Kai is a selfless player who plays the game the right way. He continuously makes hustle plays and cheers for his teammates relentlessly
You decide who will be named Youth Athlete of the Year, featured in a 3BRAND ad in Sports Illustrated, and take home $25,000
What I love most about basketball is working together as a team to achieve the same goal. I also love hearing the crowd cheer and just being on the court, continually growing together. I love that there’s always room for growth and development. I’m constantly adding new skills to my bag so the game never gets old and I don’t get stagnant.
I’m inspired by Allen Iverson. He faced so much adversity before college, but he stuck with the game and overcame the struggles. I can relate to Iverson because he’s considered a shorter guard like me, but he still revolutionized basketball with his IQ and superior handles.
One of my proudest moments was when Kai could have taken a game-winning shot in an important game, but passed it to a teammate for a corner three. It sounds basic, but the teammate he passed it to was a kid who had been going through so much and was in a slump. He made the 3 and won the game. The crowd cheered. When I asked Kai why he made that decision, he told me “sometimes people just need to know you believe in them to remember to believe in themselves.”
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