He's got a goofy personality and caring heart but also boasts a paternal side that's as sanguine as it is dedicated. Manage Settings Keifer Sykes was born on 30 December, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is an American basketball player. Sharp -- who's completed his Mormon mission obligations and is a 24-year-old senior on a team that in recent years has seen half its roster filled with married men -- saw little Jaycee Sharp come into the world 30 minutes after midnight on Oct. 1, 2014. "Looking back on my season, where did it go, and it's been a weird, weird year.". But mom? I do a lot of camps (in my hometown). The Pacers waived third-string point guard Brad Wanamaker after his poor playand picked up Sykes mainly as an insurance guard since starting point guard Malcolm Brogdon was sidelined with a sore right Achilles and backup point guard T.J. McConnell is out due to right wrist surgery. As of 2021, he is representing Fort Wayne Mad Ants, a professional basketball team of Indiana. He was 55. It wasn't a happy cry. I was an All-Star, we won the regular-season (league) title and postseason title, but over there its so cutthroat, Sykes said. He later joined the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay on a basketball scholarship. 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. "Those of us that know his story, (it's) very compelling, and this is a culmination of a lot of work and a big dream.". "I can finally say I made it," Sykes said. 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. Hes so well-rounded. . Sykes, who these days has NBA scouts frequently traveling to gelid Green Bay, has previously bypassed chances to turn pro early in Europe. We come from poverty. Its been an overflow. I cant do that. I was gonna have to fight an uphill battle, so I was already ready for it if I didnt get drafted.. Sykes and the mother of his child broke up when he was 17, when he left for college. The two remain close, and Harrington said hes thankful the gun violence that changed his life didnt have the same effect on the player he nicknamed Special K., I just started calling him Special K because I knew that kid had something special about him, Harrington said. Keifer prides his relationship with his son as an extension of what he had with his dad. Keifer Sykes would have used his share of the $2 million championship prize to help his Free 10 Foundation and his church. You scope college basketball, and the stories are everywhere. The hardest thing was the drive. And these (five games) that he's played, he's played tremendously. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'biographyhost_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_1',164,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-medrectangle-4-0'); Throughout his career, Sykesrepresentedseveral basketball clubs worldwide like Anyang KGC (Korean Basketball league), Ankara DSI (Turkish Club), Felice Scandone (Italian Club), etc. "I know she's probably gonna cry (when I talk to her) because it's bringing tears to my eyes right now," Sykes said, his voice cracking. The child's mother, Cecilia, and members of both parents' families crammed into a hospital room and glanced back and forth between watching a father on TV and keeping an eye on T.J. sleep with tubes and probes keeping him alive. Keifer Sykes was born on December 30, 1993. He's a good kid; he's not a distraction.". I didn't have goals to go further. His dad is alive, but he's not around and never has been. We come from poverty. 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. So all of this has been more than me. Some of them terrifying, like the hell and stress Rhode Island's T.J. Buchanan has endured all season. The Pacers' Keifer Sykes.AP if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'biographyhost_com-box-4','ezslot_3',131,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-box-4-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'biographyhost_com-box-4','ezslot_4',131,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-biographyhost_com-box-4-0_1');.box-4-multi-131{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:7px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:7px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}. He didn't sleep through the night, and in the darkest hour, their child was born. 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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 listens. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Over Indianas past two games,Sykes is averaging 20.0points, 5.5assists and 3.5rebounds while shooting 53.8% from the field, 50.0% on 3-pointers and 85.7% at the free-throw line. Mississippi State's Rick Ray is a coach with a lot of thoughts on this because he has a lot of players -- five of them -- in this situation. "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. She's going through the same thing these young ladies are going through. Sykes keeps in touch with all of them but he hasn't seen Kristie and Antawn in years. "I didn't expect much out of basketball," Sykes said. Mitchell said he keeps in touch with Sykes and, because of the time difference between the U.S. and Australia, the Phoenix often watch Pacers games when they get out of practice in the afternoon. Her husband, James, Keifer Sykes father, was there every step of the way, encouraging him to chase his dream, reminding him that his influence will always be bigger than basketball and instilling values in his son that Keifer Sykes still carries with him nearly a decade after his dads death. After shining with the Austin Spurs throughout the 2015-16 campaign, Sykes joined the Warriors for the 2016 Summer League, but he wasnt picked up by Golden State or another franchise ahead of the season. Follow IndyStar Pacers beat writer James Boyd on Twitter:@RomeovilleKid. 