By Sean Couch
Coach Ron Naclerio
Much has been written about Coach Ron Naclerio’s playground work as a basketball coach in New York City. The man that crafted Rafer Alston into “Skip To My Lou” with reps of amazing ball handling and shooting drills has a legacy beyond basketball. His father, Dr. Emil Naclerio, saved Martin Luther King’s life by operating on him after he was stabbed near his heart. After King recovered he wrote a letter to his dad thanking him, saying “your skilled surgery, coupled with your genuine concern for me as a patient, combined to bring me from a very low ebb in my life to blooming health again. Please know that I will remember your gestures of goodwill so long as the cords of memory shall lengthen.” Read More »
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By Jon Lopez
Photo by Jon LopezJosh Selby throws it down at Rucker Park
The 4th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 event, and it was an event indeed, was off the hook! First of all, anytime you put the top twenty-four high school ballers in the country on one court you’re bound to witness some quality hoops. But they weren’t gathered on just any court. They were gathered in the mecca: NYC. The hallowed grounds of Rucker Park, no less; however, due to poor weather conditions the game was actually moved to Gaucho’s Gym in the BX – the court that Stephon Marbury, Ed Pinckney, Sebastian Telfair, Rod Strickland and so many others have played on. Read More »
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