doxphoto Loc: Allentown, PA

You don't see this stuff from the NBA....

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

Used to enjoy watching their antics.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yup!

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

How would well-known NBA players fare against Globetrotter folks in competitive action?
Has anything like that ever been arranged?

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Great set doxphoto. Have not heard anything about them in a very long time.

Don

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Only reference I can find is The Harlem Globetrotters defeated the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

What wonderful set of everyone having fun. Tickets priced between $25 and $321. They used to appear on TV

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

Thanks, yeah.
There is that time when segregation was the name of the game in basketball, yes.
When the all-white Lakers championship winners, lost in a close score to the all-black Globetrotters, who were not as yet the recognized comedy/entertainment ball-handler show.

I see, I did a very poor job posing my earlier question.
In the most recent, say, 2½ - 3½ decades, have there been arrangements for well-known NBA members to have competitive expositions facing the Globetrotters?
I guess, not necessarily for team / league ratings or showdowns, but maybe just as a part of or extra to some of the Globetrotter events.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Very cool. NBA players are probably to concerned how much they'll be worth after the game.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

These are great shots of a great team. My dad was a big fan. He never took me to a game, but he went a couple of times (a really BIG deal, since we were dirt farmers!). I'm glad to know they still exist! Love the shots with the little kids.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great fun series.

doxphoto Loc: Allentown, PA

Thanks everyone!

LovetheMts Loc: Adirondacks

Oh boy was that fun - brings back memories of when they came to our little, tiny town to play at our school. It seemed like we never stopped laughing the entire time. What a great memory - thank for posting.

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

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While the NBA players may be worrying about how many million $$$$$$$ they will be "worth" after the game, I dare say the Globetrotters have been a part of "worth" in the lives and memories of some disadvantaged and disabled people, (and able-bodied people as well)......."worth" that is well outside the range of $$$$$$$.

M1911 Loc: DFW Metromess

Wilt Chamberlin was a member of the Globetrotters before joining yhe NBA.