"The so-called streetball legends are all blown out. Playing in the street, and the attack and defense of the game are not counted, who knows what their real skills are? A bunch of excessive myths. " Jason Williams, the former Nets rebounding king, really hit the nail on the head-in the statistically dominant NBA, the gossip of neighborhood gangsters doesn't count.
Hey, is Jabbar a street thug? Is Chick Hearn's interview a gossip? When the voice of the Lakers asked Abdul-Jabbar, "Who is the best player you have ever played?"
"wilt chamberlain." Jabbar, who is extremely stingy with saliva, actually asked: "In the NBA?"
"Even outside the NBA?"
"That's Earl Minnie Kauert." "Jabbar" spit out a strange name.
The name Manny Kauert is too long, too difficult and too elegant for the streets of new york. Even his middle school teacher couldn't pronounce it correctly, so he was cut into "Kauert" and finally everyone simply wrote "goat". When the "goat" was omnipotent in new york, it was dismantled into "the greatest ever". When young people are bullfighting in the street, the word "goat" is a respectful name for dunking with both hands. "Can you dunk?" "Dunk? Hey, I can get angry! "
Middle-aged "goat"
"Goat" was born in 1944, grew up in a single-parent family in new york, lacked the control of his father, and set foot on the streets early. There, all kinds of terrible temptations devour the future of young people every day. Perhaps because there was no money in his pocket, the "goat" in his youth was lucky enough to be addicted to basketball without getting into bad habits. Almost every night, at the corner of 130 street, you can see a thin black child barely dunking. During the day, the stadium is occupied by players from high schools, universities and even professional teams. Children can only practice by street lamps in the morning and evening, hoping that their skills and height will grow rapidly and they will be able to challenge adults one day. Some passers-by stopped to laugh at "goat"' s clumsy dunk-they didn't know that "goat" still had two heavy sandbags tied in his socks.
When he joined Benjamin Franklin High School in 1962, the height of "goat" was unremarkable 1.85 meters, and his jumping height actually reached an incredible 50 inches-127 cm! Betting with others to catch the coins on the top of the backboard has always been his strong point. Until the whole block didn't dare to gamble with him again, "goat" came up with another trick-continuous reverse dunk. Up to now, some people in new york still remember the scene where "Goat" dunked for 36 consecutive times and won $60.
"Goat" was as magical as jumping, and was quickly selected to the high school team, and had several fierce battles with the Power Memorial High School where Jabbar (then named Lu-Arxinde) was located. The two soon became golfers and swept the streets hand in hand. Off the court, Jabbar, who is famous all over the city but aloof, is always a loner, while the equally famous "goat" has made a large group of friends of various religions and habits and has contracted many bad habits. In the last year of high school, the school expelled the "goat" who smoked marijuana. Although "goat" was imprisoned for drug abuse and robbery, he finally repented and reformed, but he never admitted that he had smoked marijuana in high school until his death.
Scene 1: 1964 Locke all-star game. "Goat" made a quick breakthrough with the ball. Fan En Harper, the star of Syracuse University with a height of 2.03 meters, and Phil Reid, the center with a height of 2.03 meters, quickly returned to defense. They stood side by side in the basket, reaching for the lid. The "goat" with a height of 1.85 meters regarded them as nothing and took off. Harper and Reid jumped on the cover, only to see the "goat" rising higher and higher, and finally their hands were violently buckled on the heads of two opponents who were taller than themselves 15 cm. The audience was suddenly silent, and then burst into applause. Fans poured into the stadium and the game was interrupted.
Just when "Goat" almost got lost in the street, the founder of Locke Alliance, Hocamby Locke, found this young man and gave him a rare fatherly care and discipline. Finally, through his recommendation, Mr. Locke sent "Goat" to the famous basketball preparatory school-Laurenberg College in Charlotte, North Carolina. For the first time, the goat, who is far away from the metropolis, began to settle down to study. His grades reached the standards set by NCAA, followed by basketball scholarships from famous universities such as North Carolina, Duke and Indiana. Due to the pressure of homework, goat chose an unknown black university-John Smith College.
Unfortunately, "goat" didn't "survive" in college, and the coach took care of his starting position for senior students. Goat dropped out of school in a rage and returned to new york, only to learn that Mr Locke had passed away. Without his life guide, he wandered the streets all day and soon became addicted to * * *. 1969, Jabbar became the No.1 pick in the NBA and signed a million-dollar contract, but "goat" was jailed and spent 16 months in Greenhaven prison in new york.
In the 69-70 season, the new york Knicks won the first NBA championship in the team's history. Writer Axel Lan mentioned the legend of "goat" in the streets of new york in his book Basketball City, which recorded the Knicks' championship, and NBA teams finally began to pay attention to him. 1970 after he was released from prison in the summer, "goat" got a trial training opportunity in Utah, and even had a chance to compete with his old friend Jabbar in a preseason game. Unfortunately, drugs and prison almost destroyed the "goat"' s body, and he was cut off by the jazz before the confrontation with Jabbar.
Scene 2:1In the summer of 967, "Goat" was selected as the best senior high school team in the United States, and was known as "fine steel Spring Man" as Edrich Webber. In a fast break, "goat" took the ball straight to the basket. When he saw Webber catching up from behind, he deliberately slowed down and reached out to say hello to Webber. When Weber jumped with him at the same time, the goat grabbed the ball with his right hand and lowered it over his waist, which was about to rise to the highest point. Suddenly, his arm flashed 270 degrees in the air and smashed the ball from Webber's head into the basket. Forgive me for not being able to reproduce a wonderful scene in simple words, but Hammond, the destroyer, said, "This is the most wonderful slam dunk I have ever seen in my life."
Dragging his broken body, "goat" returned to the street. At the age of 25, he stumbled on the court, panting, and completely lost his former style. Gradually, the king retired.
Soon after, "Goat" imitated the benefactor Hocamby-Locke, returned to the community and founded the "Goat Alliance" on 99th Street. Stars from all walks of life come here. Bernard king and Albert King, as well as mario elie, the champion of both Rockets and Spurs, all came from the Goat League.
Sadly, "goat" has never completely escaped the control of white powder. In the summer of 1977, he inexplicably canceled the opening day of his league and drove to the Bronx with a group of friends. A few hours later, he was handcuffed-trying to rob $6 million. This time, 24 months in prison.
After being released from prison, the "goat" seems to be really afraid of the dark street, and his family moved out of new york. It didn't take long for me to forget that his fans invited him back to new york to take charge of the Goat League again. This time, he did not let everyone down. The Alliance is still standing on the streets of new york.
1998 may 15, "goat" died of heart failure. To commemorate his efforts to promote basketball, new york named the basketball court at 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue "Goat Park". [Text: 2003128 October]
Ouch! Forgot to mention the registered trademark of "goat", the legend in the legend of New York-"double dunk". Many old fans in new york have vowed that they have witnessed the double dunk technique of "Goat" with their own eyes, or in a formal street competition. Legend has it that the "goat" broke through the basket and took off when he was 3 points behind the team. After dunking, he caught the ball in the air and then dunked it, and then arrogantly said it was 4 points. Does anyone care what the double dunk score is? This kind of performance has completely surpassed the basketball category of the earth people and belongs to another time and space. The descendants of the NBA "trapeze" struggle for new tricks in the slam dunk contest every year. It's not that no one thought of "double dunk", but-you have to say that the NBA basket is too long and the ball falls slowly ...) @