1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:03,628 --> 00:00:06,631       dramatic orchestral music     3 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:12,012                                    4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,642       [distant sirens wailing]       6 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:22,522                                    7 00:00:23,773 --> 00:00:25,942          This is not a sham.         8 00:00:25,984 --> 00:00:28,153                 On God,                    this is where it all started.    9 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,988              I'm talking                       homegrown handle,          10 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,781             where legends                    like McGuire dribbled        11 00:00:31,823 --> 00:00:33,116            as if the ball was                        on a wire.             12 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:35,660      From Far Rock to blacktops                across the city.           13 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:37,495       Weaving in and out of lanes.    14 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:39,205        Kenny jetting down court.      15 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:41,249              Rafer skipping                    to the top of the key.       16 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:43,835       Crossovers leaving defenders                on bended knee,           17 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:45,670     praying like Christ the King.    18 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:48,757                                    19 00:00:48,798 --> 00:00:50,675      Mama, there goes that man.      20 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,802       Certified ankle breaker,                no-look pass-maker.         21 00:00:52,844 --> 00:00:54,596      Game sweeter than cherries.     22 00:00:54,637 --> 00:00:56,556           Marbury, all scary.         23 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:58,850               And you know                    Mark about that action.       24 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,977                                    25 00:01:01,019 --> 00:01:02,854           Don't nobody want                   to guard the point.         26 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,439     They fear they'll be blinded               by court vision.           27 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:07,358      Get disciplined by the Rod,              "And One" Anderson.         28 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,695        Or get J'd in the face               strictly just because.        29 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:14,741                                    30 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,494             So praise be                       to orchestrators.          31 00:01:17,535 --> 00:01:18,912      The maestros of the tempo.      32 00:01:18,953 --> 00:01:20,872           The ones who made               the pavement more precious,     33 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,665        from Gauchos to Riverside,     34 00:01:22,707 --> 00:01:24,125         from Brooklyn to Lefrak,      35 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:25,585           from Rice to Malloy,        36 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:27,170          from Uptown to the BX.       37 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:30,256              Yo, I swear                    something in the water,       38 00:01:30,298 --> 00:01:32,884        'cause our game so nice             that they named us twice.      39 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:36,096          New York, New York!         40 00:01:36,137 --> 00:01:38,431             Like an echo,                 like a mantra for dreamers.     41 00:01:38,473 --> 00:01:40,809           You make it here,             anywhere else is just practice,  42 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:43,353           paradise compared                   to a pair of dice.          43 00:01:43,394 --> 00:01:46,815                                    44 00:01:46,856 --> 00:01:49,901         avant-garde jazz music      45 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:55,281                                    46 00:02:13,842 --> 00:02:15,885         [helicopter whirring]        47 00:02:15,927 --> 00:02:18,930             tranquil music          48 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:23,143                                    49 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:25,186             [Joekenneth]                    Welcome to New York City,      50 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:27,230         the big city of dreams,       51 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:28,439       but it'll leave you dreaming    52 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:31,109          if you think anything                 will be handed to you.       53 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:34,362      Some call it the Big Apple,          others the Concrete Jungle,     54 00:02:34,404 --> 00:02:38,032          but it's also known              as the mecca of basketball.     55 00:02:38,074 --> 00:02:39,200          There's no other place       56 00:02:39,242 --> 00:02:41,411         where millions of people               have made a pilgrimage       57 00:02:41,452 --> 00:02:44,664         specifically to witness              in basketball tournaments      58 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:46,040               and culture.            59 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:49,085            Here, basketball's                 a religious experience.       60 00:02:49,127 --> 00:02:50,420     And in our Book of Blacktop,     61 00:02:50,461 --> 00:02:53,715     there's one special position                ordained by us            62 00:02:53,756 --> 00:02:55,633       and brought to the world.      63 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,761        [Ron]   The point guard,                     in basketball,           64 00:02:58,803 --> 00:03:00,221          is the floor general.        65 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:02,015      He is the key to the team.      66 00:03:02,056 --> 00:03:04,767        He directs the offense.               He runs the offense.         67 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:06,394        You do not have offense       68 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:08,855          if you do not have                a very good point guard.       69 00:03:08,897 --> 00:03:12,150               But to be                  a New York City point guard,     70 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:15,570       you must have toughness,       71 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:18,114                handle,               72 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:21,201           and showmanship.           73 00:03:22,619 --> 00:03:25,163         From the way we talk            to the way we lay the ball up,    74 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:28,208      you can tell a point guard           from New York out the gate,     75 00:03:28,249 --> 00:03:31,211     but to be considered a legit        point guard from here, though,    76 00:03:31,252 --> 00:03:33,129          you need everything                 Coach just mentioned:        77 00:03:33,171 --> 00:03:36,507         handles, showmanship,                   and toughness.            78 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,218        But in the '80s and '90s,      79 00:03:38,259 --> 00:03:40,553         during one of our city's                 most gritty eras,          80 00:03:40,595 --> 00:03:42,764                there was                     a special group of players     81 00:03:42,805 --> 00:03:44,140          who set the blueprint        82 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:47,727    for generations of point guards         in our city and beyond.       83 00:03:47,769 --> 00:03:51,439                                    84 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:54,275         One of these hoopers was              a skinny kid from Lefrak      85 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:55,360          who went on to become        86 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:57,904             one of the most                    decorated point guards       87 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,781       in the history of our city:     88 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:01,157          Kenny "The Jet" Smith.       89 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:04,535              Johnny Kemp's                  "Just Got Paid" playing       90 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:06,871                                    91 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:08,873             Just got paid           92 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,000           It's Friday night         93 00:04:11,042 --> 00:04:12,335            Party hunting...         94 00:04:12,377 --> 00:04:14,754      [commentator]   Kenny Smith,                freshman point guard        95 00:04:14,796 --> 00:04:15,755          from Queens, New York.       96 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:17,173              Body shaking           97 00:04:17,215 --> 00:04:18,258             All around...           98 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:19,759             [commentator]                  And here comes Kenny Smith.     99 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:20,969             He loves to run.          100 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:23,429        [Stephen]   Kenny Smith,                  with the basketball,        101 00:04:23,471 --> 00:04:26,057     was one of the fastest dudes                we've ever seen           102 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,225     in the history of basketball.    103 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:29,352          Kenny was athletic,                    could shoot it,           104 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:31,187        could get to wherever,                    had a handle.            105 00:04:31,229 --> 00:04:33,940    [commentator]   Kenny Smith with         a good, long-range jump shot.    106 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:35,233             [commentator]                          Kenny Smith.            107 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:36,943        He finds those open spots.     108 00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:38,903      He was a knockdown shooter,             you know what I mean?        109 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,113     He knew how to run the team.     110 00:04:40,154 --> 00:04:42,407             People forget                how athletic Kenny Smith was.    111 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:43,825             Kenny Smith was                     in the Dunk Contest.        112 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:46,119              Don't you know                    I'm just grooving          113 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,745              To the beat?           114 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:48,955                                    115 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:50,290        Flying through the air,                  double-pumping,           116 00:04:50,331 --> 00:04:52,000        dunking with two hands               and slapping the back.        117 00:04:52,041 --> 00:04:53,543             Why you gotta                     slap the backboard?         118 00:04:53,584 --> 00:04:54,836           Just to show off?          119 00:04:54,877 --> 00:04:57,255          It's New York City                     at its finest.            120 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,841        They called me Ken-NY.                    That's Kenny.            121 00:04:59,882 --> 00:05:01,968              It's like,                     my name has "NY" in it.       122 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:03,886          Kenny "The Jet" Smith        123 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:06,139          from Queens, New York,                     Lefrak City.            124 00:05:06,180 --> 00:05:07,473         Going to North Carolina,      125 00:05:07,515 --> 00:05:10,643     I was only the fifth freshman       to start in the school history.  126 00:05:10,685 --> 00:05:12,979              [announcer]                  From North Carolina, at guard,  127 00:05:13,021 --> 00:05:16,190             a 6'2" freshman                    from Queens, New York.       128 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:19,152         Number 30, Kenny Smith.       129 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:22,405    That's when juniors and seniors           stayed in college.          130 00:05:22,447 --> 00:05:23,990               [Vincent]                            Sam Perkins,            131 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:25,616             Brad Daugherty,           132 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:27,493       you know, Michael Jordan.      133 00:05:27,535 --> 00:05:29,287             [commentator]                   Oh, what a move by Jordan!     134 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,122      I was a pro basketball fan,     135 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,832     not a college basketball fan.    136 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:34,625             [commentator]                     Jordan slams it again!       137 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:37,253      [Kenny Smith]   I didn't know              Michael was that good.       138 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:39,088          [commentator]   He is                 slam-dunking everything       139 00:05:39,130 --> 00:05:41,174        in Chapel Hill right now.      140 00:05:41,215 --> 00:05:43,051       I was like, "I'ma start,"      141 00:05:43,092 --> 00:05:45,136     'cause this guy's not as good                  as Pearl,              142 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:46,387    Mark Jackson, Kenny Hutchinson.  143 00:05:46,429 --> 00:05:48,097          They're not as good                     as these guys            144 00:05:48,139 --> 00:05:49,599    that I play against every day.    145 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,516             They're not.             146 00:05:50,558 --> 00:05:51,893           And he was like,                   "I'll guard anybody.         147 00:05:51,934 --> 00:05:52,894         I'll guard anybody."         148 00:05:52,935 --> 00:05:54,062        He couldn't understand        149 00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:56,439           why nobody wanted                 to guard this guy, 23.        150 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:57,940             [Kenny Smith]                       I had a delusion,          151 00:05:57,982 --> 00:05:59,067               and that was                      from New York City.         152 00:05:59,108 --> 00:06:00,651             Like, I'm like,                       "I'll guard him.          153 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:01,778             I got Mike."             154 00:06:01,819 --> 00:06:03,279      Every pickup, "I got Mike."     155 00:06:03,321 --> 00:06:04,572       So he kept guarding him,                   guarding him.            156 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,157       He kept getting dunked on                  and shot on.             157 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,785             And he said,                "I'm talking trash to this guy?  158 00:06:08,826 --> 00:06:10,620    I need to keep my mouth shut."    159 00:06:10,661 --> 00:06:12,747      [Kenny Smith]   New York City                gave me a swagger,         160 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:15,166               a confidence                 that was delusional at times,    161 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:16,918          but it also gave me                 the confidence to go,        162 00:06:16,959 --> 00:06:19,170          I'm gonna be there,                  and I belong here.          163 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:20,463     I never felt I didn't belong,    164 00:06:20,505 --> 00:06:22,006             and that was                     because of New York.         165 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:24,467           sentimental music         166 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:27,345         Growing up in Queens,            my dad and my mom always had,    167 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:30,014       like, a worker mentality            that they instilled in me.      168 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:31,307                                    169 00:06:31,349 --> 00:06:34,060       I just wanted to be the best                 at something.            170 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:35,269          [Vincent]   One day,                    we were in the gym,         171 00:06:35,311 --> 00:06:37,563     and my dad made me and Kenny             take out our pockets,        172 00:06:37,605 --> 00:06:39,273     and he said, "How much money        you guys have in your pockets?"  173 00:06:39,315 --> 00:06:41,234        We said none. He said,           "We need to get to work, then."  174 00:06:41,275 --> 00:06:42,777       [Kenny Smith]   My brother,                  Vince, was like,          175 00:06:42,819 --> 00:06:46,197      "You gotta get in shape if you        want to be a great player."     176 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:47,323         Flushing Meadow Park,        177 00:06:47,365 --> 00:06:49,117             where you see                   the big world circuit,        178 00:06:49,158 --> 00:06:51,202         we would run it Monday,               Wednesdays, and Friday.       179 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:53,996           Even in the snow,               we'd put the snow boots on.     180 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:55,373            And from that,            181 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,166       that's when I got faster,      182 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:58,793              and that's                   when I started taking off.      183 00:06:58,835 --> 00:07:02,046          [jet plane roaring]         184 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:03,423     Kenny "The Jet" is definitely    185 00:07:03,464 --> 00:07:04,882        an appropriate nickname                     for him.               186 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:05,842             He was fast.             187 00:07:05,883 --> 00:07:07,343    My nickname's earned, brother,    188 00:07:07,385 --> 00:07:09,429     'cause I jetted up the court.    189 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:11,556         I've had two nicknames,                 but that one stuck.         190 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:14,267     The other one was Highrise--               Kenny Highrise--           191 00:07:14,308 --> 00:07:15,977         'cause I could jump,         192 00:07:16,018 --> 00:07:17,311          And they were like,                   "Kenny Highrise."          193 00:07:17,353 --> 00:07:19,480            And I was like,                    "Oh, I like that."          194 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,858         But it didn't stick.                    It never stuck.           195 00:07:21,899 --> 00:07:23,901             dramatic music          196 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,153                [Mark]                       I can remember growing up      197 00:07:25,194 --> 00:07:27,572               and hearing                   about this kid across town,     198 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:28,906       and they call him "The Jet."    199 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:32,034     And then I got a opportunity          to face him at a young age,     200 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:34,454             and I'm like,                "This dude is the real deal.     201 00:07:34,495 --> 00:07:35,621       I gotta step my game up."      202 00:07:35,663 --> 00:07:38,040        Kenny was one of those                New York point guards        203 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:39,709            you talk about                    could shoot the ball.        204 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:41,627          He could definitely                    shoot the ball.           205 00:07:43,045 --> 00:07:44,464             [commentator]                         Three-pointer.           206 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:46,174         [cheers and applause]        207 00:07:46,215 --> 00:07:47,884                [Andre]                      Playing on that big stage,     208 00:07:47,925 --> 00:07:48,968       playing with Michael Jordan,    209 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:51,554          and him showing out              and representing New York,      210 00:07:51,596 --> 00:07:55,433        Kenny Smith was someone          that definitely paved the way.    211 00:07:55,475 --> 00:08:00,771                                    212 00:08:05,193 --> 00:08:08,279         avant-garde jazz music      213 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:13,618                                    214 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:17,914        [Joekenneth]    Bringing                 that New York swag         215 00:08:17,955 --> 00:08:18,831             That attitude           216 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,666            Couldn't shake it                      if we tried             217 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:22,627         From the time we touched             the court as youngins        218 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,212            We were raised                   to handle the rock          219 00:08:24,253 --> 00:08:26,380          It's our art form,                 our self-expression         220 00:08:26,422 --> 00:08:28,799         Our on-court weapon,                 all rolled in one          221 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:30,510        Handles is who we are       222 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:31,677           It's what we do          223 00:08:31,719 --> 00:08:33,471            And if you hear                  a point guard yell          224 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,306       "Hey, yo, clear it out"      225 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:37,558            Well, you're in                   for a long night           226 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,478             hip-hop music           227 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,313             [rapper]   Yo.                   [rapper]   What's going on?      228 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:46,400                                    229 00:08:46,442 --> 00:08:48,486               [Stephon]                    A New York City point guard     230 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:51,280         will give up his girl                    and his chain            231 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:53,074    before he give up his dribble.    232 00:08:55,284 --> 00:08:56,577             [Kenny Smith]                    You know the old saying.      233 00:08:56,619 --> 00:08:58,079         If you had to choose                   between your girl          234 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,455             and the rock,                     who you gonna take?         235 00:08:59,497 --> 00:09:01,457              It's like,                  I won't have a date tonight,     236 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:03,668             'cause the rock                      is more important.         237 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,962              It's the most                      valuable thing ever.        238 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:08,214          We understood that                     in third grade.           239 00:09:08,256 --> 00:09:10,841           motivational music        240 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:12,468                [Nancy]                    When you're handling the ball,  241 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:14,053        there's definitely a feel.     242 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:15,388            There's a freedom.         243 00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:17,723        If I can lull you here        244 00:09:17,765 --> 00:09:20,434           and then beat you                    to your top foot,          245 00:09:20,476 --> 00:09:22,353          I'm gonna get by you.        246 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,230                                    247 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:25,815          [Rod]   A lot of kids                    come into the gym,         248 00:09:25,856 --> 00:09:28,818      and they shoot 1,000 jumpers,                 2,000 jumpers.           249 00:09:28,859 --> 00:09:31,153          Well, we were doing                  that ballhandling.          250 00:09:31,195 --> 00:09:32,238        And so because of that,       251 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,157           I think it became                   a part of my hand.          252 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:36,576           [Kenny Anderson]                  Working on my ball skills,     253 00:09:36,617 --> 00:09:38,578               I used to do                     so many crazy things.        254 00:09:38,619 --> 00:09:40,371                You know,                    going to the grocery store,     255 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,497           getting the eggs                      from the store,           256 00:09:41,539 --> 00:09:44,375     and I dribble with the ball,                  left hand.              257 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,335     Then I switch the eggs over,                  right hand.             258 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:49,839     And I'll see how many I break           before I get upstairs.        259 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,007            I broke a few.            260 00:09:51,048 --> 00:09:53,426           I got cussed out           261 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:56,095         a bunch of times too.        262 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:58,556                                    263 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,641      [Shannon]   No girl was able              to stay in front of me.       264 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,560          No girl can guard me.        265 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:04,478        I have pretty much one                 of the best handles         266 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,522           you will ever see                   in the girls' game.         267 00:10:06,564 --> 00:10:09,066        I'd dribble the air out           the ball if you wanted me to.    268 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:10,401                                    269 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,445    [Smush]   I used to carry around             a tennis ball with me,       270 00:10:12,486 --> 00:10:14,363          and I used to dribble                  through the crowds,         271 00:10:14,405 --> 00:10:15,865               walking down                     New York City streets.       