Memory Lane

[bamafan]

Lots of white kids in Flatbush wanted to be Clyde Frazier, Panther!

and not just for basketball.

 

[panther2]

The only team that had a shot at Power was Rice HS with Bob Lienhard

His nickname was Carrot Top because of his Red hair

 

[panther2]

Panther , I got the closeness of your relationships with Sonny and Ken backwards . Sorry .
I had Egg salad for lunch yesterday though .

I know I’m wearing you out but , you might have some insight into the Lew Alcindor ( Kareem ) recruiting from back in the day ?

Most of us thought back then that we had Kareem all locked up for St John’s
Until we didn’t !

There were a lot of stories that when the School retired Joe Lapchick , Lew and Parents reopened his recruiting . Is that correct ?

Story I heard is that Lew , had a great relationship with Lapchick and when that was disrupted by Joe’s retirement , all hell broke out and he was off to UCLA .

I also seem to recall that Kareem had a friendly relationship with Sonny Dove and was kind of in awe of him , from Lou’s early days at Power HS ?

Anything you can share , would be great .

I’m going to have Egg Salad today for Lunch

Wait , I had that yesterday .
Ha .

During the 1960's, basketball was like a fraternity. While not a very good player myself, I was Blessed to be on the periphery because I had a few friends who were very good. Through them I met other players. We would go from park to park all day Saturday and Sunday just playing ball.

Quick story, the summer 0f 1968, I had dropped ot of college and was working in the Auditing Department at the NY Stock Exchange. Kareem's family had just moved into our neighborhood in Queens. Every Sunday Kareem, John Busby, Gene Knolle and myself would drive to Riis Beach to play against guys from all over the city. If we got there early enough, I would get a chance to play, lol. Around noon, we would drive up to Harlem to watch Wilt, Connie Hawkins, Bill Bradley and many other pros play in the Rucker Tournament on 155th St. One of the best summers of my life.

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Panther in those Riis Beach games did you ever remember playing against, with, two white guys from my park in Flatbush (Forster Park--tho they were much older than me), their names were Tom McNiece and George Bruns (Bruns not Burns)???

George briefly played for Looie when Looie coached the LI Nets if I am not mistaken, maybe college ball at Manhattan College.

 

[panther2]

Panther in those Riis Beach games did you ever remember playing against, with, two white guys from my park in Flatbush (Forster Park--tho they were much older than me), their names were Tom McNiece and George Bruns (Bruns not Burns)???

George briefly played for Looie when Looie coached the LI Nets if I am not mistaken, maybe college ball at Manhattan College.

Don't remember McNiece but remember Bruns from high school, not sure which one though. He was a couple of years older than me. He was a hell of a player at Manhattan College.