Jameer: The Story of Jameer Nelson and How He Came to Be a Phenomenon on the Basketball Court and in Life
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Jameer - Floyd "Pete" Nelson
INTRODUCTION
In the basketball season of 2003-2004, there was magic in the air throughout the Philadelphia area.
Jameer Nelson had made his decision to return to Saint Josephs University to complete his senior year after attending the NBA pre-draft camp and giving serious consideration to entering the NBA draft. He said he wanted to be a kid for one more year and have fun being with his teammates, working together for a winning season.
After mounting success after success in his first three years playing college ball and dazzling many with his movements and leadership on the court, there were high hopes that this would not only be a winning season for St. Joes but also that individual and team records could reach new heights.
Tried and true sports fans know from experience that many things can go wrong…there can be injuries, sicknesses and dissension among players, conflicts with the coach, sometimes just bad luck and always the possibility of competitors who are stronger and more formidable. But confidence in the positive possibilities prevailed. It was going to be a very good year.
By the end of their storybook season, Jameer became the most celebrated athlete not only at Saint Josephs University but also in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, He was honored not only for his athletic skills but also for the leadership, unselfishness, humanity and team spirit he brought to collegiate sports. How did he become this person?
Perhaps you will gain greater insight, perhaps some of your curiosity will be satisfied, as his father Pete Nelson and friend Elaine Whelan tell his story beginning at birth through his early school days and then his years playing basketball in high school and college and preparing for a professional careen
CHAPTER 1
The Story Begins
South of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along the Delaware River and its shipyards is the city of Chester. This is where Jameer Nelson was born on the ninth of February in 1982, the third child of Linda and Floyd Pete
Nelson. It was the shipyards and a job as a welder that drew his father to Chester after his service in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Jameer had two older brothers, one also called Pete and another named Jabre, Jabre was born with a defective heart and survived only three months. His oldest brother, Pete, had his fathers sturdy build and followed his love of sports, concentrating on football but also playing basketball Although a child was supposed to be five to play with the local Brookhaven Jets football team, it was no surprise when his father signed Jameer up at four and waived the insurance so that he could play Then the following Christmas, there was an indoor basketball court under the tree. Starting with his preschool days at the Thomas Learning Center and then through his years at Toby Farms Elementary in Chester Township, Jameer started shooting baskets every day after