My D-Day: A dark journey ends, a bright future beckons
My roots: The cotton fields of Mississippi
My grandma: Breaking barriers and dodging bullets
My mom: The woman they called Overtime
My drug-dealing days: From crumbs to Kangols
My life on the streets: Death at every corner
My uncles: Survivors from the South Side
My game: Shooting hoops, aiming for the stars
My arrest: Smoking gun, smoking station wagon
My time in the hole: Just me, my Bible and Mandela
After my release: Shooting hoops, shooting myself
My second chance: The crossroads of my life
My time with Mad Max: Gentry, MCI, and a whole new world
College: UConn and Andrea, the love of my life
My years in the NBA: Riles, Kobe, K.D., and gunplay in the locker room
