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   LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)— The coach of the player seen punching an   
   opponent in a viral video addressed the incident for the first   
   time on Saturday.   
      
   “First, I want to mention that my sincerest apologies were   
   expressed to the Ham Family on behalf of our Academy, the day   
   Lauryn was injured,” wrote Alex Wilson, the head coach of the   
   Dream Basketball Academy.   
      
   “I want to assure that our Academy takes these matters very   
   seriously and DOES NOT CONDONE this type of behavior. EVER.   
   (sic)”   
      
   The player in question was seen in the viral video punching 15-   
   year-old Lauryn Ham during a youth club basketball game on   
   Sunday, Nov. 7. Ham suffered a bruised neck and concussion.   
   Wilson said that the player has since been suspended   
   indefinitely.   
      
   The girl, who will not be named because of her age, is the   
   daughter of former NBA player Corey Benjamin. According to some   
   witnesses, the player was provoked to punch Ham by her mother.   
      
   “We are helping [the player] and her mother enter into   
   counseling & anger management as well as service to community   
   work,” wrote Wilson. “They couldn’t be more remorseful for their   
   part in this regrettable turn of events.”   
      
   A second video has emerged of the player attempting to fight   
   another player in a separate game. Wilson claims that the video   
   is taken out of context.   
      
   “A second video is circulating from September with no context   
   and zero connection to what transpired last Sunday in Garden   
   Grove,” he wrote. “The September clip was the result of players   
   cheapshotting [her] throughout the game and referees-in-training   
   not equipped with the experience needed to control the game at   
   this particular event. (sic)”   
      
   Since the viral incident, the Ham family has filed a police   
   report. They also want the offending player and her mother   
   banned from youth basketball and prosecuted. However, Wilson   
   believes that is too far.   
      
   “[The player], already hurting, made a mistake during an   
   emotionally taxing moment in Sunday’s game,” he wrote. Her   
   mother made a mistake she wishes she could take back as well. Do   
   we really want to ruin a 13 year-old’s (now 14 year-old’s)   
   future over this mistake? (sic)”   
      
   Wilson pointed to the recent scuffle between reigning MVP of the   
   National Basketball Association Nikola Jokic and Markieff   
   Morris. Jokic was suspended one game after shoving Morris to the   
   ground.   
      
   “Is the court of public opinion calling to have someone press   
   charges against him?” wrote Wilson. “Are we trying to end his   
   career?? No, of course not. Are we calling it a racially-   
   inspired assault?? Obviously not! That would make zero sense in   
   these cases. Just as it makes zero sense in this matter with   
   these two young girls (sic).”   
      
   Wilson asked the public to give the girls and their families   
   space to use this as a teachable moment.   
      
   Ham’s family said they have yet to hear from the other player or   
   her mom.   
      
   Wilson’s full statement can be read here.   
      
   https://cbsloc.al/3cclo0p   
      
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/head-coach-of-girl-caught-   
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