James Lewis of Harvey, one of the top senior players in the country right now and a Masters Basketball Association Hall of Famer, will be honored this weekend at the National Senior Games in Pittsburgh.
James Lewis, 67, of Harvey, was named Humana’s Game Changer and will be honored at the Senior Games competition this weekend in Pittsburgh.He had a chance to play basketball and continue his education at Bradley University or stay close to home and attend a technical school and give up competitive basketball. He was living with his grandparents at the time and they needed him close by.Lewis, now 67, never got to pursue his dream of playing college ball and eventually the NBA.
“It’s a nice recognition for what I’ve been doing the last decade-and-a-half with the seniors — trying to keep them moving and active. I’ve seen what inactivity can do with seniors. It causes them to have failing health. In life, you need to keep moving.”James Lewis, of Harvey, is one of the top senior basketball players in the country and has devoted much of his free time to helping others learn the game. He stays competitive with help from a fitness regimen in which he gets up at 5 a.m.
As he got older, Lewis attracted the eye of Chicago legend “Sweet” Charlie Brown. Brown, who died in August, convinced Lewis to join the Masters Basketball Association, and Lewis has been thriving there. “I worked the evening shift and would get in late at night and was always up early so rather than just waste that time, I would go and get a workout in,” he said. “Sometimes there would be doctors there and we would play pickup basketball.”It’s a sport that has rewarded him personally and has allowed him to help others as well.
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