The First Basket: A Jewish Basketball Documentary Now Available on DVD!
Long before basketball was synonymous with hip-hop, the game was associated with klezmer music. Before the parents of Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James, were born came the pioneers of basketball. Men like Ossie Schectman, who scored the first points in the NBA. Other players named Sonny Hertzberg, Stan Stutz, Hank Rosenstein, Ralph Kaplowitz, Jake Weber, dominated the early days of basketball.
If you are a fan of basketball, history, or like myself both you will be fascinated with a new documentary on the early days of basketball. It is called “The First Basket: A Jewish Basketball Documentary” and the clips I have seen are amazing. The film covers the roots of basketball in the USA from the 1920’s through the 1950’s when Jewish Americans dominated the game. It shows how first generation Americans assimilated into the society of the USA, by learning how to play hoops. The First Basket: A Jewish Basketball Documentary is now available on DVD just in time for Father’s Day. The DVD is available through the films website The First Basket.com. I strongly urge you to check it out and take a trip back to the roots of Basketball.
New York Vinnie will never start a fight, but he's not afraid to finish one.. Mess with New York Vinnie and he'll rip your nuts off and throw them down the sewer!
