{"id":2402,"date":"2026-07-11T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2026-07-11T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:38:31","slug":"alex-reese-wears-no-65-to-honor-his-late-mother-including-in-the-pacers-summer-league-game-vs-his-old-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2402","title":{"rendered":"Alex Reese wears No. 65 to honor his late mother, including in the Pacers\u2019 Summer League game vs. his old team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 When the 76ers face the Indiana Pacers in Saturday\u2019s Summer League matchup, they will see a familiar face in Alex Reese. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2400\">Take me out to the gift shop: How the All-Star Game has become a major-league merchandising machine<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>With his unconventional \u2014 and meaningful \u2014 jersey number. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Reese, a power forward who played in 14 games for the Sixers on a two-way contract during the 2024-25 season, is again wearing No. 65 with the Pacers\u2019 Summer League team. Those digits are more often associated with football offensive linemen than NBA players. But last July, Reese shared with The Inquirer and Philly Voice that he chose the number because it aligns with the birth year of his mother, Rebakah, and continues to honor her after she died in 2024 from early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt just helps me think of her when I\u2019m playing,\u201d Reese said then from the Sixers\u2019 practice facility, days before the team waived him before this story could run during Las Vegas Summer League. \u201cIt makes it easy for me to look down and see why I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m doing.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Reese did not always have a specific jersey number that he coveted. But while scanning the limited options upon joining the Rip City Remix, the G League affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers, 65 instantly caught his eye. He felt the connection between it and his mother while she fought the debilitating cognitive disease. Rebakah died with two games remaining in that first season he wore it. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow I have a reason to keep it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Reese described his mom as \u201csuper sweet\u201d and said she \u201cloved everybody.\u201d She drove him to baseball practices and games across the Southeast from their home near Birmingham, Ala., then to the gym or playground courts for workouts once basketball became his sport of choice. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Reese became a star at Pelham High School in Pelham, Ala. and signed with the University of Alabama in 2017. Rebakah was diagnosed just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Alex was rehabbing after hip surgery during a \u201creally tough\u201d summer. She still made the short trip to Tuscaloosa for college games \u2014 and, more importantly, his 2021 graduation. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat was a big day for us,\u201d Reese said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After he went undrafted, Reese took a year off from basketball to return home to spend time with Mom and his support system, including brothers Nate and Zach, Brian, his father, and extended family and friends. He worked jobs such as laying sod, moving furniture, and bartending. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2398\">Access to therapy is about to get easier for Pennsylvania residents who travel out of state<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI needed it,\u201d Reese said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if I was going to make the push to try to play professionally. Once I took the year off, got my mindset a little bit better, and got back into it after I worked a couple jobs that I don\u2019t want to work anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He went overseas to play in Luxembourg, then found opportunity in the G League. He wore No. 15 in his NBA debut with the Oklahoma City Thunder, scoring two points in less than two minutes in October 2024. After returning to the Remix, he signed a two-way contract with the Sixers in February 2025 and remained with the team for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>By the time Reese chose No. 65, Rebakah was past the point that she could understand what the gesture meant. He has seen the perplexed comments from fans over the years about his choice, assuring that they \u201c[don\u2019t] bother me at all.\u201d He has shared his reason for the number with a handful of Portland teammates, and with Sixers teammates such as Justin Edwards. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He honored her in 14 NBA games with the Sixers. And 65 remains his number of choice, including in Saturday\u2019s Summer League matchup. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Because it is not unconventional to him. It means everything. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI obviously wish she was here to see it,\u201d Reese said, \u201cand see where I\u2019ve made it now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2396\">The official commemorative artist of the MLB All-Star Game is a big fan of Philly food and culture<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reese, who played 14 games with the Sixers two seasons ago, chose the number because it aligns with the birth year of his mother, Rebakah, who died in 2024 from early-onset Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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