Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
I actually played against Manute in a pick-up game. A friend was a cheerleader at the University of Bridgeport where Manute played his college ball. A bunch of us were screwing around in the Harvey Hubbell Gym just playing horse when Manute wandered in to work on his game. After he shot some free throws he joined us and we played 3 on 3 for a while. He wasn't allowed to dunk, otherwise the game would have been a laugher, so he spent all his time on offense out on the perimeter. He was a surprisingly good shooter, his jump shot was just an old-fashioned set-shot without any real jump to it. No worries, none of us could block him even flat-footed and he drilled it pretty often. On defense though the guy was a terror. He stood in the center of the paint, spread out his arms and covered the whole damn lane. It was impossible to get off a shot inside because you couldn't fake him out. He never left his feet or got off-balance, he just stood there through every fake and calmly swatted away the shot. As skinny as he looks in pictures he was even skinnier in person. I can't believe he was able to run up and down the court without his legs snapping.
