In the upcoming Bounce Edition # 22 our summer tournament tour section takes us to various playground arenas around the world. One that we didn’t mention but will on its own real soon is the UK’s Midnight Madness Tournament that has earned LeBron James’ attention.

More on that coming real soon…

In the meantime check out the super-official dunk contest held this summer and check how the website : www.midnight-madness.com is grimy thorough.
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I had a chance to speak to Matt Scott Krentz, writer and director of the new “Streetballers” movie last night and came away impressed with his hustle, attitude and flavor. Determined to remain independent and in control of his film, the St. Louis born director has decided to go on the grind and make money like a mix-tape DJ selling joints out the back of his trunk.

Krentz’s film distribution has been extremely small, opening at only 2 theaters per market. After the general public views the film, the writer-director has set up shop in the theater lobby selling the movie soundtrack in order to generate dollars for the next showing of his film in the next market.

The film has earned awards from the Hollywood Black Film Festival, the St. Louis International Film Festival and premiered in Cali at the Mann Chinese 6 on Hollywood Boulevard last week.

His goal now is to make a showing in the Mecca of Streetball – NYC. I had a chance to interview Matt to get his take on why the movie should get more light. Read More »

Greg Johnson – CEO of Streetball.com

Greg Johnson, former Marketing Director and founding team member of the Jordan Brand at Nike, has joined Streetball.com as its Chief Executive Officer. One of his first moves was procuring a deal that included Bounce 2007 Player of the Year Kenny Satterfield in the Apple iphone Streetball application.

For more information on this new exciting development in the streetball game and how this site is coming at the Streetball world go to: www.streetball.com .

Early Saturday morning, Torell Harris texted to inform me of his son’s new list of college choices. Tobias “Nobody’s Smiling” Harris, a two-year player in the Jim Couch Reunion Games, has narrowed his college choices from 12 to 7 schools. The remaining schools are Maryland, West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky and Syracuse. Read More »

Vintage EBC – Brandon Roy at 1:08

My man 40 Cal is tilting his lance at the corporate giants who have become involved in the streetball game, suggesting that ‘09 was the worst year in streetball because of their involvement. Don’t hate on 40, he’s passionate but mistaken in my opinion.

While I don’t agree with his statement, I would like to remind him that players make tournaments. The sponsors then go where the players are and for the most part, enhance the moment, not take away from it.

For many, the best moment this summer was the Dyckman Tournament Final at a park so packed, the crowd became the out-of-bounds lines. In it’s purest form for many hardcore playground observers, that’s streetball, but some don’t agree with that. Read More »

On September 12 The Sonny Hill Tournament in conjunction with attorney Jimmy Binns will host a 3 on 3 tournament at the Wachovia Center in Philly. Three divisions will be available for sign-up – 18 & under, 18-49, and 50 and over. The entry fee is $20 dollars per person with a maximum limit of 4 players per team. All participants get a shirt.

For more information contact Mr. Hill at 215-474-2801.

Back in Bounce Edition #18, Charisse Lambert wrote about commissioner Jon Greenburg’s San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am. The Pro-Am, now in its 30th year, is still going strong. The video above gives an in-depth look into the league and a few highlights of Gil Arenas and J-Rich making moves on the competition.

Photo: Erin Edwards

Who is your NYC Summer Player of the Year?

Summer of ‘09 is a wrap. Tri-State declared Lil Rah’s Sean Bell All Star’s the champions on a forfeit. Last time a major tournament went out like that was the Terror Squad vs S. Carter EBC forfeit back in ‘03. A straight-to-video account of the drama is available now for those who want to listen to Joe flow about how he always comes correct for the big moment.

Dyckman saw a chip played on 2/3 of a basketball court because of the “no-one-denied-access-to-the-chip-pass.” Dyckman remains “hood-deep,” as the song – “Shook Ones” – gets FunkFlex rotation uptown for those who understand what I’m saying…

St. John’s bound Dwight Hardy won two player of the year awards at Hoops in the Sun and Tri-State respectively, while Italian League star Sundiata Gaines had a strong summer too, winning the MVP at EBC and dominating at Pro-City. Adris “2 Hard 2 Guard” DeLeon closed the summer out at the Nike TOC like a terrorist on a mission, showing that he belongs among the elite scoring guards in summer city ball. Read More »