was waived by the Pacers on Wednesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. They say, 'You don't know what it's like to be on food stamps,' and I say, 'I've been through it.'". Sykes confirmed that another documentary about his life is on the way, and itll include another milestone from his first NBA season: A jersey swap with his former high school and college teammate, Alfonzo McKinnie (a distant cousin of the aforementioned Rashad McKinnie). Without her, I wouldn't have been as successful as I have been this year.". Sykes joined Indianas G League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and clawed his way back to the Pacers, who eventually signed him to a guaranteed deal for the rest of the 2021-22 season. For Sykes, whos been giving back for years, that was the norm. Another team lost a player in the middle of the night, without warning, because he was given an ultimatum by the child's mother. SMU sophomore Keith Frazier, who's been suspended for the season, is a dad to a boy who's nearly 3 years old. The next day, Bloodman played 18 minutes against Kentucky. He's brand new to this game. In addition to having the second-highest teen pregnancy rate, Mississippi charts as the poorest state in the nation. My heart was just filled with so much joy when he got what he wanted, and thats to play in the NBA for his dream, Lisa Sykes said. I was really on my own and traveling in Chicago for an hour each way each day. Chi-Town: Directed by Nick Budabin. After a successful college career, Sykesplayed the 2015 NBA Summer Leaguewith the Cleveland Cavaliers. So Im always a fan of guys like Keifer that defy the odds.. I was gonna have to fight an uphill battle, so I was already ready for it if I didnt get drafted.. He also became the only player in Horizon League history to record those same career totals. It made my heart weep in joy, not weep in sorrow but in joy that, Wow, he really feels that way about me.. Sykes became the only active player in the nation with 2,000+ points, 500+ assists, and 400+ rebounds. Just to see him get that opportunity and be out here playing, Im so excited for him. pic.twitter.com/iZU0TTtaHa, James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) January 15, 2022. He makes sure, no matter what, he keeps a good relationship with his baby's mother. "At this point, she's three months pregnant," Keifer said. However, no valid sources have yet revealed his annual pay in numbers. "He earned it," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said of Sykes' contract being guaranteed for the rest of the season. "He's absolutely like his dad," Lisa Sykes said of her youngest. [19], In the summer of 2016, Sykes joined the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Summer League. "He just needed somewhere to show everybody what he was capable of. But that's what it takes to be a superhero for my family, a superhero in my community and a good basketball player. I went to basketball for free college. Keifer Sykes scanned the gym at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, watching as grade school children ran around playing basketball the game that's taken him around the world but. Buchanan flew into Detroit after Sunday's Rams practice, then spent his Monday helplessly pacing around the University of Michigan Medical Center as his 18-week-old son underwent open-heart surgery. He took birth to his late father, James Sykes, and his mother, Lisa Sykes, as the youngest of their nine children. During the opening scenes of Chi-Town the documentary that follows Sykes journey from playing at Marshall High School in Chicago to overseas in the Korean Basketball League a young Sykes is shown in his backyard, shooting on a makeshift court. Breakups, forced relationships, long-distance relationships, fractures between families, money -- these are stresses that, comparatively, make basketball seem so simple. He was closer to him than any of his other siblings. One thing Lisa Sykes made sure to add is, while her son shined the spotlight squarely on her, she didnt raise him alone. 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. Keifer Jerail Sykes, born Dec. 30, 1993, is the last child in his family. Turning 5 will be the milestone. Sykes was still at Wisconsin Green-Bay when the shooting happened and came to visit Harrington shortly afterward. "She's the key to being married, to being a dad. They're cautionary stories but uplifting ones, too. I was at the back and people didnt believe in me, but my dad always believed in me and always affirmed me.. 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. They want me to stay overseas to make more money for them. At the time KJ was born Keifer was holding down a job with the Chicago Public Schools system, playing basketball and working rec centers with kids on the east side. And now, when he's not escaping for trips to be with dad at Green Bay, KJ practically lives with his grandmother. 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. [30], On December 27, 2021, Sykes signed with the Indiana Pacers for the remainder of the season. Pacers swingmen Torrey Craig, Justin Anderson enter NBA's COVID-19 protocols, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "I tried to hold back the tears. "At first there was a lot of fear. So all of this has been more than me. Hed come so close in the past and inched even closer with a shot that turned him into an overnight sensation. He carried the Phoenix to a 75-72 victory with 21 points and a game-high 10 assists, compared to 17 points and six rebounds from Brogdon. Anderson is banking on landing a pro contract overseas this spring or summer. A young man will ask his boy about his father. 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. So I really had to focus in and just go out there and do what I do.". Sykes father, James, died of a heart attack June 6, 2012. Its been an overflow. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. His dad is alive, but he's not around and never has been. My own agents telling me that I'm not gonna play in the NBA. They all have their own things that they do, and I got your back. Simple things about how to feed your baby. Discover Keifer Sykes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 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'm still frustrated we lost, but now I'm like, that's over with. Every time dad gets home, son takes it right to the hoop. 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. After a game, win or lose, I walk up to him and he's just laughing. Eventually, Keifer will find himself back in Homewood, Illinois, standing over a plot where James Sykes eternally rests. The sacrifices she made, man. Sykes elevated his play in the postseason, including a game in which he recorded 31 points and 6 steals in a 26-point comeback in a win-or-go-home game 3. All rights reserved. Bell's boy already loves basketball. The same day Keifer Sykes contract was guaranteed, he went viral with a heartfelt message to his mom, shedding tears as he thanked her. He always had a way with kids, even when he was one. 'You don't know who this is?'". Sykes, who went undrafted in 2015, signed a two-year contract with the Pacers last month after a strong season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA G League. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but Brogdon will never forget his introduction to Sykes. The diminutive guard, who's averaging 5.7 points per game, said he never gets discouraged, though, because hes learned that nothing is guaranteed while hes on his heros journey.. With Keifer Sykes. Playing for two beating hearts. Keifer Sykes' 3-pointer wins TBT for Boeheim's Army. Despite those hurdles, there Sykes was, still standing years later and using his day off before his first major NBA road trip to inspire the next generation. Almost every player interviewed for this story was scared to tell mom. She ran back downstairs to get my brother, and he said he was trying to perform CPR and when they called the police and the police got there, they tried but they couldn't bring him back to life.". My brother calls me and gives me the news, literally out of my sleep. That's money which now goes toward feeding their baby boy, Ricardo Darnell Gathers Jr., who came into the world at 4:53 a.m. on June 13, 2014. [27], On December 8, 2020, Sykes signed a one-year contract with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). Sykes, wearing a black hat with "purpose." Every year he's gotten better at balancing and understanding that. We playing my hometown team, it was just my birthday (Dec. 30), everybody is excited like, 'You finally (got) the call up.' Although Sykes has not brought details of his wife in light, he is a father to his son Hugo and daughter Zarah. 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