1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:14,375 --> 00:00:16,833 ♪ energetic hip-hop ♪ 4 00:00:16,917 --> 00:00:19,041 [Kevin Durant] I come from a small county 5 00:00:19,125 --> 00:00:21,625 outside of Washington, D.C., 6 00:00:21,708 --> 00:00:24,250 called PG County. 7 00:00:24,332 --> 00:00:25,958 ♪♪♪ 8 00:00:26,041 --> 00:00:27,875 ♪ Blow your mind ♪ 9 00:00:27,958 --> 00:00:29,542 [man] There's always been great players... 10 00:00:29,625 --> 00:00:30,792 [announcer] Head to Jeff Green. Oh-- 11 00:00:30,875 --> 00:00:32,082 [announcers overlapping] 12 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:33,457 [man] ...from Prince George's County. 13 00:00:33,542 --> 00:00:35,582 [announcer] What a finish for KD! 14 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:36,625 [man] Players from Prince George's County-- 15 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:39,792 they can fill it up. 16 00:00:39,875 --> 00:00:41,750 PG County guys 17 00:00:41,834 --> 00:00:43,250 provide wet buckets for America. 18 00:00:43,332 --> 00:00:44,582 - [announcer] Here's Beasley. - [announcer] Beasley! 19 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:45,625 [announcer] Jeff Green! 20 00:00:45,709 --> 00:00:47,000 [man] You can come here and get ate up, 21 00:00:47,082 --> 00:00:49,332 or you can eat and become successful. 22 00:00:49,417 --> 00:00:51,125 [announcer] Oladipo pounds it down! 23 00:00:51,207 --> 00:00:52,667 [overlaid announcers] With the ninth pick... 24 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:53,792 With the fifth... With the second pick... 25 00:00:53,875 --> 00:00:56,040 The Miami Heat... The Seattle SuperSonics... 26 00:00:56,125 --> 00:00:56,750 The Philadelphia '76ers 27 00:00:56,834 --> 00:00:59,582 select Markelle Fultz, 28 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:02,000 Victor Oladipo, 29 00:01:02,082 --> 00:01:02,667 Michael Beasley, 30 00:01:02,750 --> 00:01:04,207 Kevin Durant. 31 00:01:04,290 --> 00:01:07,625 [announcer] Durant finishes with a left hand. 32 00:01:07,709 --> 00:01:09,834 Almost every other NBA game, 33 00:01:09,917 --> 00:01:11,165 there's somebody that I'm playing against 34 00:01:11,250 --> 00:01:12,332 that's from PG County. 35 00:01:12,417 --> 00:01:13,875 Always like, "Oh, you know he from home?" 36 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:15,207 Like, "Damn, him too?" 37 00:01:15,290 --> 00:01:16,500 I just love to see that, you know. 38 00:01:16,582 --> 00:01:20,000 [Nolan] We were friends. We were enemies. 39 00:01:20,082 --> 00:01:23,165 Basketball, to this county, means everything. 40 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:26,207 It's just something about the water we drink. 41 00:01:26,290 --> 00:01:27,582 It gotta be in the water. 42 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:28,875 It's just in the water. This is what we do. 43 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,875 [announcer] Durant! 44 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,332 ♪♪♪ 45 00:01:37,332 --> 00:01:38,542 ♪ soft music ♪ 46 00:01:38,625 --> 00:01:39,875 [Jerai] If somebody asked me 47 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,290 where's Prince George's County, 48 00:01:41,375 --> 00:01:43,207 it's the heart of Maryland. 49 00:01:43,290 --> 00:01:44,207 ♪♪♪ 50 00:01:44,290 --> 00:01:47,625 Not to get too metaphorical or whatever, 51 00:01:47,709 --> 00:01:49,875 but it's this heartbeat. 52 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:53,542 ♪ hip-hop music ♪ 53 00:01:53,625 --> 00:01:55,040 [narrator] Bordering the nation's capital, 54 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:56,875 Prince George's County, 55 00:01:56,959 --> 00:01:59,290 once home to tobacco plantations, 56 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:02,542 is divided into two zones by I-495, 57 00:02:02,625 --> 00:02:06,125 locally known as the Capital Beltway. 58 00:02:06,207 --> 00:02:07,542 The outer Beltway holds 59 00:02:07,625 --> 00:02:09,457 some of the richest black-majority towns 60 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:10,750 in the nation, 61 00:02:10,834 --> 00:02:12,667 while many inner Beltway communities 62 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:16,500 face high rates of poverty and crime. 63 00:02:16,582 --> 00:02:19,125 But the obsession that unifies this Maryland county 64 00:02:19,207 --> 00:02:21,207 is basketball. 65 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:25,375 The shared passion, style, and success is undeniable. 66 00:02:25,457 --> 00:02:28,582 Ask anyone from the county. They'll let you know. 67 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:30,667 [Marissa] It's the Mecca of basketball. 68 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:33,750 Wherever you go, you mention Prince George's County, 69 00:02:33,834 --> 00:02:34,917 people--people know what it's about. 70 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,875 ♪♪♪ 71 00:02:36,959 --> 00:02:41,082 Basketball's always bouncing in--in PG County. 72 00:02:41,165 --> 00:02:43,082 [Beasley] First time I touched a basketball, 73 00:02:43,165 --> 00:02:46,457 Hilltop Gardens. 74 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:48,250 I-I must have been like three years old. 75 00:02:48,332 --> 00:02:50,290 First thing I remember: I'm lookin' up... 76 00:02:52,332 --> 00:02:54,667 ...and I couldn't get the ball to the basket. 77 00:02:54,750 --> 00:02:59,000 Like...I tried all fucking day... 78 00:03:00,125 --> 00:03:02,542 ...just throwing it, throwing it, until finally 79 00:03:02,625 --> 00:03:04,667 I threw it like this and finally made one. 80 00:03:04,750 --> 00:03:07,125 ♪ Perhaps the most famous classic ♪ 81 00:03:07,207 --> 00:03:09,542 It's been the only thing in my life 82 00:03:09,625 --> 00:03:12,250 these 30 years that's consistent. 83 00:03:12,332 --> 00:03:15,457 Once I committed to playing basketball 84 00:03:15,542 --> 00:03:18,457 and wanting to play basketball for, like, forever-- 85 00:03:18,542 --> 00:03:20,125 I was, like, nine-- 86 00:03:20,207 --> 00:03:22,582 it was like breathing. 87 00:03:22,667 --> 00:03:23,834 [Beasley] Ever since we've been playing basketball, 88 00:03:23,917 --> 00:03:25,625 me and KD been best friends. 89 00:03:25,709 --> 00:03:28,500 If I'm on Branch Avenue 90 00:03:28,582 --> 00:03:31,165 and I hear about a game down in Farm, 91 00:03:31,250 --> 00:03:32,667 I'ma call KD, 92 00:03:32,750 --> 00:03:33,875 who's all the way up in Marlboro at the time... 93 00:03:33,959 --> 00:03:37,625 ♪ heavy music ♪ 94 00:03:37,709 --> 00:03:39,165 ♪♪♪ 95 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,625 [players shouting, whistle blows] 96 00:03:45,417 --> 00:03:46,625 [onlooker] Oh, my goodness! 97 00:03:46,709 --> 00:03:48,834 [Beasley] Became a norm to where--just hoop 98 00:03:48,917 --> 00:03:51,709 every three, four times a day. 99 00:03:51,792 --> 00:03:54,207 It go from that to this... 100 00:03:54,290 --> 00:03:55,000 [announcer] Here is Durant 101 00:03:55,082 --> 00:03:58,000 - [buzzer] - for the win! 102 00:03:58,082 --> 00:04:00,332 Kevin Durant 103 00:04:00,417 --> 00:04:03,165 has won it at the buzzer! 104 00:04:05,332 --> 00:04:07,792 [narrator] Since 2000, over 30 NBA players, 105 00:04:07,875 --> 00:04:10,875 multiple WNBA stars, 106 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:13,375 and hundreds of Division I college players 107 00:04:13,457 --> 00:04:16,125 have come from PG County. 108 00:04:16,207 --> 00:04:17,875 The seeds were planted over a century ago 109 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:21,290 in nearby Washington, D.C., 110 00:04:21,375 --> 00:04:23,582 where African-Americans first learned, 111 00:04:23,667 --> 00:04:26,207 then transformed the art of basketball. 112 00:04:26,290 --> 00:04:28,417 ♪♪♪ 113 00:04:31,375 --> 00:04:34,582 [McAdams] This area was the first 114 00:04:34,667 --> 00:04:36,709 to master the game of basketball, 115 00:04:36,792 --> 00:04:40,709 thanks to Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson, 116 00:04:40,792 --> 00:04:42,875 the first black physical educator 117 00:04:42,959 --> 00:04:45,667 in the nation. 118 00:04:45,750 --> 00:04:47,709 [narrator] Edwin B. Henderson hoped basketball 119 00:04:47,792 --> 00:04:50,165 would boost college access and social mobility 120 00:04:50,250 --> 00:04:51,500 for black youth. 121 00:04:51,582 --> 00:04:53,500 The so-called Father of Black Basketball 122 00:04:53,582 --> 00:04:55,582 had learned the sport from its creator, 123 00:04:55,667 --> 00:04:57,667 James Naismith, while attending 124 00:04:57,750 --> 00:04:59,750 a Harvard University sports and recreation program 125 00:04:59,834 --> 00:05:03,541 in 1904. 126 00:05:03,625 --> 00:05:06,290 [McAdams] Henderson brought the game back to D.C., 127 00:05:06,375 --> 00:05:08,583 went to the black Y, 128 00:05:08,666 --> 00:05:11,625 which is known as the historic 12th Street Y, 129 00:05:11,709 --> 00:05:13,709 and that was the venue 130 00:05:13,791 --> 00:05:16,917 of basketball in Washington, D.C., 131 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,667 as it pertains to African-Americans. 132 00:05:18,750 --> 00:05:21,667 ♪♪♪ 133 00:05:21,750 --> 00:05:22,834 [Pennington] He thought if we had an athletic skill, 134 00:05:22,917 --> 00:05:25,750 we could utilize that to get into good white schools 135 00:05:25,834 --> 00:05:28,250 in America. 136 00:05:28,332 --> 00:05:30,709 A lot of racism goes out the window 137 00:05:30,792 --> 00:05:31,834 when you're competing with your white counterpart 138 00:05:31,917 --> 00:05:33,959 to win games. 139 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,250 [McAdams] D.C. had a leg up 140 00:05:36,332 --> 00:05:37,917 because of Dr. Henderson. 141 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,125 The fundamentals 142 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:42,582 and the proper way to play the game 143 00:05:42,667 --> 00:05:48,332 were taught to the youngsters in Washington, D.C. 144 00:05:48,417 --> 00:05:51,125 [narrator] Henderson's players won championships. 145 00:05:51,207 --> 00:05:53,625 Some even changed the world, like Charles Drew, 146 00:05:53,709 --> 00:05:55,040 who later created the world's first blood bank 147 00:05:55,125 --> 00:05:57,875 as a trailblazing physician, 148 00:05:57,959 --> 00:05:59,125 and Edward Duke Ellington, 149 00:05:59,207 --> 00:06:03,290 the composer who'd go on to redefine American music. 150 00:06:03,375 --> 00:06:04,165 Though legal segregation 151 00:06:04,250 --> 00:06:06,040 prevailed in the nation's capital, 152 00:06:06,125 --> 00:06:07,375 D.C.'s black community 153 00:06:07,458 --> 00:06:09,375 built a thriving city within a city, 154 00:06:09,458 --> 00:06:14,083 anchored by institutions like Howard University 155 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:16,582 and the U Street business corridor. 156 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:19,959 This relative stability was shattered in 1968 157 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,417 by a tragedy that shook the nation. 158 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,000 [Robert Kennedy] I have some very sad news 159 00:06:25,082 --> 00:06:27,125 for all of you... 160 00:06:28,792 --> 00:06:33,417 ...and I think sad news for all of our fellow citizens... 161 00:06:34,250 --> 00:06:37,542 ...and people who love peace all over the world... 162 00:06:37,625 --> 00:06:39,500 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 163 00:06:39,582 --> 00:06:42,125 ...and that is that Martin Luther King 164 00:06:42,207 --> 00:06:42,917 was shot and was killed tonight 165 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,417 in Memphis, Tennessee. 166 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:48,082 [crowd exclaims] 167 00:06:48,165 --> 00:06:49,375 [narrator] In the wake 168 00:06:49,457 --> 00:06:51,959 of Martin Luther King's assassination, 169 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,667 Washington, D.C., erupted. 