http://www.usprepathletes.com/blog/2014/02/19/cj-jackson/:
It wasn’t long after that when C.J. began revealing a penchant to excel on the hardwood. Basketball certainly was in his bloodlines. After his standout career at Georgia, Mr. Jackson played in Venezuela and then returned to Los Angeles to begin his coaching career at Campbell Hall High School. One day, after his team had played poorly in a loss, Big Cleveland was lecturing his players as 2-year-old C.J. waited in the background.
“I had sat all the players down, and I was yelling at them — I was going off,” Cleveland said. “After a while, I noticed that they were looking through me, like they weren’t paying attention. I remember saying, ‘What are you guys looking at? See, this is the problem! You can’t pay attention!’
“Then one of the kids said, ‘Coach, look at your son!'”
Sixteen years after the fact, Cleveland still sounds amazed as he recalls what he saw that day.
“I turned around,” he said, “and my son had two basketballs, dribbling around his body. I mean, two regular-sized balls, and he was pounding them!.”
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