: “She was there in grade school, when James was a little-used reserve on his AAU team. She was there at Artesia High, where coach Scott Pera resolved to optimize a chubby freshman, dangling fast food as a reward for every game with more than six free throw attempts (so at least we know whom to blame). She was there at Arizona State, where James became an All-American. She was there in Oklahoma City, where she came to enjoy her son as the NBA’s most overqualified sixth man. ‘He would never get the ball playing with Kevin [Durant] and Russell [Westbrook],’ Monja says.
Wednesday Bolts – 10.14.15
