The First Basket

The First Basket is a 2008 documentary film on professional basketballs influence on Jewish culture.

The movie is broken into four parts. The first part focuses on the 194647 New York Knickerbockers, and players such as Ossie Schectman, Sonny Hertzberg, Leo Ace Gotlieb, Ralph Kaplowitz, and Hank Rosenstein. The second part centers on how Basketball Meant Being American, and the third part on professional basketballs development, including the start of the BAA and the NBA, the South Philadelphia Hebrew All Stars SPHAs, basketball teams at City College of New York, Long Island University, and St. Johns, and players including Nat Holman, Sammy Kaplan, Barney Sedran, Nat Krinsky, Red Saracheck, Red Holzman, and Red Auerbach. The last part centers on the beginning of the BAA and the NBA, Nat Holman, CCNY, and the 1951 CCNY point shaving scandal and its impact on the NBA, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.It premiered at the FilmFest DC International Film Festival, and was shown at overother film festivals. ........

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