170 00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:56,875 The riots would claim a dozen lives, 171 00:06:56,959 --> 00:06:59,207 destroy countless businesses, 172 00:06:59,290 --> 00:07:00,709 and spark an exodus of middle-class 173 00:07:00,791 --> 00:07:04,500 African-Americans to suburban Prince George's County. 174 00:07:04,583 --> 00:07:07,583 ♪ disquieting music ♪ 175 00:07:07,666 --> 00:07:08,875 ♪♪♪ 176 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:10,125 Each generation wants a better life 177 00:07:10,208 --> 00:07:13,290 for a subsequent generation, 178 00:07:13,375 --> 00:07:15,208 and during that time, the opportunity 179 00:07:15,290 --> 00:07:17,542 was in the Prince George's County. 180 00:07:17,625 --> 00:07:19,207 [Brown] Many African-Americans were moving into the county, 181 00:07:19,290 --> 00:07:22,332 and one of the offshoots of that 182 00:07:22,417 --> 00:07:25,000 is that you had a number of young kids 183 00:07:25,082 --> 00:07:26,542 who were excellent basketball players 184 00:07:26,625 --> 00:07:30,332 now starting to go to the county schools. 185 00:07:31,582 --> 00:07:33,500 [narrator] From D.C., they brought skill 186 00:07:33,582 --> 00:07:35,000 and deep knowledge of the game. 187 00:07:35,082 --> 00:07:37,125 They also found 188 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:38,875 an ideal environment for hoops, 189 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:42,250 a county with one of the nation's best park systems. 190 00:07:42,332 --> 00:07:45,582 Prince George's County has over 400 parks, 191 00:07:45,667 --> 00:07:47,207 and in most of those parks, 192 00:07:47,290 --> 00:07:48,582 you have basketball courts, 193 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:50,625 and you can get out there and play, 194 00:07:50,709 --> 00:07:53,207 and you can raise that level of play 195 00:07:53,290 --> 00:07:54,750 based upon the competition 196 00:07:54,834 --> 00:07:56,542 that you receive within those communities. 197 00:07:59,625 --> 00:08:02,750 [Kevin] Every summer, just about every day, 198 00:08:02,834 --> 00:08:04,416 you know, we was playing outdoors 199 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:05,250 on that blacktop. 200 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:06,583 As soon as I woke up, 201 00:08:06,666 --> 00:08:09,750 I was going downstairs and going to the court 202 00:08:09,834 --> 00:08:13,416 across the street from my apartment building. 203 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:15,750 We got that competition early on. 204 00:08:15,834 --> 00:08:17,417 It was very competitive. 205 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:20,250 For me, it was a young kid 206 00:08:20,332 --> 00:08:22,125 walking on the court with a bunch of grown men. 207 00:08:22,207 --> 00:08:25,165 And you had to go in there and prove to the older adults 208 00:08:25,250 --> 00:08:28,125 that we belong on this court. 209 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:29,792 [overlapping chatter] 210 00:08:29,875 --> 00:08:31,792 You could virtually ride in--in the neighborhoods, 211 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:34,040 and any basketball court in many neighborhoods 212 00:08:34,125 --> 00:08:35,500 would be packed. 213 00:08:35,582 --> 00:08:37,040 [Steve] I love basketball so much. 214 00:08:37,125 --> 00:08:38,500 It was like an amusement park, 215 00:08:38,582 --> 00:08:39,834 'cause you could learn something 216 00:08:39,917 --> 00:08:41,457 every single day from somebody. 217 00:08:41,542 --> 00:08:43,417 [Adrian] First of all, you'd better get into court early. 218 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:45,750 If you're not there at 9:00, 219 00:08:45,834 --> 00:08:47,709 you might not play until 11:00, 220 00:08:47,792 --> 00:08:50,417 and if you lost a game, you might as well go home. 221 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:52,165 If we were playing and it got too dark, 222 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:54,125 there were no lights. 223 00:08:54,207 --> 00:08:58,667 Guys that drove would turn their headlights on 224 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:00,750 so we could finish a game. 225 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:03,500 [people talking indistinctly] 226 00:09:03,582 --> 00:09:05,207 And so if you lose, 227 00:09:05,291 --> 00:09:06,457 and you-- and you're not good, 228 00:09:06,542 --> 00:09:09,500 you know, they might say you're not playing no more. 229 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:11,125 [Walt] So that sense of urgency, 230 00:09:11,207 --> 00:09:13,000 you know, was always there. 231 00:09:13,082 --> 00:09:15,500 [Mike] You fought to the death, almost. 232 00:09:15,582 --> 00:09:17,667 I mean, there was definitely blood. 233 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:20,166 Game point was gonna take 15, 20 minutes. 234 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:22,000 Like, you were gonna get fouled. 235 00:09:22,082 --> 00:09:24,250 [Jeff] The county definitely gives you a tough edge. 236 00:09:24,332 --> 00:09:25,917 Fighting to hold your spot, 237 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,875 being able to stay on the court with a bunch of grown men 238 00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:29,000 and holding your own-- 239 00:09:29,082 --> 00:09:32,332 I mean, everybody will say that's everywhere, 240 00:09:32,417 --> 00:09:35,750 but for us, we lived by that. 241 00:09:35,834 --> 00:09:38,457 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 242 00:09:38,542 --> 00:09:41,667 If PG County was a basketball player, 243 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:42,959 he'd be tough... 244 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:45,875 [announcer] Here is Lawson for the win! 245 00:09:45,959 --> 00:09:47,667 Ty Lawson, game winner! 246 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:48,959 [Jerai] ...be gritty... 247 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,165 [announcer] Mismatch with Jordan, cross over, 248 00:09:50,250 --> 00:09:51,875 Jack jumper... 249 00:09:51,959 --> 00:09:53,417 [announcer] He's got it! 250 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:56,875 One point, three to play. 251 00:09:56,959 --> 00:09:58,332 [Jerai] ...a student of the game. 252 00:09:58,417 --> 00:10:00,457 [announcer] Picks him up on the switch. 253 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:03,500 - Shot clock at five. - [crowd] Defense! 254 00:10:03,582 --> 00:10:05,417 Kevin Durant way outside. 255 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:08,542 Delivers! Kevin Durant from downtown! 256 00:10:08,625 --> 00:10:10,041 ♪♪♪ 257 00:10:10,125 --> 00:10:12,875 [Beasley] That competitive edge right there, just-- 258 00:10:12,958 --> 00:10:15,041 it's nothing that you can do to stop this. 259 00:10:15,125 --> 00:10:17,082 Like, this ass-whooping gonna come. 260 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:19,750 [announcer] 4.7 seconds. 261 00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:23,000 Villanova trying to go the length of the court 262 00:10:23,082 --> 00:10:23,708 with Arcidiacono. 263 00:10:23,792 --> 00:10:26,125 Three seconds at midcourt. 264 00:10:26,207 --> 00:10:29,082 Gives it to Jenkins for the championship! 265 00:10:30,582 --> 00:10:31,457 I've shot those same exact shots 266 00:10:31,542 --> 00:10:33,917 hundreds of thousands of times. 267 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:34,417 I--it's hard to count. 268 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:38,082 ♪ light music ♪ 269 00:10:38,165 --> 00:10:39,792 [Nate] And what I knew was, 270 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:41,040 everyone at home 271 00:10:41,125 --> 00:10:42,250 and everyone that knows Kris 272 00:10:42,332 --> 00:10:44,834 knows this game was over. 273 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:46,582 ♪♪♪ 274 00:10:46,667 --> 00:10:49,250 [announcer] Jenkins... 275 00:10:49,332 --> 00:10:54,500 ♪♪♪ 276 00:10:56,875 --> 00:11:00,082 Kris Jenkins is gonna live the rest of his life 277 00:11:00,166 --> 00:11:01,582 as a folk hero. 278 00:11:01,667 --> 00:11:03,166 [Kris] I don't think it's no secret 279 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:05,708 as to why we have hundreds of kids in college 280 00:11:05,792 --> 00:11:08,000 and in the NCAA tournament every year 281 00:11:08,082 --> 00:11:09,958 from this area playing basketball. 282 00:11:10,041 --> 00:11:12,500 [Brenda] I recruit all over the country. 283 00:11:12,582 --> 00:11:15,250 The players in PG County are second to none. 284 00:11:15,332 --> 00:11:16,332 [announcer] And this has turned 285 00:11:16,417 --> 00:11:19,207 into the kind of a game we expected all night. 286 00:11:19,291 --> 00:11:22,667 Jump shot is good by Coleman! 287 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,875 We produce the best men's basketball players 288 00:11:24,958 --> 00:11:26,457 in the country in Prince George's County, 289 00:11:26,542 --> 00:11:27,500 so playing against those guys growing up-- 290 00:11:27,582 --> 00:11:29,792 it's only gonna elevate my game. 291 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,250 [Brenda] You know, those players have 292 00:11:31,332 --> 00:11:33,792 the toughness, the grit, 293 00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:36,709 um, and all the intangibles to help you win. 294 00:11:38,290 --> 00:11:39,750 [all cheering] 295 00:11:42,375 --> 00:11:45,834 [chatter, ball bouncing] 296 00:11:45,917 --> 00:11:48,000 [narrator] In 1956, DeMatha Catholic High School 297 00:11:48,082 --> 00:11:52,417 hired a young history teacher as its basketball coach. 298 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:53,834 Under Morgan Wootten, DeMatha would create 299 00:11:53,917 --> 00:11:57,667 a powerful and enduring PG County institution. 300 00:11:57,750 --> 00:12:00,000 We have here Morgan Wootten, 301 00:12:00,082 --> 00:12:02,041 the coach of DeMatha High School. 302 00:12:02,125 --> 00:12:03,708 Greatest coach 303 00:12:03,792 --> 00:12:04,667 probably in the history of high school basketball. 304 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:08,417 [McAdams] Morgan comes to DeMatha, 305 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,166 and he decided, "I'm gonna play 306 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:12,000 the best players I can get ahold of. 307 00:12:12,082 --> 00:12:13,332 I don't care if they're black or white. 308 00:12:13,417 --> 00:12:14,332 I'm playing the best players." 309 00:12:14,417 --> 00:12:16,082 [coach] All right, fellas. Machine gun drill. 310 00:12:16,166 --> 00:12:17,542 Let's go. Get 'em on. 311 00:12:17,625 --> 00:12:20,166 [man] Every player in the last 15 years 312 00:12:20,250 --> 00:12:22,000 that has been a senior at DeMatha High School 313 00:12:22,082 --> 00:12:23,875 has won a college scholarship. 314 00:12:23,958 --> 00:12:27,457 You have players who believe 315 00:12:27,542 --> 00:12:30,542 that they can change their life 316 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:32,332 by playing basketball. 317 00:12:32,417 --> 00:12:33,875 ♪♪♪ 318 00:12:33,959 --> 00:12:34,709 Of course he's gonna influence, 319 00:12:34,792 --> 00:12:37,207 because if you're a black person 320 00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:39,040 growing up in the '50s or '60s, 321 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:41,082 and you want to better your life, 322 00:12:41,165 --> 00:12:42,417 you do that through sports, 323 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:43,834 and sports gets you, you know, a college education. 324 00:12:43,917 --> 00:12:46,082 [man] You talk about a winning tradition. 325 00:12:46,165 --> 00:12:50,332 517 wins, 75 losses. 326 00:12:50,417 --> 00:12:52,542 He treated us with dignity, 327 00:12:52,625 --> 00:12:54,457 and you had so much respect and love for Coach Wootten, 328 00:12:54,542 --> 00:12:56,792 you never wanted to let him down. 329 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:59,165 [Adrian] When I was in middle school, 330 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:00,125 I said to myself, 331 00:13:00,207 --> 00:13:00,875 "Hey, I want to go to DeMatha. 