EnySpree wrote:I played in a tournament that Marbury was supposed to play in. I never seen a spectacle like that in person. He was mobbed by everyone. He took a few shots and was kinda walking around. He didn't even play cuz the tourney was kinda low level. He almost shut it down. He left the gym then stayed to watch a little then he left. That felt like a pro was in the building. Dude physically made me feel inferior at the time he was huge. Taller than I expected and built like a truck. I was like 14 or so and he had to be a senior. Made me question myself cuz I had to guard point guards cuz of my height. He was intimidating.

This reminds me of a tourney we had in the Bronx. The day before we were to play, we went out to the park to scout our next opponent and it was a team lead by Felipe Lopez. The park nearly got shut down because as you know, Felipe was a mega star in HS. People were climbing the fences to get a glimpse of the game. It was Felipe vs Waily Dixon (Main Event). Waily slammed it so hard, he bent the rim causing a delay of game and both teams had to finish the game on the next court.

Long story short, we were supposed to play Felipe's team the next day but he didn't show up. He was playing in 3 different tournaments at the time and decided to play in one of the others. Also, Tim Thomas was playing in that tournament as well....

EnySpree wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Funny....just today I shot around with Shumpert. I was playing pickup at Chelsea Piers and he showed up out of nowhere with some friends. Was working on his jumper, screwing around playing 2 on 2.

How is the run there? I have been toying around with playing again. I suck though cuz I haven't touched the ball much at all for several years. Would like to get back out there this spring.

It's like any other place. Some times it's really good and you're playing with/against guys that are 10x better than you. Sometimes you're playing with guys that have no idea what they're doing. Saturday afternoons is the best. Tuesday and Wednesday nights aren't bad either but during the week is hit or miss.

It's pretty cool how many guys that are associated with entertainment and pro ball play pickup there. I've played with Jamie Fox, the dude from Spiderman and other guys that are awesome that I end up recognizing in pictures with Melo, Tyson, JR, etc that aren't pros but have obviously played at high levels.

Played with ex-Heat (Riley's "Band-Aid") ex-Jazz John Crotty when he was still in the NBA; actually ran a few pick and pops with him and hit the shots in the lane!

One on one with Clinton Wheeler (early '90's) and Butch Beard (early '80's) at times when both were out of the league. Got destroyed both times, but dayum that was fun both times!

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Papabear wrote:

Uptown wrote:Back in the early 90's, the top two players (seniors) from every public school in NYC was invited to an Exposure Camp @ Riverbank park. 3 courts and 3 games running simultaneous. It was about 200 of us and as I'm warming waiting for my number to be called, I see Stephon Marbury (top pg in the country at the time) on the next court warming up. I'm silently praying that they call my number to play against him. Didn't get to compete against him, but my game was at the same time as his. So I'm balling and at the same time peeking over at the next court to watch the Phenom.

I did play against God Shamgod (Providence), who had a lightning quick cross over. Played against Larry Ayuso, star player for the Puerto Rican Olympic team in High School. He dropped 36 on us but we still won. Grew up and played a ton with Shane the 'Dribbling Machine' Woney from And 1 fame.....

Papabear Says

Wow Uptown do you really think you could have held your own against Stephon Marbury? You must have had some game.

I could ball back then....Still can (I'm coaching middle school girls now). As good as I might have been, I wasn't near the level of Steph. Mainly because of the height differential. Steph was a legit 6-1' 6-2, I was only about 5-6/5-7. You really don't realize how good these NBA players are until you see them in person.

100% agree, there is this famous gym here in Atlanta called Run and shoot.... you will find a lot of college stars and NBA stars there playing... some years ago, Iverson was there with stackhouse, and Travis best... Jeff sheppard ( the white guy who played for kentucky who could jump out the gym) was also there.. let me tell you this.

Stackhouse was just cruising... Travis best was easily blowing past everyone.. even Jeff shepphard was dominating.. but iverson.. Dude was playing like it was an NBA finals game.. rofl.. and boy if you think he is unguardable in the NBA, imagine to regular street guys..

he could have scored 200 points if the game went that long.. jumpers from everywhere, blowing buy guys, fast break dunks, I mean it was almost like he was from another planet.. haha..

