Harlem Globetrotters traveling exhibition team in the world. Founded by Abe Saperstein in 1927. They are Ambassadors of Goodwill. Entertaining everyone from Presidents to Popes. Playing lots of basketball tricks and acrobatic stuffs outside and inside the court. All their games are real ballgames their frequent opponent are the Washington Generals since 1962. In 12,596 games lost only 2. And their longest winning streak is
8,829 in 24 years and this could be the longest in the world by a basketball team. This broke by
Kareem Abdul Jabar's All Star Team by tallying 34 big points win MVP of the game 91-85 over the Harlem Globetrotters. All time win reach 22,000 wins against 345 lost,
.984 or 98.4% winning percentage. Their main opponents are College/University All Stars, National Teams, Ball Clubs Teams, NCAA Teams, others. They are famous in the world.
Michael "Wild Thing" Wilson set a record dunk of 12 foot high as a Globtrotter a World Record. They will play 3 games in Manila on May 24-25, 2009 in Araneta Coliseum, Cubao Q.C. Metro Manila, Philippines. One of their player visited in Philippine Basketball Association PBA doing some great and awesome stuff to promote their coming games in the Philippines.
Famous Retired Numbers- 13 Wilt Chamberlain - 2000
- 20 Marques Hayes - 2001
- 22 Curly Neal - 2008
- 36 Meadowlark Lemon - 2001
- 50 Reece Tatum - 2002
