Akeem with the Dee Brown minus the pumps. Photo courtesy www.dolphinbasketball.com.

Verbals: Gerald Narciso

Akeem Pierre is one of the rising (literally) talents in Canada. At just six feet, he can and will dunk on you; he does not care who you are.

“I go hard every game. If someone talks trash to me, I’m not going to back down,” says Pierre, a senior at RC Palmer Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia.

This past summer, Pierre turned the Dolphin Park Classic, Canada’s version of the EBC, into his own personal coming out party. This little dude was pinning grown men’s shots against the backboard, dunking every which way and locking down everybody with 94′ pressure D.

“I feel like I can guard anyone. It doesn’t matter how tall,” Pierre says. “I know I’m going to lock him down, and if I don’t, then I feel disappointed in myself.”

For more information on Dolphin Park, go to http://www.dolphinbasketball.com.

www.bouncemag.com welcomes the 1st time conrtibution of Vancouver based writer Gerald Narciso aka G. His work has appeared in Dime Mag and NBA.com. Salt Lake City bred, G preferred watching players like Shamgod over Stockton. He claims at 5′9″ he has dunked the ball. Twice.

Gerald Narciso, photo by Franco Giurleo.