No burn, DNP, and then sent home. It’s funny how one line can sum up the year for Brook-nam’s Jamaal Tinsley and Stephon Marbury. While both still get fat pockets and eat shrimp and spaghetti, the focus now is on Steph’s younger cousin, Sebastian Telfair, who gets some burn, does play, and has a team. But, are there bigger and better things for Bassy? I think he needs the playground style to reboot his game. In my “45 Degrees of Blackness Column,” I highlighted 6 guards that could use a change to get their games going and/or help a team to a higher caliber of play. See the article: “ The Devin Harris Effect.” While Telfair isn’t listed as a potential All-Star in the blog, I feel he has enough “playground” in him to excel and challenge Chris Duhon. Bassy, in a high-screen and roll offense with the green light, could be dangerous. Sebastian is still young and this might be the situation for all his speed and handle to flourish. Check Dime magazine’s Andrew Katz’s blog: “Is Sebastian Telfair a bust?” at Dimemag.com” for some more opinion on his career.
Imagine you’re 6’11″, 265 LBS., and have a mean midrange game and a 40+” vertical. (I said imagine, right?) Alright, so you might not measure up to Dwight Howard, but with the adidas TS BOUNCE Commander your dogs will be pampered much like DH’s feet. The shoe is the latest hit from the Three Stripes camp and will be worn by many of the brand’s brawny “Command” players throughout the rest of season. Read More »
He stood 6′8″ carrying a chiseled 240 pounds. By the time he left the Unversity of Kentucky for the NBA, the world knew him as the “Monster Mash.”
During the intense game action that went down between the lines, whether it was on asphalt strewn with broken glass, Rupp Arena or on the NBA stage, he was always a textbook example of versatility. Pulling up from 23 feet to bang a three, dominating in the post, snatching rebounds or running the show in the open court, the man could do it all. And then some. Read More »
The Boys’ Club of New York is scheduled to host its annual Future Stars Tournament, comprising seventh, eighth and ninth graders from New York and the greater New England area on Jan. 16 and 17. Read More »
On December 25 (post gift-giving), I flipped through channels on the tube in frustration, as I contemplated my first piece for Bounce Mag Online. (I did not want to disappoint amidst the creative writing wizards!) Like Corey “Homicide” Williams idea to challenge the whole NYC streetball circuit, I found inspiration! Read More »
Team Flight Brothers is seriously petitioning the NBA to allow Guy Dupuy into the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest against the league’s best. Check the vid:
Our frequent posts on Team Flight Brothers brought my mind back to the flavor and showmanship of the Harlem Globetrotters. For 82 years the organization has entertained millions of fans and still remains an event around the world. See their worldwide schedule at www.harlemglobetrotters.com . The trendsetting Globetrotters played the first outdoor professional game in Berlin on August 22, 1951 and one of their current members held the world dunk record at 12 feet until 2006. Read More »
“Basket City” is the real name of Bologna, Italy. Two teams in town, Virtus and Fortitudo, two tribes who face the hard battle between fellow citizens, two opposite realities in all ways, lifestyle, counsciousness, passion, background, confidence, two faces of the same city. And Bologna has its own concrete, one of the biggest concrete ball tournaments in Italy and Europe, the Giardini Margherita Nike Tournament. Read More »
