8BOYS-B ARE LED BY YEE AND YANG

The 8th-grade boys “B” team has endured some challenges this 2018-19 season, but the diminuntive guards Brady “Kyrie” Yee and Justin “Muggsy” Yang have been bright spots. See highlights of their impressive performance against New Castle.

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HOOP EDUCATION CENTER

1. THE PISTOL INVENTED THE “RONDO”
The ball fake move commonly credited to Rajan Rondo was in fact pioneered by Pistol Pete Maravich.

2. DEFENSIVE TIP OF THE DAY
“Don’t reach, young blood.” — Uncle Drew.

3. DIMINUTIVE LEGENDS
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues stood all of 5’3″ but nonetheless was a star point guard for famed Dunbar High School in Baltimore, where his tenacity led the team to a #1 U.S. ranking.

Muggsy had a successful career at Wake Forest and in the NBA. He remains an inspiration for vertically challenged basketball players everywhere.

4. SPORTSMANSHIP FOCUS

5. GLOSSARY
Posterizing a player involves dunking the ball over the top or in front of another player in such a forceful and/or picturesque manner that it may appear on a poster.

6. BACK IN THE DAY
Jason Williams was one of the NBA’s great showmen. See his incredible highlight reel.

7. QUOTES
“I like slam-dunks, take me to the hoop, my favorite play is the alley-oop, I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and go…” — Rapper Kurtis Blow in “Basketball.”