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Congratulations to Matt S. for winning yesterday’s kicks! Matt can email giveaway@bouncemag.com to collect his prize. To all those who want to win these size 11 adidas a3 Garnett ’05s, please leave a comment with your first name, last initial, and an answer to the question: where was your homecourt when you were growing up? Good luck!
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:50 am
Ryan C says:
In Atlanta we really didn’t have a homecourt like Ny, and Jersey have, our homecourt was a neighborhood driveway…
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:57 am
Cedric aka Cid says:
my home court was like in a ymca we always had to find a way to get in for free and ball all day lol!!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
Chris B. says:
My home court was in a church cafeteria just down the road…for some reason they had hoops up in it, and we’d play at least twice a week. (That’s a church by KGTown/Minneapolis btw.) Thanks!
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:07 am
Himanshu S says:
My homecourt was the park across the street. Rainy, snowy, windy, or sunny, it didnt matter because I was out there ballin
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:19 am
Eric R. says:
Home court was between the two buildngs in my housing complex in Hell’s Kitchen (43rd street). I was that annoying kid shooting jumper’s at 8am on a Saturday (and everyday).
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 am
Theresa M says:
Home court was Barber Park – Rockford, IL.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 am
Marcus L says:
Living in a house where my parents did not have much time to take us out to the park, my homecourt was my backyard. It was just me, a ball and a hoop. I fell in love with the game and honed my skills daily.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Jason O says:
My homecourt was the basket in front of my neighbors house. A lot of famous local ballers grew up playing there including Kenny Thomas of the Kings and New Mexican legend Alfred “Hurricane” Sanchez. Brian Urlacher even balled there once.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Phil B says:
growing up? my driveway… although it probably didn’t help my long distance shot that there was a good slant to the driveway. i’m gonna blame that for why i still can’t hit three’s with any reliability.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Blair J. says:
The Park in Riverside, NJ. RIP, they ripped down half of the courts so the full court runs have been over for years. Early-mid 90’s some of the best times of my life and shout out to skeet who used to sneak beers behind the trees in between games.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm
James "jazzy" Strackman says:
My home court growing up was a milk crate in front of an abanbed building around the corner from where I lived. I couldn’t go to the projects and play because if you win they shoot out the park.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Faris G. says:
I live in Canada, where hockey dominates ball, thus my homecourt was the local Y. Sad, I know.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Dennis J says:
My homecourt was and still is…PS. 24 Bronx, NY
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Bill T says:
Growing up as an Army-Brat, homecourt was usually the post Rec. Center. Depending on the on-post housing, we were sometimes lucky to have a half court in the neighborhood.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Jesse A. says:
I grew up in Ghana West Africa. Ma home court was at ridge chursh school
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Bobby D says:
Robert S
My homecourt was my Grandma’s back yard
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Justin S. says:
I grew up in Toms River, NJ. The place to run up there is Skyview park. We birthed an NBA player named Alex Blackwell!!! Check the books kids!!! Dude killed it at Toms River North and Monmouth University before going to the Lake Show. Other dudes who ran/run at this park are Corey Albano, Brian Lynch, both stars overseas and occasionally players dip through from the JSBL summer league in Belmar. A great place for pick-up ball at the Jersey Shore.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Jamie M says:
homecourt was 10th and tioga in philly with a rec league after school gym..
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Harrison H. says:
my homecourt was in san antonio rogers ranch
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Richard M says:
My home court was any place that had a park around my distance.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:16 pm
James F. says:
homecourt was us sneaking into the church’s court. Utica didn’t have a neighborhood court like some other cities in NY
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Amit S. says:
fenway, cathedral, c-bridge in da bean…3 4 da stripes baby!
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Daniel L says:
right across the street on my neighbor’s driveway in Farmington Hills, MI
Daniel L
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Eric P says:
My homecourt was my school, Pacifica High School
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Curt B says:
My homecourt when I was growing up was right around the corner from my house in the park in Charleston, South Carolina. We would go out there as kids and try to play with the grown folks to work on our game. S.C. got some ballers dont sleep.
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:51 pm
John says:
My homecourt was that old basketball court in Phase 3 Countryside village in Manila, Philippines!
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
josh cas says:
my home court is ymca in newark new jersey . i grew up in jersey
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Ramon O says:
My Homecourt is The YMCA in Newark, New Jersy. I grew up in Brazil and I came to America just to play high school basketball
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
JOE PASTA CIFONE says:
J. PASTA, NEW YORK BABY, THE BIRTH PLACE OF STREETBALL,
BOB CAN I WIN A PAIR OF KICKS, PASTA
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
nick g says:
my home court was my school gym.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Jason L says:
Jason L. Jaycee Park Strasburg
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Paulo W says:
The land of the midnight sun, Anchorage,Alaska.
12 hours of court time yeah!!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Nate M says:
My homecourt was my backyard with a decent 10 foot hoop and a court of hard dirt and sand. If you could dribble out there you could dribble anywhere…
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Phil Q. says:
home court was in front of my house. we had to adjust according to the slant of our street
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Matt Romocki says:
Danny Byrne’s driveway
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Buttsy says:
My grandpop put up my first hoop in our driveway. It was on a completly uneven, bumpy and slopped surface. The hoop was either 10 or 10 1/2 feet depending where you stood in the driveway. Crossovers became a perfected art on that court, but my grandfolks have a passion for ball as much as I do.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Craig W says:
Mort Bay park in Sydney Australia
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Mike C. says:
My homecourt was my driveway. I miss that place. We had some pretty sick games there.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
David N. says:
I started playing ball when I was 18, so my homecourt was the neighborhood basketball court at the park.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Matt W. says:
I used to run at this old gym we called “the Rat” that was filled with old men. Like old men, it’s since been torn down.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Roman P says:
buddy’s driveway
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Johnson C says:
I first settled in Scarborough area (Toronto), when I was grade one (the year i immigrated to Canada, and the year I started ballin’). Outside my apartment, there were new basketball systems installed in a local park, and I would hoop-it up each day.
So yea…the scarborough area of toronto was where my hoop life started.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Abe A. says:
My homecourt was the backyard. (Thank you, Dad!) Ah life was grand. Had room to run around and practice some fancy crossovers, Kareem skyhooks and Olajuwon dreamshakes on my own time and turf. Those were the days.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Michael W says:
My home court was UCLA
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Josh L says:
My home court was Falcon courts western australia. many a dominant display seen put on this blacktop.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
David H says:
We played 6 days a week at Ada McCormick park in Tucson, AZ. We would plan all year round, even during the hottest days of the summer.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Rainier A says:
my home court was MC perry elementary school’s basketball court in iwakuni japan.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Tonya R. says:
driveway like a lot of ballers on here…home of the Cavs
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Wilton says:
My home court was in the playground in Moore Houses in the South Bronx.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Christopher Z. says:
My home court was Garden Holmes in the Mil. No nets and blacktop.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Javarus P. says:
I live deep in the south so my home court was right down the street from where i lived.
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
kyle s. says:
my homecourt was my backyard
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Tam S. says:
at the local highschool
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Mike L. says:
Homecourt was my driveway.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Duke N says:
man, we had this run down court at school in the 210. It was jacked up real bad but we use to break ankles out there on that blacktop. We would ball with the older kids after school after everybody left, we just acted foolish.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Long D says:
My home court was the Wang YMCA in Chinatown
i was killing all them chinese and koreans kids
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Victor T says:
Whittier Elementary school, there’s nothing fonder then the memories of running up and down the court shooting up airballs.
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Perrell Lucas says:
Anywhere in Indiana…hoops land!
October 24th, 2007 at 1:53 am
David L says:
Clovernook was where I learned how to ball, I was always a giant killer when I played there because everyone underestimated me.
October 24th, 2007 at 2:19 am
carl t says:
I GREW UP BALLIN IN ALASKA, GOTTA SUPPORT MY ALASKA BOYS TRAJAN LANGDON AND CARLOS BOOZER
October 24th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Ren Z says:
I grew up balling in China, university courts.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Jason A. says:
My family was in the military so we were constantly moving from Cali to Texas to Japan. So really, my homecourt was wherever the competition happened to bring it.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Kevin C says:
Growning up in Virginia, my homecourt was Stonegate aka ‘The Mill’ in the summer time and South Lakes HS in the winter…. the best comp around would battle out there
October 24th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Joey A says:
Oakdale park on the south side of chicago off of 95th and vincennes. As a shorty, we would ball early until the older guys kicked us off and ball late after they left. From time to time they would grab one of us to fill a spot and it was always funny cause we would hit the game winning shot. We wouldn’t get a pass until then. LOL. Ya’ll bringing back some good memories. Didn’t everybody have that old school legend who was drunk or homeless but would kill everybody when they played.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Keith K says:
my homecourt is in the Miami “Heat” of Fl
October 24th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Dave C. says:
Denver, Colorado. Down at Washington Park.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Mr. Melloare says:
1st homecourt Eden Green Sec. 3 Wildwild 100’s Chi-town, 2nd homecourt backyard homemade court off 115 halsted, 3rd homecourt was Drew Middleschool in Princeton Park Chitown baby…