I won the city scoring championship as a senior.
I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

