2008 Nike TOC champs, X-Men (Photo. Kelly Kline)
The Nike Tournament of Champions has been over for some days now. The winners have had the time to celebrate their triumphs and the losers their time to mourn. Throughout the festivities we caught some great images of the entire event, from food to basketball. For your viewing pleasure:
Womens game, Uptown Challenge .vs. West 4th. Cherise George spotting up for the corner trey. (Photo. Kelly Kline)
West 4th receiving instructions (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Bounce’s Bobbito aka Kool Bob Love alongside Ron Artest (Photo. Kelly Kline)
DJ Webstar providing the music (Photo. Kelly Kline)
RCano Events firing up the grill (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Fans enjoying the food (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Ron Ron giving QB a pep talk (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Pro City, West 4th, Tri- State and Dyckman dignitaries receiving their plaques (Photo. Kelly Kline)
AG on the mic (Photo. Kelly Kline)
2008 Summer Player of the Year, Mike “King of New York” Campbell, accepting his award from Nike’s Kevin O’Connor (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Antawn “Anti-Freeze” Dobie scoring two of his 44 against QB (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Big Brawley, the voice of Pro City on the mic (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Raphael “Day Walker” Edwards makes his move against Kenny Satterfield and Bingo’s All-Stars (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Mike “King of New York” Campbell making his move against John “The Franchise” Strickland (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Jesse Boykins III singing the national anthem (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Jason “J-Hi” McLeish with the left (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Tommie Eddie cool as a fan against the Money Train double-team (Photo. Kelly Kline)
August 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
ali says:
beautiful images. i can smell the burgers on the grill.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Drill Phil says:
I concur nice pic’s………
August 28th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Azucar says:
All in all, this was a great event. But for next year, can we please move to a regulation court. That court was straight out of a Fresh Prince Episode. Noone could get off on anyone bc the floor didn’t allow for proper spacing
August 28th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Kyle says:
I hear you Azucar, but as far as no one getting off of anyone, tell that to QB and X-Men. Anti-Freeze got them for 44…Each.
August 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Azucar says:
True, but he really couldn’t cross anybody like he normally would bc there would be 2 or 3 players around him. Shouts to Campbell for getting summer player of the year. He definitely deserved it.
August 28th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Brooklyn says:
The court wasn’t the problem Anti Freeze and shout out too brooklyn finest on bringing it home XMEN.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
ali says:
the court straight out of the fresh prince episode? hilarious!!!
August 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
azucar-
the court was regulation width, just not length wise, but stil longer than west 4th where anti-freeze is used to anyway. he crossed many a defender, like he normally does, at the goat. if anything, it makes it that more impressive that he scored as much as he did cuz help D was always a step away, and many of his buckets where not fast break points but rather on two, three dudes like in the photo above. and as for as proper spacing, x-men figured that out just fine, just as tnp did last year, because they both play team ball and together all summer long, where as some of the other squads lean more towards 1-on-1 clearouts adn all-star assemblies. there’s nothing wrong with the court my dude. stop hatin’! haha.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Azucar says:
Not hatin, like I said I enjoyed every game but the court was mad small length wise. Shouts to you to Bobbito for holding it down at the TOC and elite 24.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Colby says:
Ok, went to this event and is was outrageous. I would say a full court may have made some difference. The biggest difference I could see is it allowing Dobie to take his 44 & 44 to an even higher level. I really can’t think of one bucket he scored that wasn’t an outside J or 3, or some nasty move that he took with a mid-range J or floater that was nothing but buttah. The kid was a bigger target than Osama, made NY rain like Seattle, and took no hostages… Although his team didn’t win it, the team knew, fans knew, and he knew that his team was going to, win or lose on his back.
Great people, great food, and best of all some great competition.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:19 am
FM says:
nice flicks
August 29th, 2008 at 10:01 am
balleye says:
Antawn”Backpack”Dobie earned a new name from me. Also heard a Pro-City team is supposed to win. No excuse but a street tournament team has an advantage due to season played outdoor. Im sure if the game was played indoor they would have an edge. They still played like they were supposed to win. Flex Foyle and Showtime were the only one’s who showed up(27,28pts light). They sat to long and coaching was questionable with line up late in the 2nd half.
Shout Outs to Special”FX”,C.Fisher,K.Walker,DP,Junie and all the others that couldn’t attend. Would have been that much better. Should try to book before everbody leaves. Still turned out very nice. Will definitely be in the building next year.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:40 am
MOVEZ GALORE says:
where was Junie sanders?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 29th, 2008 at 10:45 am
sureone says:
Not sure but def. M.I.A.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Kyle says:
Junie’s squad got eliminated at Pro City (Nike 1) and West 4th (Money Train).
August 29th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
in2ball says:
He played with Money Train in Tri-State
August 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Allstarz says:
I took a few pics at the tournament from the stands. I did some artwork on one of the players from the tournament cuz i liked the pic. Check it out at http://www.allstarzdesign.com go to the bottom and click on nike tournament of champions in the recent events box. Let me know what you think