The First BasketOverview and Synopsis

  • The First Basket
  • Opened October 29, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 26 min.
  • NR
  • When Ossie Schectman, a Jewish kid from Queens, made the first basket for the New York Knickerbockers back in 1946, who knew it was the precursor of today’s NBA? The film follows the little-known history of Jews and basketball at the beginning of Read More
  • Director: David Vyorst
  • Genres: History, Sports & Recreation, Social Issues, Sports

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  • Tamir Goodman, once heralded as "the Jewish Jordan" training in Israel, 2005 on the set of "The First Basket."
  • A Jewish basketball team from 1921-22 in "The First Basket."
  • CCNY star Bernie Fliegel with legendary CCNY Coach, Nat Holman in "The First Basket."

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  • "...a humorless, relentlessly ethnocentric docu about Jews in basketball." Variety

    - Ronnie Scheib

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