Daily News | Imhotep Charter’s Justin Edwards is Philly’s top high school player in 30 years. His mom worked two jobs to keep his dream alive.
Ebony Twiggs left home before sunrise to start her shift at Wal-Mart and returned home past sunset after finishing her shift at Einstein Medical Center.
Basketball, Twiggs thought, would be a way for Edwards to channel the energy that was sending him to the principal’s office. Her son’s conduct — “He was bad,” Twiggs said — improved, his grades flourished, and he fell in love with the game. So Twiggs worked all day to make sure her son could keep playing.
The work ethic that allowed his mother to work 15 hours a day is what transformed Edwards into a five-star recruit headed to the University of Kentucky. He loved basketball but he learned at Imhotep how to take it seriously. He was in the gym and weight room everyday, worked tirelessly with Noble’s assistants, and didn’t give up when times were tough.
The Class of 2023 includes the sons of LeBron James and Dajuan Wagner — both of whom were the No. 1 player in their senior class before playing in the NBA — but it is the son of Ebony Twiggs who tops the list. “I’m better than her though,” Edwards said as Twiggs stood nearby. “She went the furthest but I always tell her that I’ll go further. She can be the originator. I’m better, though.”“I’m better though,” Edwards said.The Palestra still has nights when it comes to life thanks to Catholic League basketball
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