I cried during Rebound. Remember when Earls homie had an over-dose right in front of him? Man... that struck so many emotions in me as a kid. Right in the feels. His story inspired me in more ways than Basketball
Dude, I don't know how anyone DIDN'T cry watching that movie. The scene where he got ready to return to Laurinburg Institute but didn't realize he'd been high all summer and missed the school year tore me up. So did the one where his friend, played by Eriq LaSalle, died.
I used to go to that camp in the summer.... the work outs were around 6 am... we used to train our way to get picked on a team... & then play in the tournament before the championship! That shit was crazy hard but I learned a lot! Nothing but love and respect! I'm glad I got my jersey signed when we won!!!
I lived on 116th St in Harlem saw Earl Manigault like everyday with his Each One Teach one Tee Shirt & Ankle weights. Then we would play on his Goat Tourney courts in 118th & Morningside park. Butch Lee would be there too
I found out years ago that we're related he and my grandmother were first cousins he truly is the greatest of all time and I am honored to share his bloodline
When I was in high school in the late 70s, I read a book called "The City Game" by Pete Axthelm. In it were stories of the Rucker Tournament and NYC playground legends, including Earl Manigault. I've been a fan of The Goat ever since, and love hearing stories from NBA greats of the day who knew how great he was.
My great friend Alex just died about 2 weeks ago, drank himself to death. He used to work with the White house and met 4 presidents. His parent's estate is worth over $700 million. He just kept drinking, ended up on the streets, died. Parents disowned him I guess. I hope to write his eulogy, he was a great friend and a great guy. The saddest part of my friendship was to allow him to make decisions with his own free will which had him fail at times and later killed him. Hope to see you again some day Alex.
Kareem was in the very beginning as himself... he was being interviewed and was asked who was the best player that he had ever seen? he saidit had to be the goat...
My uncle lived up there and he told me Michael used to come up there and play while Earl was there watching him (they schooled him a few times but not often). Earl inspired him in a way once everybody told him the stories about Earl which lead to Michael being even hungrier to elevate his game.
@@DjMustang24 Your uncle is wrong. Michael lived in North Carolina certainly didn't come up to NY to watch basketball. He was so young he doesn't even remember living in NY
I think people don't understand the double dunk, he didn't dunk with two balls, he dunked with one and the way he did it was he dunked with his right hand, grabbed it with his left hand and switched back to his right hand and dunked it again.
No one thinks he dunked with two balls, which is not only possible, but relatively easy to do. Legitimately dunking one ball twice is impossible, at least on Earth. It could be done on a planet or moon with much lower gravity. As mentioned in this video, Earl himself refuted the claim that he ever did such an obviously impossible thing. Anyone who thinks it's possible has a poor understanding of how things actually work in the world around them. By the way, hanging off the rim, not to mention letting the ball bounce, like Steph Curry did - ballislife.com/steph-curry-does-earl-the-goat-manigaults-double-dunk-sort-of/ - doesn't count.
question772000 The difference is he’s waiting on a free heart transplant. David Rockefeller bought and paid for his. Like it or not right or wrong it’s true
***** I'll offer two quotes from Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and I'll leave it alone: 1. "Manigault, at 6'-1", was "the best player his size in the history of New York City,'' according to Abdul-Jabbar, who often played against "The Goat'' in city parks during the 1960s." (and remember that Nate Archibald, at 6' 1" was in the same error.) 2. "``He had a lot of skills similar to Michael Jordan,`` Abdul-Jabbar said of Manigault." Now you can take that for what it's worth, or nothing at all, but Jabbar would be the one to debate about this, and not me.
+Dog Nobody will deny MJ's greatness, but he was also a well-known asshole to basically anyone he ever came in contact with. Give me Magic over him any day.
If I would have had a better up bringing I may have made it to the NBA...I've played against college players and schooled them...and I've never been coached...so imagine if I was coached
I propose put Goat in the NBA HOF under the category Black Top Legends he was truly the greatest that never played but i believe sports annoucers would have been comparing MJ to him Kobe to him LeBron to him.
May he rest in peace, I hear a lot of people feeling like others should have helped out, Helping people out is a choice. It doesn't make someone mean or uncaring. It's just that now a days being poor is richer than the riches. And even when your rich you can't save everybody!
