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NBA draft prospect Paul Reed thanks Orlando family for inspiration

Michelle Reed remembers her husband, Paul Reed Sr., almost always having a basketball in his hands over the years when he starred for Dr. Phillips High school, played college ball at UCF and then turned professional in Europe.

“Even when we were overseas we’d go to watch my husband’s practice and Paul Jr. would be in a corner with his own little ball practicing the same moves the team was doing,” Michelle said this week.

Those childhood days of mimicking professionals sparked a basketball fixation for little Paul, a former Wekiva High School standout who has grown to 6-feet, 9-inches tall.