Founded in 1966, Five-Star Basketball Camp was the brainchild of two New York City basketball junkies, Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein, who shared a singular passion and purpose: Creating a top-notch teaching camp to help kids improve their games.

Fate has been good to Five-Star. Future Hall of Famers, Hubie Brown and Chuck Daly, taught and lectured at that very first session. Bob Knight invented ‘teaching stations’ as the camp’s lead instructor a year later. Dozens of legendary coaches, including Rick Pitino and John Calipari, all launched their careers at Five Star.

More than a cradle for coaches, Five-Star has been a proving ground for the everyday blue-collar player and blue chips alike: Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Dominique Wilkins, Isiah Thomas, Chris Mullin, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving, and Karl-Anthony Towns have all worn the iconic orange and white t-shirt.

Joining us on this episode are Peter Robert Casey and Karl Blum from JDS Sports, a next-generation sports, media, and entertainment holding company that owns and manages the Five Star Brand.

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Five Star is an integral part of basketball here in the United States. We can’t tell the history of the game without it. You’re going to love this episode with Peter Casey and Karl Blum from Five Star Basketball.

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