SpacelySprockets
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Conference finals next year when fellow NYC baller Lance jumps ship and comes to the hornets
Bleacher Report on NYC hoops dissapearing act
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NYC kids would rather look like fakkits on Instagram and have their fashion game jumpin then hoop smh
how about they tell the real story of how blacks in nyc moved south over the past 10 years for better opportunties in life for there kids so many of them b ball players are coming from the south now
I used to get to the court on WEEKDAY and have to get runs 3 games after i got there. Now i drive past courts on a WEEKEND much less a weekday and see this:
These new nikkas dont even leave the house
Part of it breh is that winning city/state titles dont me shyt anymore, the HS coaching pool is weak as fukk/relying too much on raw talent, the rest of the country caught up like 20 years ago while NY coasted on reputation alone AND theres no specific powerhouse program thats on the map nationally. Even tho the public schools and Catholic schools held their own lane, there was STILL a pecking order and the Catholic schools were running it. The early-mid 90s were the peak of it IMO, even tho no real NBA talent came out of it. The Archdiocese of NY, in the early 2000s, like many Catholic churches in other states were busy paying sex abuse settlements and could care less about bbcall because they were doing damage control. Then, enrollment at private schools went down as the economy tanked and parents werent willing to pay $300-400 a month just for their kids to get the kind of average grades they could get in a public school.
The Archdiocese is so cash strapped that its not bailing out these financially mismanaged schools and many of them closed and sold their properties or let charter schools set up shop in there. The money just isnt there anymore and the corporate sponsors that used to have a huge presence back then (Nike, Gatorade) have taken their business else where and would rather throw cash at a summer camp/tournament where they can keep a tight (invisible) leash on their next "LeBron."
Also, I just think that NYC bball doesnt have the talent anymore. Kids still hoop but youre not seeing elite shyt. Cats dont have complete arsenals these days but swear that they have enough in them to do a decent mixtape video on youtube. shyt is wack because bball here couldve been like football is in some of these southern states. It just wont happen. Kids have mad shyt at their disposal here on the good and bad spectrums but sadly the bad stuff is whats slowing them down.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
That still doesn't explain why NYC ( a city with more blacks than any other city) hasn't produced shyt.....Nor does it account for all the blacks that have always lived in the south.... like nikkas in the south didn't know how to play basketball, til New Yorkers moved down there or something
I agree. My son goes to Catholic school and they are always looking for a handout. Luckily for his parish they have well to do members that donate quite a few dollars annually to keep their educational and sports activities afloat. I still think there is talent but the discipline isnt there anymore.
Does Riverside and Gauchos AAU still exist?
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
While yall site the Bleacher Report, I'll get my info on the changing dynamics of this city.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/n...-moving-to-the-south.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Out of all my homies, I'm one of TWO still here in the city. shyt is gone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/n...-moving-to-the-south.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Out of all my homies, I'm one of TWO still here in the city. shyt is gone.
now that you mention it my buddies and I all around 30 ran 5's last Saturday up in Greenburgh and couldnt get off the court.
best summer league in the city is Dyckman like @tremonthustler1 said and Ferris Ave up in White Plains. Rucker is
best summer league in the city is Dyckman like @tremonthustler1 said and Ferris Ave up in White Plains. Rucker is
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
I don't get it either. Niqqas be leaving NYC to down down south to work two jobs and shyt. Makes no sense to me, but they got grass under their toes so I guess it makes sense.don't know why a boat load of the South's economy is straight
Dog.....NONE of my homies live in NYC anymore. All of the groomsman from my wedding either live in the dc/md area or in the ATL.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
now that you mention it my buddies and I all around 30 ran 5's last Saturday up in Greenburgh and couldnt get off the court.
best summer league in the city is Dyckman like @tremonthustler1 said and Ferris Ave up in White Plains. Rucker is
I know the original guy who used to DJ all the Rucker games in the 70's on. HE said the Rucker league had levels and that the league with Dr. J and them was the Pro Rucker and that there were divisions under the pro Rucker. Not only that, he told me that that they didn't only play in the Rucker....the Rucker league was also in Dykman and at 5 different parks.
I told him he needs to get up with Bobbito.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
My son knows nothing about NYC b-ball culture. Lil man is in soccer leagues all up and down Brooklyn.
NYC has thrown away it's old culture in droves bruh.