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WEBVTT IS WINNING OUT. THERE HE GOES. YOU CAN ASK MY GRANDMOTHER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SMILED IN A WHILE. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT KEVIN PITTMAN. NOTHING MAKES THIS 22-YEAR-OLD SMILE LIKE WATCHING LEBRON JAMES PLAY BALL. HE SEEMS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME COME IN TO BE HONEST. HE MEANS A LOT TO ME. KEVIN WATCHES EVERY GAME. IT IS A PASSION THAT KEEPS HIS MIND OFF HIS MOST PRESSING REALITY. LAST WINTER, KEVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CANCER AFFECTING HIS BLADDER AND PROSTATE FUNCTION. WORST MOMENT IN MY LIFE. ONLY THING HE COULD SAY WAS, "ARE YOU TELLING ME I AM DYING?" CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION TREATMENT CONSUME HIS LIFE. IN CONSTANT PAIN AND CHRONICALLY TIRED, THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT KEVIN FEELS LIKE HIS 20'S HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD, AND AS FOR PLAYING BASKETBALL? RIGHT NOW HE IS BENCHED. I FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ON MY BACK AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I AM GOING TO BE HERE FOR HIM AND TRY TO KEEP HIM AS HAPPY AS POSSIBLE. HIS MOM KNEW JUST HOW TO DO THAT. SHE PURCHASED TICKETS TO THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS-CAVALIERS GAME, KNOWING LEBRON JAMES WAS IN TOWN. I SEEN THAT HE HAD GIVEN UP IN HIS EYES, BUT WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO TO THE GAME, I SEEN THAT HE LIVENED UP AGAIN. HE WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. KEVIN SET JUST A FEW ROWS BACK FROM NOT ONLY THE KING, BUT HIS KING. I'VE SEEN A FEW GAMES, BUT NOT ONE LIKE THIS. ON THIS NIGHT, KEVIN PUSHED BACK HIS PAIN AND FOCUSED ON THE GAME. COME ON, LEBRON COULD DO IT FOR ME, MAN. I WAS HOPING HE WAS GOING TO HEAR ME. MAYBE ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN. WEEKS LATER, HE FOUND OUT LEBRON JAMES HURT HIM. ADDRESSED TO KEVIN, THE SENDER, LEBRON JAMES. OH, MY GOD. NICE. PRACTICE SHOES. THANK YOU, LEBRON JAMES, FOR THE PETE'S -- BEATS. IT SAYS, HEY, KEVIN I AM HONORED. YOU ARE ONE OF MY BIGGEST FANS. AFTER HEARING YOUR STORY, I AM ONE OF YOURS AS WELL TO IT UNDER YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR BASKETBALL LIKE I DO. I HEARD THAT ME AND MY TEAM ARE ALL THAT YOU TALK ABOUT. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO, BUT I NOTE YOU ARE A FIGHTER. I WEAR PROMISE BANDS EVERY DAY. I LIKE GIVING THEM TO PEOPLE. I PROMISE TO BE STRONG AND NEVER GIVE UP. WILL YOU MAKE THAT PROMISE? YOUR FRIEND, LEBRON JAMES. MY FRIEND, LEBRON. THIS GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH TO KEEP FIGHTING. IT'S BETTER THAN THE GAME. HIS SMILE SAYS A LOT ABOUT KEVIN PITTMAN. AND THANKS TO HIS KING AND HIS BIGGEST FAN, HE HAS A REASON TO KEEP ON SMILING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU

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