Underneath the Final Score. Photo Courtesy of Alton Ritter
When the New York Liberty met the Indiana Fever last Saturday, the game was billed as the first professional basketball game played outdoors in the sport’s history. Back in 1951 however, the Harlem Globetrotters played an outdoor game in Berlin, so not to take away from the […]

Coach Sean Arnold’s Most Hated Crew has some of the top young talent in the city. Two players from Progressive Christian Academy (Maryland) - Norvell “Shaka” Arnold and Bryant “Chewbacca” Crowder have serious collegiate upside. Shaka is a 6’4” wing with a tremendous wing-span and good feet. He showed solid jump shooting and […]

New to the blog arena is the “The Grime,” thoughts off the dome concerning the growing streetball game here in New York City…
Up at the Tri-State Classic last week, the buzz was the confrontation between Kareem Reid and Kendell “World Premier” Provett. Ron Artest came away impressed with Provett who is home after serving […]

We would all agree that Chris Paul is now the NBA standard of point guard play. His record setting play-off performances have us waiting for more next year. In the meantime, what makes him the man? His handle. And what move is just killing the comp . . . the crossover. Unlike AI who gets […]

We’re all ready for the summer league season to kick-off here in New York. Defending champion Nike 1 with Darren Phillips, Chudney Gray and the rest get to defend their title at Hunter College next Tuesday, June 17 starting at 6:30. Also getting its first look today under the Nike sponsorship banner is D.C.’s Goodman […]

Flavor Flav: Yo Chuck what’s the move man?
Chuck: What goes on…?
One of my favorite joints to get my body right for playground run is Public Enemy’s - Public Enemy Number 1. It has been proven that music calms muscles and gets the athlete ready for activity. A few weeks ago we had […]

Check the in-and-out to the baseline reverse finish by Houston’s Myron “The Show” Allen. The defender acts as if it was a mandatory switch but I don’t think he called it. Is the move as good as NY’s Antawn “The Teacher” Dobie a.k.a. “King of the In-and-Out,” presently earning liras with the Casa Ted […]

Congratulations to 2008 D-League MVP Kasib Powell. Sib produced big, dominating for the Sioux City Sky Force averaging 22.3 points and 5.8 rebound per game. Powell is a Dyckman Basketball alumni and now an achiever of his NBA dream as a member of the Miami Heat. In Bounce edition 10, I asked him about his […]