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Wasn't really a kid.
But, in late college and a few years after I played in pickup games at a couple local playgrounds.
My one clear strength in basketball was my explosiveness. I was cat quick and could jump over a bus.
I was playing tennis with a girl/friend (not romantic at all). She was a serious tennis player & wanted to play against guys *me, her brother, her cousin) because we hit it a bit harder than most of competitors at that level. (Local tournaments.)
We're waiting for our turn at a court & a loose ball comes right to us. I pick it up and Saud "Warch thus. Let's see how they react." And, I went to the open hoop and dunked it with my back turned to the basket. I then passed the ball back & the guys playing were dead silent!
Later, a couple came over to say I should show up & this other playground on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
The first couple times I got a couple alkey-oops.
Finally, one of the black guys said "Well, he ain't a brother. He must be part kangaroo."
After a while, whether I dunked or just a hanging move, someone would yell "Kanga-ROO!"
It got shortened to "Roo". After a couple of summers I was convinced that about half the guys didn't know my actual name. They just knew me as "Roo".