Halfcourt backward shots? How Milford's Earl Wilson became automatic

VIDEO: Milford's Earl Wilson makes one-handed blind halfcourt shots Whether on command or during halftime of high school and college basketball games, Milford's Earl Wilson has no trouble making backward halfcourt shots. HOPEDALE - Put him in front of a packed house, and he has Steph Curry range. Put him in front of a reporter’s cell phone, and Earl Wilson’s comfort zone shrinks. “I’m nervous,” he said last week at Draper Gym, where the bleachers were empty and the only onlookers were members of the Hopedale girls basketball team, who were occupied with a pre-practice shoot-around at the other end of the court. Wilson’s first attempt at his special talent concussed the backboard and did not...