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Local teacher writes book on upstart basketball league
Wake County Schools teacher Brandon Williams writes about his role in a pioneering basketball league.
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Wake County Schools teacher Brandon Williams writes about his role in a pioneering basketball league.
PIRATES WERE OUTREBOUNDED. 51 TO 32 FLORIDA ESCAPES 70 65 DIFFERENCE IN THE BALL. HE HAD JUST 6 WEEKS TO PLAN AN ENTIRE SEASON OF AN EXPERIMENTAL UPSTART LEAGUE. WHILE JUGGLING FAMILY AND ALSO BEING A WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS, TEACHER. AND IN THAT TIME, BRANDON WILLIAMS MADE HISTORY. HE WROTE A BOOK TO TELL THE STORY. READ HOW YOU FEEL THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOR BRANDON WILLIAMS CAME AFTER STARTING A BLOG. I WANT TO BE A PROVIDE A POSITIVE SPIN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE TIME. >> LIKE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT LIKE THEY WERE GETTING CAMERA IN 2017, HE STARTED FRESH SPORTS TALK A WEBSITE TO COVER LAVAR BALL'S BIG BALLER. BRAND SHOE COMPANY. AND THAT'S WHEN THE BALL FAMILY NOTICED IN FEBRUARY OF 2018, I WROTE A STORY THAT WAS LIKE A THE BAR COULD POTENTIALLY BE A BILLIONAIRE WITH BIG BALLER. BRAND WATER. THEY NEVER JUST RETWEET. >> LIKE JUST ANYBODY. AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN LITTLE ME GETS NO RETWEET ABOUT THE BAR. THEN HIS PHONE RANG BALL. THE FATHER OF LONZO LIANGELO AND LAMELO. >> WANT TO START THE JUNIOR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION IN 2018. IT WAS A SHORT-LIVED PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE FOR TOP HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL EARLY BEFORE THE DAYS OF NIL. WILLIAMS SERVED AS THE LEAGUE'S DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. SO LIKE 6 WEEKS TO PREPARE FOR AN SEASON, LONG'S WORTH OF GAMES. 5, HOWEVER, HE WAS STILL A TEACHER. IF YOU CLAIM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MADE SACRIFICES TO SERVICE STUDENTS. WELL, ALSO MAKING HISTORY MY LUNCH BREAK. SO IN MY PLAN AND PIERS, IF I HAD TO YOU KNOW, DOUBLE TIME IT, YOU KNOW, THE GRAYS AND ASK FOR HELP WHATEVER HAD TO DO. I JUST KIND OF JUST HAD TO DO IT HAD TO DO. THE LEAGUE ONLY LASTED ONE SEASON, BUT WILLIAMS HAS A LIFETIME OF STORIES COMING FROM IT, WHICH MOTIVATED HIM TO WRITE THIS BOOK. THE JBA LEAGUE, A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN. SINCE THEN OVERTIME ELITE AND THE NBA G LEAGUE IGNITE HAVE LAUNCHED GIVING TOP HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECTS A WAY TO MAKE MONEY WHILE ALSO PLAYING THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. SOME HAVE EVEN TURNED INTO TOP NBA DRAFT PICKS. THE JBA ONLY LASTED FOR ONE YEAR, BUT OVER TIME, ALI AND NBA G LEAGUE IGNITE COMES AFTER IT. >> DO YOU STILL SEE IT AS A SUCCESS? ABSOLUTELY. AND IT WAS IT WAS MORE THAN X'S SAYS WHEN YOU START SEEING THINGS LIKE THE OVERTIME ELITE IN THE G LEAGUE IGNITE. >> TAKE WHAT WE DID AND START THE FLOOR. >> IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT BRANDON'S BOOK TO JBA LEAGUE A LEAGUE OF HER OWN, YOU CAN FIND ON AMAZON AGO TO BRANDON WILLIAMS AUTHORED DOT COM OR IF YOU MISS ALL THAT, JUST GO TO WRAL. SPORTS FAN DOT COM RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GO TO HOLLY RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILL YOU MAY SEE BRANDON IN THIS IN THE HOLES WITH YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE TEACHES NOW. WHAT AN INSPIRATION TO HIS STUDENTS IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO, IF YOU JUST START SOMETHING YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WATCH AND