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With each passing day I think about all the time spent in the schoolyard playing basketball.

We had all sorts of players. We had good outside shooters, a few good point guards and some guys who were bangers inside.  We also had a few guys who could jump. I mean really jump. I’m talking really, really high.

As Jackie Ryan would often say, “he was talkin’ to the Lord!”

A few guys stand out when you think of ball players from the neighborhood who “got up!”

Timmy Kemp, one of the highest jumpers from the neighborhood sent me a few pictures.

T.K. was a cool dude.  I used to play basketball with him all the time in the schoolyard. He had that ‘Walter Davis’- type game; hence the nickname, ‘The Greyhound’.

Notice the Pony T.K.’s rockin’ in the picture. Those sneakers were in style. I recall getting a pair from Modell’s. Matter of fact, I probably saw Timmy wearing them one day in the yard and decided to pick up a pair for myself.  He’s also sporting the down vest that everyone threw over a sweatshirt when they played in the cold weather.

TK is living in Alabama and doing well.

-Red

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