
www.twitter.com Thanks to the Naples Daily News - FORT MYERS — Ever since he could touch the rim as a teenager, Charles Millan has always had what he calls a weird fixation with dunking. Millan, though, never dreamed that a hobby that started on the basketball courts at Estero High School — dunking — would turn into a full-time profession. Yet there he was Friday at the State Farms City of Palms Classic, leading Team Flight Brothers in a crowd-pleasing exhibition of high-flying throwdowns at Bishop Verot High School. In five years since Millan created the group, Team Flight Brothers has taken off, and on the opening day of the City of Palms, the dunkers were among the biggest stars at the most prestigious high school basketball tournament in the country. "I'm really lucky," the 26-year-old Millan said. "It's a dream-come-true kind of thing." Team Flight Brothers features 12 athletes who call themselves "the world's greatest dunkers ... ever!" The group travels around the country year-round performing shows and playing charity basketball games. Team Flight Brothers have been featured in national basketball magazines Slam and Dime and have appeared on ESPN and MTV. Millan, who doesn't dunk anymore, runs the group from his home in Naples, though he said he's on the road two to three weeks every month. The success of Team Flight Brothers has come largely thanks to two guys who call themselves T-Dub and Werm. Terry Cournoyea and Brandon Lacue, as they're known on their birth <b>...</b>
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