by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nicknames. They are what makes some basketball players. There are some ball players, especially in pick-up games, that you might not even know their real names. DJ, Neck Bone, Shooter, Lefty, just to name a few. In the NBA there have been several great nicknames and...
by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Steve Nash is the smartest man in basketball. We all saw it coming. Dwayne Wade did a fancy behind the back save to Norris Cole. Two on one with Norris Cole and the beast LeBron James vs. Steve Nash. Uh-Oh. Cole threw a no so great lob pass. He had LeBron trailing so...
by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy Birthday Hank Gathers. On February 11, 1967 a young boy was born who would go on to be an icon in college basketball. Eric “Hank” Gathers grew into a six foot seven member of the 1990 Loyola Marymount college basketball team. The team played with one...
by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here are some highlights from the 14th Street Y Morning Run. Shooters, tough guys, good and bad players, we all come out to get some exercise and talk a little trash. Hope you guys like the video and I didn’t make anybody look too bad. All of you cats that...
by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
It started with Larry legend’s finger wave and a fist pump as he sank the money ball and defended his 3 point championship . Then the stage was set for maybe the best slam dunk duel of all times. No props, no time limit, and if you repeated a dunk it lost a lot...
by ballbeforebreakfast | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I want to give a history lesson and being Black History Month and all, I feel obligated. So, on February 5, 1972, Mr. Robert Douglas was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The first African American to do so. As we all know, he was followed by several....
