Last week, the temperature was warmer than the typical weather of previous January and winter seasons. As it reminded us of the soon-to-be summer season, we anticipate great tournaments like Hoops in the Sun at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, New York.

Thanks to the Cruz brothers, we have a trailer to get us ready for the outdoor game once again!

Photo: Hoopsvibe.com

Congratulations to the Bronx’s own Kareem Reid, who was named to the American Basketball Association’s (ABA) All-Decade Team for his standout play with the Arkansas Rim Rockers. More notably, Reid was dubbed the ABA Player of the Decade.

**Note: Kareem Reid was featured on the June 2007 cover of Bounce Magazine

The rest of the ABA All-Decade team include: Read More »

After the battle: My man got the MVP/First Place Grip.

Dedicated to the Gladstone family. Every kid who plays ball in America deserves a trophy and fresh “doonkie” kicks to play in’…

US basketball tradi-tion… chip shine-in’… talk ’bout it when your 44 to 59-in’…retire 1/2 life to young boi first light-talk-inn’…

’bout the first metal and marble-base kill-in’…pick-up after game to tournament asphalt life-livin’…trophy grip-in’…little bro-look-in’…hard rock-in’… feeling like a big-face hamilton….

Feeling like 10 to 100 million Shaq diesel-in’…Kobe turntable-in’, half-spin, dj on court-wax-in, Jordan ring-in’, Fat Joe, Jay and Puff go EBC-in’… Bounce to this and see me grip-in’, kicks on ‘ kicks-in’, army grip-in’ army-grip-in’.

I feel the pain of the left to right correct-in’…but the end, the end, in the end to non-trophy-in’…seventh nation’, seventh nation,’ army grip-in’, army grip-in’, kicks-on’, kicks in’…

Shorties deserve at least one-to-two-in’, the four-foot to five-foot trophy-in’, playground shy to shine-in’, asphalt ball-in’, asphalt ball-in’…seventh nation army grip in’, army grip in’ kicks-on’, kicks-in’…

Peace to every playground announcer, every playground fan, and every playground player worldwide.

To my fam: the2cyntaylokolbeedevin, Ces Co. the Girl Wonder, Nells, BlackNat the Joker, 2M’s the female %, Dyckman Park, FordLincolnMercury the tri-masters, Jaybo the Sexton, ToniRockiHorror the show*, K-Robstarr the first, Brother Escoreddingstop, SamBowleggedness, Renzothehustler, Fox V, K-GottiScotti, McMurdo, FunkFlex, Pep the Bandit and Salt Doonkie, Tifah the Signal, Berry World Premier, King Magazine Dashington, Al-no, Nia-mindfreeze, and RicktheBrooklynphenom…

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Tonight, Gauchos Gym in the Bronx will showcase two alumni games for Manhattan Center High School for Math & Science. The women’s game will start at 6:30, and the men’s game follows. Be sure to come early (even if you want to just peep the men’s game!) because the gym will be packed. Attendance of Manhattan Center alumni alone plan to pack Gauchos Gym! Read More »

Sundiata Gaines (right) with Co-MVP Antawn Dobie after winning the 2009 Fireball championship.

This is a story I wrote in July 2008 that I thought should be posted again.

The story’s been captured before. The New York City guard is as a quick as they come, able to take anyone off the bounce, but just doesn’t have a reliable-enough jumper, or gets too animated at times, or doesn’t always bring the intensity he needs to make it to the next level. Erick Barkley, Omar Cook, Kenny Satterfield, the list goes on-and-on. For every success story, there are countless failed attempts, which is of course, a relative term in this city.

Sundiata Gaines isn’t your prototypical NYC guard. Read More »

Photo: Casey Lee

In case you missed my coverage of the Entertainers Basketball Classic (EBC) this past summer, Sundiata “Yatta” Gaines led team Prime Time to a championship and earned MVP honors at Rucker Park.

**Note: Bounce Magazine’s own editor-in-chief Sean Couch even dubbed Yatta as NBA-bound at the beginning of the summer.

After signing with the Read More »

On January 9th, 2010, Nike and Brand Jordan sponsored Elementos, produced by Project 2050, in Rio De Janiero, Brazil. There was a b-ball tournament, dunk contest, b-boy circle, live graf, fusbol action, skateboarding, and no doubt miggety me on the wheels towards the end of the day spinning some soul and rhythms for the heads. Check out this clip from LUB TV of some of the action!

Shout out to Dom Filo, president of LUB and OG Rio DJ first responsible for playing US soul/funk to the crowd there dating back to 1970!

Ladies and gents, boys and girls, children of all ages, Summer 2010 is almost here. If you’re like me, you’re fighting the cold winds of the winter and doing nothing but praying that they subside and the summer begins, when you can take all the extra clothing off and actually enjoy the weather. This is dedicated to all the tournaments in NYC–all the way from the Boogie Down Bronx through Queens and Brooklyn ’til you land in Lower Manhattan and make your final destination a trek up the FDR going from East to West Harlem! Read More »