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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Ask Ray Haskin about the Utley Brothers he played with one at Shaw U. Unknown. |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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This page might be the best thing to happen for us hoop junkies in years. Much respect to you old schoolers, but the guards today I'm sure could hold their own with anybody. Exapmle: I'll Be Right Back" (that's his nickname) could be the fastest man to ever pick up a ball. For two summers I've watched this 5'6" cat run circles around defenders. I never saw Tiny in his prime but right now "I'll Be" is the man! - NYC. - P.S. right now Irv, a.k.a. I'll Be Right Back is a B student at Albany U. |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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A Bronx Tale - Part 1. We have all played on the school gym baskets that have to be cranked down from the ceiling in order to be used. I once saw a kid named Mike Allen (Truman High School) dunk in a game so hard that the basket swung back up against the ceiling and had to be cranked back down to continue the game. He's was only 6'2". True story. - Bronx, NY |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Hey Game Over! Man, love your site, saw it when I did a search for uniforms. Man, this Urban Legends page brings back memories, and I have a few "back in the day's". One of my favorites is a NYC PSAL playoff game held at Bryant High School between Taft and Fort Hamilton back in 1977. That was back when NYC had some of the greatest talent in their public schools. This game had two of the greatest, Albert King and Artie Green. While Artie never had the pro career Al did, man, he was the man in NYC when he played. Al went off for 36 in the first half of the playoff game to put Fort Hamilton up by about 20 at the half. And then the Taft coach put Artie on Al for the second half. Not only did Artie shut down Al to 4 points the rest of the game, Taft came back and won. Great game and great memory of my "Urban Legend" - Artie Green. - Bronx, NY |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Sometime ago I watched this guy named Harry Dinkins, a.k.a. the "Mayor", pull off a 1 in a million defensive stance. It was in the Bronx at MMCC. Off a missed shot this guard takes off for a breakaway layup. "The Mayor" takes off after him, catches up and punches the ball out of the air and off the side of the backboard. The ball flys out the side door down the hall and UP the stairs. The very next play, off a steal, the same guy gets another breakaway and once again "The Mayor" laid down the law. The shot was punched out the same door and down the same hallway. The no layup rule was in effect. True story! - Bronx, NY |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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This e-mail is just in from Albany: There's some kid up there they call "The Egg". Story has it he spent his summer "crackin' dudes". - Albany, NY |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Hey, you know who had the most deadly cross-over dribble? Ted Gustus. Yes, the coach of Bishop Loughlin High School. His cross-over was so great, the fans use to call him hummer when he played in college. Whenever they wanted to see someone victimized by his cross-over dribble, the entire gym began to make the humming sound. One year Gustus was playing in the unlimited league at I.S.8, he was 38 years old then. Throughout the evening Gustus was killing guys with his cross-over dribble. When a player from the other team came late, he immediately came into the game. Of course he came in to check the guy with the salt and pepper hair. The I.S.8 announcer said, "Oh no, you don't want to come to the game late and check him". The player insisted on guarding Gustus. Gustus hit him with his custom cross-over dribble. The player spun around and fell to the floor, as Gustus went by for a lay-up. To top it off, the crowd went absolutely crazy when Gustus's wife yelled out to the player, "Are you alright?, Ted help him up!" |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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World B Free, during his high school years at Canarsie High School, was known as Lloyd Free. Well, you talking about getting up high on a jumpshot. Today, I don't know of any other player that jumps as high World did on his jump shot. I'll never forget when Canarsie played Jefferson H.S. at Canarsie, World vs. Phil Sellers. We ran our usual double stack play, where World would come off a double screen for a jumper in the corner (no three pointers then). As World came out to the corner, big Phil Sellers switched, and as World went down to set up for his jump shot, Both Phil and World jumped the same time. Phil had perfect timing to block World's jumper. After Phil reached his peak, World continued to raise and raise. Not only was World up so high, his shot was arched to the ceiling. When World finally released, Sellers ran into him knocking him to the floor. The shot went in as World fell into the packed stands. The capacity crowd went absolutely crazy. Still today, I can't believe how high he jumped for a jumpshot. |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Game Over note: We got this story twice in one week so here it goes . . . Seth Marshall faked left and crossed some guy (we know his name) so hard right that the guy fell and slid up under his teams bench. In fact, it took 3 teammates to pull him out. OUCH! This story has been stamped VERIFIED! - Brooklyn. |
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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Ray Diaz, aka X-Ray, hit 7 straight 3's on a bad ankle up in the boogie down this summer. The kid's 4 real. Holla back! - The Bronx. |
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