Chapter 57 Incitement

Melvin Turpin was not fat as a child; on the contrary, before high school, he was nicknamed "Stick" and "Beanpole".

Because he was tall and thin, he was often ridiculed and bullied by boys his age, and instead of fighting back, he preferred to be alone.

Before entering high school, a youth leader with the same name, Melvin Cunningham, persuaded him to play basketball, and Turpin's life changed as he found himself on the basketball court.

In his junior year, he had become an inside player averaging 24 points and 15 rebounds, and before heading to the University of Kentucky, he spent one year at a preparatory school in a military academy in Virginia.

There, he not only played basketball but also drummed for a band, participated in various activities, including some military training, all with the aim of looking like a normal person.