Gordon is now officially linked to none other than...wait for it....Ossie Schectman. Who was Ossie Schectman? Well besides being a Jewish basketball player he holds the honor of scoring the NBA's first point ever.
Schectman started off playing in the ABL. He played for the Sphas (which stood for the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) and in 1942-43 won the league championship. That season Schectman was second in the league in scoring with 10.5ppg (Omri Casspi would dominate him). Four years later his team joined the BAA (Basketball Association of America) which preceded the NBA. Schectman became a player for the New York Knickerbockers. The leagues first game pitted the Knickerbockers vs. the Toronto Huskies. It was in that game that Schectman scored the league's first points.
So while Gordon's 10 millionth point has no relevance to really anything and will be forgotten at 15 or 20 million...Schectman's first bucket is forever an important part of NBA history.
And Let Us Say...Amen.
-Jeremy Fine
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