Monday, November 16, 2009

Diary Of A Baller: Jalen "Young One" Henriquez (New Jersey) Entry #7


Hello Basketball World,

This week went by fast; Monday thru Wednesday was pretty much the same. The usual studying and working out. Although there was one difference this week at my school, we had our book fair which is always fun. It also a bit hectic but besides that it was the same. Thursday was good and bad for me. First off, I got to watch a bit of the NBA game with Lebron and Cleveland verses D Wade and the Heat, this was a great game with some amazing highlights especially when Wade dunked over Cavs big man Varejao, this had to be one of the most exciting NBA games I have watched so far. Denver and Melo is also off to a great start beating LA. Unlike my Knicks sitting at 1 and 8 on the season, not a good start for the City, hopefully they can pick it up. It was bad because although school went by fast when I arrived at my game I found out that a few of my teammates were sick forcing us to forfeit the league. We were disqualified from the playoffs from the start. At the beggining our coach, Andre Thomas told us to just go out there and have fun and just play, that is exactly what I did. The last time we played against this team I was held scoreless and we had lost by double digits, so that was not a good experience. I finished this game with 21 points and although we lost I think it was a moral victory for us. We just played, I was able to score at will this game, and I was motivated by the same two opposing players saying they would hold me scoreless again. Just going out there and having fun is a great thing to do, I would also like to thank the head Coach Eli for giving me the opportunity to get a taste of high school basketball. Good luck to him and his team for the rest of the season, I hope they do well. Friday went by slow, but after the long day of school and working out I just relaxed. This weekend was also the same old, Saturday my brother had practice with his team, the Gauchos. After words I got to do a little hanging out with friends which is always fun. Sunday I worked out early morning, and my brother had practice again later in the day. I then came home to finish homework and get ready for a school trip I have tomorrow to the United Nations in New York. This week was a quick one.

Young One Out.