By Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love
My man Turk a.k.a. Trike sent me an email this week with this photo from the Daily News that ran an article on West 4th St. back in July 20, 1981. Here is his memory of it:
…#4 is me taking it to the hole and that’s Lionel Hollins [former Sixer and Blazer NBA guard] to my left with the beard. He played two games with us that year. To the far right you can barely see a young Kenny Graham [West 4th Tournament founder/director] who used to ref his own games… this photo was the highlight of my summer.
Tags: kenny graham, lionel hollins, ny daily news, turk gumusdere, west 4th st
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January 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
illest says:
sick photo
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
bu74ny says:
Picture brings back memories..I use to watch all the games down there during that period.I believe that was the year Motley’s crew ran havoc over everyone-Clark Eli,
Leroy Shaw,Mike Pyatt,Eford and a host of others.Wes Ramseur and Joe Hammond were the best I saw down there.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Casey Lee says:
Young KG ha! If anybody is interested, I suggest the book: Inside the Cage by Wight Martindale, Jr.
January 24th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
TURK1NYC says:
Thanks for the props Bobby.
Had a great time playing at West 4th St.
Other notable tournaments at that time were Breevort, BRC, Cromwell, Soul in the Hole, Kingston, Rockville Center, City College, Nike ProAm, Riis Beach, etc..
To everyone..keep balling and have fun because one day it all ends.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Peter Robert Casey says:
Is it July yet?
January 25th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
40 cal says:
wow, thats when west 4 was actually a Cage and once they closed that door you got to see Lions Tigers And Bears oh my! good post bob
January 25th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
ENEW says:
I coached with LeRoy Shaw for three years at the high school level, terrific guy who can still shoot it. I can only imagine what he was like back then…
January 28th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Machupico says:
Is that the Hollins who is coaching the Grizz now?
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December 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Chris Rucker says:
Does anyone have contact information for Wes Ramseur or Curtis White?
January 26th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Ken D. Ramseur says:
Wes Ramseur is my cousin who I was not given the chance to meet because who is no longer with us!
March 7th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
bu74ny says:
Ken,your cousin Wes Ramseur was a pleasure to watch play basketball especially in the Cage. Even after 30 some odd years I can still remember vividly Wes going straight up in the air and shooting that jumper of his.It was a sad day at the park years ago when everyone learned of his untimely death.
ENEW,Leroy Shaw was like a whirling dervish with the basketball in his hands at the Cage. I first saw him play at McBurney Y right after he signed with the Knicks during the summer of (77?). Man, him and Clark Eli used to wreak havoc on folks.Back in the day………….