The Godfather Of Basketball
The Godfather of Basketball
"Cause the streets is a short stop
Either you slangin' crack rock
Or you got a wicked jump shot."
Jay-Z "sports, Drugs, Entertainment."
Harlem. The fatherland of drugs, violence and a common battlefield for the Bloods and Crips. However in 1946, one block created a way to cease the firing and provided a tunnel of hope for the residents in the area. A single park on 155th and 8th with a simple game contributed to countless adolescents picking up a basketball instead of a Glock. A single name, a thousand unseen contributions. Rucker. In the article "Time to Enshrine Mr. Rucker," author Scoop Jackson believes that for his countless endowments to the basketball culture, Holcombe Rucker should be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Jackson makes several great points and I believe that Mr. Rucker should be in the Hall of Fame and it's a shame he's excluded.
"A person is eligible for enshrinement as a contributor at any time for significant contributions to......
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