272 00:10:15,906 --> 00:10:17,325        No, when I didn't have                   a tennis ball,            273 00:10:17,366 --> 00:10:19,869      I used to cross people over              with no basketball,         274 00:10:19,910 --> 00:10:21,537        walking down the street                 in New York City.          275 00:10:21,579 --> 00:10:23,039            And people used                    to look at me cray.         276 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,124             I'd mix, mix.            277 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:26,417          I still do it now!          278 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:27,668           Bounce with it...         279 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:29,503      [Taliek]   Growing up, that's             all I really used to do,      280 00:10:29,545 --> 00:10:31,380      is work on my handle a lot,             you know what I mean?        281 00:10:31,422 --> 00:10:32,757          That's how I really                   started playing,           282 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:35,426         just watching wizards                 with the basketball         283 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,094          like God Shammgod.          284 00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:39,180      Between the legs, full court,    285 00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:40,681                 nonstop.              286 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:42,224               [Niesha]                   I just remember watching him,    287 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:43,643          and it's just like,                 "How is he doing it?"        288 00:10:43,684 --> 00:10:45,186       How do you cross somebody                    ten times              289 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:46,270            in two seconds,                   you know what I mean?        290 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:48,272          I can actually hear                  the ball dribbling          291 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,691    when you think about Shammgod.    292 00:10:50,733 --> 00:10:52,485             [Joekenneth]                   You can't talk about handles    293 00:10:52,526 --> 00:10:55,112      without talking about the man                behind the move:          294 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:56,489              God Shammgod.            295 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:58,366              The Diplomats'                     "Dispet Anthem"           296 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:00,451              Yeah, Dipset           297 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:02,161                                    298 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:04,455              Uh, come on            299 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:07,541          Uh, with your boy...       300 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,251             [commentator]                           Shammgod.              301 00:11:09,293 --> 00:11:11,295             Oh, my goodness.          302 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,296         Let me see you do this      303 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:14,548         Killa, Jim, Freekey...      304 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:16,634               [Stephon]                    Shamm is one of the masters     305 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,803      at dribbling the basketball                on the planet.            306 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,304           Today's a new day         307 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,223            Got the boo-lay up                   in the suitcase           308 00:11:22,264 --> 00:11:25,351           Go uptown to Harlem,             tell 'em that I sent ya...     309 00:11:25,393 --> 00:11:27,937       Most creative point guard             that New York had seen.       310 00:11:27,978 --> 00:11:30,106      [commentator]   The greatest              handle since Samsonite.       311 00:11:30,147 --> 00:11:33,275        [commentator]   Shammgod              somehow snuck inside again.     312 00:11:33,317 --> 00:11:34,443      You better know how to play     313 00:11:34,485 --> 00:11:36,779          if you got a name--                    Shammgod Wells!           314 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:37,822             [commentator]                     You know he's coming,        315 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,824      but you still can't stop him.    316 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:42,576             [commentator]                     Shammgod for the tie!        317 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:45,162      A move is named after him.                     A move.               318 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:47,623           Uh, with ya boy...        319 00:11:47,665 --> 00:11:50,418        You flick the ball out,              and you snatch it back.       320 00:11:50,459 --> 00:11:51,919               [A-Butta]                       When I say legendary,        321 00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:55,548     I don't know too many people            that got they own move.       322 00:11:55,589 --> 00:11:57,675           Scared to death.                      Scared to look.           323 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:58,676            Yeah, he shook.           324 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:01,303           jaunty jazz music         325 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:02,638         My name's God Shammgod.       326 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,640        I'm from Harlem, New York.     327 00:12:04,682 --> 00:12:05,808        I hear a little kid like,      328 00:12:05,850 --> 00:12:08,269        "Yeah, I Shammgods him.                 I Shammgods him."          329 00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:09,812             "Oh, you know                  that's a person, right?"       330 00:12:09,854 --> 00:12:11,480            And he's like,                 "Nah, that's not a person.      331 00:12:11,522 --> 00:12:13,441      That's a move. That's a move.                 The Shammgod."           332 00:12:13,482 --> 00:12:14,942         And he's like, "Yeah,            this is Shammgod right here."    333 00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:16,736              He's like,                      "You're not Shammgod.        334 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:18,988         You're not Shammgod."                      [laughs]               335 00:12:19,029 --> 00:12:20,781        [Cam'ron]   I seen Shamm                 do that in the street.       336 00:12:20,823 --> 00:12:22,742       Before that shit got on TV,                  anywhere else,           337 00:12:22,783 --> 00:12:25,995     that shit was on 145th Street               and Lenox Park,           338 00:12:26,036 --> 00:12:28,122          in my face, pause.          339 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:31,751              [cheering]              340 00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:33,919                 [God]                        In 1997 against Arizona,      341 00:12:33,961 --> 00:12:37,089           that was the day              Shammgod was born to the world.  342 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:39,675               [Bobbito]                       Highly-televised game.       343 00:12:39,717 --> 00:12:42,678         He pulls out the move            that he did at 139 and Lenox.    344 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,096              [vocalizes]             345 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:46,474           suspenseful music         346 00:12:46,515 --> 00:12:49,268         I jumped out my couch                    like, "What?"            347 00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:52,313              That was epic.                          Ooh, ooh!              348 00:12:52,354 --> 00:12:54,690         He did the playground               and now it's on the TV.       349 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:56,776                                    350 00:12:56,817 --> 00:12:59,528        [God]   I tell everybody,            "Clear it out, clear it out.   "  351 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:00,946    And I tried to do another move,  352 00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:04,867          and then reacted to me             messing up on another move.     353 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:09,121          And then the whole                Shammgod thing was born.       354 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:11,081        [Cam'ron]   He really had                    everybody else           355 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:14,168             practicing it                 because he did it so fast.      356 00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,628        You know, it was like,        357 00:13:15,669 --> 00:13:17,671     "Yo, what the fuck was that?             What'd you just do?"         358 00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:19,590         That move right there             is still used to this day.      359 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,425        I done seen some people                   get messed up            360 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,468      with that move right there.     361 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,428              [cheering]              362 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:28,015                                    363 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,642        [commentator]   Westbrook                comes off the screen.        364 00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:32,436      He hits him with the Shammgod.  365 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:33,646           [commentator]   Oh!          366 00:13:33,687 --> 00:13:36,440         20-plus years later,         367 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,818     the world is still calling it                the Shammgod.            368 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:40,402        I gotta thank my father                     for that,              369 00:13:40,444 --> 00:13:42,238      because if my name was Al,      370 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:43,656         it probably wouldn't                    sound as cool.            371 00:13:43,697 --> 00:13:45,199              solemn music           372 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,785          In the seventh grade,                   I went to PS 275.          373 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,745            And this teacher,                he always saying something,     374 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:51,080      'cause he was our PE teacher.    375 00:13:51,121 --> 00:13:53,791      "Hey, you just need to focus,           'cause if you really knew      376 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,417          what you was doing,                  you could be good."         377 00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:56,794      And I'm like, "Who the eff      378 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,546            is this old guy                  telling me how to play?       379 00:13:58,587 --> 00:14:01,423     This dude don't know nothing             about no basketball."        380 00:14:01,465 --> 00:14:02,550           So my boy was like,         381 00:14:02,591 --> 00:14:03,676          "Hey, I got this tape                     you can watch.           382 00:14:03,717 --> 00:14:04,885       It's called   Below the Rim."     383 00:14:04,927 --> 00:14:07,179         And it had Tim Hardaway,      384 00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:08,764          it had Isaiah Thomas,        385 00:14:08,806 --> 00:14:10,432            all these other                    great point guards,         386 00:14:10,474 --> 00:14:12,059     like, from back in the days.     387 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:14,061       So it got to Tiny Archibald,                 and I'm like,            388 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:17,273    "Yo, he looks just like the guy         that's my gym teacher.        389 00:14:17,314 --> 00:14:18,816     He probably related to him,"     390 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,025    'cause I'm like, at this point,  391 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:21,443               you know,                    if somebody's in the NBA,      392 00:14:21,485 --> 00:14:22,695     you think they rich, period.     393 00:14:22,736 --> 00:14:24,488         So I go back to school,                    and I'm like,            394 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:26,991         "Hey, is Tiny Archibald                   related to you?"          395 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:29,285             He was like,                 "What are you talking about?     396 00:14:29,326 --> 00:14:30,286              That's me."             397 00:14:30,327 --> 00:14:32,246             ambient music           398 00:14:32,288 --> 00:14:35,416      He's the crème de la crème         of New York City point guards.    399 00:14:35,457 --> 00:14:36,834     That's the GOAT, GOAT, GOAT.     400 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,002                                    401 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:39,378      [Kenny Smith]   The only guy                 to lead the league         402 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:40,880       in assisting and scoring                 in the same year.          403 00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:42,756            He could shoot.                     He could rebound.          404 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:44,675           He could defend.                  He was a great passer.        405 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,010                                    406 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:48,804     Tiny Archibald is in a class                  by himself.             407 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:52,141         He was the architect             of what we're talking about.     408 00:14:52,182 --> 00:14:54,685    [God]   "Why the hell you didn't         tell me you played in the NBA?  409 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:55,978              That's crazy."           410 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:58,689        After that, he told me,          "If you master how to dribble,    411 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:01,317          you will always be               worth something to a team."     412 00:15:01,358 --> 00:15:04,320             hip-hop music           413 00:15:04,361 --> 00:15:09,408                                    414 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,076      He would practice all day,      415 00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:12,369          and then in the middle                    of the night,            416 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:15,706           sneak out the house               and walk down Lenox Avenue,     417 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,791        just dribbling the ball                  down the lines            418 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:19,543     of the Lenox Avenue streets.     419 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:23,797                                    420 00:15:23,839 --> 00:15:27,760    [Stephon]   I was the biggest fan        of how he would cross over.     421 00:15:27,801 --> 00:15:30,137      We would go to Five-Star camp.  422 00:15:30,179 --> 00:15:31,639         Everybody got shook.         423 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,015              All of us.              424 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:34,892             [commentator]                       Shammgod is almost         425 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:38,354           an impossible player                      to defense.             426 00:15:38,395 --> 00:15:41,273          He played the game                    at a slower pace.          427 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:44,276          He didn't speed by you                    all the time.            428 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:45,402            So he slowed down.         429 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:48,280        [commentator]   Shammgod.              Stop and go, and delivers.     430 00:15:48,322 --> 00:15:50,574          And that's Harlem,              'cause they like to be seen.     431 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:51,700     Harlem dudes like to be seen.    432 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:52,910             They want you                    to show your outfit.         433 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:54,536    They want to see what sneakers.  434 00:15:54,578 --> 00:15:56,246     He had the whole Harlem vibe.    435 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,165                                    436 00:15:58,207 --> 00:16:00,292     You would just know somebody              that's from Harlem.         437 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,294       Like, you could just tell             by the way we dressed,        438 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:03,629       the way we wear our hats.      439 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:05,255           We got our own swag.        440 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:08,008     [Cam'ron]   We're from Harlem,             so we're big on fashion.      441 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,885     Shamm had bought these shoes.    442 00:16:09,927 --> 00:16:12,554    It looked like a regular shoe--                sneaker--              443 00:16:12,596 --> 00:16:14,181           but in the front,          444 00:16:14,223 --> 00:16:17,810      it was like a round plate,           but it was off the ground,      445 00:16:17,851 --> 00:16:20,813         and you walked basically               on your toes all day.        446 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,940      And I'm just walking around             with them on all day         447 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:25,818     like it's just a regular day,          like, going to the store.      448 00:16:25,859 --> 00:16:26,944          He would wear them,         449 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,113        working out with them,                dribbling with them.         450 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:30,990      [Cam'ron]   Going to school,               getting on the train,        451 00:16:31,031 --> 00:16:32,491           getting on the bus,                    going to the park,         452 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:35,703     going to see his girlfriend--       whatever it is, on these shoes.  453 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:37,413           So niggas was like,                  "Yo, Shamm is wilding.       454 00:16:37,454 --> 00:16:40,541      Like, he might have smoked           that bad blunt right there.     455 00:16:40,582 --> 00:16:42,459             We don't know                what the fuck Shamm is doing,    456 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:43,627       you know what I'm saying?      457 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:44,795           Like, yo, Shamm,              what the fuck are you wearing?"  458 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,047     And Cam and them called them               orthopedic shoes.          459 00:16:47,089 --> 00:16:49,758        Like, "Yo, why you got              these hospital shoes on?"      460 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,093            And then, like,                    three months later,         461 00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:52,845             Shamm started                     dunking on people.          462 00:16:52,886 --> 00:16:54,638               We like,                     "Oh, the fucking shoes!"       463 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,848       you know what I'm saying?      464 00:16:55,889 --> 00:16:57,433          Like, these shoes were                  to help you jump,          465 00:16:57,474 --> 00:16:59,518          just walk on your toes                       all day,              466 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,270         but they look stupid.        467 00:17:01,311 --> 00:17:02,438           So when he did that         468 00:17:02,479 --> 00:17:05,024      and started wearing them shoes         to school and to the store     469 00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:06,275            and didn't care                     what nobody said,          470 00:17:06,316 --> 00:17:08,360      I said, "Oh, he's gonna be          a different type of animal."     471 00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:11,113        -[producer] Maybe that?              -Yo, that's the shits!        472 00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:14,033             Yo, these are                     the fucking shoes!          473 00:17:14,074 --> 00:17:15,367         Did I describe them?         474 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:17,953          Did I do a good job                describing these shits?       475 00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:19,997       These are the exact shoes                   right here              476 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,791       that we used to tease him               about, absolutely.          477 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:25,502      Yo, this is crazy you have           these in the cut right now.     478 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:28,505           melancholic music         479 00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:33,719                                    480 00:17:38,974 --> 00:17:40,642             [Joekenneth]                       Shamm made his mark.        481 00:17:40,684 --> 00:17:42,144        All of our point gods did,     482 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:46,315      but making your mark in 1980s           New York City wasn't easy.     483 00:17:46,356 --> 00:17:48,484         It was a tumultuous time                    to navigate             484 00:17:48,525 --> 00:17:50,360        as a youngin on a mission,     485 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:51,570            and for all of us,         486 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:54,573             it was something                   we had to figure out.        487 00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:55,866                [Jamal]                             In the '80s,            488 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,868              we were seeing                      the manifestation          489 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:02,081            of the abandonment                   of the communities.         490 00:18:02,122 --> 00:18:05,375          Any way that people                could be made fearful,        491 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,961     beat down, and incarcerated,                 it happened.             492 00:18:08,003 --> 00:18:09,922            What you see is                 the rise of unemployment.      493 00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:12,925      And so what fills the hole             for that unemployment?        494 00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:15,135            We see crack come                     at the same time.          495 00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:19,348           This has reached                   epidemic proportion.         496 00:18:19,389 --> 00:18:20,474                                    497 00:18:20,516 --> 00:18:23,143    [Chuck D]   The Black community,                  in the '80s,            498 00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:27,022          it was infiltrated                    with guns, drugs,          499 00:18:27,064 --> 00:18:30,400        quick, fast money, and            everything that came with it.    500 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,443                                    501 00:18:31,485 --> 00:18:33,237                You know,                     New York was always, like,     502 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:35,072        "We'll knock you down.                    Get back up."            503 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,365             hip-hop music           504 00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:39,451      [Jamal]   What was happening              was cultural resilience.      505 00:18:39,493 --> 00:18:40,786      The birthplace of hip-hop.      506 00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:41,995         Boogie, boogie down.         507 00:18:42,037 --> 00:18:43,288              [beatboxes]             508 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:45,749     [Chuck D]   Let's get involved            with some music, hip-hop.      509 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,127    Do it in the parks. Basketball.  510 00:18:48,168 --> 00:18:50,254         [indistinct chatter]         511 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:52,381               [Fat Joe]                   All these guys were surrounded  512 00:18:52,422 --> 00:18:55,050           by gangs and drugs,         513 00:18:55,092 --> 00:18:58,137      but those guys, we knew at         a early age they were special.    514 00:18:58,178 --> 00:19:00,264          Those are the guys                    who we protected           515 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:02,641            because we knew                    they could make it.         516 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:03,934        They could go further.        517 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,936         [indistinct chatter]         518 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,604             [Kenny Smith]                     You come out to play.        519 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,690       You see the crack bottles                  on the floor,            520 00:19:09,731 --> 00:19:11,316      and you gotta sweep it up.      521 00:19:11,358 --> 00:19:13,735          You hear the gunplay--                   pop, pop, pop--           522 00:19:13,777 --> 00:19:16,071          the sirens going off.        523 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:17,281           [Fat Joe]   I mean,                       these kids got           524 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:19,324            so many obstacles                       against them.            525 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:21,743         I know everybody has                a hard time everywhere,       526 00:19:21,785 --> 00:19:25,789           but New York City                  is gladiator school.         527 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:27,958          [Joe]   When you come                    to New York City,          528 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,794      you gotta be a little careful              where you're going.         