Nearly all the Henderson siblings say they grew up as Kobe Bryant fans, including Scoot, who has a purple No.
And then he’s flying in the air, dunking it as hard as he can, hanging on the rim.” Sweetest guy, he’s so humble, and then he gets on the court and you just see this green monster. “He might start off kind of cool,” says Diamond, “but then the monster just comes out and he can’t contain it. On the court, though, is a different story. He’s also the Henderson most likely to scream through a horror movie. When his sisters went away to college, Scoot would call them almost daily to check in. Those in Scoot’s orbit describe him the same way: serious, reserved, hyperfocused, mature beyond his years but a kid at heart, a sensitive soul. And all of the Hendersons can be found there nearly every day, Scoot sometimes until 2 a.m. Chris has coached them all since they were toddlers dunking on plastic hoops and continues to train them at Next Play 360°. The oldest brother, Jade, 28, preferred football but can hold his own in family pickup games. Their youngest sister, 16-year-old Crystal, who goes by Moochie, is a point guard and one of the top-ranked preps in Georgia. CJ, 20, played at Kell High until he suffered a knee injury. Three Henderson sisters played Division I basketball: Diamond, 29, at Syracuse, and Onyx and China, 26, at Cal State–Fullerton.
In this family, basketball really is life. Says Crystal, “We just want to continue to help them realize they can do anything that they want in this world and then open up their eyes to STEM.”
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They launched a series of camps and tournaments for kids, along with a STEM lab. He’d grown up in difficult circumstances, wishing he had access to this type of haven. Crystal, a health-care administrator, and Chris, a coach and trainer, acquired the space, with its two courts, in 2018, fulfilling a lifelong dream of Chris’s. The gym is Next Play 360°, which everyone in the family calls their second home. But two seconds later, it’s like, ‘O.K., what are we eating?’ And then after things settle down a little bit.
“It’s always a sports disagreement in the morning,” says Onyx, 23, who lives a few miles away but, like all her siblings, gravitates back to the family home on a woodsy cul-de-sac. Overtime Elite? The fledgling league, with seed money from Jeff Bezos and Drake, made an offer, too.Įvery inch of couch cushion in the modest living room is filled by Hendersons and a few family friends. Overseas? He had already turned down a lucrative offer in China as a sophomore. College? Top schools like Kansas, Georgia and Auburn were recruiting him. The only question was where to take his talents. Having dominated high school competition, he knew a year ago that he would leave early. It’s a long way from Kell High, where Scoot could be studying for an English test right now instead of figuring out where to shop for groceries. “Just seeing them every day, it’ll make me happier,” Scoot says. His mother, Crystal, and one of his four sisters, Onyx, are also moving west to manage his daily affairs and live in a house just up the street in the ritzy suburb east of Oakland.
So, sure, some posters would be nice, but much better is that CJ, his best friend and the younger of his two older brothers, will arrive in a few days to be his roommate and driver, since Scoot doesn’t have his license. When you’re 17 and 2,500 miles from home-far from your parents and grandparents and the six basketball-playing siblings who helped shape you-you do whatever you can to ease the transition.
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