On Mother’s Day, Forbes has plenty of reasons beyond the obvious to be grateful for the woman he also calls his “rock.” For starters, he believes he wouldn’t be in the NBA without Sue Forbes’ sacrifices and encouragement. “She has been my biggest supporter,” Forbes said. “She had an expectation for me, and she made me live up to it. She gave me a lot of tough love. Outside of my kids, she is the most important person in my life. I can’t begin to describe how amazing she is.” But it’s not just what his mother did while raising him as a single parent in East Lansing, Mich. Now a single parent himself of two boys, Forbes is leaning on Sue, 67, to help him raise Carter, 5, and Leo, 2. “I wouldn’t be able to do it without her,” he said. “She is there for me 24/7.”
