Holy crap, Manhattan has a hoops player without a forearm...pretty cool. ----> \
Heard about this guy on NPR a couple of months ago. Are they playing somewhere on TV? Has to be better than this MNF game.
Nah, game's over now, he was put in at the end. Didn't get to see him shoot or anything. Very tall, lanky kid. Blocks and boards only I guess.
Back in High School we played against a team that had a one-armed kid when I played and
Captained the Frosh basketball team (we went 3 and 14 and led the league in technicals, ejections and at one point almost had to forfeit a game because the entire team was going to be suspended because we were caught drinking in the lockerroom after practice. Also had 2 guys on the team get ejected in a game once because they were fist fighting each other on the bench) Any ways, this kid we were playing against did not have a left arm, kinda just had a stub like Jim Abbott. But the kid was good and he was lighting us up in the first half. At halftime our Coach (who I think became an alcoholic due to our team) completely lost it. He's screaming about our lack of effort and lack of teamwork and then says how #22 (one-armed bandit) is killing us out there. He calmed down for a second and then with a fierce intensity told us this: "I'm only gonna say this once: for the love of God, force that kid to his left! He LITERALLY HAS NO LEFT!!! When he's dribbling and he gives you that head and shoulder fake and looks like he's going to go left..... HE'S NOT GOING LEFT!!!! I promise you he's not!!! Now I swear to God, if any of you get beat by that kid going right, as God as my witness I will punch you in the face and walk out of the gym and never come back! Are we clear on this?"
Since I didn't really care about the season anymore I replied:
"Coach, don't worry, I'll guard him in the 2nd half. Now which number is he again?" Coach just smiled and told me I was a complete jack###.