Red Delicious
A Teenage Showdown with Kobe Bryant
Delco native, Red Delicious, tells a great story of a showdown with Kobe Bryant on the Narberth basketball courts. He was the most dominant player in the NBA, and one of the most intense competitors in the history of the league, but we love to hate him, and I love it...
In June of 1995, I turned 16 and had a massive growth spurt. In about two months I grew from 6-1 to 6-5. For most of the summer I walked around my house in Upper Darby, Penn., with ice packs on my knees because of growing pains. By early August, I returned to our local court with a newfound ability: I could dunk a basketball. Dunking is like a mundane superpower. Kids who had barely spoken to me for years now asked to watch me throw it down. Read the Full Story here.
In June of 1995, I turned 16 and had a massive growth spurt. In about two months I grew from 6-1 to 6-5. For most of the summer I walked around my house in Upper Darby, Penn., with ice packs on my knees because of growing pains. By early August, I returned to our local court with a newfound ability: I could dunk a basketball. Dunking is like a mundane superpower. Kids who had barely spoken to me for years now asked to watch me throw it down. Read the Full Story here.