For anyone who may not have heard, former Harlem Globetrotter Curly Neal passed away. He was decades ahead of everyone in basketball as a ball handler and many may not know he was a native of Greensboro. Make sure to read this article. He sounds like a real mensch.
It occurred to us though to look back at his ball handling skills, which were prodigious, and to compare them to where the art of the dribble is now.
So first, here’s Neal with the Globies. And second, here’s Kyrie Irving, completely blowing through the US Olympic team in trials.