Jeff sheppard who couldn't even stick in the NBA was beasting. We played against him. we had this guy on our team, a friend of mine who was a HS star, 6'6 good athlete, and jeff shepphard took him to school a bit.... I was like.. Yikes!!! LOL I was a pretty good HS player, but boy you see the difference of those guys on the next level..

Uptown wrote:

tkf wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Papabear wrote:

Uptown wrote:Back in the early 90's, the top two players (seniors) from every public school in NYC was invited to an Exposure Camp @ Riverbank park. 3 courts and 3 games running simultaneous. It was about 200 of us and as I'm warming waiting for my number to be called, I see Stephon Marbury (top pg in the country at the time) on the next court warming up. I'm silently praying that they call my number to play against him. Didn't get to compete against him, but my game was at the same time as his. So I'm balling and at the same time peeking over at the next court to watch the Phenom.

I did play against God Shamgod (Providence), who had a lightning quick cross over. Played against Larry Ayuso, star player for the Puerto Rican Olympic team in High School. He dropped 36 on us but we still won. Grew up and played a ton with Shane the 'Dribbling Machine' Woney from And 1 fame.....

Papabear Says

Wow Uptown do you really think you could have held your own against Stephon Marbury? You must have had some game.

I could ball back then....Still can (I'm coaching middle school girls now). As good as I might have been, I wasn't near the level of Steph. Mainly because of the height differential. Steph was a legit 6-1' 6-2, I was only about 5-6/5-7. You really don't realize how good these NBA players are until you see them in person.

100% agree, there is this famous gym here in Atlanta called Run and shoot.... you will find a lot of college stars and NBA stars there playing... some years ago, Iverson was there with stackhouse, and Travis best... Jeff sheppard ( the white guy who played for kentucky who could jump out the gym) was also there.. let me tell you this.

Stackhouse was just cruising... Travis best was easily blowing past everyone.. even Jeff shepphard was dominating.. but iverson.. Dude was playing like it was an NBA finals game.. rofl.. and boy if you think he is unguardable in the NBA, imagine to regular street guys..

he could have scored 200 points if the game went that long.. jumpers from everywhere, blowing buy guys, fast break dunks, I mean it was almost like he was from another planet.. haha..

Jeff sheppard who couldn't even stick in the NBA was beasting. We played against him. we had this guy on our team, a friend of mine who was a HS star, 6'6 good athlete, and jeff shepphard took him to school a bit.... I was like.. Yikes!!! LOL I was a pretty good HS player, but boy you see the difference of those guys on the next level..

Great story bro...I actually reside in the Atl now and am familiar with the famous Run and Shoot gym...Haven't had a chance to get down there yet, though.

I grew up in Edenwald projects in the Bronx and one of the best players in the projects (along with Eric Mobley who was drafted by the Bucks and played for Vancouver) was a dude by the name of Marion Cash (played Pg for Clemson. He was on the Clemson team with Elden Campbell and Dale Davis that lost to Uconn on the last second shot from Tate George in the 1990 NCAA tournament)

Anyway, he had an okay career in Clemson, averaged about 8pts per game in a tough ACC. But when he came home, he would play summer league ball at Dyckman which is well known for having great runs and where numerous NBA players show up and play. During this one summer, Marion Cash averaged about 35-40 pts per. Dude looked like Jordan out there. An he wasn't playing against no slouches. He competed against Future, Master Rob, and other legends at the time. I'm scratching my head like "how is this dude dominating everyone out here, yet he can't score more than 8 pts per in the ACC?"

Watching him dominate that summer league and just look average in the ACC had me reevaluate my game and future plans real quick...lol. Knew instantly that the NBA might not be in my future....

WOW.. I ventured around Edenwald a couple of times... I will say this.. can't come around there starting any mess, those dudes represented.. haha.. I grew up in the Bronx as well, small world I tell ya..

