For more than a few college athletes, this is the side of life the public does not see. He knows all about long drives on weekends to steal time with a child. The plan is for mother and child to pack up and go with. By the time Wardle got to Sykes' dorm room, Sykes had locked himself in the bathroom as he grappled with one overarching and unshakable thought: The life he had before he went to sleep was gone. For Sykes, whos been giving back for years, that was the norm. Probably no one better to hear it from (than) her because she always believed in me, her being a guard coach. Chicago's Keifer Sykes soaking in his moment after TBT winner and NBA contract with Pacers By Scott Powers Aug 5, 2021 1 Daniel Poneman isn't sure why exactly he hadn't revealed Keifer. Soon after, the Austin Spurs acquired him for the NBA G League, and Sykes stayed there until 2016. Like Bell at Gonzaga, Delaware's Kyle Anderson is a four-year starter. I had a rim in my garage, and Id pull it out in the alley, and we would let the rim down to like 8 feet so (Sykes) could dunk with the rest of us. No one taught Branden Dawson how to be a father. One afternoon Keifer was on the green line, headed back home, when he got a call. More: After hitting $1 million shot, Keifer Sykes signed with Pacers to be closer to home, Its only one team that wins out of 64, so the chances are whatever, Sykes said. Sykes signed a non-guaranteed two-year deal with a team option for the second season with Indiana on Dec. 27, and the 5-11 guardfound out he'd been retained for his first seasonwhile at the team's practice facility Friday. An uncle to six and the son of a farmer, Anderson grew up bailing hay in Newark, Illinois. [12] Sykes was one of eight invitees to compete in the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2015 Final Four, where he placed second. With the championship and money on the line, he drained the game-winning 3 to lift Boeheims army to a 69-67 walk-off victory. "It was a surreal moment," Bell said of watching his son be born. We've had people tell us to not keep the baby, frankly.". The 4 year old sat behind Green Bay's bench, in section 115, watching his dad make history last Thursday. He's the boss.". Rotowire Apr 6, 2022. [30], On December 27, 2021, Sykes signed with the Indiana Pacers for the remainder of the season. "People don't even know the half of it," Sykes said. So when you see a kid and he graduated (high school) in 2021 on back, and he comes up and he makes it to the league, youll be like, Man, hes so tough. Sykes is from the South Side of Chicago, so he was originally supposed to attend Hyde Park Academy, Simeon or St. Rita, which have all produced pro players. Of course he was worried about telling mom. So this is gonna be my first time playing 2K.". She took in five kids, taking care of my kids when I told her I wanted to play college basketball. So whatever dreams they had, she backed them, which is why when Keifer Sykes fathered his son, Keifer Jr., at 16 and daughter, Kennedi, at 21, she volunteered to help take care of them while Sykes went to college at Wisconsin-Green Bay and continued his career overseas always chasing his ultimate goal of playing in the NBA. At Marshall, we were a basketball powerhouse, and it was a Chicago public school. Keifer Sykes, Indiana Pacers As a small guard playing in a big city, Sykes was consistently underappreciated and underranked. So they bring the other (American) player in and start working him out so they can be ready and they tell you whatever games you have that week, and at the end of the week they decide to keep you or cut you. The diminutive guard, who's averaging 5.7 points per game, said he never gets discouraged, though, because hes learned that nothing is guaranteed while hes on his heros journey.. But mom? The only thing thats changed lately is his platform. Memphis also had a player, Dominic Magee, who initially transferred out of school earlier this season to be closer to his home in New Orleans to be with his young son. Its really not about the NBA, Sykes says. Dayton kicked two players off its roster earlier this season after a dorm-room theft forced Archie Miller's hand. At the end of the season, Sykes was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer team. "It's the first time I had to do real school work. The sport is now, has long been, and will continue to be populated by men who are fathers well before they are emotionally and financially ready for the task. "I do not want to go pro overseas," he said. After a game, win or lose, I walk up to him and he's just laughing. "One time I asked him, and he didn't know. I was an All-Star, we won the regular-season (league) title and postseason title, but over there its so cutthroat, Sykes said. "I can't wait to get the list of all the players they had ranked ahead of me. Keifer Sykes is 29 years old. Sykes, who went undrafted in 2015, signed a two-year contract with the Pacers last month after a strong season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA G League. He wasn't. Like Buchanan, and others currently playing college hoops, BYU's Josh Sharp also became a father last fall. Despite those hurdles, there Sykes was, still standing years later and using his day off before his first major NBA road trip to inspire the next generation. "The rim looked so small. