Charles Claxton is a mountain of a man who played three games for the Celtics and another four years overseas for teams in Poland, Lithuania and England before returning home in 2000 to raise his newborn son, Nicolas.
And raise him, he did, as Mike Mazzeo writes Monday for Forbes Sports. Charles coached Nic up until eighth grade, took him to workouts, watched games with him. Now, the proud father of an NBA player coming into his own, Charles tells Mazzeo that while he may seem that Nic came from out of nowhere, he’s a product of some very hard work.