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<blockquote data-quote="MikeRafone" data-source="post: 131254843" data-attributes="member: 1482681">Russell Lee was the guy that got Tacy spit on by McGuire.I had a cousin who was HC at Withrow a HS B-ball power in Cincy. They had a pre-Christmas tourney. I worked it when I was in my early teen's, letting the HS coaches how much time before the next game, fetching food and chasers for the college coaches. Dave Parker played for Withrow and my cousin took me down to meet him. In the days of Afro's and bell bottoms, Parker was one of the largest human beings I'd ever seen. My cousin was and is a funny guy. He introduced me to Parker with &quot;Mike, this is my goon,Dave.&quot; and &quot;Dave, this is the family's goon in training, Mike.&quot;A few months later,Parker hit &quot;The Home Run Heard Around The World&quot; with Charleston's AAA team into a full coal train going about 60 mph. A few days later Dave went from AAA, to the big time club in Pittsburgh.On paying players to go to such and such State U, it was done via envelopes in the locker room before and after games. A former coach at an SEC school taught me the old &quot;Keep the change,Coach?&quot; shill. None of those guys wanted to be seen as a cheapskate, but this was long before that giant sucking sound known as &quot;AAU ball&quot; was seen as legit again after it crashed due to point shaving in the 60's. Connie Hawkins, Earl &quot;The G.O.A.T&quot; Manginault, the only man to block the pre-name change Lew Alcindor's sky hook regularly in the old summer Rucker League games. Earl got strung out about that time and rode the bench for a couple of pro teams,but that was about it. BTW, did I mention Earl was 6'3&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MikeRafone, post: 131254843, member: 1482681"] Russell Lee was the guy that got Tacy spit on by McGuire. I had a cousin who was HC at Withrow a HS B-ball power in Cincy. They had a pre-Christmas tourney. I worked it when I was in my early teen's, letting the HS coaches how much time before the next game, fetching food and chasers for the college coaches. Dave Parker played for Withrow and my cousin took me down to meet him. In the days of Afro's and bell bottoms, Parker was one of the largest human beings I'd ever seen. My cousin was and is a funny guy. He introduced me to Parker with "Mike, this is my goon,Dave." and "Dave, this is the family's goon in training, Mike." A few months later,Parker hit "The Home Run Heard Around The World" with Charleston's AAA team into a full coal train going about 60 mph. A few days later Dave went from AAA, to the big time club in Pittsburgh. On paying players to go to such and such State U, it was done via envelopes in the locker room before and after games. A former coach at an SEC school taught me the old "Keep the change,Coach?" shill. None of those guys wanted to be seen as a cheapskate, but this was long before that giant sucking sound known as "AAU ball" was seen as legit again after it crashed due to point shaving in the 60's. Connie Hawkins, Earl "The G.O.A.T" Manginault, the only man to block the pre-name change Lew Alcindor's sky hook regularly in the old summer Rucker League games. Earl got strung out about that time and rode the bench for a couple of pro teams,but that was about it. BTW, did I mention Earl was 6'3"? [/QUOTE]

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