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. After the euphoria of winning TBT and signing a training camp deal with the Pacers, Sykes faced another hurdle when he was cut before the season started. We both were really scared. Simple things about how to feed your baby. Assistant coach Jenny Boucek brokethe news. One thing Lisa Sykes made sure to add is, while her son shined the spotlight squarely on her, she didnt raise him alone. Sykes was the undersized and underprivileged kid who was supposed to be swallowed up by the inner city, broken after his fathers death and discouraged by the countless doubters who told him reaching the NBA was a pipe dream. [11] For the week of January 410 of 2015, Sykes won the Naismith National Player of the Week Award. A family of seven crammed into a two-bedroom place, where they lived until Sykes got to high school. We were all riding every possession and rooting for him, high-fiving each other whenever he dropped in another 3, Mitchell said. He worries about his 4-year-old son, Keifer Jr., who lives in a neighborhood in Chicago that Sykes knows is violent. Lisa Sykes said she cried nonstop when she initially saw the video, and she cried again while sitting in a back room at Proviso East with Keifer across the hall speaking to dozens of children she had just handed pizza to. Chicago. Keifer Sykes plays professional basketball in Turkey, not Los Angeles or New York. I cant do that. I didnt go somewhere that eased me into it. And as I have witnessed in recent days, the documentary is being augmented with a videographer. "Keifer Sykes was a +27," Pacers assistant coach Mike Weinar said when spotlighting players who were effective in a summer league win over the Wizards. When was Keifer Sykes born? Every situation is different. Reach him via email: jboyd1@gannett.com. Basketballer Keifer Sykes is Marshall High' star point guard, Chi-Town follows his ambitions to make it in the NBA while loss, injury, and violence back home in Chicago punctuate his journey. Sykes averaged 5.6 points, 1.9 assists and 1.4 rebounds . She has been the backbone of the Sykes familysince Sykes' father, James, died of a heart attack June 6, 2012. Without an iota of resentment in his voice, the Michigan State star answers: three years. August 5, 2020. From mother to son. [1] The film follows Sykes' path from high school to his brush with the NBA. Its all demonstrated in the documentary, Carlisle said after the game. Going to Europe would mean Sykes, who is not married and not dating the mother of his child, could not bring KJ with him. One of those players already had a child, and the other had one on the way. Vital players at Cincinnati, Southeastern Louisiana and VCU (two players) are fathers. The night before Averyelle was born, Johnson flew from Tulane back to Memphis, got in his car, immediately drove the three and a half hours to Franklin, Tennessee's Williamson Medical Center, and arrived around 3 a.m. The 21-year-old Bears power forward, a second cousin to the late Hank Gathers (who died 25 years to the day of this story's publishing), married his longtime girlfriend on June 10, 2013. And life off the court has been pock-marked with losses and tragedies tied to the gun violence that has riddled the streets of Chicago for a century. At the time KJ was born Keifer was holding down a job with the Chicago Public Schools system, playing basketball and working rec centers with kids on the east side. We had nothing, man. Keifer Sykes' 3-pointer wins TBT for Boeheim's Army. College basketball rosters across the country are dotted with young dads. And in addition to that, you've got a demographic of kids without fathers, maybe more irresponsible, who don't understand things at a young age and make mistakes earlier.". [4], From his freshman year in 201112, Sykes was immediately inserted into the Phoenix starting lineup, and was also the youngest player in the nation, let alone youngest starter. She took care of everybody, man. Even when I was younger, he would just always affirm my greatness, Sykes said. Keifer Sykes was born on December 30, 1993. Then he sank a 17-footer over . This June will mark a decade since Keifer Sykes father died, 10 years of carrying on without his biggest fan. Phoenix coach Simon Mitchell said their plan was always to help Sykes get closer to his dream. Mitchell become familiar with Sykes