Basketball is what I do, not who I am. Child of God, Hattie Mac's Baby boy. IG: LeVelle Moton
Velle Cares Foundation. Head Coach At NC Central University
Apr 2, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A UNC fan just asked me "What's my connection to UNC"? For starters, my cousin (Donald Williams) was MVP of ur 93' Final 4 team. I remember Dean Smith walking through our hood to recruit him, & the man had every "tough guy" in our hood escorting him. Coach Smith had closed Cont'd
practices, but he always allowed me to sit in the stands. I spent most of the time in the film room looking at old tapes of great players and teams. My former AAU teammate(since 13) & close friend was Jerry Stackhouse. The Best man in my wedding & my kids Godfather is Ray Felton
Sep 19, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Received an email from someone that said "Coach Moton, I respect ur transparency and openness in receiving mental health therapy. I know I'm in need but I don't want to be judged. Please Help if you can"! Therapy has taught me that NO one is qualified to judge others. Cont'd:
From my initial session, I felt an immediate sense that I was not alone. We ALL are a sum total of our life experiences. I realized I normalized a dysfunctional childhood bc I was told "I have to be strong", etc. What followed was Anxiety disorders, Panic attacks, and Insomnia
May 28, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
This George Floyd issue has triggered my anxiety disorder. In May 2005, I was driving through my old neighborhood in my truck (which had tented windows) and Raymond Felton was a passenger. In my rearview, i notice a cop following me. I'm on the phone with my mom & she says"Cont'd
"Stay Calm"...Soon after, the cop siren goes off and I pull over. He and his partner rush my my truck, and jerks my door open with guns pulled. He snatches me out the truck, and forces me to spread eagle on my truck. He's kicking my ankles forcing me to spread my legs while his
Jul 23, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Here's personal training story with Danny Green: DG called me at 12:30am
to meet him at UNC and train him. He had been cut by the Spurs 2 or 3 Times and I stopped the workout after 5 min. I told him, lets forget the combo dribbles and 1on 1 moves..cont'd
The Spurs have Manu, Tony & Tim Duncan whom they pay Millions of dollars to do that stuff. If u wanna make the squad, u must knockdown 60% (3 out of 5) jumpers when they kick it 2u. All we worked on was spot ups, pin downs and making 10 in a row without touching the rim. cont'd