Earl is the real deal, make no mistake about it. I read an article around 20 years ago and it blew my mind. They called Earl the Goat because he used to pick quarters off the TOP of the backboard. Goat was a reference to his jumping ability. Then there was the legendary Rucker battle between Earl and Dr. J. By all accounts Earl lit up Dr. J, though the Dr. scored plenty himself. But, Earl was that good to where even Dr. J couldn't stop him. The only reason he never went to the NBA was because he said teams would only offer the league minimum to an unproven player. He was making more money hustlin' on the streets than teams could offer, so he turned down the offers...
Total BS myth. Even Manigault himself later admitted it. Nobody can take anything off the top of the backboard, especially not a 6'1" person. That would require somewhere over a 60" vertical leap, which even Olympic athletes aren't close to.
So many brothas could have made it like him, but the streets and drugs and the lure of lifes riches brought them back down to earth. The Goat had gotten props from Kareem.
he stilll entertained people day to day on the streets and competed against nba players.. just didnt want to go to the nba he didn't believe in it. not a waste he was happy where he was and so was everybody who came to watch him and play with him for free
I imagine everyone under a certain age would naturally assume his nickname was "the Greatest Of All Time", but it was about how high he could get up there
If this guy had been born 20 years later, he would have been coached and tutored to the NBA. Because he was born in an era of segregationist white supremacy (there are many kinds of white supremacy that still exist in America but that one is pretty much dead) he didn't get a deal, didn't make money and died unable to get the medical treatment he would have easily been able to get if he was a pro. Essentially, racism killed the guy as it has killed so many millions of other, more regular people.
b.s. my 1st response is he was lazy.....I am minority with no bennies for having a life without being a pro this or pro that. Lets quit tis crap and see it as it was. wish him not a basd life , but lets admit he squandered a skill I wish I woulda had
N Kel I cannot say racism killed him, but I do agree if he were 18 today he would have been the first pick of this draft and had handlers since he was 14. He would have had his high school games on ESPN and his every move followed by millions of adoring fans. Keep in mind none of that happened back in the 50s, not even for the best white players, its more about the growth of TV sports. BUT!! In his day, racism wasn't discussed, it was just a fact of life and it did play a role in his decision making.
+Doubletake 123 Excellent point on the handlers, nobody bought Earl's family a hummer like they did for LeBron. If I was LeBron I would take the car as well so hopefully I do not sound like a jerk just felt your point was very salient.
Every city has it's own playground basketball legends.. In Los Angeles California we had Raymond Lewis who in the 10th grade while still in high school played in the old Pro Am league at Cal State Los Angeles against the NBA pro athletes and held his own.. I saw him play there as a kid.. Also got drafted by 76ers and was killing number1 draft pick Doug Collins and other players, but got blackballed out of NBA cause of attitude problem they claimed.. Saw him score 50 points in summer pro league games before half time and not even Michael Cooper could stop him when he played for LAKERS, Freman Williams could score too and became #2 All time NCAA behind Pistol Pete Marivich, but he couldn't touch RayLew..
That's why I don't totally subscribe to the GOAT theory. Too many unsung icons and legends, that weren't covered. Prime example barely ANY footage of a whole league; Basketball's ABA Baseball's Negro League along with others that weren't included or recognized. Thanks for the post.
The great ones always seem to fall to drugs as a way out its sad to see that happen, he was such a talent player and i pray that this teachers others not to turn to drugs, with God's help u can do anything, u can make it.
I saw an interview with Kareem where he said the man he most feared was Earl Manigault on a fast break running towards him or something like that. I apologize if I butchered it.
Love people that teach a positive lifestyle to our black youth. And I say that as no disrespect, because even though we are divided, we are one people in the US. I am a veteran, and "KNOW" that when it boils down to it, the world sees us all as Americans, not black or white Americans. To me, whites and blacks need to build more relationships through transparency.
Jordan had to stop doing basketball camps early on in his career. Why is that? Because too many 18 yr old five star recruits who didn’t know any better were shutting Michael’s ass down, that’s why. He’s just another guy at the gym as long as the gym has no NBA officials around to call ridiculous fouls. The NBA needed a star, one who could make spectacular dunks, so they created one out of MJ.
