The Story of Lacey Holsworth & Adreian Payne

[coachx]

Great story here. Its a shame this little angel is no longer with us but Adreian made Lacey's days on earth happier. Having a little girl this story really gets to me.......in a good way. Now excuse me as I get a tissue.

 

Glad this town will have add another good role model for youth to look up to.

 

http://www.ajc.com/videos/sports/basketball/journey-adreian-payne/vCgY6q/

 

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Edited June 27, 2014 by Dolfan23
No misspellings of his name here folks. Nothing to see go on about your day.

[Alex]

It's a shame that this went unnoticed by as many people as it did. Thanks for posting anyway.

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[Admin]

Yeah this is great!! Very emotional moment last night. 

[AHF]

Great back story.

[Guest]

Great share @coachx, it's always nice to get players you can also like as human beings. Adreian falls into that category pretty quickly.

 

Sidenote, how long until @Dolfan23 puts some sort of autocorrect for Adreian? I imagine we will have Adreian, Adreian, Adrean, Adriean and probably a few more that I'm not creative enough to spell right now. And then we will have Paine/Payne/Pain. Oh the joys of spelling.

Edited June 27, 2014 by hawksfanatic

[Admin]

Great share @coachx, it's always nice to get players you can also like as human beings. Adreian falls into that category pretty quickly.

 

Sidenote, how long until @Dolfan23 puts some sort of autocorrect for Adreian? I imagine we will have Adreian, Adreian, Adrean, Adriean and probably a few more that I'm not creative enough to spell right now. And then we will have Paine/Payne/Pain. Oh the joys of spelling.

 

Yeah I know I've had to catch myself a couple of times and @lethalweapon3 mentioned it already. Good thing there aren't many Adreian's in the NBA and hopefully most people refer to him as Payne. 

[coachx]

It's a shame that this went unnoticed by as many people as it did. Thanks for posting anyway.

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Thank you @Alex  for bringing it up in the draft forum months ago. I though she was a random girl he picked out to go see during the dunk contest before you shared the story with us.

 

I just wanted to post it on the main board so more would be aware of it.

[Admin]

And damn just realized that @coachx misspelled his name here. His biggest fan misspelled his name twice, once in the title and once in the post #whatupwiththat?

[coachx]

And damn just realized that @coachx misspelled his name here. His biggest fan misspelled his name twice, once in the title and once in the post #whatupwiththat?

Hey I edited it right after hawkfanatic called me out.

 

I suck at spelling.

[Admin]

Hey I edited it right after hawkfanatic called me out.

 

I suck at spelling.

 

Haha it's still wrong on both. It's just Adreian Payne. I will fix it though. 

[Guest]

Hey I edited it right after hawkfanatic called me out.

 

I suck at spelling.

 

I didn't even notice you misspelled it. I was only talking in generalities above.

 

The sad thing is that after I put up my post about misspelling his name, I looked at my post again and realized I misspelled it in the post about misspelling the name. Good thing the Hawksquawk Supporter feature lets me edit my posts!

[pimp]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmEQlToMFA

[Alex]

Just call him AP. At leafs that's what he liked when we were busy getting mono.

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[AHF]

Just call him AP. At leafs that's what he liked when we were busy getting mono.

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I hope we do a lot better in the nickname department than AP.  Using someone's initials is the lazy man's nickname.  

 

 

 

"No...call me...GG"

[High5]

It's really the story of Lacey Holsworth. What a remarkable child. Nothing gets to me like these stories about kids with cancer. RIP

 

Payne is a classy dude and I'm happy to have him on the team. 

[AUhawksfan]

Damn, why y'all gotta get me all teary eyed?  My coworkers are thinking I'm extra emo today now.

 

Well at least we know character won't be a concern with this guy.

[coachx]

It's really the story of Lacey Holsworth. What a remarkable child. Nothing gets to me like these stories about kids with cancer. RIP

 

Payne is a classy dude and I'm happy to have him on the team.

Good point.......I was just quoting the AJC's headline.

[TheFuzz]

Damn. That got to me. Proud to call this guy a Hawk.

[DrReality]

Having a daughter that survived childhood cancer I can speak firsthand of the experience.  My daughter was treated at St Jude Hospital in Memphis.......a miraculous place that stands alone.  It is my experience that some people just can't deal with a child facing such a catastrophic illness and to do so takes the greatest courage.  He has my respect and such a huge heart has to be evident on the court. I'm grateful that my child lived, because I knew several parents who were not so lucky. The bottom line is most of what we face in this world is quite trivial compared to such a fight. I'm glad he's a Hawk. 

[Admin]

Having a daughter that survived childhood cancer I can speak firsthand of the experience.  My daughter was treated at St Jude Hospital in Memphis.......a miraculous place that stands alone.  It is my experience that some people just can't deal with a child facing such a catastrophic illness and to do so takes the greatest courage.  He has my respect and such a huge heart has to be evident on the court. I'm grateful that my child lived, because I knew several parents who were not so lucky. The bottom line is most of what we face in this world is quite trivial compared to such a fight. I'm glad he's a Hawk. 

 

Very glad to hear this story of your daughter and her survival!