The score you see above was from our last SBL game, a 33 point shellacking of our opponents. The week before our squad The 97 had won by 25. The star was “S. Dot,” a former St. Francis College sharpshooter, who connected on ten 22′ footers (and further) behind the three point paint. I’ve only […]

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The Mecca of basketball is NYC, but just across the Hudson lays the grounds where many gifted ballplayers arise. The names from the past decade are quite famous: Al Harrington, Tim Thomas, Jay Williams, Dajuan Wagner, Andrew Bynum, the list goes on. One thing they have in common is making the NBA; one thing […]

ML King Playground, Foster Projects, Harlem USA
Ahh, last Thursday was pure bliss! Had been in Europe for a week and change and was fiending to play, and woke up to mid-60s weather. All afternoon I couldn’t wait to head out to what would be my first outdoor run of 2008. I hit the park […]

Packed house at EBC’s opening day 2007. Photo: Bobbito Garcia
Has the EBC at Rucker Park lost its swagger?
I happen to be one of the guys who made the first ever EBC Dream Team, and got experience of what the league was like when Burtt Jr. dropped 68 on us. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in uniform ‘til […]

Congratulations to Seton Hall’s Jeremy Hazell, St. John’s Justin Burrell, and Villanova’s Corey Fisher on making the Big East All-Rookie team. All of these players have represented hard on the playground over the past few years at Kingdome, Tri-State, and EBC respectively.
Check this video about Corey Fisher’s background and how he rose above family […]

With March comes the hint of sunshine and a little warm weather. Peeps are looking at Rick Rivers’ Fireball (Baruch College) and Ken Du’s D&D Invitational (Queens) to hold down tournament street power until the heat of the summer. From the East though comes a claim of “grando.” The “grando,” in the words of my […]

Several New York City playground guards are excelling on the collegiate level this year.
Notable Players:
Corey Fisher, Nova/EBC
Gavin Grant, NC State/EBC
Jessie Sapp, G-town/EBC
Mike Coburn, Rutgers/Dyckman
Gary Forbes, UMass/EBC/Dyckman
Three who don’t get the light they deserve are Russell Robinson, Kansas/Dyckman, Edgar Sosa, Louisville/Dyckman, and Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall/Dyckman/Kingdome.

Photo: Seton Hall Basketball
The surprise of the group is […]

Checked out the Knicks/Clippers match on monday. I’m not an NBA analyst, so here’s my playground perspective of what I saw, just random notes steez:
Jamal Crawford was cash money in the 4th, but doo doo in the first 36 minutes. If he can score double figures in one crunchtime quarter, why can’t he do that […]