Pearl Washington gravely ill; doctors say it won't be long

[NewYorkKnight]

As a lifelong SU Hoops fan it sucks to hear this ... I know he has been in pretty bad shape, but it looks like things have gotten worse




Syracuse, N.Y. — Pearl Washington, perhaps the most beloved player in Syracuse University basketball history, is gravely ill, his friend Mark Finney said Saturday night.

Washington was diagnosed last summer with a brain tumor and has undergone various treatments since the detection of the tumor. The most electric of Syracuse point guards is currently at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

"The doctors have said it won't be long, but we don't know what that means," Finney said from New York, where he is with Washington and Washington's fiancée Debra Busacco. "It could be a month, it could be weeks. We're just accepting that God is ready for him. It's Pearl's time."

 

[metro]

no doubt man .. absolutely made me a basketball fan.. espn and the big east .. give bounce back some time , he'll be in here any minute with some pearl highlights.. my fave memory of pearl is going coast to coast on final play of big east east championship at MSG vs st johns.. he went to deep and couldn't squeeze the shot off and either willie glass or walter berry or marco baldi squeezed him and he missed final shot.. i know that wasn't a "hi light" perse .. but thats my favorite memory of him

 

[metro]

 

[metro]

shoutout to rafael addison, wendell alexis, greg monroe, howard triche and rony seikely

 

[NewYorkKnight]

My favorite was The Pearl's half court shot vs Boston College ...


The Dome almost collapsed

 

[NewYorkKnight]

The Orange Family lost a great man and legend.



Dwayne “Pearl” Washington has passed away at age 52

 

[NewYorkKnight]

Named 1st Team All-Big East 3 times & is the only player to do so that played only 3 seasons in college

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

I miss the real basketball Big East of the early 90's. So many great match-ups all year with legendary coaches.

 

[NewYorkKnight]

It didn't get any better than Big East basketball in the 1980's ... Absolute Wars ... and the refs let them play.


Not the garbage today with a ticky tack foul called every 30 seconds.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

It didn't get any better than Big East basketball in the 1980's ... Absolute Wars ... and the refs let them play.


Not the garbage today with a ticky tack foul called every 30 seconds.

I was too young to see or remember all of that.

 

[metro]

damn pearl.

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[metro]

greenbacks do u remember that saturday night at msg , the big east tourney championship game.. when he went coast to coast but got forced to deep under basket for last second layup blocked by backboard and either glass, or walter berry.. then st johns sat and stood on the rim.

 

[metro]

back when scorers used to really know how to use the backboard inside of 15 feet.. pearl was freaking good at that

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[metro]

Thanks greenbacks.. You could not press against pearl Washington

 

[metro]

Pearl paved the way for Sherman Douglas.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

One of the great college players of all time.. Early to mid 80's college basketball was as good as any sport has ever been..

 

[metro]

world it sure was man.. it sure freaking was..

 

[metro]

ewing and all of the big east.. and they came in waves following that group... freaking georgetown with alonzo mourning vs dereck coleman.. so so many other great match-ups and stars