Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
A couple of years ago Kris Joseph was playing in an All-Star game in Canada when a man approached him and revealed some hitherto unknown family connections.
David Joseph told Kris that he was related to his father, Michael, and that his own two sons, Devoe and Cory, were Kris’s cousins.
“It was overwhelming at first,” Kris, a 6-foot-7 junior forward at Syracuse, said Friday by phone. “I didn’t know whether to believe it or not but I come to find out it’s true.”
In fact, the Joseph family tree has spread throughout the Division 1 basketball ranks.
Click here to read the full story at SNY.
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
A couple of years ago Kris Joseph was playing in an All-Star game in Canada when a man approached him and revealed some hitherto unknown family connections.
David Joseph told Kris that he was related to his father, Michael, and that his own two sons, Devoe and Cory, were Kris’s cousins.
“It was overwhelming at first,” Kris, a 6-foot-7 junior forward at Syracuse, said Friday by phone. “I didn’t know whether to believe it or not but I come to find out it’s true.”
In fact, the Joseph family tree has spread throughout the Division 1 basketball ranks.
Click here to read the full story at SNY.
And like ZAGS on Facebook.
