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Umzuzu owodwa, u-Zane Carter wafulathela umbhobho waqondisa umyalezo olula hhayi ezintathelini, kodwa kumngane wakhe omkhulu. Ekhuluma ngomuntu wesibili.
Amakhanda abo ayephansi futhi amashiya aphakeme ngenxa yokuphoxeka ngemva kokuhlulwa ngo-59-43 i-Oakland High emdlalweni wamanqamu we-basketball yabafana be-Division III, u-Carter ehlezi nabanye abaqalayo be-Buena High engqungqutheleni yezindaba yangemva komdlalo. Ngesinye isikhathi, ngisho namaphupho ashiseka kakhulu kufanele aphele, futhi isizini kaBuena yaphaphama egcwele umjuluko ngemuva kokuthi ukudubula kwabo konakele bebhekene neqembu elizethembayo lase-Oakland.
Nokho, ukuhlala ngemva kwalelo tafula kwaba ukunqoba. Elinye lamaqembu ahamba phambili emlandweni we-Ventura County, njengoba uCarter asho umdlalo wangemuva. Ukugibela isizini engama-31-6 okuphuma phambili kuyo yonke indlela ekunqobeni komqhudelwano wesifunda wesikhathi esengeziwe kathathu unqoba i-Culver City, inqwaba yezingane zasekhaya ezineminyaka emine ezigxumagxuma ehhotela i-Jacuzzi e-Sacramento ngobusuku bangaphambi komdlalo wamanqamu we-Division III.
“Hhayi ezifisweni zami ezinhle,” kusho umqeqeshi uMatt Colton cishe ngo-9 ebusuku ngoLwesine, “kodwa yilokho abakwenzayo.”
Enhliziyweni yalo kwakunguCarter, umshayimagoli ophambili weqembu, nonogada wamaphuzu aphezulu u-Colin Guenther. Abangani bangempela. I-Quarterback nomamukeli ophezulu eqenjini lebhola lesikole. I-Cheesy, kodwa inembile, ukusho ukuthi lokhu kwakukhethekile kubo, izingane ezimbili nje ezikhule futhi zihlala ndawonye isizini ngesizini ngenkathi yobungcweti bezemidlalo nokudluliselwa.
Ngakho uCarter waphendulela ikhanda lakhe kuGuenther, enikeza umlayezo wokugcina.
“Nakuba asikwazanga ukwenza lokhu,” uCarter watshela uGuenther, “ngiyajabula ngokuthi ngidlale nawe. Kuyoba njalo. Futhi ngithi, hlala uxhumene unomphela, bhuti.’”
U-sublime njengoba u-Carter ebesemdlalweni wokugcina wesizini encomekayo, ebeke amaphuzu angu-19 ekudubuleni okuyisikhombisa kwabangu-11, akakwazanga ukufana noMoney Williams ka-Oakland, oshayeke kahle kwesokunxele ngesiwombe sesibili esendleleni eya. 22 amaphuzu.
Noma ngabe ivikela ngendlela eqinile ngesiwombe sokuqala, akekho umuntu ngaphandle kuka-Carter ongahlasela i-Buena njengoba ama-Bulldogs ephume ku-17 esuka ekujuleni futhi adubula u-32%.
“Ngithathe ubusuku obungalungile ukuze ngizibambele mathupha,” kusho uColton ngemuva komdlalo.
Noma kunjalo, kwakuyisikhathi esikhethekile seqembu labazalwane – kubazalwane bangempela uDaniel noLuke Ortiz, abasuka ezinganeni ezingazange zivule imilomo yazo ukuze zikhulume nezikhulumi ezingapheli ezazihlala ngemuva kukaColton kukho konke ukugibela ibhasi, kanye nabazalwane abangokomoya uCarter noGuenther. .
“UZane ube yingxenye enkulu yempumelelo yami,” kusho uGuenther esithangamini sabezindaba ephendula impendulo kaCarter, “futhi ayikho indlela engangingasondela ngayo esimweni engikuso ekuphileni. … Ngibonga kakhulu ngokuba nomuntu ongenza kahle kangaka enkundleni futhi abe umngane omkhulu kanye nomngane wami wempilo.
“Futhi kubo bonke laba bafana eqenjini,” kuqhuba uGuenther, “kuzohlala isikhathi eside kunomdlalo owodwa ngesizini eyodwa.”
