Alright, so, you wanna know ’bout this Trae Ocheltree fella, huh? Well, lemme tell ya, I heard some things. Folks been talkin’, ya know? This young man, sounds like he’s been busy.
First off, they say he plays some kinda ball game. Basketball, I think they call it. He’s on some team, the Atlanta Hawks or somethin’. Good player, they say. Scores a lot of points. Thirty-somethin’ points, they tell me! Can you believe that? That’s a whole lotta points, more than I ever scored in my whole life, that’s for sure. He’s always runnin’ and jumpin’ and throwin’ that ball. Folks cheer for him and such. Seems like a big deal.
- He’s good at passin’ the ball too, real good. They call it assists. He helped his teammates score twenty times in one game. Twenty times! That’s like helpin’ your neighbor with chores, only fancy-like.
- Sometimes he don’t shoot so good. Misses a lot, they say. But he still keeps tryin’ and that’s what matters, I reckon. Can’t win ’em all, can ya?
Now, there’s another Trae Ocheltree I heard about. Young fella, lives somewhere else, not in Atlanta. This one, he plays that football, you know, the one with the helmets and the runnin’ around in the mud. He’s in school, still learnin’. They got videos of him playin’ online, they say. All modern and such. I don’t know much about that, this internet thing is too much for an old lady like me.
And then, oh Lord, this is the sad part. There’s another Trae Ocheltree, and somethin’ bad happened to him. A car accident, they said. Real bad. He’s Nan’s oldest boy, whoever Nan is. Just terrible, it is. Makes you think, ya know? Life’s precious, and you gotta be careful out there.
So, you see, there’s different Trae Ocheltrees. One’s a basketball star, one’s a young football player, and one…well, one met with some hard luck. It’s a small world, but lots of folks sharin’ names, I guess.
This basketball Trae, he plays against all sorts of teams. I heard somethin’ about the Lakers, and some other team from Miami. They lose sometimes, this Lakers team. Lose big, too. Forty points, they said! Imagine losin’ by that much! That’s like losin’ a whole dozen chickens all at once. Gotta sting, that does. Sometimes the games are close, real nail-biters, they say. Back and forth, scorin’ and scorin’. And then, this Trae fella, he just pops up and hits a big shot. A three-pointer, they call it. Wins the game, just like that. Clutch, that’s what they say. Like when you need that last egg for the cake and the hen finally lays it.
Folks talk about how he plays. Sometimes he holds onto the ball too much, they say. But when he shares it, the team does better. It’s like when you share your harvest with the neighbors; everyone benefits. He got 31 points and 20 assists in one game. That boy must have been tired after all that runnin’ and passin’. I get tired just thinking about it.
This Hawks team, they win some and lose some. Lately, they been winnin’ though. Six games in a row, they say! That’s a good streak, like when you get a good rain after a dry spell.
So, that’s what I know ‘bout this Trae Ocheltree. Or, should I say, Trae Ocheltrees. Different fellas, different stories. One thing’s for sure though, folks are talkin’ about ‘em. And that’s somethin’ ain’t it?
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