NYC Point Guards Documentary

I see Boo Harvey but , not Barkley, Cook , Cain or Showtime ? Not sure how far back the Documentary goes but , shouldn’t Ponds be on there ? I know , Ponds was shoe horned into a PG role , when we had no one else . But , still …
 
SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDY. We got the rest of the AAU team (well a bunch) we couldn't throw the kid a bone.

Such a fun player.
 
Is that Kareem Reid at Arkansas. His early 90s St. Raymond's teams were another incredible collection of talent. We used to scrimmage them and I could not believe someone could be such a magician with the ball.
 
I'll give you a throw back likely not included who was the best ball handler( Rafer not included) I've ever seen in 40+ Years ... Arnold Bernard OSL 1987. He schooled Kenny A in the state tournament. Maybe 5 6'... if he was 6+ He'd have been a pro for certain. Was a star a SW Mizo St( led country in asst and a few tourney wins) under Charlie S then long stint with globetrotters
 
NYCHOOPS said:
Erik Barkley and Speedy Clayton in the same backcourt at CK. CHSAA WAS special in the 90’s. So much talent
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Up until the mid 1990’s, before the proliferation of prep schools and 5th year high school eligibility, there was no better high school hoops league in the country than the CHSAA.
I remember seeing Kenny Anderson, Rob Werdann, and that stacked Molloy team live while I was at St. John’s Prep in Astoria from 1984-1988.
The names that passed through are legendary. And to think, three of the most dominant teams in the Catholic league, Power Memorial, Tolentine, and Rice are now all closed.
 
I would have liked to see Kevin Joyce added to the list. A terrific athlete, great shooter and yes, he did play some PG for the Indiana Pacers for a good deal of the time. Didn't play it as much in HS cause he was such a good athlete, leaper, they needed him on the boards but certainly could have handled that position easily at that level. Those of you from that era who go back that far, know what I'm talking about.
 
I definitely enjoyed it. Got sucked into a midnight showing last night when I wasn't intending to, and stuck with it. It really could have been a mini series with all the stud PGs who've come through the city, but the ones they picked were clearly a good representation. I actually started to like Mark Jackson again afterward -- I've found him obnoxious for a long time now.
 
The documentary focused on nyc point-guards in the 1980-1990’s they hit pretty much all the key guards from that era. They mentioned tiny archibald but more as historical background They could have gone back to Cousy, McGuire, Lenny Wilkins but they stayed focused on the 80-90’s which brings me to 3 pg’s sju missed out on god shamgod, rafter Alston and Kareem Reid either of those 3 would have been a major upgrade over Tarik turner at the time.
 
19854ever said:
The documentary focused on nyc point-guards in the 1980-1990’s they hit pretty much all the key guards from that era. They mentioned tiny archibald but more as historical background They could have gone back to Cousy, McGuire, Lenny Wilkins but they stayed focused on the 80-90’s which brings me to 3 pg’s sju missed out on god shamgod, rafter Alston and Kareem Reid either of those 3 would have been a major upgrade over Tarik turner at the time.
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Interesting documentary and overdue. Kareem Reid would have been a great fit and might have changed Brian Mahoney's fate. It made me wish there was one for the sixties and seventies, too. Don't remember the early sixties too well, but seventies had some great points -Dean Meminger, Jim O'Brien. Jim Baron, John Roche, Tiny Smith, Adrian Autry, Mike Moses and others, from the PSAL
 
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