![]() ![]() And I’m just trying to keep the kids away from that.” I’m hearing stories, while I’m up in the States talking to people, that people are getting shot once a week. “Nowadays there’s a lot of violence going on down here. “Coming up with the idea was just brainstorming with my aunt, trying to figure out what’s a good way to keep the kids active and keep them out of harm’s way,” Rakeem says. Croix to host the inaugural Christmas in July charity game, with the proceeds (almost $20,000) going toward fixing dilapidated courts for kids around the island.Ī cloistered tourist might not be aware of the gun violence that exists in St. But first, he’s giving back to the community that raised him. Ten years after Philly’s harshest shit-talkers inspired Christmas to pursue basketball with burning passion, Rakeem is hard at work preparing for his second season with the Indiana Pacers. Croix, the largest of the US Virgin Islands, since the age of 2. ![]() Christmas was 14 at the time, and he had just moved in with Ryan and his wife, Amira, after living in St. Ryan Joseph, 33, vividly recalls the moment his nephew, Rakeem Christmas, became a man on the intense, trash-talk filled pick-up courts of Philadelphia. They were calling him ‘soft cotton,’ they were going hard. “We were playing two-on-two-I was on his team. ![]()
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