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Hoop Du Jour
By Wilfredo Benitez
For hoop lovers, New York City, THE MECCA of basketball, is the place to be this
summer. Forget the dismal NBA lockout and the NBA's unfulfilling shortened season.
There’s competitive high caliber basketball being played in the City. For true fans,
summer basketball is a dream come true.
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The great thing about NYC summer basketball is that there’s something for everyone.
Lamarre Dyson, Executive Director of Young Athletes, Inc., the not-for-profit corporation
sponsoring the Rod Strickland/Tiny Archibald tournament, proclaims that "basketball
in the City is a tremendous treat.” Well known in NYC basketball circles, Dyson adds,
"there’s a healthy mix of NBA stars, collegiate stars, playground legends and
'wannabes' all in one area trying to make names for themselves. For the true basketball
fan, it doesn’t get better than this." In addition to basketball instruction,
Young Athletes, Inc. provides educational assistance to children ages 8-17 throughout the
year. Unlike other tournaments, the Strickland/Archibald tournament features an equal
number of Girls' games.
Over the years, NYC summer basketball has provided
countless people with wonderful memories. A game last summer featured NBA players Allen
Iverson and Stephon Marbury on the same team and in the same backcourt! The dunks were
fantastic and the energy that those two NBA stars exhibited was simply unbelievable. The
only other NBA player to draw and excite the crowd like that was Rod Strickland. In the
excitement, one fan shouted, “this is the real NBA.” The young fella may have a
valid point. M
July 1999
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SELECT SUMMER '99 B-BALL TOURNEYS |
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Tournament |
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Where |
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When |
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Citywide |
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128th
St and 2nd Ave (Manhattan) |
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Weekends
starting at 9:00 am |
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Nike Pro-City |
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Hunter College, 68th St & Lexington
(Manhattan) |
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Tuesday & Thursday starting at 6:30
pm |
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Pro-Am |
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Riverbank
State Park 145th St & Riverside Dr (Manhattan) |
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Monday
& Wednesday starting at 6:30 pm |
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Rod Strickland/Tiny Archibald |
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Boys-135th St btwn Willis &
Alexander Aves (Bronx) Girls-135th betwn Lenox & 5th Aves
(Manhattan) |
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Weekends starting at 9:00 am |
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Rucker |
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145th
St and Lenox Ave (Manhattan) |
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Weekends
starting at 9:00 am |
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UDC |
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218th St and Barnes Ave (Manhattan) |
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Weekends starting at 9:00 am |
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West
4th Street |
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West
4th St & 6th Ave (Manhattan) |
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Weekends |
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