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 »
