Julius Price dribbles up the court, creates some room and swishes a 3-pointer.<\/p>\n
Malcolm Price makes a similar play on the next trip up the court, but finds a lane and attacks the basket.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a common sight to see highlight reel plays at a St. Joseph basketball game. It certainly brings the crowd to its feet.<\/p>\n
But the connection between Julius and Malcolm is more than just chemistry on the court.<\/p>\n
Back home they call it brodersk\u00e4rlek.<\/p>\n
To everyone here, it\u2019s just called brotherly love.<\/p>\n
Julius and Malcolm Price were born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. Julius is two years older than Malcolm.<\/p>\n
Their father, Demetrius, is a musical artist who moved there when he was younger from Mountain View, California, just northwest of San Jose.<\/p>\n
Along with passion for soul music, Demetrius played basketball in high school and introduced them to the game when they were young.<\/p>\n
Julius first picked up a basketball when he was 10 years old. Malcolm was eight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went with what was popular here and I already saw that the game was going to progress,\u201d Demetrius Price said over a Zoom call. \u201cI showed them the fundamentals and then they just fell in love with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The popularity of basketball in Sweden has been on the rise since 2020, with more than 130,000 Swedes playing, according to the Swedish National Sports Federation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasketball is the most growing sport in Sweden right now,\u201d said their mother, Berit.<\/p>\n
As the years went on the boys’ skills improved, but they also knew it was going to take some hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would emphasize practice, practice, practice and they gravitated to being the best,\u201d Demetrius Price said. \u201cIt took them to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the United States was featuring high profile NBA stars such as Lebron James, Steph Curry and others, Sweden\u2019s style of play was different.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou use a lot more basketball IQ,\u201d Malcolm Price said. \u201cThe players are a lot more athletic here, although there were some shooters (back in Sweden).\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite playing a different style of basketball the boys succeeded. But their family understood the best possible decision was for them to come to the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt here in Sweden was blocking their opportunities,\u201d Demetrius Price said. \u201cI wanted to get them there earlier so they could have an opportunity for college.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Price had a contact who knew Righetti High School\u2019s baseball coach. Eventually they got ahold of St. Joseph basketball coach Tom Mott, and on an international basketball tournament trip to Santa Barbara, Julius Price visited a couple different schools in the area.<\/p>\n
St. Joseph seemed like a good fit and younger brother Malcolm joined him one year later, but it wasn\u2019t easy on anyone.<\/p>\n
For Julius and Malcolm is was giving up seeing their family and friends.<\/p>\n
For their parents, it was seeing their sons go build a bright future away from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI miss them so much,\u201d Berit said. \u201cI\u201dm just glad they are in a good school, getting a good education and doing what they love.”<\/p>\n
Together they live with teammate Gunner Morinini and his parents, who serve as their host family.<\/p>\n
New relationships began even though they were in a new home.<\/p>\n
The boys started to thrive at St. Joseph both on and off the court, despite the fact that the two never really played on the same team before because of the age difference.<\/p>\n
Julius averages 21.8 points per game this season and will play at Stanford University next year. Malcolm increased his offensive production from 11.3 points per game as a sophomore to 20.9 points per game this season. Both of them also lead the team in 3-point shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had 15 of them, I\u2019d love it,\u201d Mott said jokingly. \u201cBoth are great kids. They are so easy to coach and they listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Julius being two years older, he\u2019s also two inches taller and tends to play more physical ball. Both can easily play multiple positions but Malcolm primarily runs point.<\/p>\n
And they both showed this season has been special.<\/p>\n
The Knights are 29-2 and ranked sixth in all of California, according to Max Preps.<\/p>\n
Julius scored a season-high 38 points against Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (TX) back in December, while Malcolm just scored his career-high with 41 points against Bakersfield Centennial.<\/p>\n
The two brothers know their time together on the court is coming to an end but before it\u2019s over, the two will play one last CIF-Central Section Division 1 title game against Buchanan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is definitely been an amazing experience (playing with my brother),\u201d Julius said. \u201cI know the road is ending soon so we have to make the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Their parents won\u2019t be there if they raise a championship trophy, but the two brothers know the decision to move from Sweden to Santa Maria has paid off.<\/p>\n
They will sure jump on the phone to FaceTime and celebrate no matter what happens.<\/p>\n
After all, the Price family is built from togetherness and community.<\/p>\n
Or as those in Sweden call it, familjegemenskap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julius Price dribbles up the court, creates some room and swishes a 3-pointer. Malcolm Price makes a similar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[83],"tags":[4870,4866,135,131,132,17444,4867],"class_list":["post-27150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stockholm","tag-ball-games","tag-basketball","tag-sports","tag-stockholm","tag-sweden","tag-team-activities","tag-team-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}