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Two victims were killed and six other people injured after a lone shooter opened fire at FSU in Tallahassee on Thursday, according to law enforcement. “This is the opportunity right now to talk about putting things in perspective,” Mosley said. “What’s going on at Florida State, ongoing, with the lives lost … I just want to send thoughts, prayers that things are handled speedily and that we can just continue to pray for those that have been impacted by this, to understand that lives are more important, and human beings are more important, than a basketball game or a playoff series at any given time. “That’s what we need to continually remember in these moments right now,” he added.
Charlie Ward: I’m coaching high school basketball, doing some public speaking and also getting ready to tackle a big project building a sports and wellness facility. It’s a project that our foundation is looking to build for the community in the Big Bend area around Tallahassee [FL] area and it’s hopefully something that can inspire a community to be able to talk about and to bring [more] sports to the area and also the wellness component as well. So we’re just trying to make an impact in the community.
The were jitters, understandably, for Jaylen Martin early on in his NBA Summer League debut. The last organized basketball game Jaylen Martin had played in came against high schoolers. Now the former Overtime Elite standout was facing grown men, wearing a Knicks jersey and hoping to impress his new team. It didn’t start well, but by the end of the game, the 6-foot-6 wing had made an impact. The Tallahassee, Fla., native nearly helped the Knicks rally from a 16-point, second-half deficit before they lost, 110-101, to the 76ers at Cox Pavilion on Saturday night. “I feel like as the game went on, I loosened up and was able to play my game,” Martin said after he scored 12 points on 3-for-8 shooting and added two rebounds. “Just get comfortable on the court.”
One text was all it took. In a group text message chat with former Florida State men's basketball players, one player suggested meeting in Tallahassee for a reunion during the first week of May for graduation week. The rest is history, as Toronto Raptors' star Scottie Barnes and the Los Angeles Clipper's Terance Mann were among the 14 players - current and former - who gathered on Friday to play pick-up basketball at the training facility at FSU.
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