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“There’s going to be a lot of good and a lot of bad that comes out of it.

Damon Bailey Faith, Family and Sports Sunday, May 27, 2012 Trevor Michael Bailey 16 years ago, May 27th of 1996, my life and the lives of everyone in the Bailey family changed. Joshua Gabriel Bailey was born on Memorial Day 2004, 8 years later. Find Damon Bailey for free! I hope to jump on this a bit more in the coming year. Always wondering about life and God and people. But at the end of every day, and I probably witness this more than anyone else, Trevor was just a normal human being and great friend.

Damon’s eyes never leave his son as he says thing after wonderful thing about parenting, hard work, humility, basketball.“Ever since they were born, they’ve had those expectations,” Damon is saying of his three kids, all of whom played basketball.

That’s a number of nieces and nephews, grandchildren and cousins that the rest of the Bailey’s never got to meet. We are a large close-knit family and we love to eat (as I guess all large close-knit families do).

I still giggle to myself thinking of that. If I can play with the 17s, I know I can play with my own age group. He calls Brayton over, says quietly: “Why don’t you finish those shots?”“Brayton just looks at him,” Seifers says, “walks back on the court and scores the next nine points and we end up winning.”The other AAU tournament was a few years before that.“I can’t get Damon out of the building after every game,” Seifers says. Though the date is different (Joshua was born on the 31st) the day was the same. We're 100% free for everything!

Same earnest face, like you’d see walking off a farm in Lawrence County. He would always read them to me and there was one in particular that we would always crackup over. Wait, what did Damon Bailey just say?Most celebrated high school player in our basketball state’s history, IU legend, All-American, and how good you were can be debated?

That is a lot of food. He cuts, he screens, he moves the ball. He was smart and was already developing strong leadership abilities. But I couldn’t help myself. “It’s the way they grew up. My brother, Trevor Michael Bailey, went home to be with the Lord after a tragic accident late on Memorial Day. Brayton Bailey is the son of Indiana hoops legend Damon Bailey and will long be in his dad's shadow when on the floor. It’s something put on them by outside people, but us internally, me and my wife, my mom and dad, we just enjoy watching our kids play.”In front of us, Brayton Bailey is tossing a lob that 6-4 junior Tony Perkins of Lawrence North throws down at the rim.“For us, we’ve just tried to teach them the right way to handle it,” Damon says. He was 16, but played with the 17-year-olds.“Just to see what it was like,” he says.

Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, … “You don’t tell kids that much anymore. But I’m asking: Did you ever want to be cocky?“Those two,” he says, pointing past me, at his parents – I’m sitting between Damon and Beverly – and now he’s telling me a story.“I’m in middle school,” Damon Bailey says. Then there was my two parents, my three brothers, my sister-in-law and a very cute 1 month old nephew. View the profiles of people named Damon Bailey. And it’s why, when he played last summer for former North Central star Eric Gordon’s AAU program, he chose to play with the older kids. If you are not familiar with the movie, it is about three soldiers who are tasked with disarming bombs that are found strategically placed so as to detonate and kill as many people, namely U.S. Basketball’s going to end for all of us at some point. Brayton steals the outlet pass and throws another no-look pass, this one to Tony Perkins, who scores. 16 years ago, May 27th of 1996, my life and the lives of everyone in the Bailey family changed. It’s why he chose basketball over football. For every person that thinks you’re great, there’s going to be 10 people that think you’re not very good. Back to his seat, he’s surrounded by his daughters, Alexa and Loren, and wife Stacey. 22. Think how hard it might be to be Damon Bailey’s son. Had a double-double in his first high school game, 12 points and 10 rebounds, and averaged 12 ppg that year.

At Jeffersonville, where Johnson Arena seats 5,306, someone started chanting: “Daddy’s shadow” – clap, clap, clap-clap-clap – “Daddy’s shadow!”“I was trying not to pay attention,” Brayton says, “but I mean, it’s kind of hard when the whole gym is saying that.”Now he’s really smiling.

That’s not fair.”Brayton’s coach at Bedford North Lawrence, Matt Seifers, is telling me about two AAU tournaments. He chose basketball, and then he went a step farther. Wear his number.“My dad wore it,” Brayton says of No. He throws darts to teammates at the rim, and long, guided arcs to shooters in the corner. (Photo: Jenna Watson/IndyStar)A good question, in 1994, but let’s move ahead to 2018. Earlier this season North Lawrence was playing No. Contact Damon Bailey, Q.C.

Satan comes to kill, steel and destroy but Jesus came to give us life and life to the full! “You’ll recognize him.”Same brownish-blonde hair. See, I’ve never seen this kid before, never even seen his picture, but his name is Brayton Bailey and probably you’ve heard of his father and …“He’s on Court 4,” the guy at the ticket table says.