By Lower East Scribe
Nike reps, Bounce familia and the fans of NYC summer ball had waited for this day the way Lil’ Dez does when he sits outside Kobe and LeBron’s apartment– uncontrollably bopping around in excitement, just waiting to see their heroes.
The 1 train, The Village, Hunter College and Harlem World have all been watching and waiting to crown the team of the summer. After months of players getting after it on all surfaces in all locations, the city finally got its wish this weekend. Read More »
Tags: Adris DeLeon, Andre Barrett, Bingo's All Stars, Bobbito aka Kool Bob Love, Bobbito Garcia, Dyckman, Fuquan Edwin, Gary Ervin, Gauchos Gym, goat park, Harlem, John "The Franchise" Strickland, Junie Sanders, Kenny-Satterfield, Lower East Scribe, mike campbell, Mike Glover, Nike, NIKE 1, NYC Streetball, Pro-City, russell smith, Sean Dantzler, Sean-Bell, Sidiki Johnson, Streetball, Uptown Challenge, West 4th, x-men
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By Trevor Kapp
After Andre Barrett hit a teammate with a no look pass that led to a dunk, #2 United Brooklyn coach James Ryan threw his hands in the air in triumph. The flush gave the team, who trailed by 10 at one point, a seven-point lead. But little did the coach know his boys were far from in the clear.
After being down by 12 entering the fourth, the #6 Usual Suspects cut the deficit to just four after Erving Brown drilled a three from the left wing with about 3:35 remaining. Brown then stole the inbounds pass and put in a lay-up to make it a 95-93 game.
With the Usual Suspects leading by three with 20 seconds left, UBK guard Gary Ervin connected on one of two free throws to make the score 104-102. The Suspects then threw away the inbounds pass and James “Stixx” Williams put in a running hook for UBK with about 11 seconds left to tie the game. Read More »
Tags: Andre Barrett, Darren Phillip, Jason McLeish, Lloyd Clinton, Mike Glover, Money Train, Tri State, United Brooklyn, Usual Suspects, West 4th, x-men
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By Peter Robert Casey
While the critical mass is still trying to wrap its head around blogs, the trendiest social media dabblers are ramping up their Twitter games.
Lost?
Translation: Twitter is a compelling text-based service that allows users to post messages of up to 140 characters in length.
Still lost? Think Nate Robinson or Andre Barrett: short, quick, but altogether effective.
Bounce recently took the plunge; Charlie Villanueva suffers from a full-fledged addiction; and Shaq? Well, he’s entirely more consistent with posting Tweets than he is with connecting from the charity stripe.
All of this begs the question: If I join, how do I connect with members of the basketball community? Simple. Kevin Rose, who bears no relation to Chi-town’s cornerstone distributor, just created the most user-friendly directory–aptly named, WeFollow. Ya Digg?
Under the popular tag of basketball, you’ll find 40,034 users. The NBA tag lists 489,893 Twitter accounts. And streetball? Well, let’s just say the sole registrant is doing an individual workout for now. This void offers a ripe opportunity for Bounce readers to cash in on this keyword. If you didn’t know, Twitter is the fastest growing social media platform in the industry.
So what are you waiting for? Follow Bounce and don’t forget to follow me.
Peter Robert Casey is a basketball columnist, coach, tournament/event planner, and online social media strategist. Click here to view his homepage.
Tags: Andre Barrett, BOunce on Twitter, Charlie VIllanueva, Nate Robinson, Social Media, Twitter
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By Sean Couch
Durant and Beasley at Goodman in D.C.
I got a request from one of our loyal on-line responders to make a TOP 10 list of the greatest moments on the playground last summer. And so with some assistance from some playground experts, I’m about to set it off.
10. Brandon Jennings at EBC – Young Money plays in his first official EBC game.
09. Mike Glover scoring 100 points in 2 games at Hoops in the Sun.
08. John Wall’s left-handed dunk at Elite 24 @ Rucker Park – Came down with the left-hand and leapt like superman with the left-hand yoke that brought the park to its feet.
07. PR Pride scoring 178 points in an non-overtime game at Hoops in the Sun.
06. Mike Beasley at Pro-City – B-easy dropped 39 in the second half for Gold’s Gym.
05. “Sponge Bob” going for 52 against Kevin Durant and Mike Beasley in D.C.
04. Corey “Homicide” Williams’ week of 40 (four games straight). – Caught Artest and Smush at Pro-City for 2 games and then did it at Together We Chill and out in Queens.
03. Antawn “Anti-Freeze” Dobie scoring 88 points in two games at Nike Tournament of Champions.
02.Ron Artest – Everywhere, at every tournament in NYC last summer.
01. Kenny Satterfield scoring 68 at Hoops in the Sun breaking the scoring record. The “Cab Driver” scored 65 and Andre “3000″ Barrett had 66 in the same summer at Orchard Beach.
Honorable Mention: Read More »
Tags: Andre Barrett, Antawn Dobie, Brandon Jenniings, Cab Driver, Corey Fisher, Corey Williams, Joe Pope, John Wall, Julio Alvarez, Kenny-Satterfield, Kevin Durant, Mike Beasley, mike campbell, Mike Glover, ron artest, Sponge Bob
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