My boy Eric Berman got compared to former Cavs reserve Sasha Pavlovic. Photo: halftimeadjustments.files.wordpress.com.

I was chillin’ with NYC native and fellow UNC student Eric Berman last week, and we started talking about what we missed about playground ball in the city.

One of the first things we came up with was the ridiculousness of the comparisons you get when playing on the blacktop.

Eric, who is about 6 feet, 190 pounds, said he generally gets likened to Jason Kidd and Jason Williams, though he will never forget the day someone compared him to Sasha Pavlovic. Read More »

Together We Chill 2009

Where can you see the likes of Kareem “’Reem wit it, Rock wit it” Reid, Antawn “Anti-Freeze” Dobie, Kenny “Serious Satellite” Satterfield, John “Franchise” Strickland, “The Cab Driver,” “Baby Shaq” and other big names in the summer in NYC? Well, actually, Dyckman, Kingdome, Tri-State, and EBC are some of the tournaments where you will find these guys gettin’ busy. But there’s another, less talked-about, tournament where one can find these elite ballers: Together We Chill. Located in the heart of El Barrio on 119th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, TWC might be one of the most slept-on tournaments in the city. Read More »

NetScouts basketball, an organization that helps inner-city players become professionals, is set to host several camps along the East Coast in the next few weeks.

The firm will be in NYC on July 23 and 24 at John Jay College and Rucker Park, and will hold camps on July 25 in Philadelphia and on July 26 in Washington D.C.

In the past, NetScouts basketball has hosted events in Eugene, Ore., and San Jose, Calif. Read More »

40 Cal: What’s good, boy? Mookie: What up, Cal?

40 Cal: Chillin, maine. You know I gotta do the summer previews so I gotta see what’s good with you. Mookie: I’m good. Ready to rep my borough again. I just won the championship in Egypt and got league MVP. Read More »