ORLANDO – Chase Pfeiffer, a 13-year-old middle school student from Clermont, thought he had the perfect plan on Wednesday while facing towering center Mohamed Bamba during playful action at the Orlando Magic Youth Academy Basketball camp.
Pfeiffer, as aspiring basketball player himself, drove hard to his left before stopping quickly, hopping backward and letting fly a jump shot from the elbow of the lane. There was one problem, however: The 7-foot Bamba was able to use the longest wingspan in NBA history to recover from the drive and he easily swatted away Pfeiffer’s shot.
Smiling at the sequence that had just transpired, Pfeiffer thought about the stories that he would soon tell his friends and basketball teammates.