332 00:13:00,958 --> 00:13:03,875 I wanna play for Coach Wooten." 333 00:13:04,792 --> 00:13:07,041 [narrator] DeMatha made a big leap 334 00:13:07,125 --> 00:13:09,667 from regional power to elite national program 335 00:13:09,750 --> 00:13:12,792 back in 1965 when it faced Power Memorial, 336 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:16,417 a New York team considered invincible. 337 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:20,750 I don't think that I am engaging in hyperbole 338 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:22,207 when I talk about the significance 339 00:13:22,291 --> 00:13:25,125 to PG County 340 00:13:25,207 --> 00:13:27,166 when DeMatha High School 341 00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:30,750 hosted the biggest high school basketball game 342 00:13:30,833 --> 00:13:31,958 at that time 343 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,290 against Power Memorial High School 344 00:13:34,375 --> 00:13:35,834 from New York City, 345 00:13:35,917 --> 00:13:38,625 that had a 7'1" ball player on their team 346 00:13:38,709 --> 00:13:41,125 then known by the name of Lew Alcindor, 347 00:13:41,207 --> 00:13:45,165 also known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 348 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:46,667 Power Memorial High School 349 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:49,959 was on a 71-game win streak. 350 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,332 They were phenomenal. 351 00:13:52,417 --> 00:13:54,082 We'd won about 30-some in a row. 352 00:13:54,165 --> 00:13:56,792 Our last loss had been to Power the year before, 353 00:13:56,875 --> 00:13:57,750 when Kareem was a junior. 354 00:13:57,834 --> 00:14:00,125 But now here he was a senior, 355 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:01,708 never having been beaten in high school. 356 00:14:01,792 --> 00:14:06,291 [Brown] 12,500 packed into that arena. 357 00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:09,582 ♪♪♪ 358 00:14:09,667 --> 00:14:10,833 [Morgan] Time Magazine was there, 359 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:11,958 and Newsweek was there, 360 00:14:12,041 --> 00:14:16,082 the TV stations were there, radio, and so on. 361 00:14:16,166 --> 00:14:18,582 And so for the first time, here's a high school game 362 00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:21,625 that's getting national attention. 363 00:14:21,708 --> 00:14:24,291 ♪ slow hip-hop instrumental ♪ 364 00:14:24,375 --> 00:14:25,332 [Pennington] I like to say this 365 00:14:25,417 --> 00:14:28,457 for all the cats who love New York City. 366 00:14:28,542 --> 00:14:29,625 I love your city, 367 00:14:29,708 --> 00:14:32,667 but when New York City comes south, 368 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:34,625 they go home with Ls. 369 00:14:34,709 --> 00:14:39,165 ♪♪♪ 370 00:14:39,250 --> 00:14:41,000 DeMatha caught 'em sleeping. 371 00:14:41,082 --> 00:14:43,290 46-43, sent them up the parkway. 372 00:14:43,375 --> 00:14:47,792 ♪♪♪ 373 00:14:47,875 --> 00:14:50,542 [narrator] As the years rolled by, 374 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:52,125 nothing changed for DeMatha basketball. 375 00:14:52,207 --> 00:14:54,040 It remained a force to be reckoned with. 376 00:14:54,125 --> 00:14:56,542 ♪ dynamic music ♪ 377 00:14:56,625 --> 00:14:58,834 On my high school team, we had five guys make the NBA. 378 00:14:58,917 --> 00:15:00,708 [Jerami] Our sophomore year, 379 00:15:00,792 --> 00:15:02,166 I was about sixth or seventh man. 380 00:15:02,250 --> 00:15:03,125 Everybody that year went D-I. 381 00:15:05,207 --> 00:15:07,750 That's about six pros on that team. 382 00:15:08,750 --> 00:15:10,500 This is where I learned how to become a man. 383 00:15:10,582 --> 00:15:13,041 This is where I learned the beauty of teamwork, 384 00:15:13,125 --> 00:15:14,000 the beauty of being a part 385 00:15:14,082 --> 00:15:16,417 of something bigger than yourself. 386 00:15:23,041 --> 00:15:26,207 [crowd cheering] 387 00:15:26,291 --> 00:15:27,750 [narrator] The county hosted the first-ever 388 00:15:27,833 --> 00:15:28,833 high school all-star basketball game 389 00:15:28,917 --> 00:15:31,582 with a team of local all-stars 390 00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:34,875 facing the best of the best from the rest of the U.S. 391 00:15:34,959 --> 00:15:37,332 ♪ Instrumental music ♪ 392 00:15:37,417 --> 00:15:39,709 The first Capital Classic, the inaugural game, 393 00:15:39,792 --> 00:15:42,917 1974 at the Capital Center, 394 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,959 was in Prince George's County. 395 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,457 [John] That was important. 396 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:49,290 That was very big in PG County. 397 00:15:49,375 --> 00:15:50,750 The whole perception becomes a lot bigger. 398 00:15:50,834 --> 00:15:53,125 The Capital Classic was something 399 00:15:53,207 --> 00:15:54,165 that you wanted to be a part of, 400 00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:58,457 the area all-stars versus the USA all-stars. 401 00:15:58,542 --> 00:16:00,291 The great players from around the country 402 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:01,417 would come in and play. 403 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,833 It was something you marked on your calendar. 404 00:16:04,917 --> 00:16:06,582 [announcer] You take it to the bucket that strong, 405 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:09,250 you're gonna be in business. 406 00:16:09,332 --> 00:16:11,917 [announcer] These great stars played in the Cap Classic: 407 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,250 Magic Johnson, now with the Lakers, 408 00:16:13,332 --> 00:16:16,708 and of course, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, 409 00:16:16,792 --> 00:16:18,041 [Rob] Being from this area, 410 00:16:18,125 --> 00:16:19,958 being able to play in that game, meant everything. 411 00:16:20,041 --> 00:16:22,667 You have a national stage in your backyard. 412 00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:25,667 We're some of the best players in the world, 413 00:16:25,750 --> 00:16:28,250 and we prove it by beating the U.S. team 414 00:16:28,332 --> 00:16:29,917 a number of times. 415 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:30,917 ♪♪♪ 416 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,000 [Rob] It just really goes to show you-- 417 00:16:34,082 --> 00:16:36,332 I mean, should the DMV really be able 418 00:16:36,417 --> 00:16:38,417 to hang with a group of guys 419 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,542 that's considered the best in the country? 420 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:43,250 [narrator] The 1982 Capital All-Stars 421 00:16:43,332 --> 00:16:45,582 featured a powerful forward from PG County's 422 00:16:45,667 --> 00:16:48,040 Northwestern High School. 423 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:53,040 A co-MVP performance set off a national recruiting frenzy, 424 00:16:53,125 --> 00:16:54,875 but he stayed in PG County 425 00:16:54,959 --> 00:16:56,667 to play for the University of Maryland. 426 00:16:56,750 --> 00:16:58,959 His name? Len Bias. 427 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,625 ♪♪♪ 428 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:03,875 [announcer] Nice throw by Lenny Bias! 429 00:17:03,958 --> 00:17:05,416 [announcer] Lenny Bias has already signed 430 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:07,583 with the University of Maryland to play next year. 431 00:17:07,666 --> 00:17:09,541 He is a high school all-American. 432 00:17:09,625 --> 00:17:10,916 Here's a guy who-- you know, he went through 433 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,791 Prince George's County public schools, 434 00:17:13,875 --> 00:17:15,625 played the University of Maryland. 435 00:17:15,709 --> 00:17:17,083 He was gonna be our first star. 436 00:17:17,165 --> 00:17:18,541 [announcer] Bias with a rebound. 437 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:20,125 What a jam. 438 00:17:20,208 --> 00:17:21,916 Lenny Bias was the beast. 439 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,875 [announcer] Bias--in! Len Bias. 440 00:17:25,959 --> 00:17:27,709 I think it was one of my first games in the ACC, 441 00:17:27,791 --> 00:17:29,541 and the first play... 442 00:17:30,709 --> 00:17:33,083 ...he dunked on me. 443 00:17:33,165 --> 00:17:33,834 [announcer] Bias with a big jam. 444 00:17:33,916 --> 00:17:35,750 [announcer] Lenny Bias. 445 00:17:35,834 --> 00:17:37,290 He said, "Welcome to the ACC." 446 00:17:37,375 --> 00:17:39,500 I love to dunk. It's something I did 447 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:40,791 ever since I was in junior high school, 448 00:17:40,875 --> 00:17:43,040 and I just keep on doing it. 449 00:17:43,125 --> 00:17:45,165 [Danny] You know, he was just a different player 450 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:47,625 than pretty much everyone out there, 451 00:17:47,709 --> 00:17:50,666 and, uh, I have a ton of respect for him. 452 00:17:50,750 --> 00:17:53,290 [announcer] Cross-court pass, and listen to those fans. 453 00:17:53,375 --> 00:17:54,750 Everything with him was just easy, 454 00:17:54,834 --> 00:17:57,250 like just came natural. 455 00:17:57,333 --> 00:17:58,208 [announcer] Bias. What a shooter. 456 00:17:58,290 --> 00:18:02,000 It was like--like the prodigal son here. 457 00:18:02,083 --> 00:18:04,458 ♪♪♪ 458 00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:06,583 He belonged to everybody. 459 00:18:06,666 --> 00:18:09,208 ♪♪♪ 460 00:18:09,290 --> 00:18:13,834 Larry Bird said that if we draft Bias, 461 00:18:13,916 --> 00:18:14,791 he's gonna come up to the rookie camp. 462 00:18:14,875 --> 00:18:17,208 - [man laughs] - That's right. 463 00:18:17,290 --> 00:18:19,000 He is very, very high on Bias. 464 00:18:19,083 --> 00:18:20,875 The Boston Celtics 465 00:18:20,959 --> 00:18:23,040 select Len Bias of the University of Maryland. 466 00:18:23,125 --> 00:18:26,625 [announcer] There he is. Len Bias. 467 00:18:26,709 --> 00:18:27,875 [man] Interesting. Your career-- 468 00:18:27,959 --> 00:18:29,375 it's been sensational at the University of Maryland. 469 00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:32,165 Can you look back on that and just reflect a bit? 470 00:18:32,250 --> 00:18:34,375 [Len] Well, when I look back, I see, like, a flower. 471 00:18:34,458 --> 00:18:35,000 You know how you plant a flower, 472 00:18:35,083 --> 00:18:35,834 a tulip or something, 473 00:18:35,916 --> 00:18:36,916 and you put it there one summer, 474 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,875 and you wait summers and summers, 475 00:18:38,959 --> 00:18:41,083 it just keep blooming and blooming? 476 00:18:41,165 --> 00:18:44,416 Each year, I think I've progressed more and more. 477 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,083 I probably wish I had one more year 478 00:18:46,165 --> 00:18:47,709 just to progress a little more, 479 00:18:47,791 --> 00:18:49,250 but I don't have any more time. 480 00:18:49,333 --> 00:18:52,959 ♪♪♪ 481 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,875 [anchorwoman] Len Bias, the Maryland University 482 00:18:54,959 --> 00:18:55,916 basketball star 483 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000 on his way to becoming 484 00:18:57,083 --> 00:18:58,959 a world-champion Boston Celtic, 485 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,916 died of an apparent heart attack today 486 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,583 at Leland Memorial Hospital in Prince George's County. 487 00:19:03,666 --> 00:19:07,458 Mr. Bias died of cocaine intoxication. 