The goatwas one of the best players ever. Sane age as kareem-The new each other.He could jump and dunk while catchung the ball still in the air and dunk it again. He head a hard life got addicted to drugs and never made college or nba in karrems eyes-Best player ever.There is a grate movie abot him called rebound-The legend of earl the goat manigault.He said for every jordan there is agoat-Many really tallanted players just dont make it
The Moral of this story is "Pick your friends CAREFULLY!!! If Earl Manigault and Len Bias had made a better choice in friends; there is a good chance both would be alive today and Historic Figures in NBA Lore today. Both men were failed by acquaintances who offered them drugs as a Token of Friendship. I know the decision was theirs to make; however being young and influenced by peers was devastating to their lives.
As far as new york playground legends go no one comes close to Lloyd 'Swee' Pea' Daniels. I remember finding the book Swee' Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence, and Basketball in my high school library during my sophmore year in high school while i was playing JV ball and thinking "man, i wonder if this is all bullshit or if this dude Lloyd Daniels was really that good...and if he was that good I wish i could have seen the form of his jumper so i could copy it." Then out of freaking nowhere 'Tark the Shark' Jerry freaking Tarkanian becomes the new head coach of my home team San Antonio Spurs and all of a sudden I see freaking Lloyd Swee' Pea Daniels in a San Antonio Spurs uniform and he is freaking playing real freaking minutes and no looking passes to big Dave Robinson and coming down hill leading the fast break dribbing down low and slow mo real smooth and pulling up for fast break 3 pointers....and freaking burrying them bitches all net! It was freaking surreal. And you could see glimpses of what would have been greatness. He had court vision, mid-range, long-range, low-post, pick and pop, pick and roll, not much defense but plenty of finger roll! Lloyd Daniels was the real freaking deal and I got to see him play on my NBA team. It was a gift. Lloyd Daniels is no doubt the greatest basketball talent that we never truly got to see in it's full God given potential. Name one other playground legend that played a handful of high school games, no college games and made it to the NBA on pure talent alone and held his own. And by the way Lloyd was half the player he should have been by the time he made it to the NBA on the spurs team. Those were fun years for me and guess what? My freaking jump shot improved when I copied the way Lloyd flattened his wrist all the way back on him jumpers which made the ball travel in a beautiful natural arc with no effort from me. True genius...glad I got to experience it.
No he couldn't. Nobody in history can do that, not even David "Skywalker" Thompson. Myth. Even Dwight Howard can't do it, and he's tried. 6'11" with a ridiculous vertical and HE can't do it. Just TOUCHING the top of the backboard is impossible, much less grabbing something off of it.
knicks9899 Sam Worthen took twenty bucks from me in a game of H-O-R-S-E and I had him down two letters and still lost. Those courts demoralized me, when otherwise I thought I had game.
He was great amateur player, and if he took a different course in his life, he would had made it to the professional basketball either the NBA or ABA. there is an old saying "there is nothing worse in this life than wasted talent". I hope other young people learn a lesson from his life, and not make the same mistakes he made. Although he made mistakes, he is still a great man, because he dedicated his life to his community. He is the original GOAT!
I shot this piece for CNN in the early 90's, it was a true honor to meet and spend time with Earl.
Michael Gittelman good job man!!!
Did you keep in contact with him?
SALUTE
Michael Gittelman Great 👍🏾 job!!!
Rip micheal Gittelman
He could of been amazing. Kareem Abdul Jabbar called him the greatest player he has ever seen. If Kareem says that about someone, you take his word.
He sure did
have been, have been, not of been.
Kareem said that bc he wasnt giving anyone in the league any kind of credit like that
@@larryhughes4327 unfortunately that's true to some extent but also Chamberlain commended manigault too many goats admired him
Kareem forgot Wilt Chamberlain! LOL
I cried during Rebound.
Remember when Earls homie had an over-dose right in front of him? Man... that struck so many emotions in me as a kid. Right in the feels.
His story inspired me in more ways than Basketball
nathan robson i cried too erick LaSalle directed and starred in that Movie i Actually own that Movie
Dude, I don't know how anyone DIDN'T cry watching that movie. The scene where he got ready to return to Laurinburg Institute but didn't realize he'd been high all summer and missed the school year tore me up.