through his overseas play and thought he'd played out of position at shooting guard for most of his pro career. So all I wanted to do is take care of her. So I really had to focus in and just go out there and do what I do.". [8] In a 6966 loss to Wisconsin, Sykes scored 32 points, including a highlight dunk in the first possession of the game. He was on a trip for a basketball tournament, and that's when he called his mother at work. They just don't know. Chi-Town: Directed by Nick Budabin. Undrafted out of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2015, Sykes went on to play with the Austin Spurs - the San Antonio Spurs' NBA G-League affiliate - for his first professional season . I went to basketball for free college. She's been a tremendous help to our players and our players' girlfriends. Lisa Sykes, who passed out pizza during her sons coat giveaway at Proviso East, said she never wanted to visit her children in prison or, worse, bury them. That's money which now goes toward feeding their baby boy, Ricardo Darnell Gathers Jr., who came into the world at 4:53 a.m. on June 13, 2014. The point guard impressed early. Sykes, Dawson and Gathers all have teammates who are dads. Sykes said he nearly "gave up on everything" after his father's death, but he kept going through countless sleepless nights to carry on James Sykes' legacy. It's an intense situation for Ray and plenty of coaches who've become surrogate fathers in plenty of ways, this being a prominent one. He still gets frazzled thinking back to cutting KJ's umbilical cord, which he hesitantly failed to prune on first attempt, and only succeeded on the second snip under the loving demands of his father that he cut his son's cord. Dawson's first two years at Michigan State consisted of few visits with My'Shawn during the season. The unexpected death came a month removed from the end of Keifer's freshman year. [29] He was waived at the end of training camp. He averaged 11.2 points and 3.3 assists per game. Sykes joined the Pacers in late December after the team released reserve point guard Brad Wanamaker. The death of Sykes father painfully added to that. Keifer Sykes was on campus after his freshman season at Wisconsin-Green Bay, taking summer classes and going through workouts, when his phone rang around 7:30 a.m. His older brother, Jarvis Tucker, was on the other end. They all have their own things that they do, and I got your back. I remember they tried to send me home, and the way they do it is like they give you a week trial run. Sykes signed with Scandone Avellino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A on August 7, 2018.[21]. I do a lot of things for my foundation before I was even in the NBA. After Keifer impregnated his former girlfriend, Allyne, he was horrified to tell mom. Sykes didn't like the recruiting process -- at all. One of his brothers had called him before Wardle could break the news. Sykes said he was in a state of denial, praying hed wake up and the nightmare would be over. Because a lot of people dont even know the half of what it took for me to be here. Wardle describes it as the hardest situation of his career, far beyond anything he faced during the summer of 2013, when accusations of verbal mistreatment from former Green Bay players threatened his job. Sykes could match upagainst his "best friend" for the first time in the NBA when Indiana hosts Chicago on Feb. 4. Buchanan flew into Detroit after Sunday's Rams practice, then spent his Monday helplessly pacing around the University of Michigan Medical Center as his 18-week-old son underwent open-heart surgery. We treat him as one of us. I couldnt tell you that he was going to make a million-dollar shot or make it to the NBA, but from the time he was 13-years-old and getting ready to come to high school, I knew that boy was special., I asked #Suns star Devin Booker about his relationship with #Pacers rookie Keifer Sykes. The sacrifices she made, man. And when Michigan State's got a road game, he'll ask Johnny or Devonte, "Is that my dad playing?". "It's always been this way, really, but off the record, it's demographics, number one, and popularity of basketball players today," one coach said. [22] The film follows Sykes' path from high school to his brush with the NBA. Supported by his mother, Keifer Sykes finally saw his lifelong dream come to fruition last year. Baylor's Rico Gathers, who's closing in on the Big 12's single-season record for rebounds, isbeamingabout his wife and life over the phone. Sykes studied at Marshall High School, where he started playing basketball. However, Wanamaker struggled in the 22 games he appeared in, averaging 3.5 points on 36.1% . I gowith different guys. Just to see him get that opportunity and be out here playing, Im so excited for him. pic.twitter.com/iZU0TTtaHa, James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) January 