![]() (Soundbite of The O'Jays' "Stairway to Heaven") I have to say that I had to pull myself together, and say, well, okay, this - Eddie, this is just another performance.īut he is sorely missed by myself and - I'm pretty sure a lot of his fans and the - and a lot of my peers are very sympathetic and very, you know, they are standing by me and they all come up and say, how are you really doing? How are - and then they'll say, how are you doing? And then they'll say, how are you really doing like I'm lying? Now, when it got for the shooting and I see all of my contemporaries out there and they all stand up and then the fans stand up, it became a very emotional moment for me after. LEVERT: You know, in actuality it was much easier at rehearsal because it was only just me, the orchestra, Patti, Gladys and Yolanda, and the choir, and a lot of empty chairs out there. I've a son actually - how hard was it for you to do that? It was a tribute to your late son, Gerald.Īs a father - I'm a father, too. Because that performance that you did with Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and with Yolanda Adams, it was very touching. But the first thing I need to know from you is - because I'm looking at your eyes to see if you got any rest after that performance Tuesday night at the BET Awards. LEVERT: Yeah, being with him was like an adventure.ĬOX: Let's talk about you, the book. And those moments were - I'm searching for the rights words - that was like an adventure. And I could do that in front of thousands of people and then we would laugh about it and he would get all shy and bashful. ![]() And in front of thousands of people, I got a chance to - I could kiss him, rub his head and that hug, that father and son hug, that my child hug, my baby hug. Some of the freest moments, some of the undescribable moments, the - this is my kid and we're up here and we are singing. EDDIE LEVERT (Lead Vocalist, The O'Jays Author, "I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship"): Some of my greatest moment, some of my most creative moments, some of my most joyous moments were with him on stage. Despite a deep sense of loss, he says he happily remembers the good times. Now, Eddie Levert is out promoting the book without Gerald. It's a book about love, fatherhood, family and friendship. His death coming one day after he and his father completed their final collaboration. Following in his father's footsteps, Gerald Levert exemplified a new generation of R&B classiness.īut Gerald died suddenly in November of 2006. But The O'Jays are not the creation he's most proud of. I’ve kind of kicked it into playoff mode.Eddie Levert founded one of the greatest singing groups in R&B history. My teammates give me a lot of confidence each and every night to just be myself, so they make it easy on me. I’ve been there a couple times, so I’m just trying to put myself in that mindset. “Playoff time coming and I know what that entails. “I’m just trying to be more locked in,” LeVert said after a recent game. And with the way LeVert is playing, and how he’s helping the Cavs win, he’s earning it. The Cavs don’t have an obvious way to replace him, so it’s likely they retain him on some sort of extension. He’s in the last year of his contract and will hit unrestricted free agency in July. The playoffs might determine LeVert’s future. Just being consistently on the court, knowing where your shots are going to come from, I think that has made a huge difference for me in my shooting numbers for sure." This is the most games I've played since like my second year. I think, in years past, I've kind of missed games. “I think, obviously, your numbers will be more consistent when you kind of know where your shots are coming from and I think that's been a result of being healthy. "I think I'm just getting more consistent with my looks,” LeVert said. It comes at a time when he is playing the best basketball he’s ever played with the Cavs. In February, he shot 22.2% on catch-and-shoot threes. This year, LeVert has also rebounded his shooting in season. And when you have the Donovan's and the Darius' of the world with the ball in their hand, a lot was going to come to him in catch-and-shoot opportunities, so I think he just prepared himself for that." He's used to being the guy that has to create and create his own shot, so I think he did a great job of fitting in to what the team need is. "I think he understood, once the trade was made, where he was going to fit in and he put the time in to work on it. It was the part of his game that made him a clunky fit playing off of star players. Before that, he’d only shot above 33% on catch-and-shoot threes once in his career. It’s built on last season, when he shot 40.8% on 1.8 catch-and-shoot threes per game. For the season, he’s shooting 38.4% on 2.8 catch-and-shoot threes per game. ![]() LeVert’s catch-and-shoot numbers are the biggest change in his game.
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