Words. Aron Phillips
While everyone had football on the brain for yesterday’s Super Bowl Sunday, the day also featured one of NYC’s most touted high school hoops rivalries between Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) and Rice (Harlem, N.Y.). In front of a packed house on the Middle Village campus, I made the trek from the 4 to the J to the M for what could have been the greatest high school basketball spectacle ever. MORE >
Words. Austin Burton
Jermaine O’Neal has been a forgotten pioneer.
When people talk about the NBA’s preps-to-pros success stories, they usually lead with Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James and Dwight Howard. Despite being one of the first to make the leap successfully — reaching six NBA All-Star Games in his career — O’Neal is often overlooked. The year after KG set the trend in motion, Jermaine and Kobe were picked in the first round of the ‘96 Draft. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
The Big Apple has always been good to LeBron James, so The King wanted to do something special to show his appreciation. This Saturday, November 7th, LeBron is giving the “Gift of the Game” to New York City by opening up seven gyms for high school ballplayers. From 1:00 PM until 6:00 PM, various gyms throughout the city will be open for you to play. Be sure to get in a run at the following locations: MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
Bishop Daniels understands if you don’t remember him.
He gets that all of the hype he’d built while playing alongside John Wall at Word of God Academy (N.C.) during the high school season last year fizzled after a dismal AAU season.
“It’s my own fault,” says Daniels, a 6-2 junior combo guard. MORE >
Words. dimemag
After a year of anticipation, Prodigies has arrived. Detailing the careers of high school prodigies Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, this is more than an NBA mix; it’s the evolution of three men from young phenoms to superstars.
Words. Austin Burton
Listening to Jared Sullinger, he wasn’t supposed to be the star who shined brightest in the penultimate game at the adidas Nations extravaganza in Dallas this past weekend.
At the three-stripes’ third annual event, where teams of young players from Europe, Canada, Asia, Africa and Latin America were brought in to play against the top rising juniors and seniors in the U.S., Sullinger (Northland H.S., Ohio) led the U.S. Class of 2010 group to a championship-game win over Canada, putting up 22 points and 10 boards. For the 6-foot-9 rising senior power forward, who averaged just under 20 points and 15 rebounds at Northland last season and is committed to Ohio State, it wasn’t the kind of stat line even he expected. MORE >
