Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was fortunate to see Meadowlark & the Trotters a few times in the mid 60's & early 70's. His roundball skills incredible! Also rechecked Alan's photos. Thanks for the links. On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 5:05?PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: > I am a big fan of basketball. Other sports I can take or leave, but I > pay attention to basketball. > > The Harlem Globetrotters > (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters ) > had a big star named Meadowlark Lemon. > (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon ) > He was one of the very best basketball players of all time. He was so > good that when he was getting ready to throw a ball through the hoop, he > often did tricks like bouncing it between his legs, or shooting from > behind his back, or bouncing it off his head, or spinning it on the end > of his finger. He didn't just make great hoop shots. He made great hoop > shots after doing extra things with the ball, just for fun. > > These pictures that Alan has posted remind me of Meadowlark Lemon. Alan > is so good at photography that he can do things that would confound the > rest of us, and still get fabulous pictures. I don't think it would be > good for a camera for the photographer to dribble it between his legs > before shooting a picture behind his own back, but if it could work, I'm > sure Alan Magayne-Roshak could do it. > > If you haven't looked at every one of these pictures, you should. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Awards/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >