Hol Dat!

Summer. The players. The Runs in NYC. Now the energy of competition comes up to get down on the world wide playground basketball scene. Our oldest tournaments: Holcombe Rucker Memorial (NYC), Sonny Hill (Philly), The Low End (Chi) and Drew (LA) still flow hard. The courts come at you with full comp with players who crave baskets and serve game in the heat.

In Bounce Edition #9 the founder of the Drew League Dino Smiley said, “Many people say Drew is the Rucker of the West. If anything, Rucker is the Drew of the East Coast.” It’s these comments that have the American player say “let’s ride and play.” AAU does it on the reg, but it’s a whole different thing when EBC America gives the Rucker Park fan a free look of
NBA live with a whole team from Seattle. Big ups to Greg Marius for many years of that. Now the game goes indoors to MSG. The street needs to support that.

That’s why the Elite 24 high-school game played in Rucker Park was such a tremendous moment in 2006. Now the ground gets the young ones at the pressure cooker of Rucker scrutiny. No fee, just early entry for a good seat. See how the playground makes it right. It goes on and on in the city where word of mouth never sleeps. NYC is World Wide Playground Basketball.