The NBA's adoption of the Three-point field goal in 1979 would prove as influential to McCoy's career, as it would to modern basketball, itself. Upon its integration into the league, McCoy viewed the shot as the equivalent of a home-run in baseball. Noting that every baseball announcer has their own "signature call" for home-runs, he questioned what his NBA call could be. Thinking back to his childhood on the farm, his favorite comic book, Captain Marvel, and the moment mild-mannered Billy Batson transformed into the mighty Captain Marvel by shouting the word, "SHAZAM!" to a flurry of thunder and lightning, McCoy believed this phrase - an acronym for the first initials of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury - would convey the proper level of enormity and distinction he felt the shot deserved.
The NBA's adoption of the Three-point field goal in 1979 would prove as influential to McCoy's career, as it would to modern baske,tball, itself Upon its integration into the league, McCoy viewed the shot as the equivalent of a home-run in baseball. Noting that every baseball announcer has their own "signature call" for home-runs, he questioned what his NBA call could be. Thinking back to his childhood on the farm, his favorite comic book, Captain Marvel, and the moment mild-mannered Billy Batson transformed into the mighty Captain Marvel by shouting the word, "SHAZAM!" to a flurry of thunder and lightning, McCoy believed this phrase - an acronym for the first initials of Solo.mon, Hercules Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury - would convey the proper level of enormity and distinction he felt the shot deserved.