Haynes was offered 35k per year by the Philadelphia Warriors, which is roughly about the equivalent of 470k today. Obviously, things have changed

Here are some clips of Haynes clowning the Lakers while beating them in 48 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJxY2RkLwY

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  1. He had handles like that in an era where guys were doing the extremely basic/standard moves.. I know those racists folks were calling him all types of wild slurs.

  2. I take it that none of these clips are actually against the lakers? unless im missing it in the second vid

  8. Part of the reason that he turned down the Warriors’ offer is that they were part owned by Globetrotters’ owner Abe Saperstein, who he (and others, including Bill Russell) said was incredibly racist, didn’t talk to players face to face, and viewed them as commodities.

    From his Wikipedia page: In 1953, Haynes left the Globetrotters after an acrimonious split with Abe Saperstein, the team’s owner. After quitting the team, he turned down a $35,000 a year offer from the Philadelphia Warriors that would have made him the second-highest paid player in the NBA to found his own barnstorming team, the Harlem Magicians, after finding out that Saperstein was a part-owner of the Warriors.

    Despite a series of legal battles with Saperstein, Haynes attended Saperstein’s funeral in 1966, although he later joked he was only there to “make sure he didn’t jump out of the casket”.

  10. “kyrie has the greatest handles ever” people are in shambles

    what’s most impressive is he’s playing in an era where he has to have his hand on top of the ball with every dribble. any level of hand on the side of the ball is carrying in this era

  11. Globetrotters used to be an actual serious basketball team, for those who don’t know. Only started really being what we know them as now when all the good black players were allowed in the NBA instead.

  14. That first clip in the video is ridiculous. He was breaking ankles and having dudes falling all over place like idiots. lol

  15. IIRC the game was pretty close too. The Globetrotters could actually play ball when it mattered. People just assumed they were entertainers out there.

  16. that behind the back into the free throw line floater is something that happens so often in today’s NBA it didn’t even feel out of place when I was watching. This is one of those videos that reminds me a lot of what we know about basketball from that time is just media narratives. If Haynes was doing it in 48 I have a hard time believing guards couldn’t do it in the Russell era.

  20. wtf was the defender doing in that first clip lmao. he’s playing like my little 8 year old cousin who doesn’t know a thing about basketball

  25. What’s even more insane is he learned all this without professional trainers or the best dribbling instructions that we have today. He probably learned all this through trial and error and watching others play live.

    We have the luxury of knowing what doesn’t work and what works in drills today, he didn’t. We can watch videos of modern elite ball handlers like Pritchard personally training(the basement video) and pick up tips from him.

    The best ball handlers from the past few decades probably has to thank this man for pioneering some moves.

  30. Saw him play in Longview,TX in late 70s with Globetrotters knock offs Harlem Wizards. He was Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson’s father in law.

  31. People often talk about learning the fundamentals of dribbling. This guy is dribbling personified.

  34. He had one soul purpose and it was to humiliate & humble his opponents. Thank you kind sir !

  36. I wanna hear the beginning of the first sentence lol.

    Guarantee it was something like “Most people can’t dribble 3 times in a row.. Haynes could dribble 3 times per second”.

  37. This is some of the coolest information I’ve ever learned on this sub. I’ve never heard of the dude and didn’t know they played and beat the Minnesota Lakers, nor that it was a catalyst for integration. This dude just became a new hero of mine

  39. TIL that Mikan lost a high profile game to the globetrotters. Huge L for his legacy. 

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