529 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,004    I remember coming to see Pearl.  530 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:35,090         He said, "Now, Coach,            you come to my neighborhood,     531 00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:36,717             just call me.            532 00:19:36,758 --> 00:19:38,343        I'll come and get you."       533 00:19:38,385 --> 00:19:41,680    [Kenny Smith]   Pearl Washington              was a man among Boys        534 00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:43,390           that we all chased.         535 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:45,309               And we felt,                  if we can compete with him,     536 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:47,477           that we can compete                      with anybody.            537 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:48,729          I told you earlier,         538 00:19:48,770 --> 00:19:50,189               I thought                  I could guard Michael Jordan     539 00:19:50,230 --> 00:19:51,315            'cause I guard                      Pearl Washington.          540 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:52,858             [Joekenneth]                     Nobody was more New York      541 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,027              than the late,                   great Pearl Washington,       542 00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:56,820      who took the Big East by storm  543 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:59,031             with his boogie,                  learned on the blacktop.      544 00:19:59,072 --> 00:19:59,990              Rest in peace.           545 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,492            Can you feel it?         546 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,785             Check this out          547 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:05,621          Girl, I'll house you       548 00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:07,623          Girl, I'll house you       549 00:20:07,664 --> 00:20:09,249          Girl, I'll house you       550 00:20:09,291 --> 00:20:11,251       You in my hut now, my hut     551 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:12,920        Girl, I'll house you...      552 00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:14,880      Pearl was like Black Jesus                   out there.              553 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:16,965          You were just like,                "Did you see this guy?        554 00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,592      You gotta go see this guy!"     555 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:19,635               Yeah, yeah            556 00:20:19,676 --> 00:20:21,345          Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah       557 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:22,554           Yeah, it's time...        558 00:20:22,596 --> 00:20:25,307       He did things that nobody           could do with a basketball.     559 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:29,061    Greatest showman that ever came           from New York City.         560 00:20:29,102 --> 00:20:30,646       He was everybody's idol.       561 00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:32,231       Jump, jump a little higher   562 00:20:32,272 --> 00:20:34,233                  Jump,                    jump until you get tired...     563 00:20:34,274 --> 00:20:37,069           [Kenny Anderson]                 Too bad he's not here today,    564 00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:38,528         'cause he's the god.         565 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:39,446            Yeah, he's God.           566 00:20:39,488 --> 00:20:41,031             [commentator]                   The last shot, Washington.     567 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,658               Two seconds.            568 00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:43,992                   Oh!                 569 00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:46,954    He embodied what New York City          point guards were about.       570 00:20:46,995 --> 00:20:50,874             [commentator]                 Number 31, Dwayne Washington.    571 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,125        [Rod]   There was a buzz                      in the city             572 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:54,211         about Pearl Washington.       573 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:57,839            Everybody's packed                       in the park.            574 00:20:57,881 --> 00:20:59,132        The game is getting ready                      to start              575 00:20:59,174 --> 00:21:00,842          and Pearl's not there,       576 00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:02,261     so you see everybody walking.    577 00:21:02,302 --> 00:21:03,512        They leaving the park.        578 00:21:03,553 --> 00:21:05,722         Then you just see him           coming in with the motorcycle.    579 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:07,975               You know,                    he revving up the engine.      580 00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:10,269         And you see everybody            running back to their seats.     581 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:12,688          So Pearl would come              to the games on a motorbike     582 00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:15,399    with a big, gold Pac-Man chain,  583 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,360             'cause he always                   ate up his opponents.        584 00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:21,029               [Bobbito]                    Pac-Man was that video game,    585 00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:22,990               like, the                   "waka waka waka waka waka,"     586 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:24,992                and that's                       what Pearl would do.        587 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,785              lively music           588 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,246            I remember him                     walking in the gym,         589 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,497       having his Pac-Man chain,      590 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:34,418               and his girl                   having Ms. Pac-Man chain.      591 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:36,378        I never seen a guy come               to a high school game        592 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,255    in a fur coat till I saw Pearl.  593 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,424               I was like,                    "This guy's unbelievable."     594 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:42,843              [reporter]                   The Pearl, Dwayne Washington.    595 00:21:42,884 --> 00:21:44,094        He's already a legend,                     and here's              596 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,595      what the basketball people                   are saying:             597 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:48,140         "The best player ever           to come out of New York City."    598 00:21:48,181 --> 00:21:49,891           jaunty jazz music         599 00:21:49,933 --> 00:21:52,269               [Stephen]                    I tried to go to three games    600 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:54,563      at Boys and Girls High School.  601 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:56,481          It was too packed.                   I couldn't get in.          602 00:21:56,523 --> 00:21:57,649          I couldn't get in.          603 00:21:57,691 --> 00:21:59,443     [reporter]   Big relief to have           finally made that decision     604 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,527              -of Syracuse?                     -[Pearl]   Oh, yeah.          605 00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:02,029          And I'm definitely                     looking forward           606 00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:03,613         to going up there too                    and playing.             607 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,198              [reporter]                  Playing in that Carrier Dome.    608 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,284       I call it the Pearl Dome.                   [chuckles]              609 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,368                                    610 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:09,828            [Rafer]   He made                   every New York City kid       611 00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:12,039             dream of playing                   and going to Syracuse.       612 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,498     A lot of us didn't even know              where Syracuse was,         613 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:14,750              but we knew                     we wanted to go there        614 00:22:14,791 --> 00:22:16,084    'cause that's where Pearl was.    615 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:17,878              [cheering]              616 00:22:17,919 --> 00:22:19,087            [Jim]   You walk                     into the Carrier Dome,       617 00:22:19,129 --> 00:22:20,422        and there's 30,000 people                       there,               618 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:22,924             the anticipation                     of Pearl playing,          619 00:22:22,966 --> 00:22:24,343           it was unbelievable.        620 00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:26,136          And the crowd was--         621 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:30,891    it was like they were watching        a Bruce Springsteen concert.     622 00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:33,977       "Born in the USA" playing     623 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:38,940                                    624 00:22:39,232 --> 00:22:41,985                [crowd]                         Born in the USA...        625 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,362                                    626 00:22:43,403 --> 00:22:46,073               Syracuse,                  with Pearl Washington, was--     627 00:22:46,114 --> 00:22:47,616           he was showtime.           628 00:22:47,657 --> 00:22:51,286      [Rick]   He had great vision.                Great penetration.         629 00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:54,081      Really a magical basketball           player in the open court.      630 00:22:54,122 --> 00:22:56,041       Dwayne "Pearl" Washington      631 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:58,460         is the greatest show         632 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,754            in the history                   of college basketball.        633 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:02,130         [announcer]   The 1984         634 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:04,549           Big East Conference                Tournament Championships.      635 00:23:04,591 --> 00:23:07,219          This game comes to you              from Madison Square Garden     636 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:08,428            in New York City.          637 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:11,098       Now, being from New York           and putting on from New York     638 00:23:11,139 --> 00:23:12,933              is totally                      two different things.        639 00:23:12,974 --> 00:23:14,434                He played                     at Madison Square Garden,      640 00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:16,395                 which is                       the mecca of New York.       641 00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,688               I call it                    Microwave Square Garden.       642 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:20,482           It will melt you                if you're not ready for it.     643 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:23,568       [announcer]   For the Hoyas            of Georgetown University...     644 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:27,030       Georgetown was known for          their famous pressing defense,    645 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,281            Hoya Paranoia.            646 00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:30,492            Georgetown had                   the best defensive team       647 00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:32,202            in the history                   of college basketball.        648 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,496      And everybody talking about        how the pressure of Georgetown    649 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:38,583             is gonna expose                 the great Pearl Washington.     650 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:40,293             [commentator]                  Oh, he's a Garden favorite.     651 00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:41,461          Listen to this crowd.        652 00:23:41,503 --> 00:23:43,046               [Bobbito]                      He looked like a penguin      653 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:44,297            with Pro-Keds on.          654 00:23:44,339 --> 00:23:46,466      He'd be like, "Please throw          a full court press at me--      655 00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:50,554           please--so I can                 bring out the whip-wop."       656 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:52,013       [Dermon]   Georgetown goes                   for their famous          657 00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:53,932                man-to-man                       full court pressure.        658 00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:56,768      Pearl says to Jim Boeheim,      659 00:23:56,810 --> 00:23:58,353            "Get out the way.          660 00:23:58,395 --> 00:23:59,521                I got it."             661 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:02,107             [commentator]                    Look at Pearl dribbling.      662 00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:04,985                 [God]                     Man, he destroyed Georgetown.    663 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:07,612             [commentator]                  Pearl stops and banks it in.    664 00:24:07,654 --> 00:24:10,365     They was trying to press him.        He in and out, crossing over.    665 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:12,409            He's playing like               I see people play in the park.  666 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,369             [commentator]                      The Garden's alive.         667 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:16,204         The Pearl goes to town.       668 00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:17,330                 [Rod]                            He would laugh.           669 00:24:17,372 --> 00:24:19,124           Like, he would do                   something real good         670 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:20,584       and just run down court,                     laughing.              671 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:23,170             [commentator]                       Oh, big smile too.         672 00:24:23,211 --> 00:24:25,213            He loves New York.         673 00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:27,090             [commentator]                    And New York loves him.       674 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:28,467                 [Jim]                      You just couldn't guard him.    675 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:31,178         I mean, nobody could.                  Nobody ever did.           676 00:24:31,219 --> 00:24:34,264             [commentator]                    The Pearl goes to work.       677 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,682               He's got it!            678 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:36,725              [laughter]              679 00:24:36,766 --> 00:24:39,811             [commentator]                    Absolutely sensational!       680 00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:41,188     [Mark]   Against the pressure,     681 00:24:41,229 --> 00:24:43,982            he beat Goliath                  with his ballhandling.        682 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:46,735    [Jim]   And then he's got to deal            with Patrick Ewing.         683 00:24:46,776 --> 00:24:49,112        [commentator]   The Pearl                goes up against Ewing,       684 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:50,322             and he's got it.          685 00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,199       [Jim]   You don't lay it up                 on Patrick Ewing.          686 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,783          You don't even try to.       687 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,410    Most normal guys don't try to.    688 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:57,120             hip-hop music           689 00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:58,538    [Mark]   For the first time ever,                  you saw               690 00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:01,458      the great perimeter defenders                 of Georgetown            691 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,084             giving airspace.          692 00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:04,252         It's almost like saying,      693 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:06,379             "You got me.                         You got me."             694 00:25:06,421 --> 00:25:10,258    And every New York City person             was sitting there,          695 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:11,801         high-fiving, saying,                     "I told you."            696 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:14,429         [commentator]   Listen              to this ovation for the Pearl.  697 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:15,514     [Stephen]   He embarrassed you.    698 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:19,142          He made you go home                and really contemplate        699 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:21,186        whether you were meant                 to play basketball.         700 00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:25,273         I'm just lucky I got              the best seat in the house      701 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:26,775          to watch him play.          702 00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:28,026             I still get--            703 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,778          I still get teary.          704 00:25:29,819 --> 00:25:33,073           It's hard not to.          705 00:25:33,114 --> 00:25:34,282              [sniffles]              706 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:37,327             ambient music           707 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:42,707                                    708 00:25:49,464 --> 00:25:50,882             [Joekenneth]                   Breaking the toughest press     709 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,259      in college basketball history?  710 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:55,136      Pssh, man, the city throws            full-court pressure at us      711 00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:56,596      every day just to survive.      712 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,474       That's why Pearl laughed           in the face of Hoya Paranoia,    713 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:01,309     why Kenny dared to check MJ,     714 00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:04,187     and why Shamm was bold enough        to get busy on the big stage     715 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:06,273     like it was 139th and Lenox.     716 00:26:06,314 --> 00:26:07,816       Pressure makes diamonds,       717 00:26:07,857 --> 00:26:09,442         and our point guards                    shine brightest           718 00:26:09,484 --> 00:26:10,610       when the pressure is on.       719 00:26:10,652 --> 00:26:12,988             In New York,                    we can't just show up.        720 00:26:13,029 --> 00:26:14,406          We gotta show out.          721 00:26:14,447 --> 00:26:15,782       And we do it with style.       722 00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,868       dramatic orchestral music     723 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,246                                    724 00:26:21,288 --> 00:26:23,456      That New York style of play              is just all about,          725 00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:25,625        you know, swag, flash,        726 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:27,544        having that confidence.       727 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,297             [commentator]                     And he has big moves.        728 00:26:30,338 --> 00:26:32,173       [Vincent]   We're a little                 "ooh and ahh" city.         729 00:26:32,215 --> 00:26:33,800              "Ooh! Ahh!                        Did you see that?          730 00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:34,801         Oh, behind the back!         731 00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:37,804               Oh, my God!                          He's so good!"           732 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:39,264               [Cam'ron]                       When you from New York       733 00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:41,558          and you shake somebody               and the crowd go "ooh,"       734 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,310      there's no stat for that shit,  735 00:26:43,351 --> 00:26:45,270              but if you                      "bah, bah, bah, bah,"        736 00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:46,271                "ooh,"                737 00:26:46,313 --> 00:26:48,189       that's almost like five,                    six points              738 00:26:48,231 --> 00:26:49,232             in our brain.            739 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:53,028                                    740 00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:54,070               [Shannon]                           We talk trash.           741 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,697         And we say, "How much               you want to play for?"        742 00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:57,699               You know,                   it's about bragging rights.     743 00:26:57,741 --> 00:27:00,535      It's about letting you know          you're not better than me.      744 00:27:00,577 --> 00:27:04,122                                    745 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:05,540                [Nancy]                       You had to kind of come       746 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:07,834         with some swag, bravado.      747 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:10,754       You put fear into the person                  guarding you            748 00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:12,422         because they don't want                  to be embarrassed.         749 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,924          They're just like,          750 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:16,801    "Man, they're gonna be talking                about this,"             751 00:27:16,843 --> 00:27:19,596    and you're like, "Yep, they're        gonna be talking about this."    752 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:23,391                                    753 00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:24,768               [Bobbito]                       It wasn't just moves.        754 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:26,561         It was your sneakers.                 It was your shorts.         755 00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:27,729      It was, like, your haircut.     756 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:28,897     The whole mentality was like,    757 00:27:28,938 --> 00:27:30,857             "Okay, like,                  somebody did it like this.      758 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:33,860        I'm gonna try to do it,              like, this much iller."       759 00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:36,237             At the game,                   I'm watching people have,      760 00:27:36,279 --> 00:27:38,239       like, women undress them                  and dress them.           761 00:27:38,281 --> 00:27:41,409             At halftime,                    they changing sneakers.       762 00:27:41,451 --> 00:27:43,453                [Book]                      We invented the word "swag."    763 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:45,664      We invented the no-look pass.    764 00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:49,042    We invented the "and one now,"               the handshakes.           765 00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:50,085      And you kind of look like,      766 00:27:50,126 --> 00:27:52,629        "Ah, that's just being                from New York City."         767 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,173             It was just,                "Yo, he's just from New York."    768 00:27:55,215 --> 00:27:56,299          You're so New York.         769 00:27:56,341 --> 00:28:00,136                                    770 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:03,139           melancholic music         771 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:08,061                                    772 00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:13,858         [Kenny Smith]   As much             as New York City point guards    773 00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:15,985            get talked about,                     we're not better.          774 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:19,364        We just have guys who stay             longer than they should       775 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:21,032                or make it                      where they shouldn't.        776 00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:23,451    And I always say, Mark Jackson.  777 00:28:23,493 --> 00:28:24,703     If you describe him, you go,     778 00:28:24,744 --> 00:28:27,080            "Can he shoot?                        Can he jump?             779 00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:28,623           And was he fast?"          780 00:28:28,665 --> 00:28:30,917       All of those are gonna be                in the negatives,          781 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:33,294       but he's played 20 years                    in the NBA.             782 00:28:33,336 --> 00:28:36,381         He's one of the best             all-time assist leaders ever.    783 00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:38,633                 Ever!                784 00:28:38,675 --> 00:28:40,009      [Joekenneth]   Kenny's right.     