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\"George<\/a>

George and Kaleb Gilmore
PHOTO COURTESY GEORGE GILMORE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Just over a decade ago, I was coaching intermediate girls basketball at St. Anthony’s School in Kailua. Coaching the boys elementary team was former Chaminade All-American George Gilmore. His team was made up of mostly fifthand sixth-graders, but George allowed his son Kaleb, then a first-grader, to fill in at practice.<\/p>\n

To say Kaleb had skills was an understatement. I remember stopping our own practice to watch this mighty mite with tremendous ball-handling skills he had learned from his dad just rip up and down the court and knock down buckets as if he was born to do so.<\/p>\n

“Come on, guys, you’re letting a first-grader beat you,” George would scold his team. But inside, the elder Gilmore was beaming. He knew Kaleb’s future was just a matter of time.<\/p>\n

That time is now. In the most recent HHSAA state championship game, Kaleb, now a senior at Kalaheo and a 6-foot guard just like his dad, scored a game-high 30 points in leading the defending champion Mustangs to a thrilling victory over powerful Iolani to win the state title.<\/p>\n

“I wanted it so bad for Kaleb and for all the other kids,” George tells me. “A couple of years ago, he lost a heartbreaker in the championship game at Maryknoll. I think (that memory) pushed him and made him a better player. With help from (Kalaheo head coach) Alika (Smith), he was able to get over the hump (and) realize a dream.”<\/p>\n

Basketball has fulfilled so many dreams in the Gilmore household. When he was only a couple of years older than Kaleb is now, George spurned opportunities to play at the Division I level and ultimately led the NCAA Division II in scoring at Chaminade. Along the way, he set the school’s all-time scoring record and was the only Silversword player to be named Most Outstanding Player at college basketball’s pre-eminent early season event, the Maui Invitational (then known as the Maui Classic).<\/p>\n

George took his outstanding game to Italy and Turkey, where he was one of the premier guards in the pro leagues of Europe — he once was referred to as the Italian League’s version of Magic Johnson. During offseason, he married a local girl and settled down in Kailua. When he retired from pro ball after 14 seasons, he stayed in Hawaii and eventually became a counselor at Kapolei Detention Home, where he works with at-risk teenagers.<\/p>\n

“I talk with kids every day; I let them know how basketball helped me,” he says. “I tell them to find something you love and build on it.”<\/p>\n

His own son has heard the same message and is building on the game he loves. An All-State player in his first three seasons at Maryknoll, Kaleb transferred back to his hometown to finish his high school career at Kalaheo.<\/p>\n

“My former (college) coach’s son keeps up with his progress, and he keeps saying, ‘George, he looks just like you did. And he plays like you, too.'”<\/p>\n

Kaleb has seen the old videos of his dad’s playing days, too, and relishes the opportunity to follow in Dad’s footsteps. “He’s better than I was in high school. I think he wants to break all my records,” George says, laughing.<\/p>\n

Kaleb will get his chance. Earlier this year, he turned down interest from some DI schools and signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Chaminade.<\/p>\n

“He wanted to go to the same school I went to,” George says. “I’m so proud of him.”<\/p>\n

It means the Gilmore story of George and Kaleb continues for all local hoops fans to enjoy for many more years to come. <\/p>\n

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