NBASCOUT2005

I miss 'Dancin' Harry.' Once upon a time this game was so colorful.

You could go to a fierce rivalry like BAL-NYK and watch Dancin' Harry do his herky-jerky, voodoo spin dance and put a hex on the opposing team.

He started out with the Baltimore Bullets. He would patrol the sidelines and give his patented hex-dance to the opposition. As a NYK fan, I hated it, but enjoyed watching him do his thing.

I actually think that Dancin' Harry was responsible for the Knicks not winning the NBA championship in '70-'71.

Yeah, I think he got into Walt Frazier's head and under the skin of the NYK. Yeah, he rattled the Knicks and gave special powers to Earl Monroe.

I think after Monroe was traded to NYK, Dancin' Harry switched sides. Yeah, he was a turncoat, but recognized that the voodoo he dropped on the Knicks and others only worked if he had Earl Monroe to carry it to the opponent. I think he was a Monroe fan. He did the same for Dr. J. at PHI before retiring.

Say, I don't know if anyone followin' the NETS can go to Dancin' Harry School, but it'd be nice if the NETS could get a colorful character like him to unnerve opponents?

I miss him.

NBASCOUT2005

For all of those who are too young to know what a 'Dancin Harry' is, try watchin' a few historical broadcasts about the NYK-BAL rivalry relative to the late '60s and early '70s ... if you can find 'em. They may have some excerpts of his antics. I remember seein' some. I don't know if he's in the HOF, but he should be! One of a kind ...

NBASCOUT2005

Well, chirren, 'Dancin Harry' was a show in himself. Here was a man that knew how to shimmy and shake in a herky-jerky motion like Earl Monroe and spin up and down along the sidelines hexing the opposing team with a voodoo shake. He became so popular, they started interviewin' him between quarters for his take on how things'd go. Even Las Vegas oddsmakers took notice. He was great, a unique one of a kind. I loved him. He also got in the head of the opposin' team. No need for trash talkin' like they do today. Also, I think there was something to his hexes.

P.S. Good gosh, even Rod Thorn knows what a 'Dancin Harry' is. Rod was playin' for the Bullets during that era.