Barton's Atkinson a Globetrotter
Published: Mon, Jul. 02, 2007 03:11PM
Modified Mon, Jul. 02, 2007 03:13PM
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closeAnthony Atkinson delivered a showy finish.
Now, he's starting a showy career.
The Harlem Globetrotters held their first-ever player draft today and picked Barton's Atkinson, who famously scored 10 points in the last 40 seconds of the NCAA Division II national championship game to give Barton to the title.
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"I'm very excited that the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters have considered giving me -- a small town guy from a small town college -- the opportunity to represent them as a basketball ambassador to the world," Atkinson said in a statement.
The Globetrotters also drafted the tallest known basketball in the world, 7-foot-9 Sun Ming Ming, and Georgia Tech's Mario West.
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