Meadowlark Lemon's basketball camp
Former Harlem Globetrotter and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Meadowlark Lemon brought his Globetrotter-style basketball team, the Harlem All-Stars, to the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center to scrimmage a makeshift crew of VOSJCC members on June 28. More than 400 people attended. No comments yet. You can be the first!
In addition, Lemon and a handful of his teammates are running a basketball camp for children at the VOSJCC Aug. 3-7.
How cool is that? I'm thinking about forging my birth certificate so that I can be taught by a basketball great for the week.
Growing up in the Boston area, I attended two separate basketball camps at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC in Newton, Mass., run by then-Celtics Eric Montross and David Wesley, respectively.
One of the athletic highlights of my childhood was making a basket, heading back down the court to play defense, stealing the ball and making another basket, all in the span of about 30 seconds. As I jogged back down the court, Montross, who happened to be refereeing my game, gave me a high-five.
The fact that Eric Montross, a professional basketball player, thought I was good enough to give me a high-five made this 10-year-old's summer.
I don't know much about Meadowlark Lemon, but from what little I've heard and read, he's a Montross kind of guy. If your kid is a basketball nut like I used to be, don't let him/her miss this opportunity.
Call 480-483-7121.
Meadowlark Lemon
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