Did you see what “NBA-Insider” David Aldridge wrote about me and BlackFives.com in his column on NBA.com this week?

Don’t you wish modern day basketball officials would do this?

Here, pioneer basketball referee Chris Huiswoud, who wrote about previously, shows us how things were done during the Black Fives Era.

What do you do to get ready for something that other people depend on you to do well?

Chris Huiswoud became the first Negro referee formally sanctioned (allowed) by the Amateur Athletic Association (A.A.U.) to officiate a basketball game, on January 29, 1920.