a guy by the name of abe saperstein seen these guys playing and said, listen, i want to take these guys. in 1945 and 1946, we beat the minneapolis lakers, known as the la lakers today. jonathan: 1946 was also when the nba was founded. and in 1950, globetrotter nat clifton became the first black player to sign an nba contract. for lebron james, steph curry, even myself, michael jordan, we all owe it to the harlem globetrotters. we're gonna try the one on one. here we go. put your finger right there. i can't believe i'm doing this. all right, let's go play. - believe it. jonathan: oh. you dunk that ball, you should hear a lot of noise. they're all waiting on it. so you've got to give them a little extra funk. you see on my face? - yeah, that funk? yeah. then you got to come down and give them some ugh, ah, oh, ah. and i like to mmh mmh, wooh. and i bring it up right there. see my eyes, still? jonathan: yeah. it's intense. hi-lite, i can do this in my sleep, bro. - yeah, let's see. - ok, here we go. here we go. i hit myself in the face. hi-lite: it was almost amazing. so i'm going to let y