Dwayne "Pearl" Washington paying homage to a legend.
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- Dwayne Alonzo "Pearl" Washington (January 6, 1964 - April 20, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6 ft 2 in
Washington brought his flashy play to Syracuse University and the Carrier Dome. "The Pearl" was the master of the "shake and bake", in which he would leave his defensive opposition standing still while he drove by them for a layup. Utah Jazz point guard and NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton named Washington as the toughest player he guarded at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials training
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Brooklyn was truly proud 1983 Bass Pro was selected to be the number one player in high school - Sport
Pearl was a legend! RIP
The carrier dome is the house Pearl built!
I love your spirit but that's not how it works.
@@mneugent7658 pearl was essential to the big east rise and SU rise to prominence... After Dave bing , who didn't play at the Carrier dome, pearl was Syracuse basketball.. Jim boeheim has called that the house that Pearl built so I will believe him
@@BuFFAlBills Brother, first off I love your love for Pearl and the history. All good times and conversation here. I am well schooled in Cuse history. Grew up in Syracuse, went to Syracuse, 53 y/o now. Boeheim was wrong. And yes, I am nitpicking but the way "The house that... built" works is the guy is there and is so great that he raises the profile of the team so high that they need to/can afford to build a new stadium/arena. The Carrier Dome was built a few years before we'd ever heard of Pearl. As sweet as it sounds it is not the house that Pearl built. I live in Seattle now, have for years. Safeco Field (ahh now T-Mobile) IS the house that Griffey built. He was such a megastar in the 90's that he saved the team from moving and his popularity forced the new owners and city to build the new stadium. That is The House That Griffey Built. Same with Babe Ruth. He came to the Yankees in 1920 and only a couple of years later they needed a new stadium to fit the popularity. Pearl combined with the rise of ESPN and and all of its Syracuse alum employees, and the rise of the then-new Big East is definitely the spark that gave Syracuse Basketball it's huge fame then.
@@mneugent7658 absolutely, go Orangeman
Are you kidding me!!! That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard @@mneugent7658