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Christopher Benjamin didn’t have a good experience at Bishop Ford. He weighed over 350 pounds, struggled to get any playing time on the basketball team and was eventually kicked out of school. After his freshman year, he transferred to Brooklyn Community Arts and Media (BCAM) where he quit basketball to try to focus on his grades.
Benjamin was sitting in the cafeteria when BCAM basketball coach Lawanda Greene spotted the huge, 6-foot-3 sophomore. She immediately asked him to play on the high school team, but he refused. Greene was persistent though and eventually convinced Benjamin to give it another try.