Basketball coach Diana Gillion remembers those golden moments when her son AJ, at age 10 or 11, got to play in games for her Showtime Ballers travel team alongside current NBA players, including the Orlando Magic’s Dwayne Bacon and Tony Bradley of the Philadelphia 76ers.
“AJ would get to play if it was a blowout. He didn’t play defense. He stayed down at the offensive end and waited for the guys to pass the ball to him,” she recalled with a laugh on Tuesday. “They’d throw shotgun passes down the court and he’d catch the ball and shoot.