NYC Point Guards Documentary

[SJUDave]

Just fantastic. Loved it from start to finish from the amazing opening scene to Mark Jackson, to the CTK shots, Love it.

 

[L J S A]

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.

I don't know how Rafer was even eligible for juco. That guy skipped so many days of high school.

 

[bamafan]

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

Moses played in the 80's and Autry in the 90's.

 

[Las Vegan]

Moses played in the 80's and Autry in the 90's.

You are right about Autry, but didn't Moses play for the CHSAA championship in the late seventies?
Also, add Bernard Rencher, from Mater Christi.

 

[bamafan]

You are right about Autry, but didn't Moses play for the CHSAA championship in the late seventies?
Also, add Bernard Rencher, from Mater Christi.

Moses played for us as a senior in 1985 final 4 year so I guess part of his HS career was in late 70's but doubt he was any kind of street ball legend at that point.

 

[Las Vegan]

Moses played for us as a senior in 1985 final 4 year so I guess part of his HS career was in late 70's but doubt he was any kind of street ball legend at that point.

He transferred to STJ. Where did he go to college before us?

 

[paultzman]

He transferred to STJ. Where did he go to school out of high school?

Florida

 

[David D]

Moses played for us as a senior in 1985 final 4 year so I guess part of his HS career was in late 70's but doubt he was any kind of street ball legend at that point.

Moses was nasty. Lost to Mater Cristi in the CHSAA championship in 79. That Mater Cristi team was stacked - Tony “Red” Bruin, Vern Fleming, Phil “Tiny” Smith and Dwayne Johnson.

 

[Las Vegan]

Moses was nasty. Lost to Mater Cristi in the CHSAA championship in 79. That Mater Cristi team was stacked - Tony “Red” Bruin, Vern Fleming, Phil “Tiny” Smith and Dwayne Johnson.

There was another very good point, from a PSAL school, in Queens, who was a big contributor at Syracuse.

 

[SJUDave]

One guy that wasn't mentioned at all which was really surprising was Sebastian Telfair. Guy was a menace at Lincoln, broke all of Marbury's records, won them at least 1 PSAL chip.

 

[MainMan]

Moses was nasty. Lost to Mater Cristi in the CHSAA championship in 79. That Mater Cristi team was stacked - Tony “Red” Bruin, Vern Fleming, Phil “Tiny” Smith and Dwayne Johnson.

Interesting.
Because MM really was anything but nasty at SJU. He rarely drove. Rarely penetrated. Never displayed much creativity. His handle and vision seemed so so.
What Moses did well was control the ball, avoid TOs and often nail a 16-17 foot J from the key. In other words, he was a perfect LC point guard.

 

[bamafan]

Interesting.
Because MM really was anything but nasty at SJU. He rarely drove. Rarely penetrated. Never displayed much creativity. His handle and vision seemed so so.
What Moses did well was control the ball, avoid TOs and often nail a 16-17 foot J from the key. In other words, he was a perfect LC point guard.

Maybe he meant he had a nasty personality

 

[SJU85]

Moses was nasty. Lost to Mater Cristi in the CHSAA championship in 79. That Mater Cristi team was stacked - Tony “Red” Bruin, Vern Fleming, Phil “Tiny” Smith and Dwayne Johnson.

Was Johnson on that team? I know he was there, then transferred to a prep out of state and came back they year they became St. John's Prep.

 

[SJU85]

There was another very good point, from a PSAL school, in Queens, who was a big contributor at Syracuse.

I think you are referring to Eugene Waldron from LIC HS. As good as he was, as a senior at Cuse he moved off the point to shooting guard to make way for the Pearl.

He played at LIC with Vern's twin brother Vic.

 

[Las Vegan]

I think you are referring to Eugene Waldron from LIC HS. As good as he was, as a senior at Cuse he moved off the point to shooting guard to make way for the Pearl.

Yes, and he was impressive every time I watched him.

 

[Las Vegan]

Was Johnson on that team? I know he was there, then transferred to a prep out of state and came back they year they became St. John's Prep.

That Mater Christi group won the CHSAA championship the year before, beating Holy Cross, in overtime, before a sold out Alumni Hall. That was the last hurrah for Holy Cross coach, Bill O'Meara, who passed away some time later. Was greatly missed by those who knew him, and a coach who sent some good ones to STJ - Bobby McIntyre, Rich Lyons, Bill Schaeffer and Frank Gilroy. Had the Cross in at least three championship games. Lost to LaSalle, beat Molloy and the loss to MC. The CHSAA, of the 60s and 70s, was special.

 

[mjmaherjr]

SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDY. We got the rest of the AAU team (well a bunch) we couldn't throw the kid a bone.

Such a fun player.

Jump started Jay Wrights career. Literally he is THE GUY. And was a really good kid and humble.

 

[Mean Gene]

No mention of Erick Barkley either.

 

[L J S A]

One guy that wasn't mentioned at all which was really surprising was Sebastian Telfair. Guy was a menace at Lincoln, broke all of Marbury's records, won them at least 1 PSAL chip.

Is he still in prison? Maybe the logistics were too much of a pain to deal with.

 

[SJUDave]

Is he still in prison? Maybe the logistics were too much of a pain to deal with.

they could have done highlights without interviewing him