Player's Profile - Tamir Goodman

This is something strange and the unusual history of a basketball player must be. It is the history of a cabrito, young person of 17 years at that time who takes care of the academy of Talmudical outside Baltimore; a cabrito that uses payos around its ears under giant his kipah (skullcap), has tzizit (strips ritual) hanging of its shirt, and the accounts between 30-40 points that it satisfies every time for above for the basketball. The name of the young person is Tamir Goodman and it is so improbable a candidate as you would always imagine to play basketball of the university or the professional! But when the university of Maryland Terrapins went to look for a player of the star, they decided Tamir and offered him an athletic scholarship to him to play the game with them once he graduates Talmudical Academy a year-and-a half as of that time that offered it. So that they extended its supply to him so early? Because they were scared that the word left once on its extraordinary abilities of the basketball, other great universities would also go after him. And so during scholastic year 2000-2001, Tamir Goodman will satisfy for above for the ball of Terps and the game. It is easy to understand because the Terps would wish to player with the talents of Tamir. It is apparently ambidextrous with a basketball, jumping under network with the ball in a hand, changing the hands inside to mid-air, and dunking the ball with the other. The people who have watched it to play have nicknamed it already “Jewish Jordan”. In a certain game, it wrote down 45 straight points after its equipment fell behind 20-4 before it incorporated that game. But when the games of Tamir for above, he will use his kipah, his payos and his tzizit. And one another thing: He will not play any games for Maryland that to program the one night or Saturday of Friday during the day. And when he travels with the equipment, he will have to provide the food to kosher for him. And in addition, the mouthfuls that leave in gym during sessions and games of the practice will need to be too-strictly to kosher to kosher. The car of auxiliary basketball of said Maryland, Billy Hahn, “is going to be many of work-but we felt worthy Tamir of him.” And Hahn even went more future and this than Maryland it will try to afternoon change the hour of some of his games of of Saturday that year to the night of Saturday so that Tamir can play! For Tamir, the opportunity to play basketball of the university is a dream comes truth. But it follows trusted deeply his Jewish faith and changing is not seen or committing itself in its observance. The Judaism defines it, he says, nonbasketball. And if Maryland cannot solve its necessities, the basketball as soon as it had to hope-or be played somewhere. Is an amazing history, is not? I have never heard absolutely speak an athlete like Tamir Goodman. The Tamir is absolutely different, and to have it in an equipment will be a challenge in fact to its new school, its cars and, perhaps coverall, to their players of the companion. Our young people need to see an example of a cabrito that plays basketball but they do not concern requesting what he feels is reasonable and important for him. The car Hahn said it well: “We know that it is going to be defy-but we thought worthy Tamir of him.” Of so many ways, Tamir and its cars have given new worthy of and the new meaning to the pluralistas possibilities in modern America. We can be animated by this beautiful history, and can be we have alcohol to play this game. Because we loved this game… Basketball!