HELICOPTER (R.I.P)
Real Name:
Herman Knowings
Hometown: NYC
Born: 1943
Height: 6'4
Position: Guard
Affiliations: Rucker Park Legend
Filmography: The Real Pro Rucker
Bio
"When I was in 9th grade, I saw the Helicopter, with my own two eyes, pick a quarter off the top of the backboard to win a bet, and I was in complete shock," stated NBA great Bernard King. King wasn't the only person shocked by the 6'4" Helicopter during the 1960's and mid-1970's. In a Rucker League game, he went for a ball fake in the lane, and as the man waited for him to come down, witnesses swear he treaded air until the referee called three-seconds. In another Rucker Park game, this one against a team of professionals including Willis Reed, Bob McCollough remembers that, "...there was one play where the pros brought the ball down, and Copter blocked a shot. Whap! The guy passed the ball to a teammate who tried to shoot. Whap! Blocked again. The next guy passed the ball to a third pro. Whap! Blocked again. Get the picture? Copter blocked three shots in a row by professionals." Copter died at the young age of 37, when in April of 1980, the cab he was in was hit by another car.


 
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