Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question)

[Gerald Cohen]

This is no doubt a naive question, but what's the connection between
an assist in basketball and a dime?

Gerald Cohen


At 9:54 AM -0500 2/27/04, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Tom Dalzell wrote:
>
>>    From the Chicago Sun-Times, March 18, 1994, page 132, by Dan Cahill:
>
>Here's a little earlier:
>
>THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
>April 2, 1993, Friday, HOME FINAL EDITION
>SECTION: SPORTS DAY; MAVERICKS UPDATE; Pg. 4b
>
>Harper stressed he doesn't have to have the ball in his hands to be
>effective and added that he wants, "to be on the end of some of those
>dimes (assists) he's dropping. ' Jackson said he felt the two showed in
>the five games they did play together that they are compatible.
>
>Fred Shapiro