So did the one where his friend, played by Eriq LaSalle, died.
That movie changed the direction of my life. Indeed I cried watching the movie.
@@barrys4922 bro no lie. His aunt said "it's been almost two years" like damn bro
Loved that movie, watched as a basketball obsessed 8th grader when it came out.
You know you a Beast when you don't make the league and you're still considered the Greatest to ever play the game
Factz
That is so true.
The greatest never saw the NBA.
It's kind of a lesson, talent can only get you so far... you've got to have that discipline too.
@@soulsurfer639 he didn't play in NBA cause back then they was making more money hustling than they would make in NBA
Anybody see tv movie Rebound w/Don Cheadle as Goat?👍👍👍
I posted the link of the movie to my Facebook page. Very heart-warming movie specially near the end. Even the villain turned out to be a decent guy.
He fucked Nicole ari parker and Monica Calhoun he really is the goat
That's my movie
Harry Miram 1st time I saw don cheadle
Heck yes! NannyGoat!!
Giving back and allowing the kids to benifit from his mistakes is his true legacy!
Yep & each story counts
he gave back & mistakes are a human thing.
Yess indeed !
They always do that
Amen to that. ✔️❤️
These kids to short, skinny and can't hoop anymore
Endocarditis had me in the hospital for 2 months. I am so thankful that it was my wake up call. RIP Goat 🐐
🙏🏿
I used to go to that camp in the summer.... the work outs were around 6 am... we used to train our way to get picked on a team... & then play in the tournament before the championship! That shit was crazy hard but I learned a lot! Nothing but love and respect! I'm glad I got my jersey signed when we won!!!
R.I.P to my cousin, and perhaps the greatest playground player of all time. Earl "the goat" manigault.
+Samuel Huggins ye i sure believe he is ur cousin
+damannoa LOL
damannoa You mad?
Samuel Huggins are you from Charleston SC?
@@crabletheking2356 Yep
I lived on 116th St in Harlem saw Earl Manigault like everyday with his Each One Teach one Tee Shirt & Ankle weights. Then we would play on his Goat Tourney courts in 118th & Morningside park. Butch Lee would be there too
SALUTE!!! Still remembered in 2020 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
He wasn’t the Jordan of his time. He was the goat of his time. This man made a name for himself apart from anyone!
r.i.p goat definiton of legend of the playground
Jay Casino facts
Wow! Continue to soar in Greatness Ntr. Earl Manigault..."The GOAT" you among others have and continue to inspire others, thankh you 😇💝
Man idk why but I keep coming back to look at manigault old interview.. man such a great talent never seen
I found out years ago that we're related he and my grandmother were first cousins he truly is the greatest of all time and I am honored to share his bloodline
Ivory Trice no your not
@@Ijustinsultedyou yes she is
@@Jay2008. nope 👎
Ivory trice no u not related to him smh lol sighs
Manigaul was one of the greatest of all time!
Truly a class man. He looked past
his own troubles to help others with
theirs.
When I was in high school in the late 70s, I read a book called "The City Game" by Pete Axthelm. In it were stories of the Rucker Tournament and NYC playground legends, including Earl Manigault. I've been a fan of The Goat ever since, and love hearing stories from NBA greats of the day who knew how great he was.
It's not hating on Jordan or anyone else but the abbreviation the G.O.A.T wouldn't exist had it not been for this man..Earl Manigault
The Original Skinny Boys u are right
I know, they using that name,
Absolutely!! The original GOAT
The Original Skinny Boys I’m guessing that you never heard of Muhammad Ali. Where G.O.A.T. came from
2023 NEVER FORGOTTEN❤❤
My great friend Alex just died about 2 weeks ago, drank himself to death. He used to work with the White house and met 4 presidents. His parent's estate is worth over $700 million. He just kept drinking, ended up on the streets, died. Parents disowned him I guess. I hope to write his eulogy, he was a great friend and a great guy. The saddest part of my friendship was to allow him to make decisions with his own free will which had him fail at times and later killed him. Hope to see you again some day Alex.
I hope you do too brother. Wish you peace, and your friend Alex too.
You always wonder what could of been. For Goat, The Hawk, many other's, your friend too.
he must be in the forbes if your telling the truth
$700 million? Sounds like bullshit.
