Earl Manigault:1Born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA on September 7, 944, an American basketball player, the myth of street basketball, nicknamed "goat", once went to prison, and after he was released from prison, he instructed young people to play near his hometown. 1998 died of heart failure and was known as "the greatest basketball player outside the NBA".
His talent is amazing:
"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.
NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once called "Goat" the greatest player who has never played in NBA. This sentence is good or bad for "goat" because his basketball talent is rare in a hundred years. However, due to his mistake in new york's "black street", he was unable to enter the NBA from beginning to end, and even failed to meet college basketball.
As an NBA fan, Jabbar's life is well known. He is an arrogant giant, and his basketball career is invincible. Why is there such praise for a street basketball player? Because Jabbar was defeated by the goat, he knew the goat's ability too well. To defeat Jabbar at 2. 18m, the "Giant Killer" should be at least as tall as Jabbar, like wilt chamberlain, or stronger than Jabbar, such as moses malone, but in reality, the "goat" is neither as tall nor as strong as Jabbar, and he is only1.88m.
Of course, he made Jabbar bow down, and he must have the ability to shoot. The most amazing thing about "Goat" is his basketball talent, flexibility and explosiveness. He can easily take down a quarter of coins placed on the top of the backboard. Once, he made a $60 bet with a man that he could stop running backwards 36 times in a row, and he did it. However, these are still a small part of his skills. His signature slam dunk is "one shot and two shots". He can put the ball in the basket first in the air, catch it with his other hand, pull it back and fill it up.
Of course, these may be exaggerated by people on the street, but when "goat" participated in the All-Star Game in high school, "goat" really showed the free throw line and dunked with both hands in front of everyone. At that time, "goat" used a fast break opportunity to dribble straight to the frontcourt. One retired player is1.98m in height, and the other is 2.03m in height. When dribbling forward, "goat" was already planning his own steps, and the two long men also laid a tight encirclement to prepare for the battle. "Goat" picks up the ball, dribbles to the free throw line and takes off. At that time, no one knew what "goat" wanted to do when he jumped from the free throw line, but "goat" just flew towards the basket. Two long people jumped up to block at the same time, only to see the "goat" flying higher and higher, but the two long people who jumped up to block had already started to land. The audience was full of fans who watched Goat up close. In an instant, the goat's hand caught up in the air. At first, the fans were silent and looked at each other. It was a long time before they realized that the applause was deafening. Such amazing flexibility and gas retention capacity have affected the endurance, not to mention in the 1960 s, even in 2 1 century, it was earth-shattering. And it was still in the game. By the time Dr. J. Julius Erving and Michael Jordan arrived, it was already an all-star exhibition game, and no one stopped it.
Goat is two years older than Qiao Ba. At that time, the duel between them in the public high school league was the most popular game in new york. 1962, Benjamin Franklin High School led by Goat defeated the high school team led by Jabbar and won the league championship. Although young and unyielding, Jabbar is full of admiration for "goat". Later, he said, "He is the' best' player in new york's history." At that time, they became radiant, and new york praised them as two new stars of basketball in the future. 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.