Nate Sestina's Sestina

Sometimes things don’t work out as planned not that Nate planned it, such is basketball love and strong are the threads of the basketball net. He hooped all summer, sweating on outdoor court before moving to school gym through fall and winter knowing he was good but must work to be better. Moving up to High School, things getting better Varsity as a freshman, thing’s going as planned four years of hard practice through each fall and winter at High School graduation, all he got was love. Conference player of the year, full press court college at Becknell’s - next year nothing but net. Summer’s prep but his three pointer nowhere near net a shoulder injury redshirts him; takes months to get better. But a career year as a senior, he was king of the court two years in March Madness, all going as planned with college graduation, a brief cheerleader love hope springs eternal with passing of winter. Transfer to Kentucky and Wildcats, but with winter a broken wrist and covid darken his net. March Madness was cancelled, pandemic's tough love yet nothing that going pro couldn’t make better. But draft passed without call, nothing going as planned it’s tough to stay centred on basketball’s court. An anxious summer, tryouts on NBA courts but covid loomed large, sport locked down in winter. Would this end those hoop dreams he'd planned? Then Christmas came early; a ten-day contract with the Nets led to a place in the G League where he could get better such is the trial of basketball love. Then Nate moved to Europe following basketball love but Ukraine and Russia offers covid cancelled with nyet. A contract with Israeli Basketball’s Premier League was better and he starred with Hapoel Holon, League champion that winter on this stage, he was again king of the court even though things didn’t always go as planned. So ends this tale of basketball love, but with end of winter will Nate be more than a jester caught in basketball’s net? Sometimes things work out, but not always as planned _____________________________________________ link to Nate's wiki entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Sestina