Iverson blew through about $160,000,000 and now can’t afford to eat at McDonalds. Save your sympathy for the truly deserving. Ayyight?
He slamed twice...before hitting the ground....wow!
Ok little buddy
RIP. His biopic was one of my fav movies growing up.
same ❤❤❤
Kareem was in the very beginning as himself... he was being interviewed and was asked who was the best player that he had ever seen? he saidit had to be the goat...
Lol that's because that was the line.
RIP GOAT u r an inspiration 2 this day
Michael jordan walks like him
MelyHeadz Yep!!!!!
My uncle lived up there and he told me Michael used to come up there and play while Earl was there watching him (they schooled him a few times but not often). Earl inspired him in a way once everybody told him the stories about Earl which lead to Michael being even hungrier to elevate his game.
mj studied all the greats before him, as should the aspiring, learning is the best education one can attain.
Fresno State Hooper people don’t realize that’s what it means to “Be Like Mike”
@@DjMustang24 Your uncle is wrong. Michael lived in North Carolina certainly didn't come up to NY to watch basketball. He was so young he doesn't even remember living in NY
Kareem called him one the greatest he’s ever seen period. That’s enough for me 🤗💪🏾.
Not for me
I think people don't understand the double dunk, he didn't dunk with two balls, he dunked with one and the way he did it was he dunked with his right hand, grabbed it with his left hand and switched back to his right hand and dunked it again.
No one thinks he dunked with two balls, which is not only possible, but relatively easy to do. Legitimately dunking one ball twice is impossible, at least on Earth. It could be done on a planet or moon with much lower gravity. As mentioned in this video, Earl himself refuted the claim that he ever did such an obviously impossible thing. Anyone who thinks it's possible has a poor understanding of how things actually work in the world around them.
By the way, hanging off the rim, not to mention letting the ball bounce, like Steph Curry did - ballislife.com/steph-curry-does-earl-the-goat-manigaults-double-dunk-sort-of/ - doesn't count.
naw it was one Ball
JDUBB2399
He must have super powers
Yes he did double dunk💯
A throwback legend much Respect
I grew up in New York in the 60's and 70's. This guy was AWESOME!
He's waiting on a heart transplant and David Rockefeller had 7 heart transplants?!
question772000 white supremacy is a mother
Rockefeller is a $atanic Elite. His gOD rules this world so of course he gets 7
He’s not waiting. He died over 20 years ago.
MONEY!
question772000 The difference is he’s waiting on a free heart transplant. David Rockefeller bought and paid for his. Like it or not right or wrong it’s true
He played against Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem and dominanted them both.
Wilt destroyed that Junkie
No 1 dominates Wilt.
Diferent Poss,Manigault was PG(small SG) and Wilt...C
Just like JORDAN would of done... dunking on both 😂
Check your sources! He blocked Wilt's shot once, but that is hardly dominating him.
Many said he was more talented than Jordan. But was around the wrong crowd and the world never got to see him at his best....
***** I don't know where you got your information from, but Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Dr. J are at least NBA allstars that I know would beg to differ.
***** I'll offer two quotes from Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and I'll leave it alone:
1. "Manigault, at 6'-1", was "the best player his size in the history of New York City,'' according to Abdul-Jabbar, who often played against "The Goat'' in city parks during the 1960s." (and remember that Nate Archibald, at 6' 1" was in the same error.)
2. "``He had a lot of skills similar to Michael Jordan,`` Abdul-Jabbar said of Manigault."
Now you can take that for what it's worth, or nothing at all, but Jabbar would be the one to debate about this, and not me.
+Dog. If you would watch a movie about him u would understand why he did not get drafted by the nba it should be on netflix
***** shut the fuck up and educate your self about this dude first before you start talking shit he's not called the goat for no reason
+Dog Nobody will deny MJ's greatness, but he was also a well-known asshole to basically anyone he ever came in contact with. Give me Magic over him any day.
The best and most unknown
you don't have idea,see what 'bout Jabbar says
See the DVD `bout Earl's life
You said it best🙌👍🙏💪😎
I remember they had the GOAT Park on 2K on Dreamcast lol dude been a legend fr
It makes me sad o think about how many great players that could easily reach a HOF spot in the NBA are wasting their talent on drugs right now.
