Autistic Basketball Player
02-28-2006 | 12:53 AM
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Listen, for that kid to do that is amazing. I mean, I watched this a couple times because I love basketball. So the first time I wasn't really paying attention, so after it I was thinking, they must have not played defense on him. But I watching it again, and he only shoots one really uncontested shot. On all the other shots that he takes there is a guy at least with a proverbial hand in the face.
And from someone that plays basketball... making 6 three point shots isn't easy to do in a game, let alone a quarter, let alone how long he played.
To put it in perspective, JJ Redick, who is argubly the best shooter alive, has only made more than 6 threes in two games this season. In both games he played over 30 minutes.
Amazing story. You know it's probably going to be a rough life for that kid, but he will never forget that moment.
And from someone that plays basketball... making 6 three point shots isn't easy to do in a game, let alone a quarter, let alone how long he played.
To put it in perspective, JJ Redick, who is argubly the best shooter alive, has only made more than 6 threes in two games this season. In both games he played over 30 minutes.
Amazing story. You know it's probably going to be a rough life for that kid, but he will never forget that moment.
02-28-2006 | 02:42 PM
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I think this is the right one.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z10cqDyhvv8
I went looking for it when it didn't work. anyways very cool story.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z10cqDyhvv8
I went looking for it when it didn't work. anyways very cool story.
02-28-2006 | 04:02 PM
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Funny, I saw this clip a while back before you guys posted it the other day... I home from work at around midnight last night and watched sportscenter boom there it was. What a coincidence, he lead voiting by viewers for the ESPN "big man on campus." Great story that im sure touched many...
02-28-2006 | 09:30 PM
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I saw it on the TV at a restaurant I was at tonight.
The link might go down. I found it the other day, went back, and they had removed the video. I guess EVERYBODY is linking to that site. The original video file had over 1,700,000 views. The one I posted only had 7,000 views at the time I posted it. I guess they keep moving the file since so many people are watching it (taking up bandwidth). I searched for CBS and Basketball to find it. Maybe Autistic would work also
Supercow's link is a different clip. The original was from CBS, but the CNN is a little more detailed but less video footage of the game
The link might go down. I found it the other day, went back, and they had removed the video. I guess EVERYBODY is linking to that site. The original video file had over 1,700,000 views. The one I posted only had 7,000 views at the time I posted it. I guess they keep moving the file since so many people are watching it (taking up bandwidth). I searched for CBS and Basketball to find it. Maybe Autistic would work also
Supercow's link is a different clip. The original was from CBS, but the CNN is a little more detailed but less video footage of the game
