By Trevor Kapp
Miguel Millien, seen here last summer at West 4th, dropped 18 points for Pick & Roll.
Kenny Graham’s orange and purple West 4th Street tournament banner hung along the East side fence Sunday afternoon as the sun shone brightly over the handballers in the background. On the south side of the park, women, as customary, occupied the 10 or so seats behind the basket and people dressed in all different styles crowded up against the West-side fence to catch a glimpse of this perennial warm-weather exhibition. The 32nd West 4th Street tournament is officially underway, marking the beginning of another New York City basketball summer that promises to be full of highlights and heroics. Read More »
Tags: Charles Lott, Foot Printz Stars, Hammer, kenny graham, Miguel "The Video Game" Millien, Money Inc., Nesto Giscombe, Pick & Roll, Ryan-"Special FX"-Williams, West 4th Street
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By Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love
My man Turk a.k.a. Trike sent me an email this week with this photo from the Daily News that ran an article on West 4th St. back in July 20, 1981. Here is his memory of it:
…#4 is me taking it to the hole and that’s Lionel Hollins [former Sixer and Blazer NBA guard] to my left with the beard. He played two games with us that year. To the far right you can barely see a young Kenny Graham [West 4th Tournament founder/director] who used to ref his own games… this photo was the highlight of my summer.
Tags: kenny graham, lionel hollins, ny daily news, turk gumusdere, west 4th st
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