488 00:19:08,709 --> 00:19:10,916 He had a sensitivity to cocaine 489 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,500 at this particular level 490 00:19:12,583 --> 00:19:16,750 that affected his heart and caused a cardiac arrest. 491 00:19:16,834 --> 00:19:18,165 Quite naturally, uh, the first day, 492 00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:19,791 it was extremely tough for his, uh--his family. 493 00:19:19,875 --> 00:19:22,458 His mother and father were completely distraught. 494 00:19:22,541 --> 00:19:24,040 [sobbing] 495 00:19:24,125 --> 00:19:26,625 [Steve] I can remember driving back 496 00:19:26,709 --> 00:19:29,333 on University Boulevard on that campus 497 00:19:29,416 --> 00:19:32,959 and just seeing the ambulances and just seeing the tragedy. 498 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,165 Everybody that I knew at a young age 499 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:36,625 was destroyed. 500 00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:39,709 ♪ somber music ♪ 501 00:19:39,791 --> 00:19:41,458 ♪♪♪ 502 00:19:41,541 --> 00:19:43,625 [man] Brother James, being consoled 503 00:19:43,709 --> 00:19:46,333 by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, was hardest hit. 504 00:19:46,416 --> 00:19:50,040 [wailing] 505 00:19:50,125 --> 00:19:53,125 We needed heroes. We needed people like Lenny. 506 00:19:53,208 --> 00:19:55,916 ♪♪♪ 507 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,458 [Keith] I think that was probably 508 00:19:58,541 --> 00:20:02,333 one of the most tragic things and impactful things 509 00:20:02,416 --> 00:20:03,875 that happened in this area. 510 00:20:03,959 --> 00:20:06,290 That's like a-- a part of my family 511 00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:07,208 is gone right there. 512 00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:09,333 [narrator] The tragedy resonated 513 00:20:09,416 --> 00:20:11,000 far beyond PG County. 514 00:20:11,083 --> 00:20:14,333 Within days, Bias, the can't-miss NBA star, 515 00:20:14,416 --> 00:20:15,834 became a cautionary tale 516 00:20:15,916 --> 00:20:18,875 and an omen of crack cocaine's looming devastation. 517 00:20:18,959 --> 00:20:20,625 But in Prince George's County, 518 00:20:20,709 --> 00:20:24,040 Len Bias remains an iconic figure. 519 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,165 It hurt, you know. You--you lost a legend 520 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,000 in this city, 521 00:20:27,083 --> 00:20:28,000 and you gotta realize, 522 00:20:28,083 --> 00:20:30,125 that was 32 years ago, almost, 523 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:31,500 and we're still talking about it, 524 00:20:31,583 --> 00:20:32,125 you know, and you'll never stop 525 00:20:32,208 --> 00:20:33,458 talking about Len Bias. 526 00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:45,458 [sirens wailing] 527 00:20:45,541 --> 00:20:48,458 ♪ tense music ♪ 528 00:20:48,541 --> 00:20:49,500 ♪♪♪ 529 00:20:49,583 --> 00:20:53,165 [Pennington] In the '80s, cocaine became crack. 530 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:55,666 It became more of big business. 531 00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:57,709 [Parris] The crack epidemic-- 532 00:20:57,791 --> 00:21:00,208 it was often associated with income, 533 00:21:00,290 --> 00:21:02,416 and it was major. We actually called it 534 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:03,541 the crack wars. 535 00:21:03,625 --> 00:21:05,083 You know, you turn on the news at night, 536 00:21:05,165 --> 00:21:07,709 and you'd hear, you know, there's shooting. 537 00:21:07,791 --> 00:21:10,208 There's drug busts. 538 00:21:10,290 --> 00:21:12,500 You know, there's violence. 539 00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:13,583 [Kevin] Here in our neighborhoods, 540 00:21:13,666 --> 00:21:16,875 you got that--basically zombies walking around here 541 00:21:16,959 --> 00:21:19,208 to, you know, get their fix, 542 00:21:19,290 --> 00:21:21,208 so it was just like-- that spread around the suburbs 543 00:21:21,290 --> 00:21:23,000 of PG County. 544 00:21:23,083 --> 00:21:26,791 [man] Just say no to drugs. 545 00:21:26,875 --> 00:21:28,040 [Ricky] During the crack years, I mean, our-- 546 00:21:28,125 --> 00:21:30,791 we had no real vision 547 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:33,290 into what a future could look like. 548 00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:34,458 We were surviving. 549 00:21:34,541 --> 00:21:37,333 ♪ suspenseful music ♪ 550 00:21:37,416 --> 00:21:38,959 [Kevin] I was always watching my back 551 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,290 'cause you was hearing stories 552 00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:42,375 about dudes getting jumped 553 00:21:42,458 --> 00:21:44,125 or somebody getting shot at. 554 00:21:44,208 --> 00:21:46,083 So you always on the defensive, even as a kid. 555 00:21:46,165 --> 00:21:47,666 [indistinct chatter] 556 00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:49,000 [sirens passing] 557 00:21:49,083 --> 00:21:51,959 [Steve] Being from this area, you have to have tough skin. 558 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,208 It's those scary hours when you're coming 559 00:21:54,290 --> 00:21:55,916 from that basketball court by yourself, 560 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,666 when you're dribbling that ball at night 561 00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:01,125 and you gotta walk by the big boys. 562 00:22:01,208 --> 00:22:02,583 You see the environment that you're in, 563 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:04,083 you try and stay away from that stuff, 564 00:22:04,165 --> 00:22:05,541 but it's just--you're just immersed in it, 565 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:07,083 and it is what it is. 566 00:22:07,165 --> 00:22:08,750 [man] Hands behind your back! That's all you're told to do. 567 00:22:08,834 --> 00:22:12,959 ♪♪♪ 568 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:13,959 As a parent, you got more involved 569 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:15,583 to make sure your kid didn't get involved 570 00:22:15,666 --> 00:22:16,541 in those same things. 571 00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:18,165 We wanted to get the young men 572 00:22:18,250 --> 00:22:21,500 off the street, uh, get them in the gym. 573 00:22:21,583 --> 00:22:23,416 [Mike] Especially in PG County, 574 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:25,250 I do not believe that you can 575 00:22:25,333 --> 00:22:27,458 just dismiss or ignore 576 00:22:27,541 --> 00:22:30,750 why the game of basketball went indoors. 577 00:22:30,834 --> 00:22:34,333 ♪♪♪ 578 00:22:34,416 --> 00:22:36,290 [man] Basketball was definitely used as a weapon 579 00:22:36,375 --> 00:22:40,458 to keep you from going down the wrong tracks. 580 00:22:40,541 --> 00:22:41,541 [Ronnie] Prince George's County made 581 00:22:41,625 --> 00:22:44,125 a committed decision to invest in our youth. 582 00:22:44,208 --> 00:22:47,541 We have over 46 community centers. 583 00:22:47,625 --> 00:22:49,709 [Bianca] Prince George's County Parks and Rec 584 00:22:49,791 --> 00:22:50,791 has done an exceptional job 585 00:22:50,875 --> 00:22:54,290 making sure the quality of life that we live here 586 00:22:54,375 --> 00:22:56,709 also includes quality recreation. 587 00:22:56,791 --> 00:23:02,000 ♪♪♪ 588 00:23:02,583 --> 00:23:04,416 I can remember my gym, 589 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,290 uh, Peppermill Rec, which was 590 00:23:06,375 --> 00:23:07,959 one of the better rec centers. 591 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:08,959 [Jeff] I was in 592 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,666 North Brentwood Community rec center. 593 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:13,000 Um, that's where the rise 594 00:23:13,083 --> 00:23:15,250 of Jeff Green started as a basketball player. 595 00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:16,916 [Beverly] Whenever you mention 596 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,290 basketball and Prince George's County, 597 00:23:19,375 --> 00:23:21,040 you can't leave out the Boys & Girls Clubs. 598 00:23:21,125 --> 00:23:23,333 [Sweetney] That was all I knew. 599 00:23:23,416 --> 00:23:24,000 I went from my house 600 00:23:24,083 --> 00:23:26,709 to the gyms to the school, 601 00:23:26,791 --> 00:23:28,333 and that's pretty much it. 602 00:23:28,416 --> 00:23:30,165 [Kevin] My mom just wanted me to get out of the house. 603 00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:33,375 After she bought me a Grant Hill Pistons jersey, 604 00:23:33,458 --> 00:23:34,791 we went to Seat Pleasant, 605 00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:36,583 and I just got a rec card, 606 00:23:36,666 --> 00:23:39,500 and one of the coaches in the rec center 607 00:23:39,583 --> 00:23:41,750 took a liking to my game and my size, 608 00:23:41,834 --> 00:23:43,875 and he put me on the floor, 609 00:23:43,959 --> 00:23:46,666 and it was just natural after that. 610 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:48,541 At our rec center, everybody came there, 611 00:23:48,625 --> 00:23:50,750 no matter if you played ball or not. 612 00:23:50,834 --> 00:23:53,583 It was just like a headquarters. 613 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,333 My home court, 100 percent, 614 00:23:55,416 --> 00:23:57,333 would be the Run N' Shoot gym 615 00:23:57,416 --> 00:23:58,416 in District Heights, Maryland. 616 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,375 ♪ upbeat music ♪ 617 00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:04,333 ♪♪♪ 618 00:24:04,416 --> 00:24:08,165 Run N' Shoot came to town... 619 00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:09,375 you got 20 basketball courts. 620 00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:12,375 Ain't nobody gotta wait for next. 621 00:24:12,458 --> 00:24:13,916 [Kevin] You walk in the Run N' Shoot, 622 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:14,959 yeah, all you see is courts. Nothing else. 623 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,208 They had food in there, 624 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:18,709 they had the barber shop in there, 625 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,375 they had classes in the back, 626 00:24:20,458 --> 00:24:22,250 but it was all about the hoops in there. 627 00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:24,333 That was the meetup spot, 628 00:24:24,416 --> 00:24:25,750 and that was life 629 00:24:25,834 --> 00:24:27,709 from seventh grade up until... 630 00:24:27,791 --> 00:24:31,165 I was in third, fourth year in the league. 631 00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:32,583 Know everybody. 632 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:35,165 Especially when you play basketball, 633 00:24:35,250 --> 00:24:36,250 one day, you need an extra quarter 634 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,333 for the soda machine, 635 00:24:38,416 --> 00:24:40,165 and that's how the friendships 636 00:24:40,250 --> 00:24:43,541 and the camaraderie build. 637 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:48,083 Having that sense of security, that blanket, 638 00:24:48,165 --> 00:24:48,875 you know, everybody under the blanket 639 00:24:48,959 --> 00:24:51,290 became family. 640 00:24:51,375 --> 00:24:53,165 [narrator] With youth players honing their skills 641 00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:55,333 in PG County gyms and rec centers, 642 00:24:55,416 --> 00:24:57,250 the coaches put together organized traveling squads 643 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:59,165 better known as AAU teams. 644 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:03,875 [onlookers cheering] 645 00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:07,290 AAU is a place where--you know, that's the big stage... 