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Message: [QUOTE="Stinger92860, post: 3498582, member: 393"] [URL="https://www.complex.com/sports/the-greatest-players-who-never-played-in-the-nba/herman-knowings-30"]The 30 Greatest Basketball Players to Never Play in the NBA[/URL] The man is nicknamed "Helicopter" with good reason; Herman Knowings had bounce that could seemingly take him to the stratosphere. Knowings, who was 6'7" with a long wingspan, was a Rucker Park standout in the 1960s and '70s. His career remains New York streetball legend. Knowings was revered by NBA legends such as Hall of Famer Bernard King, who once said, "When I was in ninth 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." He also garnered the respect of Wilt Chamberlain, who said Knowings' vertical "was absolutely awesome." Knowings died in a car accident in 1980 at 37 years old. [/QUOTE]