The Playground Legends Who Chose the Streets Over the NBA
Some of the best basketball players Harlem, Brooklyn, Oakland, and Watts ever produced never played a single minute in the NBA. A few said no to the league on purpose. Some were taken by the streets, by prison, by heroin. One was a first-round draft pick who never stepped on an NBA floor. This is the accurate, sourced story of eight streetball legends the record books left out, and the system that helped erase them. Featured legends: Earl "The Goat" Manigault, Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond, Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland, Herman "Helicopter" Knowings, James "Fly" Williams, Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell, Lenny Cooke, and Raymond Lewis. #StreetArchives #Streetball #RuckerPark #BasketballHistory #NBA #PlaygroundBasketball #Harlem #Brooklyn #Oakland #NYCHoops
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