I have younger players who saw Kevin working harder than anyone else every day. The student body is 90 percent Hispanic and from the neighborhood.
Black students are in the minority overall but the majority on the basketball team.
They come from North Londale, where William Nelson, the basketball coach, grew up. Scowling, shoulders back, way back in his tweed jacket, he struts in neat, pleated slacks, with his head turning back and forth, like he's radar for the slightest blip of trouble. Otherwise, he is looser-limbed, an animated guy who acts out anecdotes and would rather laugh than take the events of life so seriously. That includes the game of basketball. I have fun.