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When John was in 3rd grade, he was the tallest boy in his class. So, naturally, he started playing basketball.
By 7th grade he was of average height, but he’d already fallen in love with it, so he kept at it. His mental toughness and ability to out-think opponents helped him overcome his height disadvantages.
By 10th grade, he was the shortest player on the Varsity team. On any Varsity team. Ever. People gave him a lot of shit, but he just internalized it all, worked harder, and turned his frustrations into desire to prove a point. He quickly become #1 in assists for the league, and could hit a 3-pointer with over 68% accuracy.
When John made a D1 college team in America it made headlines for weeks.
By Junior year of college, John’s height stopped being a point of real interest -beyond frustrated coaches on opposing teams throwing their hands up in the air over the 5'6’’ point guard who outscored his entire bench.
When he entered the NBA as a second round draft pick at the age of 22 he thought the days of people tormenting him for the person he was were behind him.
Then he met their 6 foot, ocean-eyed, curly haired, distinctly male, athletic trainer.
Fuck.