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. Suddenly he was holding ice chips and helping her breathe through the birth. Keifer Sykes. This is my path, and thats just what it is. But it came down to the last shot, and fortunately I was able to hit it and win us some money. We had nothing, man. Yet, Forbes in 2019 evaluated that he must be receiving a minimum NBA salary which was $900,000. "I don't want to go out of the States. Moreover, Sykes graduated from there with a degree in Communications. I finally opened it when I gathered my strength and the coaches were all crying, everybody was crying. We were all riding every possession and rooting for him, high-fiving each other whenever he dropped in another 3, Mitchell said. Former South East Melbourne Phoenix import Keifer Sykes has enjoyed a stunning rise with the Indiana Pacers, starting at point guard in their 129-121 loss to Brooklyn Nets on Thursday (AEDT) after seven years playing around the world and in the NBA G-League. Sykes cashes a deep 3-pointer as time expires at the end of the first half. You cant eat before somebody whos older than you, you gotta bow, you cant drink alcohol in front of older people; it was just a full-blown different culture. I can't wait to see her and hug her.". [17], On November 13, Sykes made his professional debut in a 10482 win over the Texas Legends, recording eight points, one rebound, six assists and three steals in 17 minutes off the bench. [13], After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Sykes joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2015 NBA Summer League. [1] The film follows Sykes' path from high school to his brush with the NBA. He'll do it if it becomes absolutely mandatory, but for now, he refuses to leave KJ. Milwaukee Bucks (22-9, first in the Eastern . Some of the scenarios are not ideal. Our dedicated Editorial team verifies each of the articles published on the Biographyhost. "He's absolutely like his dad," Lisa Sykes said of her youngest. On Dec. 7, 2013, Wisconsin Green-Bay hosted and upset Virginia behind a stellar performance from Sykes. 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. According to Pacers teammate and Wisconsin native Tyrese Haliburton, Sykes is a GB legend, and fellow teammate Malcolm Brogdon had the chance to see that legend in the making during college. 1 seed and took them to Game 5, which is like Game 7 over there, and lost on their floor," Sykes said. " "Everything that she did for us, losing my dad, taking care of everybody she deserves this more than anybody. "Over time, shock turned into excitement," White said of his world changing as a 17-year-old. 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. 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. "I was speechless," he said. "We want to young parents, to be young grandparents, all of that," Anderson said. [29] He was waived at the end of training camp. Keifer will look at his son. He'll have his headstone then, and he'll have his son and grandson touching it. [28], On August 5, 2021, Sykes signed a contract with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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At the conclusion of the regular season, Sykes was again named first team all-conference, he was named an honorable mention AP All-American, and was named Horizon Player of the Year. It has been less than two weeks but with all of the COVID roster shuffling and another player,. However, he regularlymentions his children during interviewsand posts pictures of them on his social media handles. 1:08; See All. For Sykes, whos been giving back for years, that was the norm. While Sykes soaked in the action, more youngsters filed into the gym and for nearly all of them Sykes had a greeting, Whats up, killa? he asked one kid. I shot that wing 3 against the Bulls,I air-balled. 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. For now, the per diem pays for diapers. An uncle to six and the son of a farmer, Anderson grew up bailing hay in Newark, Illinois. NBA News. Flash to Feb. 12, 2015, and Freeman's sleeping in the chair next to Kylee, awaiting his miracle. The former Indiana Pacers point guard prefers a low-key personal life. His Pell Grant goes toward living needs, and the family receives government assistance in addition to food stamps and WIC, a national food stamps programs specifically for newborns and their mothers. The former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay star . 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. You'd be amazed at what these guys don't know about parenting. Even prominent teams, like Gonzaga, are touched by early fatherhood. "You can hear him in the stands. Assistant coach Jenny Boucek brokethe news. And like Sykes, when Dawson found out he was going to be a father, he had zero interest in letting his mother know right away what he'd gotten himself into. Branden does not carry his father's last name. Sykes said having his contract guaranteed through the end of theseason is "the highlight of my professional career," and he's thrilled that his 6-year-old daughter, Kennedi, and11-year-old son, Keifer Jr., can finally say their daddy is officially in the NBA. . "We felt defeated," he said. Joniah Jr. lives 260 miles away, in Grenada, Mississippi, while his dad is getting his sea legs under him as a freshman in Ruston, Louisiana. He was just a really good man. So Im always a fan of guys like Keifer that defy the odds.. Dawson remembers that. Having not yet committed to Michigan State, the stress of choosing a college only added to Dawson's ongoing personal strain. ", James Sykes died of heart failure on June 6, 2012. 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. If it happens, he'll count that moment, along with the one he experienced Friday, as two big wins for his hometown. This is a man who fondly recalls buying a $134 ring from Walmart the night before he proposed. Adding to the growing list of Netflix series about young, rogue FBI agents, this latest one features Gabriel Basso as a man whose specific area of work is the White House. In Wardle's eyes -- and having spoken to many coaches on this, many expressed similar sentiment -- here was a kid who was playing for something. He madehis firstNBA startat Cleveland onJan. 