
Roman Perez a.k.a. “El Regalo” going to the skillet on me hard at Goat Park on 8/5/09. Kevin Couliau photo.
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Roman Perez a.k.a. “El Regalo” going to the skillet on me hard at Goat Park on 8/5/09. Kevin Couliau photo.
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Roman Perez is street basketball. For those of you who have seen Rodney Park’s (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) own son take the reigns in the summer, you know what the kid can do!
Dubbed “Da Gift,” Perez has played in summer tournaments in almost every borough in New York City, not to mention doing work on the high school and intercollegiate levels. Now, Roman has taken his shot in his native country of the Dominican Republic, where he shines on the hardwood.
Check out his latest video:
A couple of weeks ago, maybe more, just before December 31st I think, I stepped into the 14th St. Y after having taken off some weeks to rest my shoulder injury. I hadn’t played in a minute, but all the same regulars were there in the gym–Jonathan Canter, Yuta, Roman Perez, etc. Curiously enough, though, I noticed that out of the 20 dudes in the gym that day, more than half where wearing Nike Hyperdunks! I don’t think since the early ’90s, when the Air Force 1 was on its last leg of on court dominance, had I seen one model so prevalent on New York ballplayers’ feets. Wow! Read More »