If I would have had a better up bringing I may have made it to the NBA...I've played against college players and schooled them...and I've never been coached...so imagine if I was coached
+shortbus1127 I don't think college eligibility is up until 28, so if you are below that, you might still be able to play for college.
Joe Shatterstar I'm 32
+shortbus1127 you schooled D1 college players ?
Sugar T I don't know, just know they played college ball
When people say the goat but don't really know that it resides from
You don't
Steezo!!! The Quiet Legend at Rucker....
Amazing how these namesakes/titles are being given to current athletes all the while the original goes unheard of.
Nice to meet you earl. Heard a lot about you. And, it's all good. God be with you brother. Peace
I propose put Goat in the NBA HOF under the category Black Top Legends he was truly the greatest that never played but i believe sports annoucers would have been comparing MJ to him Kobe to him LeBron to him.
RIP Goat. Greatest playground basketball player of all time.
i wish i was related to that amazing man/player! R.I.P The GOAT
just how high could this guy jump? a real legend. The Goat
One of the best movies ever seen about a basketball player
grew up in the sixties in north jersey. knew a lot of guys like this. sad but some folks lives roll easy. thanks for telling this story.
Exactly! Every state had their star players who were never heard of.
Earl the goat was the greatest streetball player period! His problem was that he loved getting high more than the game.
You can't really say that he loved to get high more than the game. The man had an addiction
Lmao true
Can’t blame him! I probably love getting high as much as I love the game, both are escapes from the human condition.
The only certainties in life are Change and death!
May he rest in peace, I hear a lot of people feeling like others should have helped out, Helping people out is a choice. It doesn't make someone mean or uncaring. It's just that now a days being poor is richer than the riches. And even when your rich you can't save everybody!
Is that the same court from “ABOVE THE RIM” 🤔
Earl is the real deal, make no mistake about it. I read an article around 20 years ago and it blew my mind. They called Earl the Goat because he used to pick quarters off the TOP of the backboard. Goat was a reference to his jumping ability.
Then there was the legendary Rucker battle between Earl and Dr. J. By all accounts Earl lit up Dr. J, though the Dr. scored plenty himself. But, Earl was that good to where even Dr. J couldn't stop him.
The only reason he never went to the NBA was because he said teams would only offer the league minimum to an unproven player. He was making more money hustlin' on the streets than teams could offer, so he turned down the offers...
Total BS myth. Even Manigault himself later admitted it. Nobody can take anything off the top of the backboard, especially not a 6'1" person. That would require somewhere over a 60" vertical leap, which even Olympic athletes aren't close to.
I remember earl, he was amazing to watch. Definitely the GOAT❤️🥲
But there's another guy they talk about out here in Los Angeles on the same level His name was Raymond Lewis have you heard about him
Manigault died from congestive heart failure in 1998 at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City. //Wikipedia
Positivity instead of negativity is great!
He was da beastiest. Dude was mad beast. Word up
So many brothas could have made it like him, but the streets and drugs and the lure of lifes riches brought them back down to earth. The Goat had gotten props from Kareem.
he stilll entertained people day to day on the streets and competed against nba players.. just didnt want to go to the nba he didn't believe in it. not a waste he was happy where he was and so was everybody who came to watch him and play with him for free
I imagine everyone under a certain age would naturally assume his nickname was "the Greatest Of All Time", but it was about how high he could get up there
If this guy had been born 20 years later, he would have been coached and tutored to the NBA. Because he was born in an era of segregationist white supremacy (there are many kinds of white supremacy that still exist in America but that one is pretty much dead) he didn't get a deal, didn't make money and died unable to get the medical treatment he would have easily been able to get if he was a pro. Essentially, racism killed the guy as it has killed so many millions of other, more regular people.
b.s. my 1st response is he was lazy.....I am minority with no bennies for having a life without being a pro this or pro that. Lets quit tis crap and see it as it was. wish him not a basd life , but lets admit he squandered a skill I wish I woulda had
N Kel I cannot say racism killed him, but I do agree if he were 18 today he would have been the first pick of this draft and had handlers since he was 14. He would have had his high school games on ESPN and his every move followed by millions of adoring fans. Keep in mind none of that happened back in the 50s, not even for the best white players, its more about the growth of TV sports. BUT!! In his day, racism wasn't discussed, it was just a fact of life and it did play a role in his decision making.
