It was the last game of the season and the coach put a "highly functioning" autistic kid in to play for four minutes. He hit a school record tying six 3-pointers in four minutes of playing. CNN.com has the video feed...it's on the front page in the "More News" column

2/23/2006 1:46:20 PM

and I used to think Grant was autistic, now i realize, he's even worse than autistic

2/23/2006 1:49:42 PM

watching that had to be one of the coolest things ever

2/23/2006 1:52:08 PM

do you have to be a member or something? it wont load

2/23/2006 1:55:24 PM

seriously.

i got teary eyed.

being the awsome baller that i am, its refreshing to see stories like that.

arguably the best thread of the day.

2/23/2006 1:58:38 PM

where was he at halftime of the uncg game?

both of those teams needed some help

2/23/2006 2:03:07 PM

lol, coach is gonna wonder why he didn't put him in sooner

2/23/2006 2:03:08 PM

I know someone who went to high school there..

2/23/2006 2:04:24 PM

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"do you have to be a member or something? it wont load"

2/23/2006 2:14:17 PM

haha. I was hotter than a pistol. No, you don't have to be a member. It froze up in IE but it worked in Opera. If you have a pop-up blocker, you may need to turn it off.

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 2:18 PM. Reason : on a side note: I want some marijuana flavored dope candy. :-D]

2/23/2006 2:15:17 PM

Yes, an autistic high schooler lit our ass up last night. He was the "highly functioning" David Noel.

2/23/2006 2:16:00 PM

great video, that was something else. Sendek should think about recruitng him

2/23/2006 2:18:53 PM

Wow, that was really awesome. That is something special

2/23/2006 2:21:59 PM

that was fucking awesome, something that if i was a student at that game i would never forget

2/23/2006 2:22:26 PM

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"where was he at halftime of the uncg game? both of those teams needed some help. "

Nahhh man. I loved that game. Those kids were so happy out there. Mom started crying almost. Threads like this make you realize how lucky you are sometimes.

2/23/2006 2:22:57 PM

i'll have to check this out when i get home

2/23/2006 2:23:35 PM

great story

2/23/2006 2:24:15 PM

reminds me of the dad from American History X talking in that flashback scene about affirmative action

2/23/2006 2:43:08 PM

I saw this on sportscenter this morning.

Unbelievable and a great story.


20 points in 4 minutes? Jesus... i never even scored 20 points in a GAME at the varsity level and I think i have all my chromosomes and everything...

2/23/2006 3:03:32 PM

it was only a matter of time, fuckin trolls

2/23/2006 3:03:36 PM

who trolled?

2/23/2006 3:05:29 PM

there is an adverb disagreement in the initial post.

2/23/2006 3:09:17 PM

reminds me of the movie "Rudy" perhaps they will make one of this kid too

2/23/2006 3:10:39 PM

jesus christ

any of you even know what autism is?

2/23/2006 3:13:35 PM

i do.

2/23/2006 3:14:17 PM

^gg

2/23/2006 3:20:17 PM

i dont see it on the site

2/23/2006 4:28:08 PM

nvm

2/23/2006 4:31:06 PM

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"reminds me of the movie "Rudy" perhaps they will make one of this kid too"

yes yes yes! its exactly like rudy! who cant forget the scene in which rudy gets made fun of for being autistic? i know it makes me cry every single time

2/23/2006 4:42:07 PM

a link would be nice

2/23/2006 4:46:27 PM

can someone post a link to the video

2/23/2006 4:55:28 PM

http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/sports/2006/02/23/catalana.ny.rochesters.rudy.wham

2/23/2006 4:59:49 PM

^thanks...I was in a rush to post between classes and couldn't find the launch link

2/23/2006 7:01:09 PM

Not to pick on this kid, seriously, but I would take the over for him to score at least 5 on our team in last night's game

2/23/2006 7:26:17 PM

please please make this a movie

that is amazing i didnt think it would get to me like that but God, i seriously hope they make a movie out of this somehow, like Radio.

2/23/2006 7:32:14 PM

and that'll be another sappy sports movie that I'll never watch, like Radio

2/23/2006 7:35:41 PM

prolly the best clip ive seen in the last year

thx

2/23/2006 7:39:44 PM

they don't play defense up in Rochester

2/23/2006 7:41:15 PM

I guess I don't really see why it's so shocking.

He's autistic. You know the kid shoots about a million 3 pointers a day.

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 9:19 PM. Reason : Don't get me wrong. It is awesome though.]

2/23/2006 9:17:32 PM

That was an awesome clip, thanks for posting it. It definitely makes one not take the little crap for granted.

2/23/2006 9:18:04 PM

wow. that was amazing.

2/24/2006 12:39:41 AM

it's this kind of stuff that makes sport so great

kid was lights out, he'll never forget that

2/24/2006 12:45:35 AM

his first shot looked like evtimov

2/24/2006 12:47:54 AM

^^ dont be so sure!

2/24/2006 12:50:40 AM

thanks for the clip. that was awesome.

2/24/2006 1:46:05 AM

Glad I found it and got you guys a chance to see it. I've watched it a few times and still get get charged up when he hits the shots and the crowd rushes the floor. Thanks to abonorio for getting the link up

2/24/2006 2:22:25 AM

that clip was great, what a story

2/24/2006 4:12:30 AM

that's one of the most awesomely awesome things I've ever seen.

I almost teared up, f'real.

2/24/2006 4:34:16 AM

^^^ you found it.....

are you sure you didn't watch SportsCenter on Wed. night and see it?

2/24/2006 9:01:44 AM

anyone got a link to the vid?

2/24/2006 10:07:27 AM