785 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:41,219            Numbers don't lie.         786 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:42,554           And when the lights                       were bright             787 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:43,805         and the cameras were on,      788 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:47,267          nobody brought it like                Mark "Action" Jackson.       789 00:28:47,308 --> 00:28:49,352             Don't wake me           790 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:52,522            I'm dreamin'...          791 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:57,944                                    792 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,196        [commentator]   Enabling                 that turnover to take,       793 00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:02,449             Action Jackson.           794 00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:04,534       [commentator]   If anyone's                capable of doing it,        795 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,577             Mark Jackson is.          796 00:29:05,618 --> 00:29:08,163           He's the consummate                       point guard.            797 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:09,497      You couldn't speed Mark up.     798 00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:11,040           He always played                     at his own pace.           799 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:14,586       [commentator]   He decides             when to go and when to slow.    800 00:29:14,627 --> 00:29:17,756           And he saw things             way before everybody else did.    801 00:29:17,797 --> 00:29:19,424        An exceptional passer.        802 00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:20,967         Eyes behind his head.        803 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:23,052      [commentator]   Mark Jackson                will set up the show        804 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:23,845             all night long.           805 00:29:23,887 --> 00:29:25,305               [Vincent]                     I don't know if you know,      806 00:29:25,346 --> 00:29:26,931           Mark Jackson was                   a cocky son of a gun.        807 00:29:26,973 --> 00:29:30,226     He would always do this when        he scored or made a great pass,  808 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:35,064      and he would fly like this         after something great happened.  809 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:38,026           And everybody said,               "When are you gonna get him     810 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:39,277           to stop doing that?"        811 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:40,528         And my response was,         812 00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:43,031         "As long as he flies                    into the press,           813 00:29:43,072 --> 00:29:44,449          I'm fine with it."          814 00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:46,701         [Mark]   They called me                 Mark "Action" Jackson.       815 00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:49,037        I'm just Mark Jackson now.     816 00:29:49,078 --> 00:29:52,165    I made my first basketball team           at eight years old,         817 00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:53,583        and to be quite honest,       818 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,586          I scored one point                   the entire season.          819 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,630       But it allowed me to dream.     820 00:29:58,671 --> 00:30:00,840               I continued                    to get better and better.      821 00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:03,968        I can remember playing                  at 11 years old,           822 00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:07,096              my mom and dad                    sitting in the stands.       823 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,516         My mom never shut up.        824 00:30:09,557 --> 00:30:11,768        Love her to death, but            she was proud of her babies,     825 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,354    and she was gonna let you know        she was proud of her babies.     826 00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:19,400        His mom is the loudest               cheerleader out there.        827 00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:21,820     "You better stop Kenny Smith,                    Mark!                828 00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:23,988             And he's not                      as good as my son!"         829 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:25,907        [Mark]   So I'm scoring,               and the announcer's like,      830 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:27,575        "Basket by Mark Jackson."      831 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:30,745      My mom stands up and yells,     832 00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:32,872     "His name isn't Mark Jackson.    833 00:30:32,914 --> 00:30:34,874     It's Mark 'Action' Jackson."     834 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:36,584        And I'm sitting there,                  11-year-old kid,           835 00:30:36,626 --> 00:30:37,877      like, "Are you kidding me?"     836 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:40,505    I didn't know that was my name,           but Mama was proud,         837 00:30:40,547 --> 00:30:43,258       and she was tired of just           giving me the regular name.     838 00:30:43,299 --> 00:30:44,759              She wanted                      to add a flair to it.        839 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,637              [announcer]                     Number 13, Mark Jackson.      840 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,597                [Mark]                     My style of play was affected    841 00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:51,349        because of New York City.      842 00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:52,517         The grit, the grind,         843 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:54,602      the hustle, the toughness,             the competitive spirit.       844 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,688      [commentator]   Mark Jackson                 oftentimes appears         845 00:30:56,729 --> 00:30:58,398          to just have a string                     on that ball.            846 00:30:58,439 --> 00:30:59,524         [Mark]   It prepared me        847 00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:01,276             that when I got                  to St. John's University,      848 00:31:01,317 --> 00:31:02,235               I was ready.            849 00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:03,695             [commentator]                 Just what the doctor ordered,    850 00:31:03,736 --> 00:31:06,823      and Mark Jackson, Mr. Clutch.    851 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:09,492             [commentator]                     Mark "Action" Jackson!       852 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:11,035              Doing it all!            853 00:31:11,077 --> 00:31:13,288        [Book]   In watching him                     at St. John's,           854 00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:14,330       he put me to sleep at night.    855 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:16,583      He was like a warm blanket.                He was like...            856 00:31:16,624 --> 00:31:18,418        chocolate chip cookies                   with warm milk.           857 00:31:18,459 --> 00:31:19,836      I watched him and was like,     858 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,213        everything in the world               was gonna be better.         859 00:31:22,255 --> 00:31:24,799      [Mark]   I would not be a pro                   for 17 years            860 00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:27,427       had I not met Lou Carnesecca    861 00:31:27,468 --> 00:31:29,512              and played                    at St. John's University.      862 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,055          It made me better.          863 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:32,223                Coach.                864 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:49,157                  17.                 865 00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:50,241             A long time.             866 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:54,495               [laughs]               867 00:31:54,537 --> 00:31:55,705           I love this guy.           868 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,707     [announcer]   Just minutes away            from the first selection      869 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,292        in the 1987 NBA Draft here     870 00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,085            at the Felt Forum,                  Madison Square Garden.       871 00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:02,921       Mark Jackson from St. John's                    is here,              872 00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:04,756         and there's Kenny Smith                  of North Carolina.         873 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:07,842          And now, it wasn't                 just draft day for me.        874 00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:08,885             It was D-Day.            875 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,094              [announcer]                    At the top of your screen,     876 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:12,347        you see the time remaining                 for Sacramento.           877 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:13,598      [Mark]   Some teams told me--     878 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,725      I don't mean to, you know,         expose them, but they told me,    879 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,519       "If you're on the board,              we're gonna pick you."        880 00:32:18,561 --> 00:32:19,979     They picked Kenny Smith, man.    881 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:23,608              Kenny Smith                     from North Carolina.         882 00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:24,901             [Kenny Smith]                   After I got picked sixth,      883 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,527      you know, you go to the back.    884 00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:28,112        They had a screen that             he was still sitting there,     885 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:30,239          and I was like, "Nah,               nobody should be like that     886 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,199              on this day."            887 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,493         Kept going on and on,             and Mark didn't get picked,     888 00:32:33,534 --> 00:32:34,619       and he didn't get picked.      889 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:37,789          This is 15, 16, 17.         890 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:39,707         And so I go out there                 and I sit with him.         891 00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:41,334       And after his interviews                  and everything,           892 00:32:41,376 --> 00:32:42,377        he's sitting beside me.       893 00:32:42,418 --> 00:32:44,337           I'm like, "Dude,               you can't get drafted twice."    894 00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:45,463               [Vincent]                      When it got to the time       895 00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:46,506       when they were gonna pick--     896 00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:47,548          the New York Knicks--        897 00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:48,841              Kenny said,                   "They're gonna pick you."      898 00:32:48,883 --> 00:32:51,094      Which is all of our dream,             to play for the Knicks.       899 00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:55,682      And I sit down, and I pray         that the Knicks take this dude.  900 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:57,892    I don't know if he was praying,           but I was praying.          901 00:32:57,934 --> 00:33:00,603           For the 18th pick          902 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:03,314       in the 1987 NBA Draft...       903 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,900      And Kenny's sitting there,              and he's doing this.         904 00:33:05,942 --> 00:33:08,069        There's no this for me,                 'cause I'm like,           905 00:33:08,111 --> 00:33:09,320             who's to say                 that they don't screw it up?     906 00:33:09,362 --> 00:33:10,905          We know the Knicks.             They might screw it up again.    907 00:33:10,947 --> 00:33:14,909      The New York Knickerbockers             select Mark Jackson.         908 00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:18,788            triumphant music         909 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,456                [Mark]                      And I am absolutely stunned     910 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:23,292      and overwhelmed with emotion.    911 00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:24,502           You mean to tell me                       I don't have            912 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:27,046    to leave New York City to play?  913 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:29,340        It was a dream come true.      914 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:31,259            It was the hardest                 five minutes of my life.      915 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:32,885            Matter of fact,                    I almost broke down         916 00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:34,303         thanks to Kenny Smith                    walking over             917 00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:36,806         and taking care of me              for about 2 1/2 minutes,       918 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,766            but I'm just--                   I'm elated to be here.        919 00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:40,768     Well, we needed a point guard             to go with Patrick.         920 00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:42,687    We were void of a point guard.    921 00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:44,981            We needed somebody                 to get Patrick the ball,      922 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,816       really understood the game,     923 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,444        was just as intelligent                a basketball player         924 00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:51,195     as he's physically talented,     925 00:33:51,237 --> 00:33:52,238          and that was Mark.          926 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,575       [Stephen]   He was always,               always a floor general.       927 00:33:55,616 --> 00:33:56,909           You would see him                   talking to coaches.         928 00:33:56,951 --> 00:34:00,079          You know, "Do this.                  Do this. Do that."          929 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:03,624           And he was one of             the most trusted point guards,    930 00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:05,418               I think,                   in the history of basketball.    931 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,170        [commentator]   Although                 the Mark Jackson story       932 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:08,963      is still in the early stages,    933 00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:11,466              he has already                established himself as a star.  934 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:12,800             [commentator]                         Mark Jackson!            935 00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:13,968              [reporter]                    Knicks' guard, Mark Jackson,    936 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:15,678                 had won                      the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy      937 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,096        as NBA Rookie of the Year.     938 00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:19,891      The only guy in the history            of professional sports        939 00:34:19,932 --> 00:34:21,392       to win Rookie of the Year      940 00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:25,646       staying in the same house             that he was raised in.        941 00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:26,898            After the game,           942 00:34:26,939 --> 00:34:29,650        you see my BMW sitting             right outside of my house,      943 00:34:29,692 --> 00:34:31,444           in Queens, New York,        944 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:35,114           114-23 197th Street.        945 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:37,283                 Mom was                       the biggest cheerleader.      946 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:40,161              When I was                     the eight-year-old kid        947 00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:45,083       that scored the one point                the entire year,           948 00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:48,044          she was up clapping         949 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:51,672             like she knew                   what I was about to do.       950 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,509          She believed in me                before I believed in me,       951 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:58,971     and that confidence deposited           something in my spirit        952 00:34:59,013 --> 00:35:02,517      that still lives no matter            what I try to accomplish.      953 00:35:02,558 --> 00:35:07,563    I can hear her cheering me on,          and I'm forever grateful.      954 00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:13,569              tender music           955 00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:17,365                                    956 00:35:17,406 --> 00:35:21,119      [Joekenneth]   The point god           heyday was a challenging time.  957 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,830      The parks department's budget               was radically cut          958 00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:26,457             and threatening                the thriving basketball scene.  959 00:35:26,499 --> 00:35:27,792         [indistinct chatter]         960 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:29,627             Point gods laid                       new foundations           961 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:31,212            with AAU programs,         962 00:35:31,254 --> 00:35:34,048         such as Riverside Church                    and Gauchos.            963 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:35,925             ambient music           964 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,718       [reporter]   Right here in             the heart of the South Bronx    965 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,263            is a shiny new                    $2 million gymnasium,        966 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:41,931      which is owned by the Gauchos.  967 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:43,474         [Book]   You were gonna              take some inner-city youth,     968 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:46,936        and you were going to help          their life through basketball.  969 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,896                                    970 00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:50,231       You know, the '80s and '90s,    971 00:35:50,273 --> 00:35:51,983             the who's who                   of college basketball,        972 00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:53,359       the who's who of the NBA       973 00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:54,902             were playing                      in the Gauchos gym.         974 00:35:54,944 --> 00:35:56,195              [reporter]                     Dwayne "Pearl" Washington      975 00:35:56,237 --> 00:35:58,948          went from the Gauchos                to Syracuse University,       976 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,117         and then he too made it                     to the NBA.             977 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,077    If it weren't for the Gauchos,    978 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,163    where would most of these kids          be tonight, you explain?       979 00:36:05,204 --> 00:36:07,915          Forget these kids.               You know, where would I be?     980 00:36:07,957 --> 00:36:11,043               If it wasn't                  for this type of atmosphere,    981 00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:13,129                no telling                    where these kids would be.     982 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:16,174    [Stephon]   Gauchos and Riverside          are the two juggernauts       983 00:36:16,215 --> 00:36:18,176       of AAU in New York City.       984 00:36:18,217 --> 00:36:21,179     [Dermon] Let's go! Run! Run!                Finish! Finish!           985 00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:24,223         So I decided to join               Riverside Church in 1989.      986 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:25,349      Come on! Come on! Come on!      987 00:36:25,391 --> 00:36:27,185       Quick guard! Quick guard!                  Quick guard!             988 00:36:27,226 --> 00:36:28,269      And one of the things I do is,  989 00:36:28,311 --> 00:36:30,188             I teach guys                     how to read the floor        990 00:36:30,229 --> 00:36:32,231          and see the action               before the action happens.      991 00:36:32,273 --> 00:36:34,901     Don't let him embarrass you!                     Ooh!                 992 00:36:34,942 --> 00:36:36,569             Ooh-hoo-hoo!             993 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:39,071             [Kenny Smith]                 The Riverside jacket was gold.  994 00:36:39,113 --> 00:36:41,490              Blue jacket                    with the yellow strap.        995 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:45,036    It skated you through the city              of all adversity           996 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:47,538       if you wore that jacket.       997 00:36:49,957 --> 00:36:50,958         Have a ten o'clock game.      998 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,710                 You eat.                     It's 1:00 in the morning.      999 00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:55,296       It's not a good environment           for, you know, a 13-year-old    1000 00:36:55,338 --> 00:36:58,216          to be on the train             at one o'clock in the morning.    1001 00:36:58,257 --> 00:37:01,052         You see the Thug Nation             walking through the subway,     1002 00:37:01,093 --> 00:37:02,345           and they checking                     everybody out.            1003 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:05,139    It's like, who's the next vic?           Who's the next victim?        1004 00:37:05,181 --> 00:37:08,434                 And,                     "Oh, you play for Riverside?"    1005 00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:09,227                "Yeah."               1006 00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:12,563                 "Wow.                    Yo, keep doing it, brother."     1007 00:37:12,605 --> 00:37:14,815             They stopped.                They would give you the pass.    1008 00:37:14,857 --> 00:37:16,442    That Riverside jacket saved us.  1009 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,277     [Dermon] Hard to guard, man.           You guys getting better.       1010 00:37:18,319 --> 00:37:20,029       You guys getting better.           You guys have gotten better.     1011 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,406       [Book]   Riverside Church,             the New York City Gauchos--     1012 00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:24,325              what it's done                      for so many kids,          1013 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:28,204            boys and girls,                   has been tremendous.         1014 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,040             [Joekenneth]                    Mad players from the 'Chos     1015 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,833       left their mark on the city,    1016 00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:34,210        but Niesha Butlers' legacy     1017 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,754                 was left                    in the city's record books.     1018 00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:38,798              I remember                  watching this girl out there,    1019 00:37:38,839 --> 00:37:40,007     and she was shaking dudes up,    1020 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:41,509             and I'm like,                   "Yo, who is this girl?"       1021 00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:44,971              And they like,                 "Oh, that's Niesha Butler."     1022 00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:46,222               [Stephon]                       Niesha Butler is nice.       1023 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,557          She had the flair.                 She had that NY flair.        1024 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:51,018            And she could get                       to the basket.           1025 00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:52,395          inspirational music        1026 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:54,188               You know,                     my dad made it a point        1027 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:57,024       to have me play Gauchos,          to have me play on the streets,  1028 00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:58,985       because he didn't want me         to be, like, a paper champion.    1029 00:37:59,026 --> 00:38:01,445          He wanted me to go in                  and earn my stripes.        1030 00:38:01,487 --> 00:38:03,114        I pulled up at Gauchos                      one time,              1031 00:38:03,155 --> 00:38:04,782          and she was there,               and I was her working out,      1032 00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:07,118        and I was like, "Okay,              she about her business."       