I remember Eric mobley, didn't he play at Pitt for a minute? anyway I remember master rob well, the dude was a beast... he played with a guy who taught me a lot about ball. Pookie wilson who grew up in my neighborhood... "future" I grew up playing with and against, we keep in contact on face book. he will be down here in Atlanta next month, I was told by a mutual friend of ours. Future was a beast at 13 years of age.. hahaha

Watching him dominate that summer league and just look average in the ACC had me reevaluate my game and future plans real quick...lol. Knew instantly that the NBA might not be in my future....

LOL.. quick story... remember Jamal walker from Xavier? he played with tyrone hill and they upset Georgetown in the NCAA tourney.. well jamal used to give kenny anderson fits in HS, he was a year older than me, but his younger brother was in my class and was pretty nice, i used to hang with him.. well we played vs jamal one time, and he was like dude, you are good, if you can hang with my brother, that will do a lot for confidence... ahhhhh jamal dragged me from baseline to baseline.... LOL not that I couldn't hold my own, but it took every ounce of skill I had to stay close.. he was just coasting..lol... and this dude was a division 1 four year starting PG who upset G'town... he could not make NBA.. I kind of figured It wasn't in the cards for me pretty early as well.. haha..

BTW: welcome to Atlanta, I usually get great seats from my client to Hawks games.. when I get an extra I will let you know.. leave me your email and I will leave a ticket and parking pass for you at will call and we can catch a game,always good to watch ball with fellow knick fans, even if we don't agree.. we still are fans...... I am headed to the heat game in a couple of hours.. seats are the next row behind the courtside seats.. still on the floor... nice... now that is unless you have tickets yourself.. I don't want to assume...

Uptown wrote:

tkf wrote:

Uptown wrote:

tkf wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Papabear wrote:

Uptown wrote:Back in the early 90's, the top two players (seniors) from every public school in NYC was invited to an Exposure Camp @ Riverbank park. 3 courts and 3 games running simultaneous. It was about 200 of us and as I'm warming waiting for my number to be called, I see Stephon Marbury (top pg in the country at the time) on the next court warming up. I'm silently praying that they call my number to play against him. Didn't get to compete against him, but my game was at the same time as his. So I'm balling and at the same time peeking over at the next court to watch the Phenom.

I did play against God Shamgod (Providence), who had a lightning quick cross over. Played against Larry Ayuso, star player for the Puerto Rican Olympic team in High School. He dropped 36 on us but we still won. Grew up and played a ton with Shane the 'Dribbling Machine' Woney from And 1 fame.....

Papabear Says

Wow Uptown do you really think you could have held your own against Stephon Marbury? You must have had some game.

I could ball back then....Still can (I'm coaching middle school girls now). As good as I might have been, I wasn't near the level of Steph. Mainly because of the height differential. Steph was a legit 6-1' 6-2, I was only about 5-6/5-7. You really don't realize how good these NBA players are until you see them in person.

100% agree, there is this famous gym here in Atlanta called Run and shoot.... you will find a lot of college stars and NBA stars there playing... some years ago, Iverson was there with stackhouse, and Travis best... Jeff sheppard ( the white guy who played for kentucky who could jump out the gym) was also there.. let me tell you this.

Stackhouse was just cruising... Travis best was easily blowing past everyone.. even Jeff shepphard was dominating.. but iverson.. Dude was playing like it was an NBA finals game.. rofl.. and boy if you think he is unguardable in the NBA, imagine to regular street guys..

he could have scored 200 points if the game went that long.. jumpers from everywhere, blowing buy guys, fast break dunks, I mean it was almost like he was from another planet.. haha..

Jeff sheppard who couldn't even stick in the NBA was beasting. We played against him. we had this guy on our team, a friend of mine who was a HS star, 6'6 good athlete, and jeff shepphard took him to school a bit.... I was like.. Yikes!!! LOL I was a pretty good HS player, but boy you see the difference of those guys on the next level..

