Autistic Senior Makes 20 Pts in 4 minutes
hairyferry
01-03-2006 03:46:29
This happened at the local highschool here... Absolutely amazing!
[b2a50294e6a]News Report[/b2a50294e6a]
http//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/earlyshow/main1339324.shtml
[b2a50294e6a]Video[/b2a50294e6a]
http//www.thatvideosite.com/view/1688.html
ltsmash2
01-03-2006 10:00:39
Its made our local news (Rochester) alot the past week. I think its great they let him play a game after being the manager for the entire time.
bballp6699
01-03-2006 10:06:15
Damn. Now if he dunked it, I would have shat myself.
JordanE
01-03-2006 10:07:24
That was nice to let him play he kicked ass to.
kevxross
01-03-2006 10:23:10
That's awesome. It'd be interesting to see how he would've done for a whole season if they'd treated him just like a normal player.
FreeOffersNow
01-03-2006 10:45:26
[quoteeaab6c90dc="kevxross"]That's awesome. It'd be interesting to see how he would've done for a whole season if they'd treated him just like a normal player.[/quoteeaab6c90dc]
Thats what I was thinking...but there's really no way to know. If he was good I'm sure the coach/players would have pushed him to get on the court, and we don't really know if he even wanted to be anything but the manager. Nonetheless, pretty amazing. How many of us are from/living in the Rochester area? Hairy, ltsmash2, and me...who else?
bballp6699
01-03-2006 10:47:39
It he would have played the whole season teams would have known that the kid can hit the three and just planted someone on him. I'm sure he can't dribble well. Plus they wouldn't feed him the ball every play if he was a regular player.
kdollar
01-03-2006 11:00:36
wow i had no idea, i saw this kid like 18 times on espn, just thought he made some record for 3 pointers but the fact he had autism is amazing, instead we give latrell sprewell millions of dollars, this kid is a true champ, the world sucks
double_d
01-03-2006 11:22:29
[quote8b0b53ae2f="FreeOffersNow"]
and we don't really know if he even wanted to be anything but the manager. [/quote8b0b53ae2f]
ESPN reported he failed to make the JV team.
good2speed
01-03-2006 11:31:24
[quotee05a58b96c="bballp6699"]It he would have played the whole season teams would have known that the kid can hit the three and just planted someone on him. I'm sure he can't dribble well. Plus they wouldn't feed him the ball every play if he was a regular player.[/quotee05a58b96c]
Bball knows what it like to be autistic and have to play basketball for a whole season. JK lol
Let the kid play. I wouldnt want to be the one guarding him though. Imagine he dropped that 20 on you and you were actually playing D.
tjwor
01-03-2006 11:38:47
You guys must have seen Ryan Wedel's 25 points in 2 min 2 sec right? It was insane... here's a video on the right side...
http//search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=ryan+wedel&Find.x=27&Find.y=14
kdollar
01-03-2006 13:02:48
yea 25 pts was ridiculous he was shootin 3's like nba range, on that same list is a guy who caught a giant sailfish in an inflatable kayak, its a good video too, watch it!!!
johnjimjones
01-03-2006 13:07:25
That was a special on ESPN one night a few weeks ago. Awsome story.
hairyferry
01-03-2006 13:29:53
Ah, Apparently now some producers where out to see this kid and they're talking about making a movie about what happened and his life story. Amazing.
bballp6699
01-03-2006 14:39:01
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!
hairyferry
01-03-2006 15:22:26
lol, I saw that movie.
jeff7602
01-03-2006 15:35:08
This was amazing, it would definetely make a good flick!
pokernerdaa
01-03-2006 15:36:34
man i just watched that, that's a "touching" story....crazy how he got mobbed at the end, bet he won't forget that day )
Wolfeman
02-03-2006 00:42:08
Thats amazing. I kinda got choked up. I have 2 autistic kids in my extended family and they have such a rough life ahead of them its great to see people accepting him like that...
akalic
02-03-2006 01:31:14
thats great. ( no sarcasm )
shamash
02-03-2006 06:51:53
[quote40db2178d7="bballp6699"]Rudy, Rudy, Rudy![/quote40db2178d7]
can i be the friendly black janitor?
pochacco
02-03-2006 07:17:23
I have an autisitic cousin who's 6 and she's still not talking yet ( .... It's wonderful knowing other autistic kids out there are doing well like Jascon. He's amazing!!!
Driscollv2
02-03-2006 11:57:48
[quotefe371e27ff="ltsmash2"]Its made our local news (Rochester) alot the past week. I think its great they let him play a game after being the manager for the entire time.[/quotefe371e27ff]
I live close to Rochester, right between Rochester and Syracuse. I saw it on ESPN down at my school in Athens, OH.