Luisetti

[loo-set-ee]

noun

1. Angelo Hank, 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.

Example Sentences

The early 20th century produced enough far-flung claimants to that distinction to fill out a starting five and warm a decent-size bench — players like Glenn Roberts, Bud Palmer, Mouse Gonzalez, Jumpin’ Joe Fulks, Hank Luisetti and Belus Van Smawley.

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Luisetti’s was a running one-hander.

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It did show, if you could slog through what might have been the messiest last four minutes since Hank Luisetti debuted the jump shot.

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Others point to Hank Luisetti, a Stanford player from the 1930s known for his running one-handed shot.

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In basketball lore, the game is won by the one-handed jump shooting of Stanford’s Hank Luisetti.

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