Great story bro...I actually reside in the Atl now and am familiar with the famous Run and Shoot gym...Haven't had a chance to get down there yet, though.

I grew up in Edenwald projects in the Bronx and one of the best players in the projects (along with Eric Mobley who was drafted by the Bucks and played for Vancouver) was a dude by the name of Marion Cash (played Pg for Clemson. He was on the Clemson team with Elden Campbell and Dale Davis that lost to Uconn on the last second shot from Tate George in the 1990 NCAA tournament)

Anyway, he had an okay career in Clemson, averaged about 8pts per game in a tough ACC. But when he came home, he would play summer league ball at Dyckman which is well known for having great runs and where numerous NBA players show up and play. During this one summer, Marion Cash averaged about 35-40 pts per. Dude looked like Jordan out there. An he wasn't playing against no slouches. He competed against Future, Master Rob, and other legends at the time. I'm scratching my head like "how is this dude dominating everyone out here, yet he can't score more than 8 pts per in the ACC?"

Watching him dominate that summer league and just look average in the ACC had me reevaluate my game and future plans real quick...lol. Knew instantly that the NBA might not be in my future....

WOW.. I ventured around Edenwald a couple of times... I will say this.. can't come around there starting any mess, those dudes represented.. haha.. I grew up in the Bronx as well, small world I tell ya..

I remember Eric mobley, didn't he play at Pitt for a minute? anyway I remember master rob well, the dude was a beast... he played with a guy who taught me a lot about ball. Pookie wilson who grew up in my neighborhood... "future" I grew up playing with and against, we keep in contact on face book. he will be down here in Atlanta next month, I was told by a mutual friend of ours. Future was a beast at 13 years of age.. hahaha

Watching him dominate that summer league and just look average in the ACC had me reevaluate my game and future plans real quick...lol. Knew instantly that the NBA might not be in my future....

LOL.. quick story... remember Jamal walker from Xavier? he played with tyrone hill and they upset Georgetown in the NCAA tourney.. well jamal used to give kenny anderson fits in HS, he was a year older than me, but his younger brother was in my class and was pretty nice, i used to hang with him.. well we played vs jamal one time, and he was like dude, you are good, if you can hang with my brother, that will do a lot for confidence... ahhhhh jamal dragged me from baseline to baseline.... LOL not that I couldn't hold my own, but it took every ounce of skill I had to stay close.. he was just coasting..lol... and this dude was a division 1 four year starting PG who upset G'town... he could not make NBA.. I kind of figured It wasn't in the cards for me pretty early as well.. haha..

BTW: welcome to Atlanta, I usually get great seats from my client to Hawks games.. when I get an extra I will let you know.. leave me your email and I will leave a ticket and parking pass for you at will call and we can catch a game,always good to watch ball with fellow knick fans, even if we don't agree.. we still are fans...... I am headed to the heat game in a couple of hours.. seats are the next row behind the courtside seats.. still on the floor... nice... now that is unless you have tickets yourself.. I don't want to assume...

Small world indeed. Yes, Edenwald projects was off the chain back in the 80's and 90's. Correct, Eric Mobley played for Pitt before being drafted. I used to ball with his younger brother.

Not only do I remember Jamal Walker and them damn Muskateers that upset my Hoyas, but I have that game on DVD. (I am/was an rabid Big East fan back in the 80's and 90's and have a ton of 'Cuse and G Town games on tape and dvd.) I believe it was in that game when he threw that between the legs backwards pass to a team mate for a dunk. David Edwards played for Georgetown that year as well. I think he was from the BX and I'm sure you remember him. He was about 5'9 and averaged 40pts per as a senior in HS. Crazy!

BTW, never played with or against Future but dude was a street legend at a very young age. He used to ball with Shane 'the dribble machine' Woney who is also from my hood, and we used to travel and watch them dominate and clown other teams....The talent that never made it to the next level is ridiculous....

I forgot about DAvid edwards..... wasn't tall, but guy had mad game..

future was a beast.... dude had handles for days since we were kids.. LOL..