+Doubletake 123 Excellent point on the handlers, nobody bought Earl's family a hummer like they did for LeBron. If I was LeBron I would take the car as well so hopefully I do not sound like a jerk just felt your point was very salient.
+N Kel you to stupid to understand.. Have several seats
+SDS Overfiend and it was explained too -_-
This looks like the grimy New Y?ork early 90's
KillerBen187 yeah, I couldn't find an exact year for this clip but your right you can tell cause reebok had those reebok pumps our in the early 90s.
James FLY Williams had a similar story.One of the best to ever come out of Brooklyn Recognize.
Every city has it's own playground basketball legends..
In Los Angeles California we had Raymond Lewis who in the 10th grade while still in high school played in the old Pro Am league at Cal State Los Angeles against the NBA pro athletes and held his own.. I saw him play there as a kid..
Also got drafted by 76ers and was killing number1 draft pick Doug Collins and other players, but got blackballed out of NBA cause of attitude problem they claimed..
Saw him score 50 points in summer pro league games before half time and not even Michael Cooper could stop him when he played for LAKERS, Freman Williams could score too and became #2 All time NCAA behind Pistol Pete Marivich, but he couldn't touch RayLew..
As a sixers fan, thanks for the story.
That's why I don't totally subscribe to the GOAT theory.
Too many unsung icons and legends, that weren't covered.
Prime example barely ANY footage of a whole league; Basketball's ABA
Baseball's Negro League
along with others that weren't included or recognized.
Thanks for the post.
I agree with Jon About impossible to declare a GOAT in any sport. Too many variables. Too many what ifs.
The real Greatest of all time.
It's a great Story
r u kidding me? its a terrible story. a complete waste of talent because of his drug addiction
Yea it isnt a great story, but it is a great lesson
Basically we are put on this earth to learn and share our experiences...this is a good lesson
The great ones always seem to fall to drugs as a way out its sad to see that happen, he was such a talent player and i pray that this teachers others not to turn to drugs, with God's help u can do anything, u can make it.
This the definition of a REAL ONE
Audience, We ALL have "CHOICES"...
"he say nanigoat?" - rebound
Came here after the Rebound
The Real Random Guy good now leave
RIP Earl Manigault.
I judge how close people are to death by how slow or fast they speak. They get to speaking slow, time is ticking.
I saw an interview with Kareem where he said the man he most feared was Earl Manigault on a fast break running towards him or something like that. I apologize if I butchered it.
People are here talk about Raymond Lewis have you ever heard about him
I'm sorry. Colombia South Carolina.
Love people that teach a positive lifestyle to our black youth. And I say that as no disrespect, because even though we are divided, we are one people in the US. I am a veteran, and "KNOW" that when it boils down to it, the world sees us all as Americans, not black or white Americans. To me, whites and blacks need to build more relationships through transparency.
This dude a success. He did the drugs he wanted, when he wanted---> self-determination at it's best
Your always gonna be the GOAT , LOVE YOU 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
dude talk to me when Jordan can touch the top of a backboard, talk to me when jordan outplays Wilt,Kareem,Dr.J and other legends.
Jordan had to stop doing basketball camps early on in his career. Why is that? Because too many 18 yr old five star recruits who didn’t know any better were shutting Michael’s ass down, that’s why. He’s just another guy at the gym as long as the gym has no NBA officials around to call ridiculous fouls. The NBA needed a star, one who could make spectacular dunks, so they created one out of MJ.
Roky Erickson rocks damn stop hating and lying smh your a sad person
The goatwas one of the best players ever. Sane age as kareem-The new each other.He could jump and dunk while catchung the ball still in the air and dunk it again. He head a hard life got addicted to drugs and never made college or nba in karrems eyes-Best player ever.There is a grate movie abot him called rebound-The legend of earl the goat manigault.He said for every jordan there is agoat-Many really tallanted players just dont make it
The goat is like' Hook 'from Oakland, CA playground ledgend
The Moral of this story is "Pick your friends CAREFULLY!!! If Earl Manigault and Len Bias had made a better choice in friends; there is a good chance both would be alive today and Historic Figures in NBA Lore today. Both men were failed by acquaintances who offered them drugs as a Token of Friendship. I know the decision was theirs to make; however being young and influenced by peers was devastating to their lives.
