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December 28, 2015
“Man, I’ve had a good run,” he said at his Hall of Fame induction ceremony
and he specialized in the long-distance hook, a trick shot he made with remarkable regularity. But it was his charisma and comic bravado that made him perhaps the most famous Globetrotter. For 22 years, until he left the team in 1978, Lemon was the Trotters’ ringmaster, directing their basketball circus from the pivot. He imitated Tatum’s reams, like spying on the opposition’s huddle, and added his own.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 28, 2015 1:35 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.