Hey, another true story!
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I will never forget the day I saw Kenny Anderson on the playground. My court, in Forest Hills, NY. I just finished a full court game on another court. It was clear who he was as I had already started becoming a huge college basketball and football fan, thanks stratomatic and Sherm
So I knew about him coming up by then.
He was so lightning fast, it was absurd. He looked younger than the guys he was playing with and most of them looked like they belonged. Except with Kenny. Without the ball, these good high school and college players were half his speed. They knew he was going to penetrate and score in the lane. Just couldn't do anything about it. From full court, he was an immediate one on five break that converted.
Hahaha fast forward to 2022 and just imagine those rumors combined with today's internet forums.
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Fun read but how is Cousy left off that list? JJ Reddick be damned.Top 10: New York City's Greatest Point Guards - MaxPreps
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They were all trying to follow in Pearl's footsteps.
Before Cousy was Wilmeth Sadat-Singh.
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Good stuff.Before Cousy was Wilmeth Sadat-Singh.
He led DeWitt Clinton to a city championship in 1934. He was one of the first great African American players to come out of NYC and he helped revolutionize the game.
The Syracuse Walking Dream
In October 1937, Syracuse University’s undefeated football team traveled to Baltimore to face the Maryland Terrapins. The visitors’ rising star heading into the game was Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, a junior halfback […]
Groundbreaker: In Syracuse, the legend of Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, despite many unfair burdens, threw open the doors that changed Syracuse sports.www.syracuse.com
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh | CAF RISE ABOVE
Lt. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh March 13, 1918 – May 10, 1943 Class 42-C-SE Graduation Date: March 25, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron Service # O-798952 A celebrated African-American athlete at Syracuse University in the 1930s and an inspiration to his fellow Tuskegee Airmen...
Hey, another true story!
My dad played for Dewitt Clinton high school in the Bronx, by his age, guessing late 50s, early 60s.
This freshman came into the gym and talked a boatload of trash about how good his game was, faster than all of them etc. my dad says, "who does this kid think he is?" My dad was a senior at the time.
The freshman said "all five of you try to press me full court and I will go around all of you ever time". Paraphrasing as I haven't heard the story in a while (my dad is the king of the war story about anything so you can see where I get my tale spinning from
Either way, the kid dismantled them over and over until my dad and teammates had to give it up for the kid. Tiny Archibald.
My dad to this day, is one heck of a foul shooter. But I think that day proved something to him. His level of basketball ended at high school.
My dad went to DeWitt Clinton with Dolph Schayes in the 40's during WWII. My dad, like many other, enlisted the day he turned 18. Dolph, knowing basketball was his future, enlisted at NYU during the Xmas break of his senior season. Dolph, in those days, was still known as "Adolph" which turned out to be not a popular name among young Jewish kids. I still have his high school yearbook from 1944, now 77 years old. Maybe Danny Schayes would like it if his family maintains a memorabilia collection of his dad.Before Cousy was Wilmeth Sadat-Singh.
He led DeWitt Clinton to a city championship in 1934. He was one of the first great African American players to come out of NYC and he helped revolutionize the game.
The Syracuse Walking Dream
In October 1937, Syracuse University’s undefeated football team traveled to Baltimore to face the Maryland Terrapins. The visitors’ rising star heading into the game was Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, a junior halfback […]
Groundbreaker: In Syracuse, the legend of Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, despite many unfair burdens, threw open the doors that changed Syracuse sports.
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh | CAF RISE ABOVE
Lt. Wilmeth Sidat-Singh March 13, 1918 – May 10, 1943 Class 42-C-SE Graduation Date: March 25, 1943 Unit: 332nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Squadron Service # O-798952 A celebrated African-American athlete at Syracuse University in the 1930s and an inspiration to his fellow Tuskegee Airmen...