15, 2022. On February 26, 2015, playing in his hometown of Chicago, Sykes scored a career-high 36 points against UIC to surpass the 2,000-point mark for his career. Johnson has two teammates, Markel Crawford and Trahson Burrell, who are fathers. We come from poverty. Sykes, a Chicago native who starred at Marshall High School, was twice named the Horizon LeaguePlayer of the Year at Wisconsin-Green Bay but went undrafted in 2015. Until she did. A lot people were just calling me a scorer, so when they presented me the opportunity to run the team, be a point guard and show that I could help run the organization and prove that I could win, I was excited. I met with director Nick Budabin and star Keifer Sykes, of the new documentary Chi-Town (which I also reviewed), on Monday, March 12, at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.The film, which follows Sykes from the end of his high-school basketball career through the end of college, and just beyond, is like a sequel, of sorts, to the great Steve James' 1994 Hoop Dreams. I do a lot of camps (in my hometown). Although Sykes has not brought details of his wife in light, he is a father to his son Hugo and daughter Zarah. The 28-year-old doesnt remember the last conversation he had with his dad because he never expected it to be the final one. Sykes, a self-described daddy's boy, wasn't worried that being a father might hurt his chances in recruitment. "I had my first child when I was 20. Im not entitled to anything, and Im still working. After a game at Indiana in 2012, Dawson asked coach Tom Izzo if he could ride with his family from Bloomington to Indianapolis to escape and spend one night with his son. And I guess she thought or they thought I had maybe talked to my agent but I hadn't," Sykes said. This is my path, and thats just what it is. *" Chi-Town " is a well-known reference to the city of Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls with one of the unquestionably all-time greats of basketball, Michael . He didn't sleep through the night, and in the darkest hour, their child was born. Harrington was also featured in Chi-Town, and during the documentary his life took a drastic turn when he was shot and paralyzed while driving his daughter to school. You gotta be a hero to do that, to stand up in front of these kids and let them know like, I got cut from the NBA yesterday, but Imma keep pushing and try to make it, and then come back later and show them that I made it. So all I wanted to do is take care of her. [16] Nine days later, he was acquired by the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of San Antonio. Milwaukee Bucks (22-9, first in the Eastern . KJ just can't wait to be 5 years old. Playing for two beating hearts. Gathers' teammate, Al Freeman? He admits now it was a lot to go through. They think, 'that's what I eat, so that's what the baby should eat.' Keifer's parents met when fate played a chord. Dawson's fellow father teammate is junior Bryn Forbes, who had a boy, Carter, born when Forbes played at Cleveland State. Lisa was there with her cancer-stricken mother; James was there tending to his niece after she'd been assaulted in a domestic dispute. Sykes, 21, just won his second straight Horizon League Player of the Year honor. I thought I was going to pass out, but I stayed strong. My'Shawn's been to almost every Spartans home game this season, sitting with Dawson's high school coach, Johnny Ryan, and a former teammate, Devonte Harris. Due to his success, he was invited to the 2016 NBA D-League Elite Camp. If he's in town, have him around practice, around the locker room. On Friday, the deadlinefor NBA teams to guarantee contracts for the rest of the season, the28-year-old rookiegot the last laugh whenthe Pacers decided to keep himand third-year swingmanOshae Brissett through the end of their campaign. Sykes credits his humbleness to his parents, James and Lisa Sykes, who were featured in a documentary about Sykes rise to high school and college stardom called, Chi-Town. The film shows the harrowing circumstances that he and his family were subjected to in inner-city Chicago, including rampant gun violence, which left one of Sykes' former high school teammates and a former coach paralyzed, while another former teammate went to prison for armed robbery. Once she looked up at me, it was over after that.". Even prominent teams, like Gonzaga, are touched by early fatherhood. When James passed away, it was hard on everybody, but something definitely clicked in Keifer, Wardle said. This arrangement was particularly worrisome and problematic recently, as the boy battled a bronchial infection. Eventually, Keifer will find himself back in Homewood, Illinois, standing over a plot where James Sykes eternally rests. One of Sykes signature moments came when he scored five points a dagger 3 and layup