Was just reading an article about The Real Rucker and came across this site and saw your name. Will frequeent the site now. Remember talking with your father when I would come to the park. He would always tell me none of that fancy stuff. He is truly a legend.

this is wonderful. you should make this a year round regular post, your pops has more than enough to share in 51 years of experience, i’d say! anth mason used to play in the nike pro city at hunter college in the late ’90s. him, elmer ‘yak yak’ anderson, marshall greer, and derek canada more the four most potent and dangerous scorers that i remember seeing. and yes, mason had a handle, and he wasn’ always a beast if you look at his teenage pictures when he was much skinnier. he’s an example of overachievement and tenacity to have made the pros. a lot of dudes just relied on their athleticism and talent. he did as well, but add in the work and boom–a solid career. word up. and let me tell those out there, the couch work outs are not easy!

I was also a 3x Anthony Mason Prime Time camper. There was nothing that I enjoyed more than heading up to Glen Spey, NY for a week each summer to eat, sleep, and play basketball against some good comp. Mase Jr. was just a kid at the time and and I was able to give him buckets. Things done changed.

mase in your face!

loved seeing that big fella come down the lane, leading the break with the ill playground lefty game. oak, mase, starks, harper, doc, pat, charles smith (ya’ll know we liked him before gettin’ his weak stuff punched against the bulls), hubert davis, greg anthony, rolando blackmon, herb williams, anthony bonner. those were some fun days in the garden. i remember seeing mase on 125th in the summer, driving some crazy mercedes sedans.

This is a beautiful story Couch! Your father truly is a living legend. I know this because I had the blessing of playing for him as a young teen 4 straight summers in Uptown Challenge and in his famous workouts…

He’s already reached so many great people and players, but continues to work with anyone who needs it. God bless Mr. Couch and his family!