646 00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:09,750 [man] Oh! 647 00:25:09,834 --> 00:25:11,834 Hey, Q, you made the tape, baby! 648 00:25:11,916 --> 00:25:12,583 You made the tape! 649 00:25:12,666 --> 00:25:14,583 ...where you bring every ounce 650 00:25:14,666 --> 00:25:15,083 of ammo that you have 651 00:25:15,165 --> 00:25:17,458 to these games. 652 00:25:17,541 --> 00:25:18,959 [woman] Let's go! Let's go! 653 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,625 Get that basket! Get that [indistinct] 654 00:25:20,709 --> 00:25:23,583 AAU--I think that gave me a chance to--exposure. 655 00:25:23,666 --> 00:25:26,290 I'm playing against all those top players 656 00:25:26,375 --> 00:25:27,750 from the different states... 657 00:25:27,834 --> 00:25:30,625 ♪♪♪ 658 00:25:30,709 --> 00:25:32,125 ...and, uh, show why PG's the best. 659 00:25:32,208 --> 00:25:33,500 [Quinn] We took those games 660 00:25:33,583 --> 00:25:35,791 like it was national championship games. 661 00:25:35,916 --> 00:25:38,083 I knew, you know, I could dominate the area, 662 00:25:38,165 --> 00:25:40,834 but if I can go to a tournament in Florida and dominate, 663 00:25:40,916 --> 00:25:42,416 that gave me more confidence to keep working 664 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,040 and, uh, you know, AAU kind of, you know, 665 00:25:45,083 --> 00:25:46,791 took everybody's game to another level. 666 00:25:46,916 --> 00:25:48,416 [videotape clacking] 667 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:51,959 [announcer commenting indistinctly] 668 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,208 I saw Michael Beasley 669 00:25:53,290 --> 00:25:56,040 when he was 12 years old, playing with Kevin Durant 670 00:25:56,083 --> 00:25:59,040 to go in the AAU game with the PG Jaguars. 671 00:25:59,083 --> 00:26:01,750 [man] Followed up and in by Kevin Durant. 672 00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:03,040 PG Jaguars--we was on-- 673 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:04,750 every weekend, we was in a tournament. 674 00:26:04,834 --> 00:26:06,834 Get to meet different types of people, 675 00:26:06,916 --> 00:26:08,541 learn about the game and traveling. 676 00:26:08,625 --> 00:26:09,541 I wasn't traveling with my mom's. 677 00:26:09,625 --> 00:26:11,750 PG Jaguars was the first time I've ever-- 678 00:26:11,834 --> 00:26:16,125 I have ever been on a bus and left the city of PG, D.C. 679 00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:19,750 ♪♪♪ 680 00:26:19,834 --> 00:26:22,250 [Keith] That's where the exposure really started 681 00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:23,250 for kids in this area. 682 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:24,458 Where they would put those kids 683 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:25,666 in the van or whatever 684 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,125 and take them all around the country 685 00:26:27,208 --> 00:26:29,333 to get seen. 686 00:26:29,416 --> 00:26:32,083 ♪♪♪ 687 00:26:32,916 --> 00:26:34,709 [Kevin] I grew up understanding 688 00:26:34,791 --> 00:26:36,290 how important that was 689 00:26:36,375 --> 00:26:38,375 for my growth as a player and as a person. 690 00:26:38,458 --> 00:26:40,250 I was just out there at an early age with the team. 691 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:43,791 ♪ light hip-hop music ♪ 692 00:26:43,916 --> 00:26:45,791 You know, that's what kind of crafted, 693 00:26:45,916 --> 00:26:48,040 you know, who we are today. 694 00:26:48,125 --> 00:26:50,500 [Beasley] I used to smooth, get 30 rebounds a game, 695 00:26:50,583 --> 00:26:51,791 and every rebound, 696 00:26:51,916 --> 00:26:53,834 I passed them up on KD. 697 00:26:53,916 --> 00:26:55,625 KD do the same shit he doing now 698 00:26:55,709 --> 00:26:57,040 and shoot that bitch from 40. 699 00:26:57,125 --> 00:27:00,083 ♪♪♪ 700 00:27:00,165 --> 00:27:01,040 [announcer] Kevin Durant. 701 00:27:01,125 --> 00:27:03,165 I was tunnel vision at the rim at all times. 702 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:05,583 ♪♪♪ 703 00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:08,916 That just turned me into a bucket getter. 704 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,625 Shit, it was history after that. 705 00:27:11,709 --> 00:27:13,791 ♪♪♪ 706 00:27:13,875 --> 00:27:15,959 [announcer] And now, here is your most valuable player 707 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,625 in the 11 and under tournament, 708 00:27:17,709 --> 00:27:19,709 from the Jaguars, Kevin Durant. 709 00:27:19,791 --> 00:27:22,000 [Beasley] That's the first time I realized 710 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,416 Kevin Durant was going to the NBA. 711 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,250 KD used to call himself KD, 712 00:27:27,375 --> 00:27:30,625 like, before anybody even knew 713 00:27:30,709 --> 00:27:33,250 there was a Kevin Durant to be called KD. 714 00:27:33,375 --> 00:27:35,416 Man, who the fuck you think you is? 715 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:36,083 That just sounds stupid. 716 00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:38,791 "KD. KD." 717 00:27:38,875 --> 00:27:40,791 As he was saying it, 718 00:27:40,875 --> 00:27:42,791 he was walking under the flickering light. 719 00:27:42,875 --> 00:27:44,208 In the back, 720 00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:45,040 I'm like, "Dog, 721 00:27:45,125 --> 00:27:47,083 he is actually gonna make it." 722 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:49,916 [laughs] I ain't think he was gonna be as big 723 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:50,834 as he is today. 724 00:27:50,916 --> 00:27:54,125 [laughs] That motherfucker, you know? 725 00:27:56,083 --> 00:27:57,416 He was always special. 726 00:27:57,541 --> 00:27:59,208 [announcer] ...The staff. 727 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:01,666 Durant. Showtime! 728 00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:03,333 Oh! 729 00:28:03,416 --> 00:28:06,666 That was like a... 730 00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:09,959 a condor flying through the air. 731 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,375 Once I told my mom that I loved to play 732 00:28:12,416 --> 00:28:14,040 and I want to do it as much as possible, 733 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:15,208 she pushed me to new heights, 734 00:28:15,250 --> 00:28:16,666 you know, and, um-- 735 00:28:16,750 --> 00:28:19,791 and then that turned into seeing this 736 00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:21,541 as a tool for us to get out. 737 00:28:21,625 --> 00:28:23,666 As long as I've been coming to these tournaments, 738 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:24,875 there's been a team from Prince George's here. 739 00:28:24,959 --> 00:28:26,750 We're real proud of them. They're here every year 740 00:28:26,834 --> 00:28:28,500 because they're disciplined, and doggone it, 741 00:28:28,583 --> 00:28:31,000 they play great basketball. 742 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,000 Here's your national champions, PG Jaguars! 743 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,416 [Kevin] Whenever we went to a tournament out of town, 744 00:28:37,541 --> 00:28:40,416 it was a team from home 745 00:28:40,541 --> 00:28:41,709 either in the championship game, 746 00:28:41,791 --> 00:28:44,125 or they was winning it, for sure. 747 00:28:44,208 --> 00:28:45,916 [narrator] PG County's AAU team showed the strength 748 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,290 of the county's youth development ecosystem: 749 00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:51,416 skilled players, top-tier coaches, 750 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:53,375 supportive parents. 751 00:28:53,458 --> 00:28:55,375 But there was another influence: 752 00:28:55,458 --> 00:28:57,834 a home-grown style of music called go-go. 753 00:28:57,916 --> 00:29:00,875 ♪ upbeat music ♪ 754 00:29:00,959 --> 00:29:04,916 ♪♪♪ 755 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,834 [Kevin] Go-go was just like-- 756 00:29:06,916 --> 00:29:08,625 pssh, it was huge around that time. 757 00:29:08,709 --> 00:29:11,834 It had the county rocking, you know? 758 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:15,541 Go-go is... percussion-driven music 759 00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:16,875 with a hip-hop influence. 760 00:29:16,959 --> 00:29:18,541 [Lamann] If you really listen to it, 761 00:29:18,625 --> 00:29:20,583 it's an amalgamation of these-- 762 00:29:20,666 --> 00:29:23,165 all these different forms of music 763 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:25,625 that have come into this country, 764 00:29:25,709 --> 00:29:27,709 but in particular, come into this region. 765 00:29:27,791 --> 00:29:29,416 You can hear it, and that's one thing, 766 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:30,791 but then going to a go-go 767 00:29:30,875 --> 00:29:34,250 is a totally different experience. 768 00:29:34,333 --> 00:29:36,000 Being in a go-go-- 769 00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:40,541 the energy that's associated with the go-go is ridiculous. 770 00:29:40,625 --> 00:29:45,750 ♪♪♪ 771 00:29:51,165 --> 00:29:55,416 [Nolan] I moved to Maryland when I was eight years old. 772 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,375 Go-go music was foreign to me, 773 00:29:58,458 --> 00:30:02,375 and Beas took me to my first go-go party. 774 00:30:02,458 --> 00:30:04,208 ♪♪♪ 775 00:30:04,290 --> 00:30:08,875 Go-go live was basically a hot room 776 00:30:08,959 --> 00:30:11,791 with a lot of bodies in it, sweat. 777 00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:14,165 I was, you know, 778 00:30:14,250 --> 00:30:16,541 sitting in the back, just kind of observing, 779 00:30:16,625 --> 00:30:18,290 standing next to Beas. He's like, 780 00:30:18,375 --> 00:30:20,208 "It's crazy, huh, Slim?" 781 00:30:20,290 --> 00:30:22,791 Like, "Yeah, this is different." 782 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:25,625 Fell in love with it ever since. 783 00:30:25,709 --> 00:30:27,250 [laughs] 784 00:30:27,333 --> 00:30:31,125 ♪♪♪ 785 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:33,165 We used to work out-- 786 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:35,750 that was the rhythm that we worked out to, 787 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:36,959 was go-go music. 788 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,165 It became part of our game. 789 00:30:39,250 --> 00:30:40,375 [Beasley] Like, for instance, 790 00:30:40,458 --> 00:30:42,458 how Kevin Durant and Ty Lawson 791 00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:46,250 can come down and hit you with that hands-up. 792 00:30:46,333 --> 00:30:48,333 Most of the country called that hesitation. 793 00:30:48,416 --> 00:30:50,375 We don't. Get your hands up. 794 00:30:50,458 --> 00:30:54,333 That's, like, reminisces of go-go music. 795 00:30:54,416 --> 00:30:56,791 [announcer] Cross over and slam for Durant. 796 00:30:56,875 --> 00:30:59,165 But there's something about just how this place 797 00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:00,959 forms a different kind of person. 798 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:02,500 I mean, I can almost be anywhere else in the country 799 00:31:02,583 --> 00:31:04,750 around the world. 800 00:31:04,834 --> 00:31:06,541 I can clock somebody. I, like--I can see them. 801 00:31:06,625 --> 00:31:07,916 I'm like, "Where you from?" 802 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,500 We just always had our own just way of doing-- 803 00:31:09,583 --> 00:31:10,791 our way of living life, 804 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:13,333 way of talking, way of playing, 805 00:31:13,416 --> 00:31:13,709 way of being, you know. 806 00:31:13,791 --> 00:31:19,125 ♪♪♪ 807 00:31:25,290 --> 00:31:28,375 ♪ 3ohblack's "All Talk" playing ♪ 808 00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:30,416 ♪ White Baby the G.O.A.T. ♪ 809 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:31,834 [narrator] In the 1990s, 810 00:31:31,916 --> 00:31:33,040 the NBA's fortune rose on the era 811 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:36,208 of Michael Jordan and lucrative sneaker deals. 