Remembering Pearl
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sutomcat
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I have enjoyed watching Syracuse play basketball for a long time. I have seen a lot of great players play for the Orangemen and have greatly enjoyed watching all of them play.
But there is no player in my lifetime that I have enjoyed watching play more than Pearl Washington. His ability to break ankles, find weaknesses in defenses and make great plays was amazing. He did it without great athletic ability and he did it with an infectious joy that you can only see with a genius at work in his chosen media.
There will be many more future greats playing basketball for Syracuse but there will never be another Pearl Washington. RIP #31!
hoopsupstate
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I still can’t believe he’s gone. When you talk about the success of SU basketball, you start with JB and then the Pearl.
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wonderfully said Tom. The Pearl is also my all time favorite. Not just the talent but the infectious smile and how fun he made the game. The Dome is the house the Pearl built.
Bulldog04
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Wasnt alive when he played here but he was good friends with my father and when I started hoopin I just loved spending time with him. Then Pearl had me play for him at Mcchesney for 2 years and it was like having God as your coach. I learned more about the game in those 2 years all BC of him. I was so little that he spent hours with me perfecting his crossover. Will never forget those lessons. The gym used to be packed to see Pearl...
How little of an ego must you have to donate your time to coach a parks and recs team to help young kids like myself get better. One of the best college players ever teaching us every single night, buying jerseys, everything. It was a special time in my life and so glad to have known him the way I did. Truly miss him and just overall the nicest person in the world that genuinely cared about you and let you know it...
How little of an ego must you have to donate your time to coach a parks and recs team to help young kids like myself get better. One of the best college players ever teaching us every single night, buying jerseys, everything. It was a special time in my life and so glad to have known him the way I did. Truly miss him and just overall the nicest person in the world that genuinely cared about you and let you know it...
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wow. Great story.
HoustonCuse
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In one of the responses was this really cool picture that I've never seen before:
Funny part: MJ wearing Converse!
Funny part: MJ wearing Converse!
syrBossHogg
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Was hoping they'd show that pic of them in the MJ doc last night. They did show MJ shooting warm up jumpers in the Dome
reedny
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And for those of us blessed enough to meet him, a true gentlemen and as good an ambassador for the University as there ever was. My wife and I were at an alumni function with him. Afterwards she told me he asked if I was treating her well - luckily she said "yes"!
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Cheriehoop
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The rare player who was faster and unstoppable with the ball in his hands than he ever was running without the ball. He played like the ball was a part of him , on an attached string to his hands propelling him - unbelievable ball handler. One of a kind and he was ours at SU!
