Re: Reggie anniversary

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stop on a dime from a full gallop Reggie could and hit the jumper. I miss
him a lot. Besides talent he had a shy kind of smile and good court manners.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Malo" <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: RE: Reggie anniversary


> At 04:14 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, Enrile, Roy wrote:
> >I was a big Reggie fan too.  He was before his time as a huge shooting
> >guard.  It's funny, now almost all starting 2 guards are 6'7 leapers who
> >play an isolation game (In the 80's most guys that size played SF).  He
> >had the best pullup jumper in the business.
>
> Yeah, what I call that kangaroo shot. Could recognize it from a mile away.
> Most guys need to step forward into it to elevate, but Reggie could just
> sky vertically straight up, like a kangaroo leaping to look up over the
> brush. From a standstill too.
>
> Good point about before his time - I'd forgotten that, but you're right.
> Kim