1033 00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:08,911       [Andre]   She would always               constantly be in there,       1034 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:11,122         working on her game,               playing against the boys.      1035 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:15,668          Scoring six, eight,             nine points against the guys,    1036 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:17,086         that honestly translated      1037 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,797           to, like, 20, 30, 40                   against the girls.         1038 00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:21,424         You look at her wins                      and losses,             1039 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:22,842           you match them up                     against anyone.           1040 00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:25,094             She just was                      a bad motherfucker.         1041 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:27,054              [reporter]                   She averaged 30 points a game    1042 00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:29,682      and scored over 3,000 points,    1043 00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:32,810        more than any other player            in New York City history,      1044 00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:34,770               girl or boy.            1045 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,896      I have to give Gauchos credit    1046 00:38:35,938 --> 00:38:37,023           because that was one                     of the reasons           1047 00:38:37,064 --> 00:38:38,190             why I feel like                      I got the record,          1048 00:38:38,232 --> 00:38:40,067      because they made me work.      1049 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,819          They got me ready.          1050 00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:46,282     [Rod]   I started playing with          the Gauchos at ten years old.    1051 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,869            Been in this gym.                Played with a lot of talent.    1052 00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:50,953           It's a special place        1053 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:53,080          'cause it jumpstarted                       my career.             1054 00:38:53,122 --> 00:38:54,623    [Joekenneth]   Our next point god               was a maestro            1055 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:56,292            at taking the ball                      to the bucket.           1056 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,252             Your point god's                    favorite point god,         1057 00:38:58,294 --> 00:39:00,046       the BX's own Rod Strickland.    1058 00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:03,257               Black Moon's                    "Who Got da Props?"         1059 00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:05,676                                    1060 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:08,012             Put up, what up,                       bo, bo, bo             1061 00:39:08,054 --> 00:39:10,097          Suckers want to flow,                but they got no show        1062 00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:11,432          So I'ma grab the mic       1063 00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:13,184             Flip the script,                and leave ya stunned...       1064 00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:14,852             [commentator]                        Here comes Rod.           1065 00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:16,437             Hello! Two more!          1066 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,356        My favorite point guard                is Rod Strickland,          1067 00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:19,899          because when I played                      against him,            1068 00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:20,900          I couldn't guard him.        1069 00:39:20,941 --> 00:39:22,026             [commentator]                        Oh, here it is!           1070 00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:23,694            And there you go!          1071 00:39:23,736 --> 00:39:25,071                [Smush]                            He had a style           1072 00:39:25,112 --> 00:39:27,531         that no other player             on the court at the time had.    1073 00:39:27,573 --> 00:39:28,991             [commentator]                  Dealing with Rod Strickland     1074 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:30,826             for 44 minutes,                   that could be difficult.      1075 00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:33,037    Flashy, but strictly business.    1076 00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:34,163          Tricky Strick, man.         1077 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:36,957      Like, he's a bigger version               of Kyrie Irving.           1078 00:39:36,999 --> 00:39:40,544       Strength, gritty, style,                  swag, charisma.           1079 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:42,755                [Andre]                          The best finisher          1080 00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:44,173        the game has ever seen.       1081 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:47,176         [Rod]   Rod Strickland,                    Bronx, New York.          1082 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,844       In New York City, we grew up    1083 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:51,889      where you had to take contact.  1084 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:53,224       You couldn't call fouls.       1085 00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:54,600       And I got that confident       1086 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:57,895     to where I felt like you can           foul me any kind of way,       1087 00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,939         and I can make the play.      1088 00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:01,732       [Mark]   And you can tell,                  being around Rod--         1089 00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:03,442            the way he talks,                     the way he walks,          1090 00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:06,195             the way he leans                when he's making a comment,     1091 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,988            the way he plays--         1092 00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:09,532            it says Bronx.            1093 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:11,200                [Andre]                     Rod was like the pretty boy,    1094 00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,535         but then when he stepped                   on the court,            1095 00:40:12,576 --> 00:40:16,080      he had his fingers taped up        like he was in a boxing match.    1096 00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:18,416             [commentator]                  Strickland pulls up from 14.    1097 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:20,292               [Vincent]                         His midrange game          1098 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:22,420          and his twisting shots                    off the glass            1099 00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:24,422            with the left hand                   and his right hand--        1100 00:40:24,463 --> 00:40:27,425    he was the only guy I ever seen  1101 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:29,093              that I said                   didn't need a jump shot.       1102 00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,929        After a time, you know,                the creative mind,          1103 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:33,973           I started trying               to figure out the backboard.     1104 00:40:34,014 --> 00:40:36,350                  I used                       to just spend two hours,      1105 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:38,185        you know, shotting layups.     1106 00:40:38,227 --> 00:40:41,272     [Kenny Smith]   Rod Strickland           finished like he was 7 feet.    1107 00:40:41,313 --> 00:40:44,900       Like, around the basket,                    under, up.              1108 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:46,569       Any angle of the basketball,    1109 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:48,404      to finish it, he could do it.    1110 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,198     I had never seen that, ever.     1111 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,492           [Rod]   In my mind,                     I was always like,         1112 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:54,743         "Okay, I'm not dunking,       1113 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:59,039       but if I run into a big guy              and I lay him in one,        1114 00:40:59,081 --> 00:41:00,958           that's my dunk."           1115 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,293                [Rafer]                        Rod Strick was one guy       1116 00:41:02,334 --> 00:41:05,421        that I taped his games               when he was at DePaul.        1117 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:07,173          I still could watch                 Rod Strickland games.        1118 00:41:07,214 --> 00:41:08,966              [announcer]                         A 6'3" freshman           1119 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:10,384          from Bronx, New York.        1120 00:41:10,426 --> 00:41:13,262        Number 10, Rod Strickland.     1121 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,347           Going to DePaul,                      it just fit me.           1122 00:41:15,389 --> 00:41:17,516     [commentator]   Rod Strickland                with a jump shot.          1123 00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:19,393     [commentator]   And right now,                  Rod Strickland           1124 00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:20,728        has not backed off at all.     1125 00:41:20,769 --> 00:41:22,396        [commentator]   Here goes               Strickland, right there.      1126 00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:24,857             [commentator]                      Oh, beautiful change        1127 00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,358         in midair by Strickland.      1128 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,943          [Rod]   I had a great                    three years there.         1129 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:32,323          I was projected to go               anywhere between 7 and 15.     1130 00:41:32,364 --> 00:41:34,909    [announcer]   The 1988 NBA Draft.  1131 00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:37,828          [Rod]   I got a call                in my hotel room, draft day,    1132 00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:39,246       that I might be slipping.      1133 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:40,706              You go back                    and look at that draft,       1134 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:43,042      he should have been picked             ahead of a lot of cats.       1135 00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:46,253       but he was temperamental                   with coaches,            1136 00:41:46,295 --> 00:41:49,089         and that gave people                    cause to pause.           1137 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:50,508           But I'm just here                   to lend my support          1138 00:41:50,549 --> 00:41:52,259        to a couple of friends                 I have in the draft         1139 00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:53,969     and really wishing them well.    1140 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:56,388      I remember the night, in 1988,  1141 00:41:56,430 --> 00:41:58,307             a year later                   from when I was drafted,       1142 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:01,435    and now the Knicks have another        first round draft choice.      1143 00:42:01,477 --> 00:42:02,645              [announcer]                      You see Mark Jackson,        1144 00:42:02,686 --> 00:42:04,063             who was selected                  by the Knicks last year,      1145 00:42:04,104 --> 00:42:07,191      and with him is Shelton Jones,         another St. John's player.     1146 00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:08,692                 [Rod]                         Mark and Shelton Jones       1147 00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:11,487    are sitting next to each other,             holding hands.            1148 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,197    Like, you know, it's like, "Yo,  1149 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,115       my guy's coming with me,"                    you know?              1150 00:42:15,157 --> 00:42:16,784         And so they're hoping                   for that pick.            1151 00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:19,787    [announcer]   The New York Knicks         have their selection next.     1152 00:42:19,828 --> 00:42:22,540           [Rod]   As they go                      to the 19th pick,          1153 00:42:22,581 --> 00:42:23,832                you know,                     now it's the Knicks' pick,     1154 00:42:23,874 --> 00:42:25,543                and I knew                      they had Mark Jackson,       1155 00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:26,752       so I'm like, "I'm done."       1156 00:42:26,794 --> 00:42:28,128             I could slip                     in the second round,         1157 00:42:28,170 --> 00:42:29,255      so I was a little nervous.      1158 00:42:29,296 --> 00:42:31,173             "Here we go.                    Here we go. Here we go.       1159 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,133     Let's get us a bigtime wing."    1160 00:42:33,175 --> 00:42:36,470           David Stern says,               "And the Knicks select"...      1161 00:42:36,512 --> 00:42:38,764     ...Rod Strickland of DePaul.     1162 00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:41,267     [Rod]   And they call my name,           and they just start booing.     1163 00:42:41,308 --> 00:42:44,186                 Like,                     the whole place was booing.     1164 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:45,604              [announcer]                         Rod Strickland,           1165 00:42:45,646 --> 00:42:49,316           surprising the crowd                   at the Felt Forum.         1166 00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:51,819             A chorus of boos                    coming up from some.        1167 00:42:51,860 --> 00:42:54,363         [Rod]   It kind of was                  a little bittersweet.        1168 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:55,656          I'm from New York.          1169 00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:57,992      I did a little bit of work                    out here,              1170 00:42:58,033 --> 00:42:59,410         and I'm getting booed                     in my own--             1171 00:42:59,451 --> 00:43:02,246          you know, so it was                  an interesting day.         1172 00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:05,624         He got booed because             of the Knicks fans thinking,     1173 00:43:05,666 --> 00:43:08,377          "Why would you pick                     a point guard            1174 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:10,296           when you just got               a New York City point guard     1175 00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:11,505     that won Rookie of the Year?"    1176 00:43:11,547 --> 00:43:14,967      The scouts were gonna take           the best player available,      1177 00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:16,010        and Rod Strickland was.       1178 00:43:16,051 --> 00:43:18,053          We were gonna have             two New York City point guards.  1179 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:19,179      It didn't bother me at all.     1180 00:43:19,221 --> 00:43:20,431              [announcer]                       He's returning home.        1181 00:43:20,472 --> 00:43:21,765           He's from the Bronx.        1182 00:43:21,807 --> 00:43:23,892    [Rod]   When they called my name,           obviously I was happy,       1183 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:27,646        because I was a Knick,           but in my mind, I'm like, why?    1184 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:29,231           And Mark was just                   Rookie of the Year,         1185 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:31,317             so I'm like,                 "I don't know how that fits."    1186 00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:33,944        Mark's a great player,            and he's Rookie of the Year,     1187 00:43:33,986 --> 00:43:36,697    so it's really a hard situation              to come into,            1188 00:43:36,739 --> 00:43:39,408    but I'm just gonna go out there          and give it my best.         1189 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:41,535                [Mark]                      But I was a little bit upset    1190 00:43:41,577 --> 00:43:44,663    they picked Hot Rod Strickland,  1191 00:43:44,705 --> 00:43:47,291       because now I gotta fight           this dude every single day.     1192 00:43:47,333 --> 00:43:48,500              tense music            1193 00:43:48,542 --> 00:43:50,210    [Rod]   It was a tough situation.  1194 00:43:50,252 --> 00:43:51,462        We had our little battles,     1195 00:43:51,503 --> 00:43:54,048       'cause I almost tried to          fight him at practice one day.    1196 00:43:54,089 --> 00:43:55,382    You come into the locker room,    1197 00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:57,343              I'ma joke,                    I'ma say something funny,      1198 00:43:57,384 --> 00:44:00,346     I'ma slick what you wearing,           how you played, whatever.      1199 00:44:00,387 --> 00:44:03,349           It was one day where               Rod Strickland had enough.     1200 00:44:03,390 --> 00:44:05,684             [Rod]   I think                   I probably was frustrated.     1201 00:44:05,726 --> 00:44:07,061          I wanted to play more.       1202 00:44:07,102 --> 00:44:09,480              And I think                   Mark was talking that day      1203 00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:11,231               and doing                     his little helicopter,        1204 00:44:11,273 --> 00:44:12,483     and I kept just pushing him.     1205 00:44:12,524 --> 00:44:14,276     Like, I would just knock him             off the ball screen,         1206 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:15,361           like, purposely,           1207 00:44:15,402 --> 00:44:17,404              just trying                  to, you know, agitate him.      1208 00:44:17,446 --> 00:44:19,531    We went at each other's heads.    1209 00:44:19,573 --> 00:44:21,241          We absolutely went                     at each other.            1210 00:44:21,283 --> 00:44:22,242           It was personal.           1211 00:44:22,284 --> 00:44:24,953           It was me trying                   to instigate a fight         1212 00:44:24,995 --> 00:44:25,871          more than anything.         1213 00:44:25,913 --> 00:44:27,915             It wasn't me.                    It was the situation.        1214 00:44:27,956 --> 00:44:30,417          Rod had had enough,                 and the New York City        1215 00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:33,379             in both of us                 almost got the best of it.      1216 00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:34,630                 [Rod]                       But one thing about Mark,      1217 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:37,132      he kept his composure, played,  1218 00:44:37,174 --> 00:44:38,467       and, you know, that was it.     1219 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:41,011    We talk about it all the time.         We laugh and joke about it.     1220 00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:43,263        [Mark]   But it's nothing                  but love, respect,         1221 00:44:43,305 --> 00:44:44,348             and appreciation          1222 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:46,725            for Rod Strickland                    and his greatness.         1223 00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:48,936          But Rod didn't want                     none of this.            1224 00:44:48,977 --> 00:44:50,562              [chuckles]              1225 00:44:50,604 --> 00:44:53,482             tranquil music          1226 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:58,821                                    1227 00:44:59,196 --> 00:45:01,281             [Joekenneth]                     From prodigies to pros,       1228 00:45:01,323 --> 00:45:02,783      from the Church to the 'Chos,    1229 00:45:02,825 --> 00:45:04,910           our point guards                  are about that action.        1230 00:45:04,952 --> 00:45:06,995     We definitely got the ability            to chop up defenders         1231 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:08,914          and make them dance                on the way to the rim,        1232 00:45:08,956 --> 00:45:10,833         but we much rather go             through a defender's chest      1233 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:13,085             for the layup                 'cause we built like that.      1234 00:45:13,127 --> 00:45:14,378       We work for our buckets.       1235 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:17,172      New York City point guards            don't know no other way.       1236 00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:18,590       Toughness is in our DNA.       1237 00:45:18,632 --> 00:45:21,218         And that's something                   you can't teach.           1238 00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:24,304              tense music            1239 00:45:24,346 --> 00:45:26,432                                    1240 00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:28,267          [Andre]   What makes                a New York City point guard     1241 00:45:28,308 --> 00:45:29,351         is, we can't be rattled.      1242 00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:31,478                 I mean,                    playing in different projects,  1243 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:32,896                 playing                     in different neighborhoods,     1244 00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:35,858         if you get rattled, you             getting chased out of there.    1245 00:45:35,899 --> 00:45:38,235          That was New York.               Like, you had to be gritty.     1246 00:45:38,277 --> 00:45:39,153         You had to be tough.         1247 00:45:39,194 --> 00:45:40,654    You couldn't back down because    1248 00:45:40,696 --> 00:45:42,698              if you show                    any signs of weakness,        1249 00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:45,534     yeah, they was gonna trample                right over you.           1250 00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:47,494                                    1251 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:49,163                Later on,                   I was with the Chicago Bulls,    1252 00:45:49,204 --> 00:45:52,332          and me and Ben Wallace                was on the same team.        1253 00:45:52,374 --> 00:45:54,460            And Ben was, like,                       Big Bad Ben.            1254 00:45:54,501 --> 00:45:55,586          So I'll never forget.        1255 00:45:55,627 --> 00:45:58,589          I came off a screen                 in practice one time,        1256 00:45:58,630 --> 00:45:59,798       and he, like, bumped me.       1257 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:02,718        And I, like, flared up            and, like, still kept going.     1258 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,763      He was like, "Yo, little muh,              watch them elbows."         1259 00:46:05,804 --> 00:46:08,599      And I was like, "What you mean            watch them elbows?"         1260 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,559            He looked at me                     and he was like,           1261 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:11,643        "A'ight, do it again."        1262 00:46:11,685 --> 00:46:13,854              I was like,                    "Get in my way again."        1263 00:46:13,896 --> 00:46:16,315       After that, when we went                in the locker room,         1264 00:46:16,356 --> 00:46:19,359             he was like,                      "You from New York.         1265 00:46:19,401 --> 00:46:20,903          You from the Bronx.                    I could tell,"            1266 00:46:20,944 --> 00:46:23,155         'cause he had played                 with Rod Strickland.         1267 00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:24,740          "You Rod little man."        1268 00:46:24,782 --> 00:46:26,700                  "Yeah.                     Rod, like, my big brother."     1269 00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:28,160          Like, yo, he was like,                "Yeah, I could tell."        1270 00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:30,579        He was like, "Y'all got            the same, little attitude.      1271 00:46:30,621 --> 00:46:33,957            Little feisty.               Y'all New York dudes is crazy."  1272 00:46:33,999 --> 00:46:34,750               [laughs]               1273 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,753           jaunty jazz music         1274 00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:39,213                                    1275 00:46:39,254 --> 00:46:40,839    I'm like a bully on the court,    1276 00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,299      believe it or not, at 5'2".     1277 00:46:42,341 --> 00:46:45,511                                    1278 00:46:45,552 --> 00:46:49,056          I'm already trying                   to steal your heart         1279 00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:50,057        by just looking at you.       1280 00:46:50,098 --> 00:46:52,684      Once I see that you timid,                   it's over.              1281 00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:55,312             hip-hop music           1282 00:46:55,354 --> 00:46:58,690           If somebody sees                    that you're afraid,         1283 00:46:58,732 --> 00:47:00,943            it's like a dog                  sensing you're afraid.        1284 00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:01,735           They'll bite you.          1285 00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:02,861        Even if you weren't good,      1286 00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:05,364            you had to fake it                   like you were good.         1287 00:47:05,405 --> 00:47:06,573               [Taliek]                    If you don't have the talent,    1288 00:47:06,615 --> 00:47:08,033          you could get over                  with the grittiness.         1289 00:47:08,075 --> 00:47:10,077          You could get over                  with your toughness.         1290 00:47:10,118 --> 00:47:11,286                [Omar]                       We don't care who you are.     1291 00:47:11,328 --> 00:47:12,371      We don't care where you from.    1292 00:47:12,412 --> 00:47:13,372        You know, we ain't trying      1293 00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:14,790      to, you know, sugarcoat it      1294 00:47:14,832 --> 00:47:15,749         or nothing like that.        1295 00:47:15,791 --> 00:47:18,001      We coming straight for you.     1296 00:47:18,043 --> 00:47:20,587     [Kenny Smith]   Playground ball             in New York was rough.       1297 00:47:20,629 --> 00:47:23,715          Yo, I'm, like, 165,                     soaking wet,             1298 00:47:23,757 --> 00:47:26,009         and 6'2", skinny kid.        1299 00:47:26,051 --> 00:47:27,553            They push you.                       They foul you.            1300 00:47:27,594 --> 00:47:28,804        You can't call no foul.       1301 00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:30,514      Yo, they gonna hit you harder,  1302 00:47:30,556 --> 00:47:32,099      and you gonna start fighting.    1303 00:47:32,140 --> 00:47:32,766           You gotta fight.           1304 00:47:32,808 --> 00:47:34,685    If you busting somebody's ass,    1305 00:47:34,726 --> 00:47:35,936            they were ready                     to beat your ass.          1306 00:47:35,978 --> 00:47:37,479                I mean,                    that's just the way it was.     1307 00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:38,981               You know,                    after you beat somebody,       1308 00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:41,275            they chase you                    to the train station.        1309 00:47:41,316 --> 00:47:44,027    I played with this group called       the Young Boys Make Noise,      1310 00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:45,070          from the eastside.          1311 00:47:45,112 --> 00:47:47,698      They used to come with guns           to every basketball game       1312 00:47:47,739 --> 00:47:49,408    and be willing to fight whoever  1313 00:47:49,449 --> 00:47:51,827               or shoot                      or do anything anytime.       1314 00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:53,745        [Bobbito]   When you know                dudes are on the side        1315 00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:56,748      that got thousands of dollars                   on a game,             1316 00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:59,001    and you know dudes is packing,    1317 00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:00,961      and you got a dude on the mic    1318 00:48:01,003 --> 00:48:04,131          screaming on anything                    that goes wrong,          1319 00:48:04,172 --> 00:48:06,592         and you got 1,000 people                   in the crowd,            1320 00:48:06,633 --> 00:48:08,260          their IQ is ridiculous       1321 00:48:08,302 --> 00:48:11,555      and they're gonna laugh at you         if you do something wrong,     1322 00:48:11,597 --> 00:48:12,848            if you can play           1323 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:17,603    under those circumstances, wow.  1324 00:48:17,644 --> 00:48:20,606          The environment for             the New York City point guard    1325 00:48:20,647 --> 00:48:21,899             is ruthless.             1326 00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:23,442       You make it out of here,       1327 00:48:23,483 --> 00:48:25,527            you're fucking                    tough as nails, man.         1328 00:48:25,569 --> 00:48:28,697           sentimental music         1329 00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:32,451                                    1330 00:48:32,492 --> 00:48:34,953    [Joekenneth]   That New York City       environment creates pressure.    1331 00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:38,123         And as we said, pressure               makes diamonds, right?       1332 00:48:38,165 --> 00:48:41,627         This Coney Island legend               shined the brightest.        1333 00:48:41,668 --> 00:48:45,130         Straight out of Lincoln                High School, Starbury!       1334 00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:48,425                  MOP's                     "How About Some Hardcore"      1335 00:48:48,467 --> 00:48:49,593                                    1336 00:48:49,635 --> 00:48:50,886        How about some hardcore?     1337 00:48:50,928 --> 00:48:52,429          Yeah, we like it raw       1338 00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:53,513        How about some hardcore?     1339 00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:54,640          Yeah, we like it raw       1340 00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:55,641        How about some hardcore?     1341 00:48:55,682 --> 00:48:56,808        Yeah, we like it raw...      1342 00:48:56,850 --> 00:48:57,935             [commentator]                       Marbury's starting         1343 00:48:57,976 --> 00:48:59,102        to turn it on a little bit                    right now.             1344 00:48:59,144 --> 00:49:01,730        Stephon Marbury a dog.                     Determined.             1345 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:03,815          Just a wolf out there                     on the floor.            1346 00:49:03,857 --> 00:49:05,067          Posted up 20 deep...       1347 00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:06,985     [commentator]   One of the more              gifted point guards         1348 00:49:07,027 --> 00:49:09,029           we've had in the USA                 in a long, long time.        1349 00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:11,907          -Ultra competitive.                    -Child prodigy.           1350 00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:14,368           One of the unique               New York City point guards,     1351 00:49:14,409 --> 00:49:15,994        that also had the jumper.      1352 00:49:16,036 --> 00:49:17,579             [commentator]                 Marbury's gonna try to put up    1353 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:18,622            a long-range bomb.         1354 00:49:18,664 --> 00:49:19,998           He's got good range.        1355 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:21,458         Strongest point guard                    I ever seen.             1356 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:22,960            Think about him                     cuffing the ball           1357 00:49:23,001 --> 00:49:24,169       when he get in the lane.       1358 00:49:24,211 --> 00:49:27,089        You want a confrontation,                 I packs my gat           1359 00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:29,007              He got a J.                       He got a handle.           1360 00:49:29,049 --> 00:49:31,426        He can get to the rack.            He can finish at the rack.      1361 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:33,178            He can defend.                        He can pass.             1362 00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:36,139      He's got floor generalship.              What is he missing?         1363 00:49:36,181 --> 00:49:37,975         [Stephon]   What's up,                  what's up, what's up?        1364 00:49:38,016 --> 00:49:39,726       My name is Stephon Marbury.     1365 00:49:39,768 --> 00:49:42,813       I'm from Brooklyn, New York,                 Coney Island.            1366 00:49:42,854 --> 00:49:45,065         soft percussion music       1367 00:49:45,107 --> 00:49:46,817              You go to play                       in Coney Island,          1368 00:49:46,858 --> 00:49:48,652      everybody said we play dirty.    1369 00:49:48,694 --> 00:49:51,071               You just had                   this rugged, rigid style.      1370 00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:54,825    You had these adults that would     put the young guys on the court  1371 00:49:54,866 --> 00:49:56,910         and play, and no fouls,       1372 00:49:56,952 --> 00:49:59,413          and you'll be looking                at the older guys like,       1373 00:49:59,454 --> 00:50:00,872        "How is that not a foul?"      1374 00:50:00,914 --> 00:50:03,500      Game point is like murder.      1375 00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:04,835         We used to smack him                 off the courts, man.         1376 00:50:04,876 --> 00:50:06,128         We used to play, man.        1377 00:50:06,169 --> 00:50:08,338         We used to always run              on the basketball court,       1378 00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:09,715       take the balls, and run.       1379 00:50:09,756 --> 00:50:11,383            We have to call                     up to his house,           1380 00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:13,218     call his mom to come get him.    1381 00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:15,595                You know,                   when you go play other places,  1382 00:50:15,637 --> 00:50:17,139          it was so easy to play       1383 00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:20,350      because you were so used to         getting thrown into the gate,    1384 00:50:20,392 --> 00:50:23,812          scrapes on--you got              strawberries on your hips.      1385 00:50:23,854 --> 00:50:25,105        Like, that was normal.        1386 00:50:25,147 --> 00:50:26,732          Most New York City                      point guards,            1387 00:50:26,773 --> 00:50:28,859              we might be                   a little skinny, sinewy.       1388 00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,570           He had that muscle.                    He had that rock.          1389 00:50:31,611 --> 00:50:33,613           I seen tough guys                   who were defenders          1390 00:50:33,655 --> 00:50:34,865     do this when they played him.    1391 00:50:34,906 --> 00:50:36,450       They play everybody else                    like this.              1392 00:50:36,491 --> 00:50:37,617     They play him, they're like--    1393 00:50:37,659 --> 00:50:39,244            they don't want                 that contact from Steph.       1394 00:50:39,286 --> 00:50:41,079          [Stephon]   You know,                   and then you grow up        1395 00:50:41,121 --> 00:50:44,708       watching your brothers play,                 it was normal,           1396 00:50:44,750 --> 00:50:48,003        you know, when you saw                 that style of play.         1397 00:50:49,296 --> 00:50:52,549         [narrator]   Basketball                is king in Coney Island.      1398 00:50:52,591 --> 00:50:53,675           And in Coney Island,        1399 00:50:53,717 --> 00:50:56,386         this is the royal family                   of basketball.           1400 00:50:56,428 --> 00:50:59,931        Legendary Marbury clan.               All of them got game.        1401 00:50:59,973 --> 00:51:03,477     [Vincent]   If you said Marbury           in Brooklyn, people know.      1402 00:51:03,518 --> 00:51:07,397     It was like saying Coca-Cola.            They was a franchise.        1403 00:51:07,439 --> 00:51:09,232    [commentator]   The Marbury boys             have been lighting up        1404 00:51:09,274 --> 00:51:11,818       the scoreboard at Brooklyn's              Lincoln High School         1405 00:51:11,860 --> 00:51:14,571               and dreaming                 of basketball's promised land,  1406 00:51:14,613 --> 00:51:17,032           a career in the NBA.        1407 00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:18,867       And for more than 20 years,     1408 00:51:18,909 --> 00:51:21,369          that dream has eluded                     the Marburys.            1409 00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:24,081         But Stephon Marbury,                 with all due respect,        1410 00:51:24,122 --> 00:51:25,290      was the best of the bunch.      1411 00:51:25,332 --> 00:51:27,918         And watching him bust                   onto the scene,           1412 00:51:27,959 --> 00:51:29,878          it was almost like                 we was waiting for it.        1413 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:33,131               [Stephon]                      Come on, let's play!         1414 00:51:33,173 --> 00:51:35,008               You know,                     I'd tease him, be like,       1415 00:51:35,050 --> 00:51:36,468         "Yo, you was already,                    like, picked             1416 00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:39,137        to be the golden child           since you was eight years old."  1417 00:51:39,179 --> 00:51:41,598     [Stephon]   Hoop Scoop rated me             the best sixth grader        1418 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,225              in the nation.           1419 00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:45,560      I mean, I was playing against            all of the top players,       1420 00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:48,939        and every time I played          against them, I dominated them.  1421 00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:52,109       Steph taught me how to be            professional at that age.      1422 00:51:52,150 --> 00:51:54,986      I was--it's crazy, I was 13                and he was 12,            1423 00:51:55,028 --> 00:51:56,947          but he was already                     ahead of time.            1424 00:51:56,988 --> 00:51:58,949     He was, like, the number one                 sixth grader,            1425 00:51:58,990 --> 00:52:01,159    the number one seventh grader,        the number one eighth grader.    1426 00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:03,870      In the Coney Island section            of Brooklyn, New York,        1427 00:52:03,912 --> 00:52:05,413        lives the Marbury family.      1428 00:52:05,455 --> 00:52:06,498       [Stephon]   I was on   20/20.      1429 00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:08,750      They literally followed me             for a year and a half,        1430 00:52:08,792 --> 00:52:11,253       and they did this super,              super big piece on me.        1431 00:52:11,294 --> 00:52:14,381           They were calling me                    a young Mozart.           1432 00:52:14,422 --> 00:52:15,924               soft music            1433 00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:18,468    [reporter]   They talk about him            on the basketball court       1434 00:52:18,510 --> 00:52:21,012      the way they must have talked             about the young Mozart       1435 00:52:21,054 --> 00:52:22,472         in the court of Vienna.       1436 00:52:22,514 --> 00:52:24,224            It is a lot to put                 to put on the shoulders       1437 00:52:24,266 --> 00:52:26,977            of a 17-year-old,                 the fulfillment of a dream     1438 00:52:27,018 --> 00:52:29,521             that has eluded                    all of your brothers.        1439 00:52:29,563 --> 00:52:31,940      I, Stephon Xavier Marbury,      1440 00:52:31,982 --> 00:52:36,403       will attend Georgia Tech               University next year.        1441 00:52:36,444 --> 00:52:39,906           I was a businessman                at the beginning of it all     1442 00:52:39,948 --> 00:52:42,617     because all of this was part           of me getting to the NBA       1443 00:52:42,659 --> 00:52:44,744           to get my family                     out of the hood.           1444 00:52:44,786 --> 00:52:45,954      That's all I thought about.     1445 00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:48,832         My mother and father            are putting me into your hands,  1446 00:52:48,874 --> 00:52:51,710    and they want you to protect me  1447 00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:53,712              and cherish                     the beautiful moments        1448 00:52:53,753 --> 00:52:56,214        that we spend together                  at Georgia Tech.           1449 00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:59,634     I want to reach that height,                   the NBA,               1450 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:02,179    to be able to support my mother  1451 00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:05,974        and give her the things              that she couldn't have        1452 00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:07,809    because of not being fortunate.  1453 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:09,895            [crowd roaring]           1454 00:53:09,936 --> 00:53:12,814        He went to Georgia Tech              and did amazing things.       1455 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:14,900             [commentator]                     Marbury alone, drains.       1456 00:53:14,941 --> 00:53:18,028             Marbury drives.                       Marbury scores!           1457 00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:19,362          [God]   I got respect                   for him 'cause, yo,         1458 00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:21,865          they don't understand             the pressure he went through.    1459 00:53:21,907 --> 00:53:23,825         Like, for him to did                     what he did,             1460 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:26,244          with all the stuff                 he had to go through--        1461 00:53:26,286 --> 00:53:28,163          like, at least me,               I had to go through a lot,      1462 00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:30,790    but I got to enjoy basketball.    1463 00:53:30,832 --> 00:53:32,918           Like, it wasn't,                   like, life or death.         1464 00:53:32,959 --> 00:53:34,544       You know, like, with him,                  it was like,             1465 00:53:34,586 --> 00:53:38,215         if he don't make it,             then the whole thing is done.    1466 00:53:38,924 --> 00:53:43,887         With the fourth pick                in the 1996 NBA Draft,        1467 00:53:43,929 --> 00:53:47,933          the Milwaukee Bucks                select Stephon Marbury.       1468 00:53:47,974 --> 00:53:50,936            [all cheering]            1469 00:53:50,977 --> 00:53:54,773               soft music            1470 00:53:54,814 --> 00:53:57,817              Thank you,                      thank you, thank you!        1471 00:53:57,859 --> 00:53:59,986      Thank you, Lord! Thank you!     1472 00:54:00,028 --> 00:54:01,112      Just sitting here, thinking     1473 00:54:01,154 --> 00:54:02,989          about when that day                    was gonna come.           1474 00:54:03,031 --> 00:54:07,118      And for it to be here now,             it just feels so good.        1475 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,497      I can put a permanent smile              on my mother face.          1476 00:54:10,538 --> 00:54:12,040         People keep forgetting,       1477 00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:14,042            it's one thing                   to make it to the NBA.        1478 00:54:14,084 --> 00:54:16,378    It's another thing to bust ass                 in the NBA.             1479 00:54:16,419 --> 00:54:18,421         That's what my brothers                   used to tell me.          1480 00:54:18,463 --> 00:54:19,923                  Like,                      "Yeah, you going to the NBA,    1481 00:54:19,965 --> 00:54:21,633         but what you gonna do                 when you get there?         1482 00:54:21,675 --> 00:54:24,928    You gonna do God's work, or you     just going there to go there?"    1483 00:54:24,970 --> 00:54:26,805              upbeat music           1484 00:54:26,846 --> 00:54:28,723             [commentator]                        Stephon Marbury!          1485 00:54:28,765 --> 00:54:32,060                                    1486 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:33,228             [commentator]                       The baseline pass!         1487 00:54:33,270 --> 00:54:34,896            Garnett is there!          1488 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:38,817      [Kenny Smith]   His passion.              He just loved the game.       1489 00:54:38,858 --> 00:54:40,819         And so whenever I was                     around him,             1490 00:54:40,860 --> 00:54:42,070          he would just talk,                    we would talk.            1491 00:54:42,112 --> 00:54:44,364       He'd talk, "So when y'all             won the championship"--       1492 00:54:44,406 --> 00:54:46,157         most guys would say,                  "What did you do?"          1493 00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:49,035    He'd be like, "Before the game,          what did y'all eat?"         1494 00:54:49,077 --> 00:54:50,996           Like, he'd ask me                    crazy questions.           1495 00:54:51,037 --> 00:54:54,499       He just wanted to soak up           every moment of basketball.     1496 00:54:54,541 --> 00:54:57,002               [Bobbito]                       Steph's NBA career...        1497 00:54:57,043 --> 00:54:58,670             [commentator]                       Marbury laying up!         1498 00:54:58,712 --> 00:55:04,050    ...if you look at his averages,     he's a underrated point guard.    1499 00:55:04,092 --> 00:55:06,344       Minus the Knicks, '06, '07.     1500 00:55:06,386 --> 00:55:08,930           Let's just forget                   about that season.          1501 00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:10,473               [laughs]               1502 00:55:10,515 --> 00:55:15,145      Other than that season, yo,         Steph's career was wonderful.    1503 00:55:15,186 --> 00:55:18,064       [commentator]    Mid-court,               launching, it's there!       1504 00:55:18,106 --> 00:55:19,816            When you think                   about career averages,        1505 00:55:19,858 --> 00:55:21,401              20 points,                      eight assists a game,        1506 00:55:21,443 --> 00:55:23,695             and you think                 about those Oscar Robertson     1507 00:55:23,737 --> 00:55:25,280      kind of numbers, actually,      1508 00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:29,409            Stephon Marbury                is the greatest point guard     1509 00:55:29,451 --> 00:55:31,161    in the history of New York City  1510 00:55:31,202 --> 00:55:33,705               this side                    of Nate "Tiny" Archibald.      1511 00:55:33,747 --> 00:55:35,707           [train rumbling]           1512 00:55:35,749 --> 00:55:38,752               soft music            1513 00:55:38,793 --> 00:55:40,253                                     1514 00:55:40,295 --> 00:55:42,630      [Joekenneth]   Like Stephon,                our point gods know         1515 00:55:42,672 --> 00:55:44,299              that pressure                      ain't going nowhere.        1516 00:55:44,341 --> 00:55:47,302           It either molds you                      or folds you.            1517 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:49,262         And nowhere in New York                  is that more true          1518 00:55:49,304 --> 00:55:51,514            than on the city's                  most hallowed ground,        1519 00:55:51,556 --> 00:55:53,850        the legendary Rucker Park                     in Harlem.             1520 00:55:53,892 --> 00:55:56,770       This is where a spectacular            game earns you a nickname      1521 00:55:56,811 --> 00:56:00,148           and where point gods               become icons of the city.      1522 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:03,193          The flash, the poise,                     the toughness,           1523 00:56:03,234 --> 00:56:06,029          the electrifying brand                    of basketball.           1524 00:56:06,071 --> 00:56:07,655       The Rucker is where hoopers     1525 00:56:07,697 --> 00:56:09,991         come to put their stamp                     on the game.            1526 00:56:10,033 --> 00:56:15,372                                    1527 00:56:15,997 --> 00:56:19,125         Let me hear you say,                    "Yeah, Harlem!"           1528 00:56:19,167 --> 00:56:20,418             [Joekenneth]                        In the late '90s,          1529 00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:22,504           the already intense                 competition skyrocketed       1530 00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:25,256             when rap moguls                    started running teams.       1531 00:56:25,298 --> 00:56:26,383           Dead set on winning         1532 00:56:26,424 --> 00:56:28,009              a prestigious                      Rucker championship,        1533 00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:29,552      the deep-pocketed celebrities    1534 00:56:29,594 --> 00:56:32,097             battle fiercely                    off the court as well,       1535 00:56:32,138 --> 00:56:34,641        attracting the top talent                 to rock with them.         1536 00:56:34,682 --> 00:56:36,851            The biggest prize                      was Kareem Reid,          1537 00:56:36,893 --> 00:56:39,979           a Bronx point guard              who opted to play for Fat Joe.  1538 00:56:40,021 --> 00:56:41,981      [all] One, two, three, TS!      1539 00:56:42,023 --> 00:56:44,859     My favorite guy, Kareem Reid,    1540 00:56:44,901 --> 00:56:48,071       he is the greatest winner      1541 00:56:48,113 --> 00:56:50,448    out of all of the point guards.  1542 00:56:51,366 --> 00:56:54,119             Without Kareem,                I probably would have retired.  1543 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:55,995               [A-Butta]                      Kareem taught me a lot.       1544 00:56:56,037 --> 00:56:58,206           He could take on                     the show himself,          1545 00:56:58,248 --> 00:57:00,500    but if he knew how you scored,    1546 00:57:00,542 --> 00:57:03,795        he would always make sure                that he set you up.         1547 00:57:03,837 --> 00:57:06,172         [Fat Joe]   He knew how                to take the right shot.       1548 00:57:06,214 --> 00:57:08,925           He knew how to give                the right person the ball      1549 00:57:08,967 --> 00:57:10,135           at the right second.        1550 00:57:10,176 --> 00:57:14,514              He knew how                     to win championships.        1551 00:57:14,556 --> 00:57:17,809                [both]                    Fat Joe and the Terror Squad!    1552 00:57:17,851 --> 00:57:18,977     Fat Joe and the Terror Squad!    1553 00:57:19,018 --> 00:57:20,395    [Kareem]   I played my heart out                  every time.             1554 00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:23,148      It didn't matter who I was         playing against, what matchup.    1555 00:57:23,189 --> 00:57:24,899            And when I got                   into that parking lot,        1556 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:27,735    it was just like, superpowers.    1557 00:57:27,777 --> 00:57:28,653            My cape came off.          1558 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:31,156            It was like I was,                    you know, Batman.          1559 00:57:31,197 --> 00:57:32,657             [interviewer]                    This is Mr. Kareem Reid.      1560 00:57:32,699 --> 00:57:34,409              He is known                   as the best-kept secret.       1561 00:57:34,451 --> 00:57:36,119         But from what we see,              he's no longer a secret.       1562 00:57:36,161 --> 00:57:37,954    How you feel about this victory              tonight, man?            1563 00:57:37,996 --> 00:57:39,747          -You're the champs.               -Feeling real well, man.       1564 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:41,958          It's my first one,                and I love it, baby, man.      1565 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,751      There's more to come, baby,                 more to come.            1566 00:57:43,793 --> 00:57:45,712    [A-Butta]   Next thing you know,              Jay-Z started coming        1567 00:57:45,753 --> 00:57:47,172                over there                     and hanging over there.       1568 00:57:47,213 --> 00:57:49,799          He started looking             and asking for Kareem to play.    1569 00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:51,468        Boy's in the building.        1570 00:57:51,509 --> 00:57:53,178               [Kareem]                        I'm seeing Jay-Z come.       1571 00:57:53,219 --> 00:57:55,138               I met Jay-Z.                        We hanging out.           1572 00:57:55,180 --> 00:57:57,056      I'm listening to his album                 before anybody,           1573 00:57:57,098 --> 00:57:58,349      you know, listening to it.      1574 00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:02,395          So we built a bond.            But I thought Jay was just Jay.  1575 00:58:02,437 --> 00:58:03,688             He'll never get                       a team in there.          1576 00:58:03,730 --> 00:58:05,732        And then that happened,            where he's getting a team,      1577 00:58:05,773 --> 00:58:06,858           and he's calling.          1578 00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:08,735      "Hey, Reem, you in the block?                What you doing?"          1579 00:58:08,776 --> 00:58:11,029               I'm like,                 "I don't know what I'm doing."    1580 00:58:11,070 --> 00:58:13,281              Kareem was                      a hot commodity, man.        1581 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:16,868         And so I hear a rumor               that Jay went by Harlem       1582 00:58:16,910 --> 00:58:18,828      and dropped him off a bag.      1583 00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:22,248           So now, when I go             in my neighborhood, it's a bag.  1584 00:58:22,290 --> 00:58:24,042    How you gonna turn down a bag?    1585 00:58:24,083 --> 00:58:25,877      It was a lump sum of money.     1586 00:58:25,919 --> 00:58:28,630     And I'm like, "What's this?"     1587 00:58:28,671 --> 00:58:30,381         "You playing with us.                 See you next week."         1588 00:58:30,423 --> 00:58:33,259       And it was a lot of money                 they gave him.            1589 00:58:33,301 --> 00:58:37,055      I don't have Jay-Z's money.               I got good money.          1590 00:58:37,096 --> 00:58:38,556      I ain't got Jay-Z's money.      1591 00:58:38,598 --> 00:58:42,185        But I know he was like,            "Yo, they gave me the bag."     1592 00:58:42,227 --> 00:58:44,187              tense music            1593 00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:46,523       So they was calling Reem                   and all that.            1594 00:58:46,564 --> 00:58:47,565        So I told Joe, I said,        1595 00:58:47,607 --> 00:58:49,984               "Yo, Joe,                   now they going after Reem."     1596 00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:51,653            -So he said...                       -"Call Kareem.            1597 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:54,948           I gotta see him.              Come up to Jimmy's Bronx Café."  1598 00:58:54,989 --> 00:58:57,617          I'm like, "Jimmy's?                    In the Bronx?"            1599 00:58:57,659 --> 00:58:59,327             Man, no lie,                    when I went back there,       1600 00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:02,372     look like I was getting ready         to meet with the Godfather.     1601 00:59:02,413 --> 00:59:04,415               [laughs]                    He had candles back there.      1602 00:59:04,457 --> 00:59:06,251         He was sitting there                     like the Don.            1603 00:59:06,292 --> 00:59:07,877        I sit down with Kareem.       1604 00:59:07,919 --> 00:59:11,089             Joe was like,               "Yo, have I ever told you no?"    1605 00:59:11,130 --> 00:59:12,757          "These people gonna                     come and go.             1606 00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:16,970       You know, we from the Bronx.          I'm gonna be here for life."    1607 00:59:17,011 --> 00:59:20,014     So he just said, "Whatever's            in there, give it back.       1608 00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:21,641            We gon' fix it.           1609 00:59:21,683 --> 00:59:24,143    But you ain't never gotta worry          about nothing else."         1610 00:59:24,185 --> 00:59:27,063         And from that day on,                it was just Fat Joe.         1611 00:59:27,105 --> 00:59:28,481          Fat Joe everything.         1612 00:59:28,523 --> 00:59:29,732      No, he showed me the money.     1613 00:59:29,774 --> 00:59:31,901        I think they gave him,               like, [bleep] thousand.       1614 00:59:31,943 --> 00:59:33,236       Don't put this on there.       1615 00:59:33,278 --> 00:59:36,197           But he pulled out               the [bleep] thousand cash.      1616 00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:38,491           He was like, "Yo,               they gave me [bleep] cash."     1617 00:59:38,533 --> 00:59:40,493              It's like,                    "I'm not giving you that,      1618 00:59:40,535 --> 00:59:44,622         but I have a lifetime                   of friendship."           1619 00:59:44,664 --> 00:59:46,416               [laughs]               1620 00:59:46,457 --> 00:59:48,876         Kareem's a loyal one.        1621 00:59:48,918 --> 00:59:54,132                                    1622 00:59:54,716 --> 00:59:56,551         [Joekenneth]   For some                point gods like Kareem,       1623 00:59:56,593 --> 00:59:59,178       making a name for themselves              in a legendary park         1624 00:59:59,220 --> 01:00:02,432      like the Rucker is one thing,                but for others,           1625 01:00:02,473 --> 01:00:06,686      it takes a special high school         experience to shape them.      1626 01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:09,564                 Hailing                      from Lefrak City, Queens,      1627 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,107             Kenny Anderson.           1628 01:00:11,149 --> 01:00:14,444               Ruby, baby            1629 01:00:14,485 --> 01:00:16,070                Tonight              1630 01:00:16,112 --> 01:00:17,280             Aw, yeah, baby.           1631 01:00:17,322 --> 01:00:20,408               Sure do like                      the way you move          1632 01:00:20,450 --> 01:00:25,413            Hey, sure do like                    the way you move          1633 01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:28,166            Kenny Anderson                   always out-skilled you.       1634 01:00:28,207 --> 01:00:29,792         Left-handed assassin.        1635 01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:32,420             Could dribble               through a New York city subway    1636 01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:33,630              at rush hour.            1637 01:00:33,671 --> 01:00:35,840       [commentator]   This guy is             as good as everybody says.     1638 01:00:35,882 --> 01:00:40,261            Want to thrill me,                      Ruby, Ruby             1639 01:00:40,303 --> 01:00:41,679               [Stephen]                   He'd get to the hole at will.    1640 01:00:41,721 --> 01:00:43,848          Could embarrass you                   and dance on you.          1641 01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:45,141       Beautiful, nasty handle.       1642 01:00:45,183 --> 01:00:48,519       Played like a grown man,             even though he was a kid.      1643 01:00:48,561 --> 01:00:52,690            Ruby, baby, baby         1644 01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:56,152          Kenny is the deal.                    He the real deal.          1645 01:00:56,194 --> 01:00:57,403           [Kenny Anderson]                       Kenny Anderson,           1646 01:00:57,445 --> 01:00:59,656        Lefrak City in the house.      1647 01:00:59,697 --> 01:01:02,533              Growing up,                it was a lot of drugs going on.  1648 01:01:02,575 --> 01:01:05,912          I had to escape it.            And I did--through basketball.    1649 01:01:05,953 --> 01:01:08,289               [Vincent]                    Our community was so tight,     1650 01:01:08,331 --> 01:01:09,791           everybody looked out                    for each other.           1651 01:01:09,832 --> 01:01:12,502         Let's keep him where                 he's supposed to be,         1652 01:01:12,543 --> 01:01:13,836        in the athletic world.        1653 01:01:13,878 --> 01:01:15,963       [reporter]   The scouts say           that Kenny Anderson is indeed    1654 01:01:16,005 --> 01:01:18,466              the best guard                who's ever played in New York,  1655 01:01:18,508 --> 01:01:20,718    perhaps the best in the nation.  1656 01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,305      We're talking about someone            who was hailed not just       1657 01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:28,518    as the best high school player          in New York City history,      1658 01:01:28,559 --> 01:01:32,480              but perhaps                the greatest high school player  1659 01:01:32,522 --> 01:01:34,565             ever, period.            1660 01:01:34,607 --> 01:01:38,986         [announcer]   At 6'2",                number 12, Kenny Anderson.     1661 01:01:39,028 --> 01:01:42,407     [Kenny Smith]   Tom Konchalski,            who was the biggest guru      1662 01:01:42,448 --> 01:01:43,741        of high school basketball.     1663 01:01:43,783 --> 01:01:44,867           I asked him one day         1664 01:01:44,909 --> 01:01:46,661       who were the best players              he saw in high school        1665 01:01:46,703 --> 01:01:50,248      'cause he's seen everybody,          and he said Kenny Anderson.     1666 01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:53,710        I said, "Whoa, not LeBron?                   Not Kareem?"            1667 01:01:53,751 --> 01:01:56,045         He's like no, because              of his size and stature.       1668 01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:59,549     He said, "I never seen a kid,               at 145 pounds,            1669 01:01:59,590 --> 01:02:01,634            dominate a game                     the way he did."           1670 01:02:01,676 --> 01:02:03,720               soft music            1671 01:02:03,761 --> 01:02:05,513     [God]   People used to tell me              about Kenny Anderson.        1672 01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:07,598                I'm like,                      "Ah, he probably okay."       1673 01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,226           And then somebody                 gave me a tape on him.        1674 01:02:10,268 --> 01:02:13,020       And when I saw him play,              I was just blown away.        1675 01:02:13,062 --> 01:02:15,106              I was like,                  this is the greatest player     1676 01:02:15,148 --> 01:02:16,566      I've ever seen in my life.      1677 01:02:16,607 --> 01:02:18,860              And these was                    only high school clips.       1678 01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:21,487             [commentator]                     Anderson, great steal.       1679 01:02:21,529 --> 01:02:22,864                Showtime!              1680 01:02:22,905 --> 01:02:24,907    [Stephen]   Ballhandling skills,              playmaking ability,         1681 01:02:24,949 --> 01:02:27,660     could hit the midrange shot,                 was a lefty.             1682 01:02:27,702 --> 01:02:28,828     Made him harder to deal with     1683 01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:30,538      'cause you didn't see that                   too often.              1684 01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:33,249        And he was just smooth.               You know what I mean?        1685 01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:35,251        Was like string music.        1686 01:02:35,293 --> 01:02:39,964                                    1687 01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:42,550           Everybody wanted                   to wear a mouthguard,        1688 01:02:42,592 --> 01:02:43,801            rock number 12.           1689 01:02:43,843 --> 01:02:45,636           I wanted to walk                   like Kenny Anderson,         1690 01:02:45,678 --> 01:02:47,346              cut my hair                     like Kenny Anderson.         1691 01:02:47,388 --> 01:02:48,473      I used to be in the mirror,     1692 01:02:48,514 --> 01:02:50,057            trying to talk                    like Kenny Anderson.         1693 01:02:50,099 --> 01:02:52,643     [Stephon]   When I got my part            in the middle of my head,      1694 01:02:52,685 --> 01:02:55,438            it was because                     of Kenny Anderson.          1695 01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:56,856           [Kenny Anderson]                I had the part in the middle.    1696 01:02:56,898 --> 01:03:01,068     You know, I can't wear it now           'cause I'm losing hair.       1697 01:03:01,110 --> 01:03:02,236           I get Baldy now.           1698 01:03:02,278 --> 01:03:05,448      But the part in the middle         was my--that was my trademark.    1699 01:03:05,490 --> 01:03:08,367         Hang on to the ball,              and get the ball to Kenny.      1700 01:03:08,409 --> 01:03:10,286               [Bobbito]                    Understand that Jack Curran,    1701 01:03:10,328 --> 01:03:11,788                the coach                       at Archbishop Molloy,        1702 01:03:11,829 --> 01:03:15,041       didn't let Kenny Anderson            loose his freshman year.       1703 01:03:15,082 --> 01:03:16,542                                    1704 01:03:16,584 --> 01:03:17,710             [Kenny Smith]                      He didn't even want         1705 01:03:17,752 --> 01:03:19,045       to bring him up to varsity.     1706 01:03:19,086 --> 01:03:20,755              So he's like,                 "If I'ma bring a freshman up,    1707 01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:23,049              he can't play                      the first quarter."         1708 01:03:23,090 --> 01:03:25,009           He made all-city,          1709 01:03:25,051 --> 01:03:27,136       best five basketball players                in New York City          1710 01:03:27,178 --> 01:03:30,723    as a freshman and never played       in the first quarter of a game.  1711 01:03:30,765 --> 01:03:33,559    So the city championship game,    1712 01:03:33,601 --> 01:03:35,061            he didn't play                   the whole first quarter       1713 01:03:35,102 --> 01:03:38,439              and still had                      20-something points.        1714 01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:40,441           [Kenny Anderson]                  I think I scored 23 points     1715 01:03:40,483 --> 01:03:41,776              off the bench.           1716 01:03:41,818 --> 01:03:43,653       I got MVP as a freshman.       1717 01:03:43,694 --> 01:03:47,073        That's when the legend              of Kenny Anderson begun.       1718 01:03:47,114 --> 01:03:49,617             [commentator]                    We just can't say enough      1719 01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:52,912            about the quality                    of this man's game.         1720 01:03:52,954 --> 01:03:54,288              [announcer]                     Puma is proud to present      1721 01:03:54,330 --> 01:03:57,500      the 1989 National High School            Player of the Year Award      1722 01:03:57,542 --> 01:03:58,960            to Kenny Anderson.         1723 01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:02,839     Proud of his ability to think           and to handle it well.        1724 01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:04,549         My goal is one day be        1725 01:04:04,590 --> 01:04:06,634            a professional                     basketball player.          1726 01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:09,637          And if I do happen                   to play in the NBA,         1727 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:13,015      I would be able to make a lot            of money for my family.       1728 01:04:13,057 --> 01:04:15,768         That's all that mattered                 to me, my mother.          1729 01:04:15,810 --> 01:04:17,937               You know,                  to get her out of the ghetto,    1730 01:04:17,979 --> 01:04:20,857        where we was come from,            and that's what I did, man.     1731 01:04:20,898 --> 01:04:22,525      I was so blessed to do it.      1732 01:04:22,567 --> 01:04:26,320      Basketball was easy for me.           You know, life was hard.       1733 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:27,989                                    1734 01:04:28,030 --> 01:04:30,199               Jack Curran,                     my high school coach,        1735 01:04:30,241 --> 01:04:31,576         mean the world to me.        1736 01:04:31,617 --> 01:04:33,244         He was a father figure.       1737 01:04:33,286 --> 01:04:35,663            You know, I didn't                  have a father at home.       1738 01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:37,206       He made me a good person.      1739 01:04:37,248 --> 01:04:39,333             I became a man,                  you know what I'm saying?      1740 01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:40,543             I became a man.           1741 01:04:40,585 --> 01:04:42,920         My work ethic, not only               on the basketball court,      1742 01:04:42,962 --> 01:04:45,798          but in the classroom.        1743 01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:51,095      I remember my math Regents,     1744 01:04:51,137 --> 01:04:53,014              I got a 86.             1745 01:04:53,055 --> 01:04:57,810          That's in my head.                 Score stay in my head.        1746 01:04:57,852 --> 01:05:01,647       I worked extremely hard.                     I got 86.              1747 01:05:01,689 --> 01:05:04,150                [sighs]               1748 01:05:04,191 --> 01:05:09,405       So many different moments               here at the school.         1749 01:05:09,447 --> 01:05:12,575                                    1750 01:05:12,617 --> 01:05:15,536           My high school here                  mean the world to me.        1751 01:05:15,578 --> 01:05:17,663          But if I would have                  just finished here          1752 01:05:17,705 --> 01:05:21,918            and got a job,                     so be it, so be it.         1753 01:05:21,959 --> 01:05:24,003              upbeat music           1754 01:05:24,045 --> 01:05:26,380     [commentator]   If I was gonna              coach him in college,        1755 01:05:26,422 --> 01:05:27,548        I really would be nervous.     1756 01:05:27,590 --> 01:05:30,426          He's a legend before,                       you know,              1757 01:05:30,468 --> 01:05:32,637         he's even played a game                     in college.             1758 01:05:32,678 --> 01:05:35,097     A lot of people consider him             the best point guard         1759 01:05:35,139 --> 01:05:37,016             to ever come                     out of New York City.        1760 01:05:37,058 --> 01:05:40,728            But he is truly                 a package of excitement.       1761 01:05:40,770 --> 01:05:42,271               [Stephon]                   When he went to Georgia Tech,    1762 01:05:42,313 --> 01:05:44,941      you had to watch his game,            like, whenever he played.      1763 01:05:44,982 --> 01:05:47,818             [commentator]                   Kenny Anderson for three.      1764 01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:50,321        Kenny Anderson penetrates.     1765 01:05:50,363 --> 01:05:51,614           Got it off the back.        1766 01:05:51,656 --> 01:05:52,698               [Stephen]                      When he was interviewed       1767 01:05:52,740 --> 01:05:54,200              prior to going                       to Georgia Tech,          1768 01:05:54,241 --> 01:05:56,661          Dick Vitale asked him,                 "Who can stop you?"         1769 01:05:56,702 --> 01:05:58,287        He was like, "Nobody."        1770 01:05:58,329 --> 01:06:01,540    And if you were from New York,             you were like this.         1771 01:06:01,582 --> 01:06:05,294             "That's true.                        That's true.             1772 01:06:05,336 --> 01:06:06,921         Nobody can stop him."        1773 01:06:06,963 --> 01:06:08,839            [crowd roaring]           1774 01:06:08,881 --> 01:06:10,549                [Andre]                      Georgia Tech versus Duke.      1775 01:06:10,591 --> 01:06:12,051                Big stage.             1776 01:06:12,093 --> 01:06:14,762               Bobby Hurley                    was college basketball's      1777 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:16,097         premier point guard.         1778 01:06:16,138 --> 01:06:18,808            Kenny Anderson                was the young pup coming in.     1779 01:06:18,849 --> 01:06:20,601               [Stephen]                      I ran home from the park      1780 01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:22,895         'cause I was waiting                for this confrontation.       1781 01:06:22,937 --> 01:06:26,816     We didn't like Bobby Hurley.            I'ma just keep it 100.        1782 01:06:26,857 --> 01:06:28,693             [commentator]                  He looks like an altar boy,     1783 01:06:28,734 --> 01:06:30,778          but he will take care                  of you defensively.         1784 01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:31,946               He is tough.            1785 01:06:31,988 --> 01:06:34,907         I told Kenny--I said,           "You gotta do him today, baby.    1786 01:06:34,949 --> 01:06:36,200          You gotta do him."          1787 01:06:36,242 --> 01:06:39,036       So he said, "Don't worry.         Mission will be accomplished."    1788 01:06:39,078 --> 01:06:42,748     I knew I wanted to play well,            but I wanted to win.         1789 01:06:42,790 --> 01:06:45,793         I hate Duke, so I was           concentrating on beating them.    1790 01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:47,837    And I just went off that night.  1791 01:06:47,878 --> 01:06:49,588             [commentator]                  They really love competing.     1792 01:06:49,630 --> 01:06:50,881         Look at the two of them                talking to each other.       1793 01:06:50,923 --> 01:06:52,133          Look at Kenny saying,        1794 01:06:52,174 --> 01:06:53,801          "I'm gonna invite you                 over to dinner, Bobby.       1795 01:06:53,843 --> 01:06:55,928            I really like you.              Come on, let's go to dinner."    1796 01:06:55,970 --> 01:06:59,015       The world got introduced                 to Kenny Anderson          1797 01:06:59,056 --> 01:07:01,726       in the Bobby Hurley play,              so please, right now,        1798 01:07:01,767 --> 01:07:04,937        get the Bobby Hurley play                   out as I talk.           1799 01:07:04,979 --> 01:07:06,188               [Stephen]                            Fast break.             1800 01:07:06,230 --> 01:07:09,900              And it was him                    against Bobby Hurley.        1801 01:07:09,942 --> 01:07:12,486             Behind the back,                      across the leg,           1802 01:07:12,528 --> 01:07:14,905      and back again, with a shift,    1803 01:07:14,947 --> 01:07:16,741          and buckled Hurley.         1804 01:07:16,782 --> 01:07:19,368          It was like he was                   his private dancer.         1805 01:07:19,410 --> 01:07:21,954              [grunting]              1806 01:07:21,996 --> 01:07:23,372             dramatic music          1807 01:07:23,414 --> 01:07:25,082    [Bobbito]   And with the shoulder          shimmy, you understand?       1808 01:07:25,124 --> 01:07:26,834       Like, we're talking about           the connection to hip-hop.      1809 01:07:26,876 --> 01:07:30,463     Come on, B, he can't contain          the rhythm, you understand?     1810 01:07:30,504 --> 01:07:32,923              [grunting]              1811 01:07:32,965 --> 01:07:35,509          "Bobby, I'm sorry.                    I love you, aha!"          1812 01:07:35,551 --> 01:07:39,638                                    1813 01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,058             [commentator]                       Uh-oh, oh, finish!         1814 01:07:42,099 --> 01:07:43,934                [Dick]                        No, I can't believe it!       1815 01:07:43,976 --> 01:07:45,227           I can't believe it!         1816 01:07:45,269 --> 01:07:48,606     When Dickie V throw that gas              in the background,          1817 01:07:48,647 --> 01:07:50,441             that shit is                     a whole nother shit.         1818 01:07:50,483 --> 01:07:52,109      "Mr. New York City, baby!"      1819 01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:54,236     "He's a diaper dandy, baby!"     1820 01:07:54,278 --> 01:07:56,822      [Dick]   He's a three S man!                    He's super!             1821 01:07:56,864 --> 01:07:59,033            He's sensational!                        He's superb!            1822 01:07:59,075 --> 01:08:04,080      "He's unbelievable, super,          scintillating, slam jam bam!"    1823 01:08:04,121 --> 01:08:06,415             And the crowd                      is going bananas.          1824 01:08:06,457 --> 01:08:08,084       I jumped up and screamed,      1825 01:08:08,125 --> 01:08:10,669                 "Ahh!                       He putting on a show!"        1826 01:08:10,711 --> 01:08:14,131                                    1827 01:08:14,173 --> 01:08:18,677       The move is off instinct.          That's totally off instinct.     1828 01:08:18,719 --> 01:08:20,096                Came down.             1829 01:08:20,137 --> 01:08:23,682      I put the ball between my legs        three times, behind my back,    1830 01:08:23,724 --> 01:08:25,101     and hit him with the floater.    1831 01:08:25,142 --> 01:08:26,936         [Dick]   I mean, that's                just like on the streets      1832 01:08:26,977 --> 01:08:28,187            of New York City.          1833 01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:30,022      [Andre]   We all were sitting                at the crib like,          1834 01:08:30,064 --> 01:08:33,275         "Yo, wow, like, okay,            now, I'm about to go outside     1835 01:08:33,317 --> 01:08:35,861           and practice that             about four or five more times."  1836 01:08:35,903 --> 01:08:37,404     Listen, I love Bobby Hurley.     1837 01:08:37,446 --> 01:08:41,283       But Kenny Anderson threw          doo-doo in his face, basically.  1838 01:08:41,325 --> 01:08:43,202          [Dick]   Hurley says,                   "What do I gotta do?        1839 01:08:43,244 --> 01:08:45,704        I can't believe this guy!                This is impossible!"        1840 01:08:45,746 --> 01:08:48,374               [Stephen]                    You understood the greatness    1841 01:08:48,415 --> 01:08:50,376            of Kenny Anderson                      in that moment.           1842 01:08:50,417 --> 01:08:55,506     Because you're Bobby Hurley.            You don't get rattled.        1843 01:08:55,548 --> 01:08:57,675     But he was rattled that day.     1844 01:08:57,716 --> 01:09:01,303               soft music            1845 01:09:01,345 --> 01:09:02,888             [Joekenneth]                         Okay, you heard           1846 01:09:02,930 --> 01:09:04,890        what makes our point gods                       great.               1847 01:09:04,932 --> 01:09:07,935       But if we keeping it a buck,             there's one reputation       1848 01:09:07,977 --> 01:09:11,772             New York guards                  just can't seem to shake.      