Home is where the heart is.
For Braxton Ogbueze, Charlotte became his home.
To begin, Ogbueze derives from an athletic family. His father, Godwin, played soccer at Clemson where he ranks eighth on the all-time goal scoring list. But Dad didn’t pressure Ogbueze to test his skills on the pitch.
“I gave him an open option of playing whatever he wanted,” Godwin told the Charlotte Observer back in 2014.
It was after a streetball exhibition, otherwise known as And-1, that Ogbueze decided to play basketball. With the flare that the street players brought to the game, it’s easy to believe why Ogbueze wanted to score points instead of goals.