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Dion Waiters' epitaph for Demetrius Pickney

Dion Waiters just penned an incredible tribute to his brother, Demetrius Pickney, over at The Players' Tribune. The story of how Dion copes with his loss is both touching and inspiring. Huge thanks to Dion for sharing this part of his life with us. I've quoted some of it below, but please head over to The Player's Tribune to read the whole thing.

The truth is, you shouldn’t even know my name right now.

When I was eight years old, I was walking across the park with my mom in South Philly when I heard, Pop-pop-pop-pop!