on back-to-back plays in overtime of a dramatic 121-117 upset win against Stephen Curry and the Warriors at Chase Center on Jan. 20. He was 55. Moreover, last year on her 5th birthday, Sykes took it to his Instagram @ksykeyb28. But it came down to the last shot, and fortunately I was able to hit it and win us some money. The drive was like three hours and I had been on the same trip probably 15 times, but this time it just felt so different. Gathers recalls now the way he won her over -- by attending her 16th birthday party and jokingly signing a basketball for her as a present. The annual $1 million tourney features several alumni squads from around the country filled with professional players, and while Sykes was hesitant to play in TBT at first, it resulted in one of the best moments of his career. "He's a ball of fire," Green Bay coach Brian Wardle said of KJ. His performance warranted praise from Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who has repeatedly noted how remarkable Sykes career has been. Keifer frequently shows his son photos to remind him. We come from poverty. After Saturday games, White drives east through the dark trails and over the Mississippi border to spend his Sundays with Joniah Jr. Memphis' Kedren Johnson can relate. The hardest thing was the drive. "Because if dont nobody else deserve it, Keifer deserves it., Sykes has totaled 33 games in his NBA career, 10 of which he didnt play in. "He earned it," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said of Sykes' contract being guaranteed for the rest of the season. He later joined the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay on a basketball scholarship. ", James Sykes died of heart failure on June 6, 2012. After a successful college career, Sykesplayed the 2015 NBA Summer Leaguewith the Cleveland Cavaliers. He left a big mark on his teammates. Sykes, a 5ft 11in (1.80m) point guard, was born in Chicago, Illinois, to the late James Sykes as the second oldest of seven children. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but Brogdon will never forget his introduction to Sykes. My mom's going crazy, and my dad was taking heat. , Im not forgetting these things. I was kind of sad. Its not even that I did it (on my own). Dawson remembers that. A few births have been by choice, but obviously many occur by accident. Keifer will look at his son. We put in all that work, and they didn't pay us. "At first there was a lot of fear. NBA News. He does, however, remember the last time he saw his father, when James Sykes dropped him off at either a train or bus station to go back to Wisconsin Green-Bay to continue summer classes and workouts. We see him as one our guys, even though we only played a small part in his rise and elevation. Both anticipated that their contracts would be guaranteed through the end of the seasonFriday, and McKinnie was retained, too. Flash to Feb. 12, 2015, and Freeman's sleeping in the chair next to Kylee, awaiting his miracle. Sykes' relationship with his son is the connection he carries from the one he had with his father, that connection he still feels, but one that inevitably dims with the passage of time. Im doing what I do as a mom and thats to provide for my children and back them in everything they do, Lisa Sykes said. He relies on the motto, "More God," meaning that whenever he's faced with adversity, he'll trust God even more and remain the course. "She's the key to being married, to being a dad. Ray also said there are a lot of players who don't see their coaches as men who overcame hardship to be where they're at, so they're hesitant to approach or ask for help. We had nothing. pic.twitter.com/4JC9VJNSpW, James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) January 7, 2022, "Everything that she did for us, losing my dad, taking care of everybody she deserves this more than anybody, Keifer Sykes said. Buchanan, who leads URI in assists, played in Tuesday night's game against the Flyers, a vital one for Rhode Island's NCAA tourney at-large chances. "I didn't expect much out of basketball," Sykes said. So many missed calls from his girlfriend. 2023 www.indystar.com. INDIANAPOLIS Keifer Sykes remembers every doubter. Its been an overflow. I was the first person to see him, which was pretty cool.". Like Sykes, he's a senior NBA prospect. She took care of everybody.. The Cavaliers went on to win the 2014 ACC regular-season title and earn a No. Where was Keifer Sykes born? written on it in white letters, didnt hesitate before handing the kid his phone and obliging. Back home in Chicago, one of Sykes former high school coaches, Shawn Shake Harrington, watched it all unfold in tears. One team has a player with two children born from two women three months apart. "It's fun, though. So all of this has been more than me. 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