1849 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:14,066       New York has this stigma                      about,                1850 01:09:14,108 --> 01:09:17,236           "Oh, the point guard                     can't shoot."            1851 01:09:17,278 --> 01:09:19,280               [Stephen]                     They can handle the rock.      1852 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:20,990      They can finish at the basket.  1853 01:09:21,031 --> 01:09:23,242         But when you ask them                 to pull up from 20,         1854 01:09:23,284 --> 01:09:25,536           oh, a lot of them                 were allergic to that.        1855 01:09:25,578 --> 01:09:27,621     A lot of guys probably can't,    1856 01:09:27,663 --> 01:09:29,039               but it's                     because we play outside.       1857 01:09:29,081 --> 01:09:31,375               Honestly,                   that's gonna be my excuse.      1858 01:09:31,417 --> 01:09:33,752         [Rick]   When you lose                   in the playgrounds,         1859 01:09:33,794 --> 01:09:35,379         you're probably finished                    for the day             1860 01:09:35,421 --> 01:09:37,840     because of everybody waiting             to get on the court.         1861 01:09:37,882 --> 01:09:40,134       I got point game, I'm not            trying to shoot a jumper.      1862 01:09:40,176 --> 01:09:42,344       I'm trying to get the win               because if I lose,          1863 01:09:42,386 --> 01:09:44,054         I'm not getting back                     on the court.            1864 01:09:44,096 --> 01:09:45,139         So you're gonna take         1865 01:09:45,181 --> 01:09:46,765        the highest percentage                   shot possible.            1866 01:09:46,807 --> 01:09:48,100            And New York City                       point guards,            1867 01:09:48,142 --> 01:09:50,019         they're gonna penetrate,           they're gonna get to the rim.    1868 01:09:50,060 --> 01:09:51,979      Yeah, New York City is one               of the only cities          1869 01:09:52,021 --> 01:09:53,272       that make their own rims.      1870 01:09:53,314 --> 01:09:54,940       And it's because we have                  so many courts,           1871 01:09:54,982 --> 01:09:56,317       it would be so expensive                   to buy them,             1872 01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:57,902    so we just make them ourselves.  1873 01:09:57,943 --> 01:10:00,237       So we make the rims here           in Flushing Meadows, Queens.     1874 01:10:00,279 --> 01:10:02,615      This is where our shop is.      1875 01:10:02,656 --> 01:10:05,826      These rims, I mean, could last         for over a hundred years.      1876 01:10:05,868 --> 01:10:07,703             They're made out                  of high-strength steel.       1877 01:10:07,745 --> 01:10:09,580               They do deal                     with all the elements:       1878 01:10:09,622 --> 01:10:11,832         rain, sleet, hail, snow.      1879 01:10:11,874 --> 01:10:14,001             When I was a kid                   playing on these rims,       1880 01:10:14,043 --> 01:10:16,462           if you hit that rim                    right on the edge,         1881 01:10:16,503 --> 01:10:19,173          that ball's flying                   right back at you.          1882 01:10:19,215 --> 01:10:20,799                [Nancy]                           They were tight.          1883 01:10:20,841 --> 01:10:22,927        The rims were unforgiving.     1884 01:10:22,968 --> 01:10:25,429        And then, if you played                 on a double rim,           1885 01:10:25,471 --> 01:10:27,139         I think the word is,                   you were screwed.          1886 01:10:27,181 --> 01:10:29,725       [Kemba]   We definitely had              a court in the vicinity       1887 01:10:29,767 --> 01:10:31,810          of my neighborhood                  that had double rims.        1888 01:10:31,852 --> 01:10:33,354      And everybody always hated                 playing there.            1889 01:10:33,395 --> 01:10:35,564        [Mark]   You want to try                    to find a reason          1890 01:10:35,606 --> 01:10:39,068       that not many New York City            point guards are shooters?     1891 01:10:39,109 --> 01:10:40,527         Blame it on the rims.        1892 01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:44,406                                    1893 01:10:44,448 --> 01:10:46,033             [Joekenneth]                        Jump shot or not,          1894 01:10:46,075 --> 01:10:48,285        New York City point guards                   get it done.            1895 01:10:48,327 --> 01:10:50,496           We've argued forever                 that our point guards        1896 01:10:50,537 --> 01:10:53,290           could easily go from              the playground to the pros.     1897 01:10:53,332 --> 01:10:56,543              And one player                 became the walking, talking,    1898 01:10:56,585 --> 01:11:00,089        crossing actualization of            that long-standing argument,    1899 01:11:00,130 --> 01:11:02,967           Jamaica, Queens' own                     Rafer Alston,            1900 01:11:03,008 --> 01:11:04,385           AKA Skip to My Lou.         1901 01:11:04,426 --> 01:11:07,763           Mobb Deep's "Give Up               the Goods (Just Step)"       1902 01:11:07,805 --> 01:11:09,765      Yeah, trying to get this loot                    any way.              1903 01:11:09,807 --> 01:11:12,309        Ayo, Queens get the money,              long time no cash          1904 01:11:12,351 --> 01:11:14,728       I'm caught up in the hustle            when the guns go blast       1905 01:11:14,770 --> 01:11:17,982           The fool retaliated                so I had to think fast       1906 01:11:18,023 --> 01:11:19,858             [commentator]                       Alston for three.          1907 01:11:19,900 --> 01:11:22,236         Wizard with the ball.                   Just so crafty.           1908 01:11:22,278 --> 01:11:23,404           Streetball legend                      right there.             1909 01:11:23,445 --> 01:11:25,072      He really brought the swag                  to basketball            1910 01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:26,282           in New York City.          1911 01:11:26,323 --> 01:11:27,533        Queens niggas don't play     1912 01:11:27,574 --> 01:11:29,285              Do your thing,                       I'll do mine            1913 01:11:29,326 --> 01:11:30,828               The swag.                        Everything, man.           1914 01:11:30,869 --> 01:11:33,163             He has great                  ball handling skills, boy.      1915 01:11:33,205 --> 01:11:34,665                I'm eating                     off a platinum plate        1916 01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:38,043            Po-po comes around               and tries to relocate me      1917 01:11:38,085 --> 01:11:40,879       He embarrassed everybody.           And he'd talk shit to you.      1918 01:11:40,921 --> 01:11:44,925              Skip, skip,                     skip to my Lou, skip.        1919 01:11:44,967 --> 01:11:47,803         I used to go to 155th                 just to watch Skip.         1920 01:11:47,845 --> 01:11:49,054              One second.                    Let me send this text.        1921 01:11:49,096 --> 01:11:50,848          I'll tell her turn                that air back on for you.      1922 01:11:50,889 --> 01:11:52,349               [laughs]               1923 01:11:52,391 --> 01:11:55,227         [Rafer]   Rafer Alston,             also known as Skip to My Lou.    1924 01:11:55,269 --> 01:11:57,521            I'm from Southside                     Jamaica, Queens.          1925 01:11:57,563 --> 01:12:01,859      Growing up, some of the things        that is considered terrible,    1926 01:12:01,900 --> 01:12:04,695         it becomes normalized                    in our city,             1927 01:12:04,737 --> 01:12:06,113      even though it's abnormal.      1928 01:12:06,155 --> 01:12:07,781       You know, we're young kids,     1929 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:09,742      and we're trying to figure out  1930 01:12:09,783 --> 01:12:12,828             how to navigate                       through it all.           1931 01:12:12,870 --> 01:12:15,205        I'm surrounded by some              of the big-time hustlers       1932 01:12:15,247 --> 01:12:16,832          that this city had.         1933 01:12:16,874 --> 01:12:18,167          It was a lot of flair.       1934 01:12:18,208 --> 01:12:20,336              It was gritty.                     It was in your face.        1935 01:12:20,377 --> 01:12:24,381        That's how my game was.               Both worlds collided.        1936 01:12:24,423 --> 01:12:26,050            And that's how                     we played the game.         1937 01:12:26,091 --> 01:12:27,509          Me and Skip played                    on the same team.          1938 01:12:27,551 --> 01:12:29,887        And I've never seen him               practice to this day.        1939 01:12:29,928 --> 01:12:31,263           I can't even say                 I've seen Skip practice.       1940 01:12:31,305 --> 01:12:34,058          He'd come to games             when he want to come to games,    1941 01:12:34,099 --> 01:12:36,894         be missing for, like,                  weeks at a time,           1942 01:12:36,935 --> 01:12:39,104           and then show up                 and still bust your ass.       1943 01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:40,647    I was so South Jamaica, Queens    1944 01:12:40,689 --> 01:12:43,233          that I was outside                 all hours of the night.       1945 01:12:43,275 --> 01:12:45,277              Some days,                    I wouldn't attend school.      1946 01:12:45,319 --> 01:12:47,446        My junior and senior year,             I was ineligible a lot.       1947 01:12:47,488 --> 01:12:49,031         I only played a handful                      of games,              1948 01:12:49,073 --> 01:12:52,159       so no one around the country              knew how good I was.        1949 01:12:52,201 --> 01:12:53,285            My man is like,           1950 01:12:53,327 --> 01:12:56,038     "Yo, we got this high school               kid on our squad.          1951 01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:58,624      He's gonna start the game.         They call him Skip to My Lou."    1952 01:12:58,665 --> 01:13:01,126           I was like, "Yo,               that nickname is incredible!"    1953 01:13:01,168 --> 01:13:02,961            Skip to My Lou,                    the name came from,         1954 01:13:03,003 --> 01:13:04,338            when I was playing                     in Rucker Park,           1955 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:06,382              the crowd was,                   you know, kind of dead.       1956 01:13:06,423 --> 01:13:08,926       I was like, what can I do to         get the crowd off their feet?    1957 01:13:08,967 --> 01:13:10,344          I was coming down,                      three on one,            1958 01:13:10,386 --> 01:13:11,512     and I just put a little spin                 on the ball,             1959 01:13:11,553 --> 01:13:12,846              and I just was                     skipping like that.         1960 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:14,098    And the guy went for the ball,    1961 01:13:14,139 --> 01:13:15,474           and I wrapped it                 to my teammate like this,      1962 01:13:15,516 --> 01:13:17,476        and he caught it in stride                  and dunked it.           1963 01:13:17,518 --> 01:13:19,645         The crowd goes crazy.           Some of them ran on the court.    1964 01:13:19,686 --> 01:13:20,854             They're like,                   "Ladies and gentlemen,        1965 01:13:20,896 --> 01:13:22,189    "we got a new nickname for him.  1966 01:13:22,231 --> 01:13:24,316        We got a new nickname.               That's Skip to My Lou."       1967 01:13:24,358 --> 01:13:26,110     And everybody's like, "Wow!"     1968 01:13:26,151 --> 01:13:29,154       I'm like, I just thought           about this like a minute ago.    1969 01:13:29,196 --> 01:13:30,906             dramatic music          1970 01:13:30,948 --> 01:13:34,660    The great thing about Rafer is,       he's probably the first guy     1971 01:13:34,701 --> 01:13:37,621       to take it from the streets,              take it to college,         1972 01:13:37,663 --> 01:13:39,289             and then take it                       to the league.           1973 01:13:39,331 --> 01:13:42,459       Skip made kids feel like                  they can do it.           1974 01:13:42,501 --> 01:13:45,754    'Cause he went from streetball       to the NBA, and that was rare.    1975 01:13:45,796 --> 01:13:48,215      Like, everybody always say,        "You know, you play streetball,  1976 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:51,760     you can't make it to the NBA,              duh-duh-duh-da."           1977 01:13:51,802 --> 01:13:52,678            Well, not Skip.           1978 01:13:52,719 --> 01:13:55,931         He kind of made kids                 around the city like,        1979 01:13:55,973 --> 01:13:58,809         "We can do that too."        1980 01:13:58,851 --> 01:14:00,519     [Rafer]   When I would show up                 at Rucker Park,           1981 01:14:00,561 --> 01:14:03,105             the anticipation                     of my team playing         1982 01:14:03,147 --> 01:14:05,023          and everyone coming                 to see me was unreal.        1983 01:14:05,065 --> 01:14:06,358               You know,                  people hanging on the fence.     1984 01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:09,278        You got people actually           watching the game like this,     1985 01:14:09,319 --> 01:14:11,864       holding on to the fence,             just looking at the game       1986 01:14:11,905 --> 01:14:13,198    so they could see over people.    1987 01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:15,659          They're like this,                watching the whole game.       1988 01:14:15,701 --> 01:14:17,661        [Andre]   And Skip would                   always come late.          1989 01:14:17,703 --> 01:14:20,831        He would walk in the park                  during the game.          1990 01:14:20,873 --> 01:14:21,957         Like, it would be, like,      1991 01:14:21,999 --> 01:14:23,500        in the middle of the first              quarter or something.        1992 01:14:23,542 --> 01:14:25,836            "Yo, that's him."                   Like, "Skip is here."        1993 01:14:25,878 --> 01:14:30,382      The crowd would just erupt.           "Yeah, here comes Skip!"       1994 01:14:30,424 --> 01:14:33,177      Streetball is a way of life           for us in New York City.       1995 01:14:33,218 --> 01:14:34,595             Playing outside                         in the parks            1996 01:14:34,636 --> 01:14:37,139        is what defines basketball                in New York City.          1997 01:14:37,181 --> 01:14:39,975            He created what               the whole streetball legends     1998 01:14:40,017 --> 01:14:41,059          in the new era was.         1999 01:14:41,101 --> 01:14:42,394              That's him.             2000 01:14:42,436 --> 01:14:45,355    [announcer]   Y'all about to view       the "And 1 Mix Tape" on video    2001 01:14:45,397 --> 01:14:46,857           Coming at you live.         2002 01:14:46,899 --> 01:14:49,943              upbeat music           2003 01:14:49,985 --> 01:14:52,571                                    2004 01:14:52,613 --> 01:14:55,282        [Bobbito]   Rafer Alston,                 AKA Skip to My Lou,         2005 01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:58,368       on that one 15-minute video,    2006 01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:03,457          changed the course              of basketball with his style.    2007 01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:05,584                                    2008 01:15:05,626 --> 01:15:09,796         He should be inducted           to the Hall of Fame for style.    2009 01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:12,883                                    2010 01:15:12,925 --> 01:15:14,760      [Rafer]   That tape took off                   like wildfire.           2011 01:15:14,801 --> 01:15:17,429     I was out west, and everybody           out west had the tape.        2012 01:15:17,471 --> 01:15:20,224           People in places                 like Birmingham, Alabama,      2013 01:15:20,265 --> 01:15:21,934             had the tape.            2014 01:15:21,975 --> 01:15:23,352             hip-hop music           2015 01:15:23,393 --> 01:15:25,062           The background music                in the "And 1 Mix Tape,"      2016 01:15:25,103 --> 01:15:28,315      that's what really gravitated          a lot of people to the tape.    2017 01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:29,775                                    2018 01:15:29,816 --> 01:15:31,860               [Stephon]                     To see that whole culture      2019 01:15:31,902 --> 01:15:34,571            combined together,                    hip-hop, fashion.          2020 01:15:34,613 --> 01:15:39,409    And you look at Skip to My Lou       as one of the pioneers of that.  2021 01:15:39,451 --> 01:15:41,537               soft music            2022 01:15:41,578 --> 01:15:44,206    [Joekenneth]   Skip's showmanship           sparked a revolution.        2023 01:15:44,248 --> 01:15:47,334            And thanks to him,                   the "And 1 Mix Tape"        2024 01:15:47,376 --> 01:15:49,836           spawned a world tour              that would spread the gospel    2025 01:15:49,878 --> 01:15:53,840       of New York City streetball              culture to the masses.       2026 01:15:53,882 --> 01:15:56,343                                    2027 01:15:56,385 --> 01:15:58,470         [Bobbito]   And that's               the first time we're seeing     2028 01:15:58,512 --> 01:16:02,266       New York City playground               basketball documented        2029 01:16:02,307 --> 01:16:05,352            and positioned                     on a global scale.          2030 01:16:05,394 --> 01:16:06,645                                    2031 01:16:06,687 --> 01:16:09,523      [Stephon]   You see that tour                going to stadiums,         2032 01:16:09,565 --> 01:16:12,609        and people are selling out               to watch these guys         2033 01:16:12,651 --> 01:16:15,654         play streetball style                     basketball.             2034 01:16:15,696 --> 01:16:20,075      It's, like, everything that          was special about New York      2035 01:16:20,117 --> 01:16:21,618         in the '80s and '90s,        2036 01:16:21,660 --> 01:16:23,745        as far as point guards                    and hip-hop.             2037 01:16:23,787 --> 01:16:26,039          It really blew up.          2038 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:29,626       [Stephon]   From the baggy,             long shorts to durags on,      2039 01:16:29,668 --> 01:16:32,212            people doing that                    all over the world.         2040 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:34,631       I would look at the kids                in China right now,         2041 01:16:34,673 --> 01:16:39,678     they still emulate what guys            were doing in mixtapes.       2042 01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:40,929                [Book]                      New York City point guards,     2043 01:16:40,971 --> 01:16:43,098       we revolutionized this game,                  this sport,             2044 01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:45,976              with our swag,                     with our influence,         2045 01:16:46,018 --> 01:16:48,061      with, again, how we dress.      2046 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:51,440      You know, Jay-Z always say,          "I walk like a ballplayer."     2047 01:16:51,481 --> 01:16:53,358             Biggie says,                 "Either you sling crack rock     2048 01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:54,735      or got a wicked jump shot."     2049 01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:58,155       You talk about synonymous            with basketball hooping,       2050 01:16:58,196 --> 01:17:00,532          that's our culture.         2051 01:17:00,574 --> 01:17:02,659          [Bobbito]   And now,                 you can see a cat playing      2052 01:17:02,701 --> 01:17:06,163       in Joburg, South Africa,          and if you don't hear him talk,  2053 01:17:06,204 --> 01:17:08,415    "Oh, homeboy's from New York."    2054 01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:13,462        I could look at plenty           of YouTube clips and IG posts,    2055 01:17:13,503 --> 01:17:18,467         kids with crazy handles               in Tallahassee, Florida.      2056 01:17:18,759 --> 01:17:22,429      In '91, that would have been,           "Nah, he's from New York."     2057 01:17:22,471 --> 01:17:25,641             Our blueprint                    has been commodified,        2058 01:17:25,682 --> 01:17:29,686          and it's been sold               because of the contribution     2059 01:17:29,728 --> 01:17:34,232     of the ethos of New York City        community outdoor basketball.    2060 01:17:34,274 --> 01:17:35,484                                    2061 01:17:35,525 --> 01:17:39,655           You know, for me,               it's all a great experience     2062 01:17:39,696 --> 01:17:44,451       in being one of the point              guards from New York.        2063 01:17:44,493 --> 01:17:47,579    To be able to talk to you guys          about this is pretty cool      2064 01:17:47,621 --> 01:17:50,082            'cause I think                    it's really powerful.        2065 01:17:50,123 --> 01:17:52,459         It has--New York City                    point guards             2066 01:17:52,501 --> 01:17:55,003    have had an impact on the game.  2067 01:17:55,045 --> 01:17:58,715       You know, it may not been           in the way that people feel     2068 01:17:58,757 --> 01:18:01,677           is of high value                    and high standard,          2069 01:18:01,718 --> 01:18:04,012         but we feel that way.        2070 01:18:04,054 --> 01:18:07,140                                    2071 01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:09,726     [Book]   Everyone talks about,             "Well, the point guards       2072 01:18:09,768 --> 01:18:10,977        have gone from New York."      2073 01:18:11,019 --> 01:18:13,480       I'm like, no, they haven't.               They're in Atlanta.         2074 01:18:13,522 --> 01:18:16,316              They're in LA.                   They emulate our style.       2075 01:18:16,358 --> 01:18:17,901               They are us.            2076 01:18:17,943 --> 01:18:19,486           When guys who don't                  understand the lineage       2077 01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:21,905       or the history of this thing              that we talk about,         2078 01:18:21,947 --> 01:18:24,491       the point gods, when they          don't understand that thing,     2079 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:26,910    I kind of--you know, I be quiet        and I just smirk at them       2080 01:18:26,952 --> 01:18:29,287       because, you know what--           and I put my hands together--    2081 01:18:29,329 --> 01:18:30,539     I say, "Father, forgive them,    2082 01:18:30,580 --> 01:18:32,332           for they know not                     what they do."            2083 01:18:32,374 --> 01:18:37,629                                    2084 01:18:38,171 --> 01:18:40,966    [Joekenneth]   Our '80s and '90s            New York City point gods      2085 01:18:41,007 --> 01:18:44,010        laid the modern blueprint           for the point guard position.    2086 01:18:44,052 --> 01:18:45,929           From their handles,                       showmanship,            2087 01:18:45,971 --> 01:18:48,557        and toughness to the music               and style of dress,         2088 01:18:48,598 --> 01:18:51,393         they personified an era               that shifted the culture      2089 01:18:51,435 --> 01:18:53,437          and rewrote the rules                      of the game.            2090 01:18:53,478 --> 01:18:56,398          Kenny Anderson's moves                 still reign supreme.        2091 01:18:56,440 --> 01:18:58,942             There's a statue                    of Marbury in China.        2092 01:18:58,984 --> 01:19:01,695                The memory                    of Pearl's swag lives on.      2093 01:19:01,737 --> 01:19:03,572        You can't watch basketball                 without hearing           2094 01:19:03,613 --> 01:19:05,782        the Jet or Action Jackson                    on the mic.             2095 01:19:05,824 --> 01:19:08,535      Skip's flair is still emulated              by point guards           2096 01:19:08,577 --> 01:19:10,495            from the pavement                      to the hardwood.          2097 01:19:10,537 --> 01:19:13,623       Kyrie is a direct descendant               of Rod Strickland.         2098 01:19:13,665 --> 01:19:15,375           And as you can see,         2099 01:19:15,417 --> 01:19:17,919           everyone still does                      the Shammgod.            2100 01:19:17,961 --> 01:19:20,797        These point guards became             the cultural superheroes,      2101 01:19:20,839 --> 01:19:23,550         whose legacies have left               a long-standing impact       2102 01:19:23,592 --> 01:19:24,843               on the game.            2103 01:19:24,885 --> 01:19:28,430        Basketball the world over                 is a better sport          2104 01:19:28,472 --> 01:19:31,808                 because                       of their contributions.       2105 01:19:31,850 --> 01:19:34,102      But yo, it ain't over yet.      2106 01:19:34,144 --> 01:19:35,312       The thing about New York       2107 01:19:35,353 --> 01:19:37,230           is that it keeps                    reinventing itself.         2108 01:19:37,272 --> 01:19:38,648    Just when you think we're done,  2109 01:19:38,690 --> 01:19:40,442             we transform                      into something new.         2110 01:19:40,484 --> 01:19:43,653     And with that, God only knows         what the city has in store      2111 01:19:43,695 --> 01:19:45,363      for the game of basketball.     2112 01:19:45,405 --> 01:19:48,200       From where I'm standing,             the future looks bright.       2113 01:19:48,241 --> 01:19:52,537                                    2114 01:19:52,579 --> 01:19:54,122           When people think                  about New York City,         2115 01:19:54,164 --> 01:19:56,875     the first thing they think of       is New York City point guards.    2116 01:19:56,917 --> 01:19:59,377        Nobody could guard me.                   I got handles.            2117 01:19:59,419 --> 01:20:01,296             I can shoot.             2118 01:20:01,338 --> 01:20:02,964        One day, I might dunk.        2119 01:20:03,006 --> 01:20:04,966        But I may be too short                      for that.              2120 01:20:05,008 --> 01:20:07,761    I think I have the best handles            in New York City           2121 01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:10,096    because I can control the ball,  2122 01:20:10,138 --> 01:20:12,974       I can do a lot of things               with the basketball.         2123 01:20:13,016 --> 01:20:15,185           We all basketball                      and all good.            2124 01:20:15,227 --> 01:20:18,563       We all handles, handles,          shifty, shifty, crafty, crafty.  2125 01:20:18,605 --> 01:20:19,731           Can't guard that.          2126 01:20:19,773 --> 01:20:22,234         New York City guards,                  can't guard that.          2127 01:20:22,275 --> 01:20:27,364                                    2128 01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:32,619          dramatic jazz music        2129 01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:37,999