812 00:31:36,290 --> 00:31:37,875 Demand soared for the next wave 813 00:31:37,959 --> 00:31:39,458 of superstars. 814 00:31:39,541 --> 00:31:40,709 [player] One, two, three, go. 815 00:31:40,791 --> 00:31:42,290 [narrator] One PG County team emerged 816 00:31:42,375 --> 00:31:43,666 as a major talent pipeline: 817 00:31:43,750 --> 00:31:45,040 D.C. Assault. 818 00:31:45,125 --> 00:31:46,541 [Lou] Here comes D.C. Assault, 819 00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:49,250 another powerhouse AAU squad, 820 00:31:49,333 --> 00:31:52,541 and they kind of took off. 821 00:31:52,625 --> 00:31:57,290 ♪♪♪ 822 00:31:58,165 --> 00:32:00,666 [Thomas] Everybody was trying to be like them. 823 00:32:00,750 --> 00:32:02,750 That intensity, that competitive nature-- 824 00:32:02,834 --> 00:32:06,165 that actually made PG County what it is today... 825 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:10,458 [all exclaiming] 826 00:32:10,541 --> 00:32:13,416 ...which is the best county in the country. 827 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:16,040 [Nolan] D.C. Assault was killers. 828 00:32:16,125 --> 00:32:17,875 [laughs] That's what we had to do. 829 00:32:17,959 --> 00:32:19,875 That's what we were taught to do. 830 00:32:19,959 --> 00:32:21,875 And if you put on a D.C. Assault jersey, 831 00:32:21,959 --> 00:32:24,000 you were representing something, 832 00:32:24,083 --> 00:32:27,791 and Curtis Malone always let that be known. 833 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:28,875 ♪ spacey music ♪ 834 00:32:28,959 --> 00:32:31,500 [narrator] Curtis Malone co-founded and ran 835 00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:32,750 D.C. Assault, 836 00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:34,083 an AAU super-squad 837 00:32:34,165 --> 00:32:35,083 founded and based in PG County. 838 00:32:35,165 --> 00:32:37,834 [man] Curtis did a great job of helping 839 00:32:37,916 --> 00:32:38,834 the community of basketball 840 00:32:38,916 --> 00:32:41,125 with kids like DerMarr Johnson, 841 00:32:41,208 --> 00:32:43,208 who had pretty much nothing. 842 00:32:43,290 --> 00:32:45,125 [DerMarr] And he took me from the streets 843 00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:47,165 and, you know, put me on his AAU team, 844 00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:49,500 and it was over from there. 845 00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:50,500 Loved to play. 846 00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:53,791 Played in the playground. That's about it. 847 00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:56,250 But now, I've seen that I can actually make it. 848 00:32:56,333 --> 00:33:00,040 We practiced wherever we could. Mostly, it was in PG County, 849 00:33:00,125 --> 00:33:01,834 'cause Curtis was from Palmer Park. 850 00:33:01,916 --> 00:33:04,040 [Curtis] DerMarr was a talent that was untouched. 851 00:33:04,125 --> 00:33:07,875 It was like I found an untapped player. 852 00:33:07,959 --> 00:33:11,290 Academically, he was struggling, 853 00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:14,625 but the kid had a great talent, 854 00:33:14,709 --> 00:33:17,583 and I couldn't believe how high his ceiling was. 855 00:33:17,666 --> 00:33:19,458 Once he came there, it was-- 856 00:33:19,541 --> 00:33:21,208 basketball turned into something 857 00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:22,625 that--that was my life. 858 00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:24,165 ♪♪♪ 859 00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:26,125 Him being the number one player in the country 860 00:33:26,208 --> 00:33:28,165 and just watching the media waving around him 861 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:30,165 and how he carried himself-- real humble dude. 862 00:33:30,250 --> 00:33:34,625 [man] DerMarr Johnson was the first guy I seen 863 00:33:34,709 --> 00:33:35,709 at that size, at 6'9", 864 00:33:35,791 --> 00:33:36,959 that could handle the ball 865 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,290 and that could shoot the ball. 866 00:33:39,375 --> 00:33:40,834 [narrator] Under Malone's development, 867 00:33:40,916 --> 00:33:43,000 Johnson blossomed into the number one-ranked 868 00:33:43,083 --> 00:33:45,290 high school player in the country as a senior. 869 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:47,333 After a year of college, Johnson became 870 00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:49,375 a first-round NBA draft pick. 871 00:33:51,416 --> 00:33:52,834 The Atlanta Hawks select DerMarr Johnson, 872 00:33:52,916 --> 00:33:55,165 of the University of Cincinnati. 873 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:56,040 [DerMarr] Here I am. 874 00:33:56,125 --> 00:33:57,125 Just turned 20 years old. 875 00:33:57,208 --> 00:34:01,040 I'm having my name called by David Stern. 876 00:34:01,125 --> 00:34:04,040 At the moment, the thought was just, "I made it." 877 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,165 [announcer] DerMarr! 878 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:07,750 I think he changed the game for a lot of guys, 879 00:34:07,834 --> 00:34:08,958 uh, coming out of-- coming out of PG. 880 00:34:09,041 --> 00:34:12,208 [announcer] Johnson for a point. 881 00:34:12,291 --> 00:34:15,625 [Sam] Once you see people in your area make it, 882 00:34:15,708 --> 00:34:19,416 it just kind of create a path for people to be like, 883 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:22,625 "If they can do it, I can do it." 884 00:34:22,708 --> 00:34:25,375 [DerMarr] There is no telling what my life would've been 885 00:34:25,458 --> 00:34:27,166 without Curtis Malone. 886 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:31,500 [Curtis] A lot of kids looked up to me as dad, 887 00:34:31,583 --> 00:34:32,791 and loved me unconditionally. 888 00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:35,375 Whether right or wrong, 889 00:34:35,458 --> 00:34:37,833 you put nothing before family. 890 00:34:37,916 --> 00:34:39,791 ♪♪♪ 891 00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:40,625 [narrator] Malone's family ties 892 00:34:40,708 --> 00:34:43,458 extended beyond blood. 893 00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:44,208 For many in PG County, 894 00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:47,041 he was a needed father figure, 895 00:34:47,125 --> 00:34:50,041 a role he filled for Nolan Smith. 896 00:34:50,125 --> 00:34:52,000 [Nolan] My dad played in the NBA for nine years, 897 00:34:52,083 --> 00:34:55,625 passed away when I was eight years old. 898 00:34:55,708 --> 00:34:57,625 On a cruise with the Washington Bullets 899 00:34:57,708 --> 00:35:00,333 is where he was coaching at the time. 900 00:35:00,416 --> 00:35:02,625 You know, it impacted my life a lot 901 00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:05,250 because my dad gave me the game of basketball, 902 00:35:05,333 --> 00:35:09,291 and, you know, I went-- I went through a stage in life 903 00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:14,791 where, you know, I really needed a lot of attention. 904 00:35:14,875 --> 00:35:16,791 [narrator] The void was partially filled 905 00:35:16,875 --> 00:35:18,375 when Malone started coaching Smith 906 00:35:18,458 --> 00:35:20,041 with D.C. Assault. 907 00:35:20,125 --> 00:35:21,833 The bond grew tighter when Malone married 908 00:35:21,916 --> 00:35:23,291 Smith's mother, Monica, 909 00:35:23,375 --> 00:35:24,375 in 2005. 910 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:28,375 [Nolan] He took care of everybody, 911 00:35:28,458 --> 00:35:30,375 and if he could get somebody 912 00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:31,958 off the streets and into a gym, 913 00:35:32,041 --> 00:35:36,375 if they were in a messed-up home, 914 00:35:36,458 --> 00:35:38,083 he'd bring them into his home. 915 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:40,083 If someone reached out to Curtis like, 916 00:35:40,166 --> 00:35:44,291 "Hey, I know a kid, 6'9", lefty, 917 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:45,875 growing up in Belhaven. 918 00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:47,041 He--he needs you," 919 00:35:47,125 --> 00:35:50,166 Curtis being the guy that he was, 920 00:35:50,250 --> 00:35:52,916 like, "Yo, I'ma give him a chance." 921 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,333 And at the time, Beas was on house arrest. 922 00:35:55,416 --> 00:35:58,500 [laughs] Curtis talked to his mom. 923 00:35:58,583 --> 00:36:01,000 She agreed, 924 00:36:01,083 --> 00:36:04,416 so then from there, that's when we became brothers. 925 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:08,750 [Beasley] When I got to D.C. Assault was... 926 00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:11,125 ...yeah, that's when I was born. 927 00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:14,041 [Lou] Michael Beasley was just a--a terror. 928 00:36:14,125 --> 00:36:16,416 He was pretty much unstoppable, 929 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,541 and then his partner in crime, 930 00:36:18,625 --> 00:36:19,166 Nolan Smith-- 931 00:36:19,250 --> 00:36:21,416 he could dunk it on you. 932 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:23,458 He could make spectacular passes. 933 00:36:23,541 --> 00:36:24,916 He'd make a one-handed pass 934 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,833 like a Magic Johnson-type pass. 935 00:36:28,375 --> 00:36:30,666 [Beasley] Me and Nolan got closest 936 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:33,125 I've ever been to anybody in my life. 937 00:36:33,208 --> 00:36:35,583 We just started working out, 938 00:36:35,666 --> 00:36:37,125 doing push-ups in the room, 939 00:36:37,208 --> 00:36:39,916 and just play one-on-one and fight. 940 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,750 The games would never end. 941 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:44,666 Make sure you get that. You make sure you get that. 942 00:36:44,750 --> 00:36:46,083 We would end up fighting 943 00:36:46,166 --> 00:36:48,125 and then walking home mad at each other, 944 00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:50,250 and that right there 945 00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:52,333 pretty much was our relationship. 946 00:36:52,416 --> 00:36:55,375 You know, he was number one in the area. 947 00:36:55,458 --> 00:36:57,041 I was number two. I wanted to be number one. 948 00:36:57,125 --> 00:36:59,708 And I never--I never had a brother, 949 00:36:59,791 --> 00:37:00,291 so he became that for me. 950 00:37:04,541 --> 00:37:05,958 [narrator] Another talented prospect, 951 00:37:06,041 --> 00:37:07,208 Quinn Cook, 952 00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:08,125 joined the extended Malone household 953 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:11,333 after the passing of his father. 954 00:37:11,416 --> 00:37:12,500 You know, when I lost my father, 955 00:37:12,583 --> 00:37:16,166 you know, I started to hang around the wrong crowds. 956 00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:19,041 I went through a little rough stage 957 00:37:19,125 --> 00:37:20,333 in my life. 958 00:37:20,416 --> 00:37:22,041 [Nolan] And we went and sat in the gym, 959 00:37:22,125 --> 00:37:23,333 and I said, "Look, man. 960 00:37:23,416 --> 00:37:25,000 I-I know what you're going through. 961 00:37:25,083 --> 00:37:28,875 I got you. Let's use the gym." 962 00:37:28,958 --> 00:37:31,875 We shot and we talked for hours, 963 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:35,375 and that's when the gym became his sanctuary. 