Espn Films 30 For 30: Guru Of Go

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i Have A Heart The Size Of A Lion. -hank Gathers The Today Show By The Mid-1980s Paul Westhead Had Worn Out His Welcome In The Nba. The Best Offer He Could Find Came From An Obscure Small College With Little History Of Basketball. In The Same City Where He Had Won An Nba Championship With Magic & Kareem Westhead Was Determined To Perfect His Non-stop Run-and-gun Offensive System At Loyola Marymount. His Shoot-first Offense Was Magic If You Had The Right Personnel. When Hank Gathers And Bo Kimble Two Talented Players From Westheads Hometown Of Philadelphia Arrived Gift-wrapped At His Doorstep Westhead Got The Talent He Needed. With Gathers & Kimble Leading A Record-scoring Charge Westheads System Suddenly Dazzled The World Of College Basketball And Turned Conventional Thinking On Its Head. But Then Early In The 1989-90 Season Gathers Collapsed During A Game And Was Diagnosed With An Abnormal Heartbeat. Determined To Play Gathers Returned Three Games Later But In Less Than Three Months He Tragically Died On The Court. Working With Both Westhead And Kimble Oscar-winning Director Bill Couturi Tells A Fast-paced And Emotionally Moving Story Of Innovation Triumph And Tragedy. Dvd Bonus Includes Director's Statements Extended Interviews And A 1990 Condensed Game Featuring Lmu Vs La Salle.