Yooo I lived by that court my whole life & never knew that was where they got the name from 😂
I appreciate the post
As far as new york playground legends go no one comes close to Lloyd 'Swee' Pea' Daniels. I remember finding the book Swee' Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence, and Basketball in my high school library during my sophmore year in high school while i was playing JV ball and thinking "man, i wonder if this is all bullshit or if this dude Lloyd Daniels was really that good...and if he was that good I wish i could have seen the form of his jumper so i could copy it."
Then out of freaking nowhere 'Tark the Shark' Jerry freaking Tarkanian becomes the new head coach of my home team San Antonio Spurs and all of a sudden I see freaking Lloyd Swee' Pea Daniels in a San Antonio Spurs uniform and he is freaking playing real freaking minutes and no looking passes to big Dave Robinson and coming down hill leading the fast break dribbing down low and slow mo real smooth and pulling up for fast break 3 pointers....and freaking burrying them bitches all net! It was freaking surreal. And you could see glimpses of what would have been greatness. He had court vision, mid-range, long-range, low-post, pick and pop, pick and roll, not much defense but plenty of finger roll! Lloyd Daniels was the real freaking deal and I got to see him play on my NBA team. It was a gift.
Lloyd Daniels is no doubt the greatest basketball talent that we never truly got to see in it's full God given potential. Name one other playground legend that played a handful of high school games, no college games and made it to the NBA on pure talent alone and held his own. And by the way Lloyd was half the player he should have been by the time he made it to the NBA on the spurs team. Those were fun years for me and guess what? My freaking jump shot improved when I copied the way Lloyd flattened his wrist all the way back on him jumpers which made the ball travel in a beautiful natural arc with no effort from me. True genius...glad I got to experience it.
Thanks for telling that story.
Could snatch a quarter off the top of the backboard and leave change on the way down.
No he couldn't. Nobody in history can do that, not even David "Skywalker" Thompson. Myth. Even Dwight Howard can't do it, and he's tried. 6'11" with a ridiculous vertical and HE can't do it.
Just TOUCHING the top of the backboard is impossible, much less grabbing something off of it.
@@SealofPerfection you need to wake up boi there are people of excellence out there
Rip my friend lendary respect!!!
I live a few blocks from Goat Courts on the Upper West Side. Many great games there.
knicks9899
Sam Worthen took twenty bucks from me in a game of H-O-R-S-E and I had him down two letters and still lost. Those courts demoralized me, when otherwise I thought I had game.
knicks9899 no you don’t
RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was great amateur player, and if he took a different course in his life, he would had made it to the professional basketball either the NBA or ABA. there is an old saying "there is nothing worse in this life than wasted talent". I hope other young people learn a lesson from his life, and not make the same mistakes he made. Although he made mistakes, he is still a great man, because he dedicated his life to his community. He is the original GOAT!
Stgfre
earl manigault
was NO amatuer ..
he was the GOAT
No he had the chance to be the Goat. He was a great amateur player. Despite that I still respect the man.
Remember hearing Pee Wee Kirkland say he didnt want to go to the league cause he was making more money slanging weight. Shit was crazy back then.
Gerald Green did double dunk in NBA slam dunk contest
That was after this guy like literaly 40 yrs before Green :) Plus Earl did it with one ball not two balls :)
Drugs has brought the best of us to our knees......
Y’all need to see the movie about his life. It’s one of the best biographies I’ve ever seen. It’s staring Don Chidle
Great wrist flip on the jumper
The real goat
1:11 study his shot process
Seen The Goat in Ruckers Park in 67 that summer. Grabbed a quarter off the back board him an Connie were In that game, along with Mel Daniel's.
- that is my grandma cousin
Hey, it seems you and @ivorytrice in the comment section are related or you both share grandmothers of the goat
he's originally from Charleston SC just like another Harlem legend Bumpy Johnson
Greatness Washington Bum !!!
Love my man.. thanks Don Cheadle..
The Goat.. 🐐
Great man!