964 00:37:35,458 --> 00:37:37,125 ♪ Yeah... ♪ 965 00:37:37,208 --> 00:37:38,625 [Quinn] I was the little brother, 966 00:37:38,708 --> 00:37:39,750 and you know, I was cool 967 00:37:39,833 --> 00:37:42,041 because I had relationships with those guys, 968 00:37:42,125 --> 00:37:43,375 and Curt made sure of that, 969 00:37:43,458 --> 00:37:45,208 and obviously, when my dad passed, 970 00:37:45,291 --> 00:37:46,875 Curt--you know, I basically lived with them 971 00:37:46,958 --> 00:37:50,125 for that next year. 972 00:37:50,208 --> 00:37:52,208 [narrator] More than just a beloved father figure, 973 00:37:52,291 --> 00:37:54,541 Malone became the godfather of D.C. basketball. 974 00:37:54,625 --> 00:37:57,750 By controlling much of the local talent pipeline, 975 00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:01,000 he transformed D.C. Assault into a lucrative enterprise, 976 00:38:01,083 --> 00:38:04,041 including an Adidas deal for $50,000 a year. 977 00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:06,541 [Nolan] He had all the juice. 978 00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:08,458 Curtis had the juice to get us, 979 00:38:08,541 --> 00:38:10,833 you know, on the stage and be seen 980 00:38:10,916 --> 00:38:13,375 and basically get us to where we ultimately got to, 981 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:14,166 which was the NBA 982 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:17,125 and to Duke and Kansas State, 983 00:38:17,208 --> 00:38:19,500 and Curtis really got us out to Vegas 984 00:38:19,583 --> 00:38:20,791 and started getting us 985 00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:21,791 to all these big-time tournaments. 986 00:38:21,875 --> 00:38:23,875 You know, that-- that really changed 987 00:38:23,958 --> 00:38:25,625 the game for us. 988 00:38:25,708 --> 00:38:26,916 [Curtis] What I did was realize 989 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,041 how the shoe companies 990 00:38:29,125 --> 00:38:31,250 were all looking for their next Kobe Bryant 991 00:38:31,333 --> 00:38:32,333 and Tracy McGrady. 992 00:38:32,416 --> 00:38:34,708 You know, maybe this is a business 993 00:38:34,791 --> 00:38:36,375 that I could turn, um, 994 00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:38,375 you know, D.C. Assault into. 995 00:38:38,458 --> 00:38:40,458 He was a marketing genius. I gotta give it to him. 996 00:38:40,541 --> 00:38:43,583 [Nolan] This game of basketball's a business, 997 00:38:43,666 --> 00:38:45,458 and at that moment, we didn't know it, 998 00:38:45,541 --> 00:38:48,125 'cause we were so young. 999 00:38:48,208 --> 00:38:49,875 You know, it's very unfortunate, 1000 00:38:49,958 --> 00:38:52,291 uh, the way things transpired 1001 00:38:52,375 --> 00:38:53,375 with, uh, D.C. Assault 1002 00:38:53,458 --> 00:38:57,500 and their, uh--their leader, uh, Curtis Malone. 1003 00:38:57,583 --> 00:38:59,875 My first reaction when I got the call-- 1004 00:38:59,958 --> 00:39:01,000 uh, it was from my sister. 1005 00:39:01,083 --> 00:39:04,833 She's like, "They got Curt." 1006 00:39:04,916 --> 00:39:05,583 "What you mean, they got Curt?" 1007 00:39:05,666 --> 00:39:06,875 "They got him. They got him." 1008 00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:09,500 I'm like... 1009 00:39:09,583 --> 00:39:11,666 "For what?" [laughs] 1010 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:14,041 Federal agents arrested Curtis Malone 1011 00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:16,000 as a key suspect in a major drug operation. 1012 00:39:16,083 --> 00:39:17,541 [reporter] The DEA alleges 1013 00:39:17,625 --> 00:39:21,333 he was also distributing heroin and cocaine. 1014 00:39:21,416 --> 00:39:23,166 On Friday, agents searched his Upper Marlboro home... 1015 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:25,375 You know, it was one of them days 1016 00:39:25,458 --> 00:39:25,750 where it was like, 1017 00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:27,666 not Curt. 1018 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:29,666 Like, couldn't believe it. 1019 00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:31,500 But you don't really know why. 1020 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:32,458 You're wondering why. 1021 00:39:32,541 --> 00:39:34,875 [Quinn] I lived with Curt for a year, 1022 00:39:34,958 --> 00:39:36,875 and I had no idea what was going on, 1023 00:39:36,958 --> 00:39:38,208 'cause all I saw was the positive things 1024 00:39:38,291 --> 00:39:41,541 that he was doing, the kids that he took off the street, 1025 00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:43,875 the--the gifts and the presents 1026 00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:46,541 and the bills that he paid. 1027 00:39:46,625 --> 00:39:49,375 I wish that hadn't happened, but it did, 1028 00:39:49,458 --> 00:39:52,208 But does that tarnish the type of person that he was 1029 00:39:52,291 --> 00:39:54,041 and what he did, how many people he touched? 1030 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,208 No, because he looked out for the people first. 1031 00:39:57,291 --> 00:39:59,125 It hurt, 1032 00:39:59,208 --> 00:40:01,083 and people were surprised. 1033 00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:03,208 A lot of people didn't judge him. 1034 00:40:03,291 --> 00:40:05,250 [Navarro] I-I ain't really judge him awful. 1035 00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:06,166 You know what I'm saying? Because I always saw the good 1036 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:08,333 in what he was doing, 1037 00:40:08,416 --> 00:40:09,583 and none of that ever came around the kids. 1038 00:40:11,958 --> 00:40:14,291 [Colder] He cared about the millions of dollars 1039 00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:17,791 that he could make from drug trafficking. 1040 00:40:17,875 --> 00:40:20,208 He... 1041 00:40:20,291 --> 00:40:24,750 didn't serve as a role model. 1042 00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:26,416 It was a false model. 1043 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:29,083 Y'all can say whatever the fuck y'all want about him. 1044 00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:31,375 Y'all can talk dirt. 1045 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:33,750 He always the had the kids first, man. 1046 00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:35,833 He always--he always put the kids first. 1047 00:40:35,916 --> 00:40:38,708 He always fed the kids before he ate. 1048 00:40:38,791 --> 00:40:40,375 [phone system] ...A prepaid call. 1049 00:40:40,458 --> 00:40:41,833 This call is from... 1050 00:40:41,916 --> 00:40:43,375 [Curtis] Curtis Malone. 1051 00:40:43,458 --> 00:40:46,250 [phone system] An inmate at...a federal prison. 1052 00:40:46,333 --> 00:40:47,250 [Curtis] I try to capitalize 1053 00:40:47,333 --> 00:40:50,416 on the mistakes that I have made 1054 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:54,916 which, um--it caused me so much embarrassment, man, 1055 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,500 because I'm preaching to these kids 1056 00:40:56,583 --> 00:40:59,166 not to do one thing, but I'm doing another, 1057 00:40:59,250 --> 00:41:01,125 and it was just, you know-- it was my ego, 1058 00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:05,833 my pride, um, my greed. 1059 00:41:05,916 --> 00:41:07,000 ♪ somber music ♪ 1060 00:41:07,083 --> 00:41:09,916 [Nolan] I know who he really is: 1061 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,958 the person that would give his shirt off his back 1062 00:41:12,041 --> 00:41:13,458 to a kid, that would do anything 1063 00:41:13,541 --> 00:41:16,875 to get these kids scholarships, 1064 00:41:16,958 --> 00:41:18,041 but then that other side, 1065 00:41:18,125 --> 00:41:21,291 the evil side 1066 00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:24,583 that did what...he felt like he might have had to do? 1067 00:41:27,041 --> 00:41:29,458 I can't quite put my hands around that side, 1068 00:41:29,541 --> 00:41:33,583 'cause I don't think that's who he is. 1069 00:41:33,666 --> 00:41:35,125 [narrator] Malone's felony conviction 1070 00:41:35,208 --> 00:41:37,958 stunned the community and attracted national press, 1071 00:41:38,041 --> 00:41:40,000 but the sustainability of PG County hoops 1072 00:41:40,083 --> 00:41:42,166 never belonged to one individual. 1073 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,708 The county's ecosystem remained strong. 1074 00:41:44,791 --> 00:41:46,875 ♪ ♪ 1075 00:41:46,958 --> 00:41:48,666 ♪ ♪ 1076 00:41:48,750 --> 00:41:52,375 [Quinn] The thing that makes PG County so unique 1077 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:54,708 is that the guy that you want to be like is bringing you up. 1078 00:41:54,791 --> 00:41:56,708 The D-I players and NBA players-- 1079 00:41:56,791 --> 00:41:58,208 they bring you up, 'cause they know 1080 00:41:58,291 --> 00:41:59,625 what they had to go through to make it, 1081 00:41:59,708 --> 00:42:01,166 and we all want to see each other win, 1082 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:02,125 so that's why we're all extremely close. 1083 00:42:02,208 --> 00:42:04,708 ♪♪♪ 1084 00:42:04,791 --> 00:42:06,625 [announcer] It's just a great story 1085 00:42:06,708 --> 00:42:09,083 with Oladipo and Quinn Cook 1086 00:42:09,166 --> 00:42:11,416 and then the mentorship of the older 1087 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:13,208 of the Maryland guys and Kevin Durant. 1088 00:42:13,291 --> 00:42:15,291 ♪ synth music ♪ 1089 00:42:15,375 --> 00:42:17,166 KD has always been a big brother to me, 1090 00:42:17,250 --> 00:42:20,458 somebody, um, that I've always, you know, reached out to 1091 00:42:20,541 --> 00:42:21,291 for anything, and he's reached out to me, 1092 00:42:21,375 --> 00:42:23,208 just making sure I was okay. 1093 00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:26,833 He's always been there for me. 1094 00:42:26,916 --> 00:42:27,875 [man] Takes a long time to get really good 1095 00:42:27,958 --> 00:42:30,375 at playing basketball, and a lot of those guys 1096 00:42:30,458 --> 00:42:31,625 grind it out for a while. 1097 00:42:31,708 --> 00:42:33,583 Quinn Cook, the same way. 1098 00:42:33,666 --> 00:42:36,041 Every kid dreams of getting drafted. 1099 00:42:36,125 --> 00:42:36,708 Like, I knew I was gonna wear... 1100 00:42:36,791 --> 00:42:38,708 I knew what I was gonna do 1101 00:42:38,791 --> 00:42:40,375 as soon as I heard my name called. 1102 00:42:40,458 --> 00:42:41,375 The Charlotte Hornets select... 1103 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:43,208 The Miami Heats select... 1104 00:42:43,291 --> 00:42:44,500 Indiana Pacers select... 1105 00:42:44,583 --> 00:42:45,208 [Quinn] But it never happened. 1106 00:42:45,291 --> 00:42:49,416 ♪ dramatic music ♪ 1107 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:50,375 I felt sorry for myself for about two minutes. 1108 00:42:50,458 --> 00:42:51,708 When he didn't get drafted, 1109 00:42:51,791 --> 00:42:53,875 you know, everybody knew he was gonna be all right, 1110 00:42:53,958 --> 00:42:56,125 because that's the type of player he is. 1111 00:42:56,208 --> 00:42:57,541 [Thomas] It's the cliché term of 1112 00:42:57,625 --> 00:42:59,625 "you can do anything you put your mind to," 1113 00:42:59,708 --> 00:43:02,041 but Quinn is the perfect definition of it. 1114 00:43:02,125 --> 00:43:04,625 ♪ gentle music ♪ 1115 00:43:04,708 --> 00:43:06,916 He had plenty of people in his ear 1116 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,416 telling him his best route was going overseas, 1117 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,875 trying to get money, but Quinn had a dream. 1118 00:43:11,958 --> 00:43:14,000 [announcer] Back to Cook. Left wing, three. 1119 00:43:14,083 --> 00:43:15,125 Ball! He tied the ball game! 1120 00:43:15,208 --> 00:43:18,041 [Thomas] He earned his stripes in the D league. 