More Excitement You Do Not Want to Miss at Funsport Jr. Pros

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Funsport’s Junior Pros is the premier Junior High School Basketball Program in NYC! We host the best AAU organizations and middle school programs in the tri-state area. This season, our championship game will be held at the world famous Madison Square Garden arena. Prior to the game, our championship teams will have a ‘meet and greet’ with New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers players and enjoy the NBA game before the Garden floor becomes their showcase.

Regular Season in progress this weekend at Ronald Edmonds School 113 – 300 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11205

HEADLINES FOR THIS WEEK: * THIS SATURDAY FORMER NBA STANDOUT KENNY ANDERSON IS EXPECTED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE

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* ALSO THIS SATURDAY, I’M HEARING CONFIRMED RUMORS OF A TOP 10 NATIONALLY RANKED 8th GRADER TO MAKE HIS DEBUT * NEXT WEEK VIEW FULL INTERVIEW WITH KIMANI YOUNG OF NEW HEIGHTS

JR PROS JHS REGULAR SEASON WEEK #2 RECAP… THE RACE TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN…

The second weekend of the Funsport Junior Pros at JHS 113 in Brooklyn opened with a number of close finishes after another runaway victory by Starrett City, which has become an early favorite to reach the Junior Pros Championship game set for January 3rd at Madison Square Garden. Read More »

40 Cal received 25 stitches after he was attacked.

Around 2 a.m., 40 Cal, one of Bounce Magazine’s hardest workers, was slashed from ear to mouth on the streets of Catherine and Madison in his neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He has received more than 25 stitches and even some staples. I spoke to him a couple of minutes ago, and he’s doing well. But the random acts of violence have to stop. Out of the kindness of your heart, can you pray for 40 Cal to have a speedy recovery? Let’s shoot hoops and not guns!

Words from the CEO and Brains of this operation,Rickey Rivers

JR PROS JHS BASKETBALL AT JHS 113… THE RACE TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IS UNDERWAY…

In two months, the Funsport Junior Pros Championship game will take place at Madison Square Garden following an NBA contest between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.

But, first, thirty teams of the top junior high school talent in the metropolitan area will do battle in pool play and playoffs at JHS 113 in Brooklyn. If the past Junior Pros standouts are any indication, we are about to get an early preview of the future of high school basketball in the tri-state area.

Riverside-8 won the season tipoff game, using a 15-0 run in the second quarter to take control and post a 54-47 win over the Brooklyn Patriots. Jack Daly (Eastchester), whose three-point banker just before halftime put Riverside ahead for good, led all scorers with 20 points. Aaron Walker topped the Patriots with 18 points while Pedro Lopez grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Read More »

This is a honest question to every bouncemag.com blogger,reader and fan across the world: How many of you guys have caught a dunk in a actual game? Read More »

No matter the neighborhood or the tournament, there is that one kid who is nice. On the court, he’s the man. The neighborhood loves him. Everyone embraces him. He has everything: the crossover, his jump shot is straight cash money and he plays defense baseline to baseline. He has a following too. If he has a game, everyone knows.

“Yo, son, you goin’ to his game later?”

“Yeah, I’m goin’, son. My son get right.”

The whole neighborhood is in the park watching him give out a 40 piece to the opposite team. The on-lookers are saying, “Son is nice” while the other spectators are saying, “Wait ’til after this game. We gonna see him.” These particular fans are in the cut, just chillin’, waiting to catch him slippin’. Read More »

I remember growing up playing in various tournaments in my neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn. This one hot summer day, I saw this kid by the name of LeVance Fields. I was coming from the store and my man said, “Lee Lee is killin’, son. He’s only in 7th grade too, son.” I said to myself, “He’s next from the hood to go.” As the years went by, his game only further expanded.

In high school, our teams would face-off in epic battles. The Brownsville Recreation Center 16 and under league was no joke back then. It was him and Eugene Lawrence (St. John’s alum and Brownsville native) in the back court. Just think about Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and Brandon Jacobs of the New York Football Giants in the same back field. The games were always fun and exciting. Also another memory I have is when he shared the back court with Eugene Lawrence, and the front court was Antonio Pena (Villanova Wildcat), Saiquon Stone (Southern Mississippi University) and Terrence Portis (St Thomas Aquinas College) playing in S.T.A.Y. at The Cage on Mother Gaston and Sutter Ave. Fields came from a “crime-ridden” neighborhood where the game of basketball is a gateway for people to make it out. Every time he stepped on the floor as a Pittsburgh Panther, while donning the nickname “General Lee,” he put Brownsville on his back. Even though he went undrafted in this past year, he is still keeping the hood happy with his success on the court. Read More »

(L to R-Courtney Castro, Snoop and Speedy Williams)

Ladies and Gents, Ballplayers, lovers of the game, and my fellow Brooklynites, here’s a little somethin’ from my man LowerEastScribe. He has Brooklyn roots but he moved to the Lower East Side in the borough of money makin’ Manhattan. He and I will be working together on the Brooklyn Report. Check out his article on Courtney Castro, better known as “The Jumpman”

One of NY’s best kept secrets (No Pun intended Mr. Reid) right now is Brownsville’s own Courtney Castro. Growing up in the ‘ville, Castro (who’s mixed with Black and all types of Spanish) started out playing baseball. But at age 13, his older brothers aerial-artistry made him see basketball in a new light.

“I used to see him playing ball in the park a lot,” said his brother. “Baseball was my first love but after watching him dunk on a few guys, it just looked like a lot of fun.”

While most serious 13-year-old ballers are seasoned vets, with AAU and top-flight camps under their belts, Castro’s start came via milk crates nailed to trees in his backyard. Eventually he upgraded to broken rims. Read More »

The 2009 NBA Draft is approaching us. Brooklyn has offered the “League” with some pretty darn good local talent. The L has had the likes of: Bernard King, Jamaal Tinsley, Quincy Douby, Chris Mullin, Connie Hawkins, Pearl Washington, World B.Free, John Salley, Jeff Houston Greg “Jocko” Jackson, Jerry “Ice” Reynolds, Norman Richardson, Chris Taft, Gordon Malone, Billy Cunningham and many more. (Disclaimer: I may have forgotten some. I apologize Brooklynites.)

This moment right here solidified and put Brooklyn on the map!!!!!!!!!! Stephon Marbury’s interview was heartfelt. He represented his family, his neighborhood, Coney Island and the borough of Brooklyn. The struggle, the hard work, determination, competitiveness and the heart were shown through his tears. Stephon Marbury showed the L why Brooklyn is the best borough in basketball in the state of New York. Read More »