2, scoring 10 points. The player is now back at school, away from his child, but not on the team. Without her, I wouldn't have been as successful as I have been this year.". Come August, Keifer will be three months removed from college. Keifer frequently shows his son photos to remind him. "One time I asked him, and he didn't know. But in talking to dozens of college coaches for this story, you discover that that this is a more common situation than you might think. As Sykes sat in the Pacers' practice facility after shootaround Tuesday, he laughed as he reflected on his Italian team, Scandone Avellino, going bankrupt after the 2018-19 season and failing to pay its players their full salaries. Buchanan's son, Terry Buchanan III, was born in November with a life-threatening condition. Their relationship was so strong, their parents were OK with Bria moving to Waco, enrolling in a community college, and living in her own apartment at 18. "The sacrifices she made, man. Afterward, he takes dozens of pictures and shakes the hands of nearly 200 people, plenty of whom he does not know. [7] Sykes and 7ft 1in (2.16m) standout player Alec Brown led the Phoenix to a 245 regular season record and finished first in the Horizon League. I didnt go somewhere that eased me into it. "It's my job to do what my dad did and tell him who my dad was," Keifer said. Following his senior year at Marshall Metro in Chicago, Sykes wasn't even considered a top-25 senior in Illinois. He's brand new to this game. "I was pacing in the waiting room. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: collegebasketball | pageType: stories | You could be winning and they still try to nitpick at something. I told him, 'Boost me up to 99 right now, and put me against Steph Curry! [3], After graduating high school, Sykes committed to play college basketball for coach Brian Wardle and eventually alongside Marshall teammates Alfonzo McKinnie and Vincent Garret, at Green Bay. I was charging it. Sykes subsequently joined the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and averaged 16.3 points, 8 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. The first words out of his mouth are eerily foreshadowing. Most guessed higher than 75 percent. I remember they tried to send me home, and the way they do it is like they give you a week trial run. Hows your team doing? he asked another. I asked a tearful Keifer Sykes (@ksykesyb), whose contract was guaranteed by the #Pacers, how he thinks his mom, Lisa (@Supermom00767), will react when he talks to her.She deserve this more than anybody. 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. His performance warranted praise from Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who has repeatedly noted how remarkable Sykes career has been. With these body stats, he has recorded his highest vertical jump of 44.5 inches. As COVID-19 began to change the landscape of everyday life, Sykes signed a one-year deal with the Phoenix, turning down more money in Europe and betting on himself to turn his stint down under into a springboard to the NBA. Sykes, wearing a black hat with "purpose." Sykes father, James, died of a heart attack June 6, 2012. "You don't want to encourage your guys to have kids out of wedlock, but when it happens, you have to help them. Lisa runs an out-of-home daycare operation. He quickly capitalized on his opportunity. Keifer Sykes | | NBA.com Keifer Sykes PPG 5.6 RPG 1.4 APG 1.9 HEIGHT 5'11" (1.80m) WEIGHT 167lb (76kg) COUNTRY USA LAST ATTENDED Wisconsin-Green Bay BIRTHDATE December 30, 1993 DRAFT. 10:51am: The Pacers intend to waive guard Brad Wanamaker and sign another guard, Keifer Sykes, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). 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.". I've heard a couple of times him screaming, 'Go, Daddy!' One team has a father who's a leading scorer with a child who attends every home game but did not want to bring extra attention to the player or the program. So, hell most likely head into the offseason having to prove himself all over again to the Pacers and other NBA franchises for a shot to remain in the best league in the world. He's going beyond the expectations of being there for his son. As apro-basketball player, Sykes weighs around 175 pounds and stands at theheightof 5 feet 11 inches. However,Sykeswas quickly thrust into the spotlight because of a COVID-19 outbreak within the team that sent Brogdon and Caris LeVert, who had been filling inas the team's starting point guard, into the league's health and safety protocols. "It's the first time I had to do real school work. The two began dating and created a family out of wedlock. Neither player entered the game, and McKinnie has since been waived, but that night McKinnie was just proud to exchange matching No. 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. Continue with Recommended Cookies. 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. Then he sank a 17-footer over . Stephen A. Smith discusses why the Lakers are a better . Dawson grew up with a mother who loved him dearly and worked at a local hospital -- the same one My'Shawn was born at -- but there was a wall of fear he couldn't mount. At James Sykes' urging, and Keifer's own interest in ending the courtship of so many other coaching staffs, he committed fairly early as a junior. From grade school to now, I really paid the cost. It wasnt like when I went to Europe and your teammates have been around American players enough to know some English. "When she told me, I kind of freaked out. I dont know why they wouldnt allow this story to be continued in as much detail as possible. Its a real heros journey.. We play them (soon)!'" "My son played (NBA 2K) last night with me. We put in all that work, and they didn't pay us. Once she looked up at me, it was over after that.". 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. 'You don't know who this is?'". "He so reminds me of his dad. 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. Hed come so close in the past and inched even closer with a shot that turned him into an overnight sensation. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at 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. Averyelle was born shortly after the sun came up. The mother, who Kedren has known since middle school, lives in Johnson's hometown of Lewisburg, Tennessee. The Pacers had Sykes and Wanamaker in training camp and kept the veteran Wanamaker when the season began. "Chicago means everything to me, man. In the 2017-18 season, Sykes played for Ankara DS S.K. Moreover, last year on her 5th birthday, Sykes took it to his Instagram@ksykeyb28. 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. 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. Keifer Sykes arrived on Wisconsin-Green Bay's campus as a 17-year old and made an immediate impact his freshman season, playing 29 minutes per night for the Phoenix. Bloodman's long been saving for this. Sykes estimated he's trekked it back and forth about 20 times per season over the past four years. After waiting for months, Dawson found the courage while plopped on a bus headed to Milwaukee.
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