1121 00:43:18,125 --> 00:43:19,750 He did what it took. So with that story, 1122 00:43:19,833 --> 00:43:21,166 it's just an amazing accomplishment 1123 00:43:21,250 --> 00:43:22,958 and a blessing. 1124 00:43:23,041 --> 00:43:24,458 [announcer] On the floor, Cook. 1125 00:43:24,541 --> 00:43:25,875 Oh! 1126 00:43:25,958 --> 00:43:27,625 [announcer] That is not an easy shot. 1127 00:43:27,708 --> 00:43:29,500 - [announcer] He knows it. - [announcer] Yeah. 1128 00:43:29,583 --> 00:43:31,291 [Kevin] He's never stopped working, man. 1129 00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:33,583 That's what I tell people. Look at Quinn. 1130 00:43:33,666 --> 00:43:35,833 [announcer] Three by Quinn! 1131 00:43:35,916 --> 00:43:38,541 You know, 'cause he called me when he didn't get drafted. 1132 00:43:38,625 --> 00:43:40,625 It was his--he was crying 'cause he didn't get drafted. 1133 00:43:40,708 --> 00:43:42,916 And I'm like, "Bro, you got talent. 1134 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,416 Just keep working. Never stop." 1135 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:47,583 ♪♪♪ 1136 00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:49,500 'Sup, y'all? This Quinn Cook, 1137 00:43:49,583 --> 00:43:51,291 Started in the G League, 1138 00:43:51,375 --> 00:43:53,416 ended up NBA champion. 1139 00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:55,416 Always believe in yourself. 1140 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,125 Don't let anybody tell you 1141 00:43:57,208 --> 00:44:00,708 you can't do whatever you want to do. 1142 00:44:00,791 --> 00:44:02,333 You know, definitely, I'm just proud, uh, 1143 00:44:02,416 --> 00:44:03,625 coming from where we come from. 1144 00:44:03,708 --> 00:44:06,166 Uh, you look at the odds... 1145 00:44:06,250 --> 00:44:07,791 It's under one percent of a person in here 1146 00:44:07,875 --> 00:44:09,208 that's gonna make it to the NBA, 1147 00:44:09,291 --> 00:44:09,958 and I told myself--I said, 1148 00:44:10,041 --> 00:44:13,500 "I'ma be the one percent, then." 1149 00:44:13,583 --> 00:44:15,291 You know, I had guys to look up to who made it, 1150 00:44:15,375 --> 00:44:17,500 so we put our goals to action, 1151 00:44:17,583 --> 00:44:19,333 our plans to action, and we got it done. 1152 00:44:19,416 --> 00:44:21,000 And I don't believe in those percentages 1153 00:44:21,083 --> 00:44:21,666 or none of that stuff. 1154 00:44:21,750 --> 00:44:23,500 Everybody in Seat Pleasant, 1155 00:44:23,583 --> 00:44:24,375 everybody in PG County, Maryland, 1156 00:44:24,458 --> 00:44:25,791 y'all be riding with me. 1157 00:44:25,875 --> 00:44:30,333 Feels good to see him come full circle, man. 1158 00:44:30,416 --> 00:44:31,916 It's great to see, man, 1159 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,375 'cause everybody's chasing their dreams 1160 00:44:33,458 --> 00:44:36,750 of, you know, playing on the biggest stage. 1161 00:44:36,833 --> 00:44:39,333 [Bobby] To see guys that I grew up with 1162 00:44:39,416 --> 00:44:41,833 make it so far-- it made it on the lines 1163 00:44:41,916 --> 00:44:43,666 of "You just keep going, then you can make it." 1164 00:44:43,750 --> 00:44:47,541 ♪♪♪ 1165 00:44:47,625 --> 00:44:51,833 Never forget the year he won MVP, 1166 00:44:51,916 --> 00:44:53,958 and he said to his mom... 1167 00:44:54,041 --> 00:44:57,291 The odds were stacked against us. 1168 00:44:57,375 --> 00:44:58,333 Single parent with two boys. 1169 00:44:58,416 --> 00:45:01,666 You made us believe. 1170 00:45:01,750 --> 00:45:02,833 You kept us off the street. 1171 00:45:02,916 --> 00:45:07,458 You put clothes on our backs, food on the table. 1172 00:45:07,541 --> 00:45:08,208 When you didn't eat, 1173 00:45:08,291 --> 00:45:10,541 you made sure we ate. 1174 00:45:10,625 --> 00:45:13,041 You went to sleep hungry. 1175 00:45:13,125 --> 00:45:14,541 You sacrificed for us. 1176 00:45:14,625 --> 00:45:17,791 [sniffs] You the real MVP. 1177 00:45:20,083 --> 00:45:22,916 [applause] 1178 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,916 ♪ pensive music ♪ 1179 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,958 ♪♪♪ 1180 00:45:34,916 --> 00:45:38,083 I get a little choked up when I rem--I say this, 1181 00:45:38,166 --> 00:45:40,708 because I was so...happy that he said, 1182 00:45:40,791 --> 00:45:43,250 you know, that his mother was the real MVP, 1183 00:45:43,333 --> 00:45:46,791 because I felt that 1184 00:45:46,875 --> 00:45:48,833 you know, for all the women 1185 00:45:48,916 --> 00:45:51,250 who tried to raise their kids, 1186 00:45:51,333 --> 00:45:53,250 especially single moms. 1187 00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:56,583 When he said that, 1188 00:45:56,666 --> 00:45:59,458 if I could've hugged that young man, you know... 1189 00:45:59,541 --> 00:46:01,083 I said, "Thank you for saying that 1190 00:46:01,166 --> 00:46:03,041 about your mom." 1191 00:46:03,125 --> 00:46:06,708 [MC] And the NBA 2018 Most Improved Player is... 1192 00:46:06,791 --> 00:46:09,583 - Victor Oladipo. - Oladipo. 1193 00:46:09,666 --> 00:46:13,208 ♪♪♪ 1194 00:46:13,291 --> 00:46:15,833 [Victor] My family's sacrificed so much for me. 1195 00:46:15,916 --> 00:46:19,416 I used to come here and try to work out every day 1196 00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:22,250 at 6:00 a.m., before school started. 1197 00:46:22,333 --> 00:46:24,083 Shout-out to my father, Chris, my mother, Joan, 1198 00:46:24,166 --> 00:46:28,041 my three sisters, Victoria, Kendra, and Christine. 1199 00:46:28,125 --> 00:46:29,166 I always say you guys are my before, 1200 00:46:29,250 --> 00:46:31,375 my now, and my after. You guys are my everything. 1201 00:46:31,458 --> 00:46:33,000 ♪♪♪ 1202 00:46:33,083 --> 00:46:37,666 And I remember those mornings used to be so tough. 1203 00:46:37,750 --> 00:46:38,666 I remember looking at my sisters' faces 1204 00:46:38,750 --> 00:46:41,625 and them sleeping in a car 1205 00:46:41,708 --> 00:46:42,791 getting to their schools 1206 00:46:42,875 --> 00:46:44,750 before the janitor even got there. 1207 00:46:44,833 --> 00:46:47,500 My mom used to have to wait, 1208 00:46:47,583 --> 00:46:49,791 um...go to work all day and then wait after practice, 1209 00:46:49,875 --> 00:46:52,791 go home, get four hours of sleep, 1210 00:46:52,875 --> 00:46:56,541 and then have to work night shifts 1211 00:46:56,625 --> 00:46:59,291 because I had a dream. 1212 00:46:59,375 --> 00:47:01,458 At the end of the day, that's why I play this game. 1213 00:47:01,541 --> 00:47:02,958 I play it for them. 1214 00:47:03,041 --> 00:47:06,208 They sacrificed so much for me, I had to do something. 1215 00:47:06,291 --> 00:47:09,958 ♪♪♪ 1216 00:47:10,041 --> 00:47:11,458 [Ricky] If we're gonna continue to be 1217 00:47:11,541 --> 00:47:12,458 the county known for basketball, 1218 00:47:12,541 --> 00:47:16,416 we have to continue to give back the same way 1219 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:19,250 the game has given us so much. 1220 00:47:19,333 --> 00:47:21,333 [Kevin] I think we in the basketball community-- 1221 00:47:21,416 --> 00:47:22,750 like, when we combining-- 1222 00:47:22,833 --> 00:47:23,916 and we always build relationships with each other 1223 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,000 and combine resources and do things like this, 1224 00:47:27,083 --> 00:47:31,166 we're pushing our community and our culture forward. 1225 00:47:31,250 --> 00:47:32,166 [narrator] In 2019, 1226 00:47:32,250 --> 00:47:34,708 Kevin Durant opened the Durant Center 1227 00:47:34,791 --> 00:47:36,000 in his hometown of Suitland, Maryland. 1228 00:47:36,083 --> 00:47:39,083 The state-of-the-art, $13 million facility 1229 00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:43,375 provides academic, financial, and social resources 1230 00:47:43,458 --> 00:47:46,375 to youth from low-income backgrounds. 1231 00:47:46,458 --> 00:47:49,125 The county is good at saying to its residents 1232 00:47:49,208 --> 00:47:51,083 in very many ways 1233 00:47:51,166 --> 00:47:54,333 through each, uh--each decade or each generation, 1234 00:47:54,416 --> 00:47:56,833 "No matter what we're going through, I got you." 1235 00:47:56,916 --> 00:47:57,875 [John] Guys like Kevin and them-- 1236 00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:00,458 these guys are now saying, "Okay, 1237 00:48:00,541 --> 00:48:02,541 I understand the significance 1238 00:48:02,625 --> 00:48:03,916 of my ability to play basketball. 1239 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,958 I'm gonna use that to influence a kid 1240 00:48:07,041 --> 00:48:09,041 who might not have my ability to play it 1241 00:48:09,125 --> 00:48:13,416 to do other things or to aspire to be successful," 1242 00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:14,666 and I'm as proud as I can be 1243 00:48:14,750 --> 00:48:16,291 to see that they're doing that. 1244 00:48:16,375 --> 00:48:19,291 [Kevin] It might have our name on the side of the building, 1245 00:48:19,375 --> 00:48:21,416 but it's your home, so enjoy it, 1246 00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:24,166 make it yours, and the future starts here. 1247 00:48:24,250 --> 00:48:25,833 [Brown] In any facet of society, 1248 00:48:25,916 --> 00:48:27,875 whether you're talking education, 1249 00:48:27,958 --> 00:48:29,208 whether you're talking business, 1250 00:48:29,291 --> 00:48:31,708 there are those who've come before us 1251 00:48:31,791 --> 00:48:34,333 upon whose shoulders we stand. 1252 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,791 [announcer] Rumson! 1253 00:48:37,875 --> 00:48:39,666 [Bianca] For all the work that each generation did, 1254 00:48:39,750 --> 00:48:43,791 decade by decade by decade, 1255 00:48:43,875 --> 00:48:45,666 it fed our ambition and our dreams and our hopes. 1256 00:48:45,750 --> 00:48:47,916 [Victor] It's just gonna continue 1257 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,416 to keep being like that, 1258 00:48:49,500 --> 00:48:51,708 because we live and breathe it here. 1259 00:48:51,791 --> 00:48:53,833 Prince George's packs a lot of power, 1260 00:48:53,916 --> 00:48:56,166 a lot of character. 1261 00:48:56,250 --> 00:48:57,166 We take pride in-- in being from this county. 1262 00:48:57,250 --> 00:49:01,166 [man] I carry PG like a badge of honor. 1263 00:49:01,250 --> 00:49:02,583 [Navarro] It comes back to this hunger 1264 00:49:02,666 --> 00:49:04,750 and this commitment. 1265 00:49:04,833 --> 00:49:05,750 We are from Prince George's County. 1266 00:49:05,833 --> 00:49:08,416 We are not playing with nobody. 1267 00:49:09,250 --> 00:49:12,375 [Victor] I never forget where I come from. 1268 00:49:12,458 --> 00:49:14,666 I wouldn't be who I am without DeMatha. 1269 00:49:14,750 --> 00:49:17,458 I wouldn't be who I am without PG County. 1270 00:49:17,541 --> 00:49:20,416 At the end of the day, this is home. 1271 00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:22,416 [man] Love, sweat, and tears have all shaped 1272 00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:25,416 the generational legacy of PG County basketball, 1273 00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:26,333 but folks from the county know 1274 00:49:26,416 --> 00:49:27,625 there's still a mysterious essence 1275 00:49:27,708 --> 00:49:30,875 hard to explain. 1276 00:49:30,958 --> 00:49:33,458 [man] I don't know, man. 1277 00:49:33,541 --> 00:49:36,250 It's just in the water. 1278 00:49:36,333 --> 00:49:39,250 ♪ spacey music ♪ 1279 00:49:57,375 --> 00:50:00,291 ♪ energetic hip-hop music ♪ 1280 00:50:00,375 --> 00:50:02,791 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 1281 00:50:02,875 --> 00:50:04,541 ♪ Hey ♪ 1282 00:50:04,625 --> 00:50:06,375 ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 1283 00:50:06,458 --> 00:50:08,291 ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 1284 00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:09,833 ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 1285 00:50:09,916 --> 00:50:11,458 ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ 1286 00:50:11,541 --> 00:50:17,375 ♪♪♪ 1287 00:51:03,333 --> 00:51:08,291 ♪♪♪ 1288 00:51:38,333 --> 00:51:39,208 [bright tone]