Hugo the Hustler
It is no longer an anomaly to watch a 19 year old young man play in the NBA. However, this one is from Spain and that is unusual. The Boston Celtics seem to have found another young rookie in the…
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The ‘Dean’ of Basketball
Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men’s college basketball head coach. Called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of…
Kon: The New NBA Phenom
Are you watching this? Probably not. Unless you attend Hornet’s basketball games, or, well, I don’t know, your NBA basketball consumption includes a team not often shown on TV. It’s not on the nightly dunk highlights. It is even difficult…
Tarzan Cooper
Charles Theodore “Tarzan” Cooper (August 30, 1907 – December 19, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach who is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is best known for his time with the all-Black professional New York Renaissance.[1] Career After playing…
Chuck Cooper
Charles Henry Cooper (September 29, 1926 – February 5, 1984) was an American professional basketball player. NBA career The 1953–54 Boston Celtics basketball team practicing the pick and roll. From left to rightː Bob Donham, Ed Mikan, Bill Sharman and Chuck Cooper. …
Hezeriah: The First Young Basketball Phenom
Hezeriah The First Phenom The history of professional basketball in 1960 shows a sport at the beginning of a big rise. More teams, more popularity and more money provided previously inexperienced opportunities for the increasingly talented youth. The pro game…
Harry Buck Lou
Harry Buck Lew Harry Haskell “Bucky” Lew (January 4, 1884 – October 22, 1963) Bucky Lew was an American basketball player, who is known as the first black professional basketball player. Biography Harry “Bucky” Lew was born in the Pawtucketville section of…
Moses Parted The Sea
God told Moses to Move A Mountain. Scripture tells us, God told Moses to ‘Part The Red Sea’ as the Jewish Nation fled captivity in Egypt. But did God ordain Moses Eugene Malone to move mountains in the game of…