At the age of 5, Anthony Blakes attended his first-ever Harlem Globetrotters game with his father in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Little did he know that a few decades later, he would take the court himself as a Globetrotter now known as Buckets Blakes on the team’s 90th celebratory tour.
“They call me Buckets because I can score a lot of buckets in a hurry,” Blakes said.
The 6-foot-2 guard spent 14 seasons with the Globetrotters after playing collegiate basketball at the University of Wyoming.
“It’s the best job in the world and one of the best games in the world,” Blakes said.