“With all the excitement on the b-ball court, I’d kind of been ignoring it. I took it out on the sidewalk, and before long I was skating to the little park. I spent a while over on the other side from the court doing the easy tricks I already knew. I worked my way up to the pop-shuvit and did my first really good one. In the past, I probably would’ve stayed there until I really got the hang of it. Not today. I really was getting a little tall for this thing. And I realized something else, too: I... missed my friends. And of course, I had a good idea where they were. I got back on my board and headed for the court. Sure enough, they were there — and they weren’t alone. Some of the kids who’d been there to cheer us on yesterday were out there in shorts and sneakers. People were passing a few old balls around and using both hoops, even the old bent one on the other side. As I was watching, Tavoris launched himself up and back in a crazy fadeaway jumper, just to try to get square with the bent-down rim.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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