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Third-Grade Basketball Players Are Different These Days Than You Or I Were (VIDEO)

East Side Dave // Co-Host Of The Morning Rat Race January 19th
Four boys playing basketball on an outdoor court in New York City, circa 1975. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Oh, my!   Check out these insane highlights of a recent third-grade basketball game where the players were off the chain!

It seemed as if almost every kid had a little pose or gimmick after making a shot.   There was a little taunting…and an overall scary amount of flexing!

Hey, maybe I’m Davey McOld School…but whatever happened to respecting your opponents?   And you should know that the person saying this won the Sportsmanship Award while in seventh grade at St. Catharine’s (Spring Lake).

I tell ya what…if Coach Mac (a.k.a. me) had his say…these kids would be running the lines after this nonsense!   They don’t call me Bobby Knight Junior for nothing!

– East Side Dave

"East Side" Dave McDonald. Co-Host Of The Morning Rat Race (6 to 10 AM). Digital Content Coordinator & Producer.