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 »
If you didn't have your sets tuned to CBS Saturday afternoon, then you missed a heck of a performance by one of New York's (Harlem) own Jeremy Hazell, who is notoriously known all over the Apple as the Cabby or the Cab Driver.
He was originally named the "Haitian Cab Driver" by Kingdome announcer Taz at the Showboat Classic a few years back. I remember when I witnessed the Cabby make the game look too easy. It was like conjoined twins with a basketball at birth.
On Saturday, he showed the world he can ball for real as he scored 40 points and grabbed seven boards on national television. If Cabby continues to play the way he has been, I think he has a chance to go NBA lottery pick. What do you guys think?
Watch Hazell get real clutch at the end of the game in the clip above and don't forget to add Bounce Magazine on twitter by clicking right here.
Photo Courtesy of NYC streetball photographer of the year Kevin Couliau
Kadour Ziani was here this Tuesday testing out the rims at the world famous streetball court, KINGDOME. As I made my way through Martin Luther King projects, I could see from a distance that he started his test runs by jamming the ball between the backboard and rim. Read More »
New York City is the home of summer outdoor ball. There are several strong tournaments in New York – Gun Hill, Hoops in the Sun, Watson, Together We Chill, EBC, Kingdome, and others. Many long time tournament watchers would like to see all of them compete.
“Is this really the tournament of champions?” questioned NYC Pro/Am ref Eric Weaver. “This is only Nike sponsored tournaments. We’re missing EBC, Watson, there’s other major tournaments that have champions.” Read More »
A crowd of 10,386 was announced in attendance before the game started. At the 10 minute mark in the first half, the Kingdome reached full capacity or somewhere close to it with about 400-500 people. Faces like Duke Tango, Quentin “T2″ Hosley, Sean Bell All-Star’s Coach Rah, and Richie Parker were in attendance to witness the 2009 Championship between Dominican Power (blue jerseys) and Big Cuzin Entertainment (black jerseys).
One squad brought team-oriented style, while the other displayed individual talent. Kendall “World Premier” Provett, Kenny “Grown Man Stuff / Serious Satellite” Satterfield, Sean “Killa” Kilpatrick, Jazz “Total Package” Mansell, and Tyshawn “Bodywide” Valentine started the game.
Guess which team they were. Please don’t get it twisted though; the other team bragged names like John “The Franchise” Strickland, Raul Mercedes, Richard “Slasher” Rivas, Baby Shaq, and Frank “Frankie Chulo” Penn. Read More »
BIG SHOT OUT TO INSIDE STREETBALL WITH THE BIGGEST STREETBALL ARCHIVE EVER!
The Kingdome championship is set for tomorrow at 7 p.m. Check out the throwback clip of MURDER throwing it down on someone badly. I've prolly seen this clip 5,000 times and it never gets old, someone should have given that guy a helmet.
MSG Network has decided to not bring back the SUMMERBALL series, hosted by Bobbito and Boobie Smooth, in 2009 after three successful seasons. In 2008, the program attracted the highest ratings of any original programming for the channel. Hopefully it’ll back in the future, write to www.msg.com if you’d like to see SUMMERBALL back on the air!
KINGDOME (114th St. bet. Lenox and 5th Ave.) will start June 13th. There is no validity to the rumor that Puff is sponsoring the tournament this year. It is only word of mouth on the street, allegedly started by Puff himself. So it can happen, but as of yet Kingdome director Huncho and P Diddy have not spoken.
TRI-STATE CLASSIC will reportedly start this weekend June 6 at it’s same 2008 location of Colonel Young Park on 145th St. and Lenox (2, 3 train to 145th). The rumor of the tournament moving to Mt. Morris Park on 120th and Madison has not been confirmed. The league will have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday games this summer instead of Monday thru Thursday.
