State/Seton Hall/Boston College but chose to go to UF as I knew basketball beyond that would never be realistic. I remember getting a few D1 offers from E. Anyone who has been to game close to the floor is usually in awe of how fast these guys are, but the strength is often overlooked. You can luck into 5 rebounds and 20 points in 2000 minutes. Facilitation at that level is an absolute nightmare outside of the top athletes with the complementary skill sets (as clearly shown, or not shown, by our beloved Knicks). I would argue that the assists would be the most challenging. He was way better than the taller, scrubbier dudes I’ve played with who made NBA teams based on height and height alone). Not sure why he wasn’t able to make it in the NBA, but it goes to show just how incredible you have to be to play at that level. He went on to lead Kentucky to two national championships and is now an assistant coach there. He was a freshman, and it was quite apparent he was way too talented for our league. (Also, the best player I ever played on a court with was in high school when I faced Wayne Turner in a tournament in Boston. It was one of the cooler days of my life:) I won, and when we shook hands, it was then that I realized he was wearing flipflops. We exchanged baskets for most of the game. Winners stayed on and I looked over to see who was stepping on the court and it was Dr J, who was 48 at the time. (Btw, my favorite basketball moment was when I was playing in a pickup game in Philadelphia. It’s a lot harder to keep one going, as we’ve seen countless times as Knick fans:) Anybody with any mobility can probably cobble together 10 garbage baskets over 1600 minutes. I’ve played next to, and along side future and past NBAers (never an active player I don’t think).
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