Jan 12
9 min read
Basketball Saved My Childhood
Bernard Wright was elegant. Standing 6'3" with long arms, muscular legs and an exquisitely carved physique, he glided over a basketball court. He had perfect balance, a textbook jump shot and an unstoppable spin move. When he rose to dunk, he took off like a jet with a galvanic vertical leap culminating in a violent slam.
As a 10th grader at North Hollywood High, I watched Wright’s games as if he were an NBA…
