Rafer Alston, a 29-year-old introduced by the Rockets this year, became famous in streetball in World War I and is a legend in American streetball. The nickname "jump to my building" still echoes in the streetball world. But there is a "god of streetball" in history! He is Minnie "goat" Kauert!
Minnie Kauert's full name is El Minnie Kauert. Maybe not many people know him in China, because he has never entered the NBA, and he can't go down in history like Chamberlain and Jabbar. He is just a young man from humble origins who plays basketball on the streets of American cities, but he is different from others. But if you really want to know about street basketball, then maybe you can learn a lot about "goats".
There is such a book called "Sweeping the Legends of Playgrounds such as Peas". "Sweeping beans" is Minnie Kauert's nickname. Based on Minnie Kauert, this book introduces the legendary figure of street basketball in new york. I just opened the preface of this book, and I was shocked and finally had to read it. The preface reads: One day, two old fans were chatting in the basketball and tennis stadium in New Jersey. When the visiting team walked out of the retired star point guard robertjoseph cousy from the Celtic lounge, one of the old fans opened his voice and said, Isn't this the second greatest basketball player in the history of Benjamin Franklin High School in New York? Cousy, who has been elected to the Hall of Fame, turned a little unhappy and asked, "The second greatest? Then who is the greatest? " The old ball skin said disdainfully, "You must have heard of the name' goat'!" Former NBA star Cousy is not as good as goat? The preface alone stunned me. Who is he?
NBA superstar "Karim Abdel-Gabbar" Abdel-Gabbar 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, because he went astray, he could not enter the NBA or even college basketball from beginning to end, and finally ended his legendary basketball career in tragedy. Anyone familiar with Jabbar knows that 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 his own ability too well. To defeat Qiao Ba 2 16, this "giant killer" should be at least as tall as Qiao Ba, like wilt chamberlain, or stronger than Qiao Ba, like moses malone. But "Goat" is neither as tall nor as strong as Jabbar, and he only has 186 work points! What is even more astounding is his basketball talent, which is extremely elastic and explosive, and can easily win a quarter coin placed at the top of the backboard; Once I bet 60 yuan and stopped to pour wine 36 times in a row. These are still minor cases. His signature dunk is "one ball and two irrigation", which still makes neighbors talk about it and have endless aftertaste. He can put the ball in the basket in the air first, hold it with the other hand, pull it back and then pour it. If you don't believe in his magic skills in the bullring, then in the 1964 high school star game, the goat showed the free throw line and dunked with both hands, which is enough! At that time, the goat seized the opportunity of fast break and went straight to the frontcourt before shipment. One retired player is 198, and the other is 2 meters. The goat is planning his steps, and the two long men also set a tight encirclement for the battle. After the goat dribbled to the free throw line, it took off. No one knows what the goat wants to do when he jumps from the free throw line. At the same time, two long people jumped up and blocked it, only to see the goat flying higher and higher. These two long people have started to land, and the audience is full of fans staring at the goat. When the time came, the goat with its hand in the air caught up with two long men to block it and threw the ball into the basket. The fans were silent, looked at each other, and sounded deafening applause. The flexibility and gap ability were so amazing.
However, once out of the bullring, the goat is useless, has no goal in life and lacks an independent mind. Can only drift with the tide and disappear into the darkness of the street. 1969, goat got compensation for taking heroin and was imprisoned 16 months. After he was released from prison, the owner of ABA American professional basketball league Utah Starlight invited the goat to take the test, but the goat's body had already been eaten up by the product and failed to enter the professional basketball stage as expected. 1977, goat was imprisoned for premeditated robbery. This time, the 30-year-old goat also lost everything. After he got out of prison, he finally realized that he had got rid of the bad habit of smoking and cut off contact with his friends in the black street. He promoted grassroots basketball in the famous bullring in the past. In addition to being a volunteer coach, he also held the "goat basketball championship", hoping that young people can learn from him and rely on basketball. Goat died of heart failure in May 1998 at the age of 53. Since then, there has been one less legend in the history of streetball! To commemorate goat's later promotion of charity basketball, new york Park Management Office spared no effort to rename the street basketball courts on 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue "Rock Park" in the same month.
Goat's legendary street basketball career has come to an end, but strange things about him are still circulating in the streets of new york. As long as he is mentioned in the bullring, everyone knows that he is deeply sorry for him. In everyone's mind, he will always be "the greatest player who has never played in the NBA."
However, if we want to talk about the British legend of street basketball in new york, we should start with 1960, earl manigault, a famous street basketball player in new york in 1970s, Daniels, a street basketball player in new york in 1980s, and Rafer Alston, the most representative male deer in new york in 1990s.
NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once called Goat "the greatest player who has never played in the NBA". This sentence is good or bad for "goat" because his basketball talent is rare in a hundred years. However, due to a trip to new york's "Black Street" by mistake, he was unable to enter the NBA from beginning to end, and even failed to set foot in college basketball. Finally, his legendary basketball career ended in tragedy.
Anyone familiar with Jabbar's life knows that he is an arrogant giant and his basketball career is invincible. Why is there such praise for a street basketball player? Because Qiao Ba was defeated by a goat, he knew exactly what a goat could do.
To defeat Qiao Ba, who is 7 feet 2 inches, the "Giant Killer" should be at least as tall as Qiao Ba, like wilt chamberlain, or stronger than Qiao Ba. For example, moses malone is neither as tall as Qiao Ba nor as tall as Qiao Bazhuang, and he is only 6 feet 2 inches.
What is even more astounding is his basketball talent, which is extremely elastic and explosive, and can easily win a quarter coin placed at the top of the backboard;
Once I bet 60 yuan and stopped to pour wine 36 times in a row. These are still minor cases. His signature slam dunk "one goal and two falls" still makes neighbors talk about it. He can put the ball into the basket in the air, hold it with the other hand, pull it back and then pour it.
If you don't believe in his magic skills in the bullring, then in the 1964 high school star game, the goat showed the free throw line and dunked with both hands, which is enough!
At that time, the goat seized the fast break opportunity and went straight to the frontcourt. A player who retreats to defend is 6' 6 "and a player is 6' 8". The goat is planning his steps, and the two long men are ready for a tight encirclement.
After the goat dribbled to the free throw line, it took off. No one knows what the goat wants to do when he jumps from the free throw line. At the same time, two long people jumped up and blocked it, only to see the goat flying higher and higher. These two long people have started to land, and the audience is full of fans staring at the goat. It's time to brake. With his hands in the air, the goat caught up with two long men to block the ball and pour it into the basket. The fans were silent and looked at each other for a while before they realized what a "dead bone" it was. The applause was deafening, and such amazing flexibility, gas-holding ability and endurance were earth-shattering, not to mention in the 1960s, even in 2 1 century.
Goats are 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 Power Memorial High School led by Jabbar and won the league championship. Jabbar was full of admiration for the goat, but later said, "He is the best player in new york's history who has such a character." At that time, they became radiant, and new york praised them as two new stars of basketball in the future.
Jabbar is indeed a star of the future. After graduating from high school, he entered UCLA, a strong basketball team of NCAA University, and then went to NBA, becoming one of the greatest centers in NBA history.
Goat's life is facing a wave of shocks, completely destroying the star of tomorrow. In the third year of high school, he was expelled from the school team for allegedly smoking marijuana. Later, he was transferred to Laurinburg preschool in North Carolina through a friend's introduction, hoping that he could stay away from black street life, think hard and plan the future basketball road. Goat barely graduated from the penultimate place and entered the traditional black university Johnson C. Smith in Charlotte, North Carolina. Goat's schoolwork still didn't improve, and he was shouldered by the coach on the school team, because his playing style was too avant-garde and exceeded the eight-legged style of the old pedant of his time. Don't talk about dunking, even passing or dribbling behind your back without looking at it is regarded as an evil spirit by the coach. Goats can't stand the repression of basketball talent and creativity any longer, so they pack their bags and return.
Life is hard and the mind is immature, so goats can only seek liberation in the bullring. In the bullring, goats can push down giants like Jabbar, Chamberlain and Connie Hawkins, but once out of the bullring, goats are useless, have no goals in life and lack opinions. They can only drift and disappear into the darkness of the street.
1969, goats were fabricated for taking heroin and imprisoned 16 months. While serving his sentence, the writer Pete Axo published the book The City Game in 1970, which described the street basketball in new york, and one chapter of it deeply discussed the legendary story of goats. Ironically, the prison guard also signed a book for the goat at that time.
At that time, Bill Daniels, the owner of Utah Star in ABA American professional basketball league, read the book and invited goats to take the test. However, goats' bodies have been eaten up by products, and they failed to enter the professional basketball stage as they wished.
1977-79 goat was jailed again for premeditated robbery. This time, a big fall also left goats in their thirties with nothing. After he got out of prison, he finally realized that he had got rid of the bad habit of smoking and broke up with his friends in the dark street. He used to promote grassroots basketball in the famous bullring. In addition to being a volunteer coach, he also held the "goat basketball championship", hoping that teenagers can learn from him.
Goat died of heart failure in May 1998 at the age of 53. In the same month, new york Park Management Office spared no effort to commemorate the goat's later promotion of public basketball, and renamed the street basketball courts on 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue as "Goat Park".
Goat's legendary street basketball career has come to an end, but strange things about him are still circulating in the streets of new york. As long as he is mentioned in the bullring, everyone knows that he is deeply sorry for him. In everyone's mind, he will always be "the greatest player who has never played in the NBA."