NYC Basketball History

NYC Legend @hdache13 coming thru to chop it up. Make sure yall rune in..🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀Growing up in Harlem of New York City, Tim Gittens faced crippling hardships that could have made him another statistic.  However, Tim Gittens refused to walk the cyclic path of society's stigmatizations as an inner city youth and excelled despite the numerous setbacks… using basketball as a vehicle to maneuver through and conquer the path.

In the last 20 years Tim Gittens has become one of most influential basketball players. Tim Gittens was a collegiate all-star and had an impressive and extensive professional basketball career.  Gittens had an opportunity to play in the NBA and also dominated on teams in the USBL, ABA, China, Iran, Puerto Rico, and England; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters.  He proudly wears the number 13 on his jersey in honor of his late father, who was also a Harlem Globetrotter.  Gittens is most famous for playing in national and international streetball competitions; he began competing in these competitions as a child and was given a nickname, Headache. 

Headache became a dominating, feared force on the basketball court.  He became a founding member on the world renown, And 1 Streetball Team.  Headache was one of the most recognized players on the And 1 worldwide tour; a headliner for the nationally televised And 1 series, that aired on ESPN; and also a star on the And 1 Streetball Mixtape/DVD for 5 consecutive years.   He starred in the video game Street Hoops from Activision.  He has endorsed athletic apparel.  He has been featured in music videos, print ads and various publications.  Some publications have included: GQ, Dime, New York Times, Men’s Journal, and Forbes.  Gittens’ most recent film appearance, Doin’ It In The Park, features him alongside Julius “Dr. J” Erving and other streetball Hall of Famers.    

Through worldwide travels, Gittens noticed some issues and decided to do his part into creating a solution and positive/life-changing results.  Now he is an assistant coach in the WNBA with the Dallas Wings..Congratulations King

Melshawn Scott played for MLK High School where he avg 25 points as a sophomore but was forced to leave school after a situation he explains during the interview. He also played college ball at St Augustine in GA. Trouble had a way of finding the Harlem Legend but his journey to Redemption is one for the books.

Rich Brunson is entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Brookdale's women's basketball program. In his first three seasons, his teams earned their way to the Region XIX conference championships. In Brunson's first year (2016), he was honored with Region XIX, Coach Of The Year, as his Jersey Blues qualified for a trip to the national tournament. Coach Brunson produced two 1st team All-Americans and Players Of The Year; Che'Kasha Andrews (Willmington University), who is Brookdale's women's basketball all-time leading scorer, and Haley Dalonzo (NYIT).

Brunson was an assistant coach for the Brookdale's men's basketball program from 2012-2016. In his first season, the Jersey Blues were crowned the national champs and conference champs the following year as well. The men's program had an outstanding record of 102-25 in his four-year tenure.

Coach Brunson served as the boys assistant coach at Matawan High School, Piscataway Vocational High School, and Raritan Valley Community College. He also served as the Head Coach for New Brunswick Vo-tech and St. Peters (girls) High School.

Brunson has played a crucial role in over 74 players receiving athletic scholarships in major programs and professional careers overseas, including five NBA players. Brunson also serves as a Special Education Aide at Monmouth Regional High School.

Check put the exclusive conversation w/ playground Legend A-Butta as he talks about the basketball culture in NYC as seen through his eyes. This is one incredible story

NYC Great Daryl “Showtime” Hill @therealshow3.told y'all , it's was going to be epic🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

His nickname says it all, "Showtime".

Given to him in junior high school by a buddy, the "Showtime" moniker has stuck to Daryll Hill, the post-graduate at Milford Academy (Milford, Conn.). And he's known as "Showtime" on the playground courts at the famed Rucker League in New York City, where he's balled against the likes of Steve Francis, Jamaal Tinsley and Al Harrington. "On the playground, that's when I bring out the tricks," said Hill. "But when I play for my school, indoors, I change my game and it's all about winning."

And while all the And 1 Mix Tape moves may get him props on the playground, it's his true point guard game and it's inherent "winning" ways that's made Hill one of the hottest recruiting commodities with college coaches.

His nickname says it all, "Showtime".

Given to him in junior high school by a buddy, the "Showtime" moniker has stuck to Daryll Hill, the post-graduate at Milford Academy (Milford, Conn.). And he's known as "Showtime" on the playground courts at the famed Rucker League in New York City, where he's balled against the likes of Steve Francis, Jamaal Tinsley and Al Harrington. "On the playground, that's when I bring out the tricks," said Hill. "But when I play for my school, indoors, I change my game and it's all about winning."

And while all the And 1 Mix Tape moves may get him props on the playground, it's his true point guard game and it's inherent "winning" ways that's made Hill one of the hottest recruiting commodities with college coaches.

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All City, 3x City Champs &

1 State Champion Boys & Girls & Hilbert College Great Seton Hall Standout Coach Ruth Lovelace @ruth.lovelace.16 . Ruth was a certified Killer when she played at Boys & Girls.. She avg something like 38 points per game before accepting a letter of intent to attend @setonhallwbb ...

The Boys and Girls School of Brooklyn is known as one of the premier basketball schools in New York City and the city league is known as one of the toughest in the country. Her school has never missed the playoffs and the Kangaroos have won the city championship three times and the state championship once🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

The coach can be an imposing figure on the sidelines of any sport. But one would expect that a boys’ basketball team would be coached by a man. It’s fairly common to see men coaching girls’ basketball, but it is not often that you find a woman coaching boys’ basketball. Yet one of the most successful boys’ basketball coaches in New York high school history is a female, Ruth Lovelace, and she has been here in southwest Georgia for the last few days. Her team was scheduled to play Eagles Landing High School in the championship game of the Roundball Classic at Lee County after beating Albany’s Monroe and Central Macon in the first two rounds.

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Her players don’t have an issue with her being a woman. In other media reports player said it was kind of like being coached on the court by your mother and sometimes they felt they needed to listen because a female was talking.

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Lovelace, called “Coach Love” by her players, is famous not only because she is a female coach for boys’ basketball, she is famous because she has been so successful in her coaching career.

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Capone-N-Noreaga released their first single “Illegal Life” featuring Mobb Deep’s Havoc in 1996 after signing to Neil Levine’s Penalty Recordings. The record laid the groundwork for N.O.R.E. and Capone to drop their debut studio album the following year. However, Capone was locked up after violating his parole, which led Noreaga to finish the project himself. Comprised of 20 songs, The War Report was released in 1997 and contains features from Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, Iman THUG, Troy Outlaw and frequent collaborator Tragedy Khadafi (who appears on more than half of the project), among several others. The album boasts singles like “L.A., L.A.,” which serves as a direct response to Snoop Dogg’s “New York, New York,” as well as records like “T.O.N.Y. (Top Of New York)” and “Driver’s Seat.” Widely considered a street classic by fans and critics alike, the project was pivotal for the music scene in Queens and still remains a cult favorite 25 years later.

Basketballheadzz Presents: Hip Hop Legend Sadat X from the Legendary Group Brand Nubian amazing interview. He is definitely an official Basketballhead for real..He talks about his days with the Riverside Hawks, playing in the CHSAA and against some of the best ball players in NYC before joining the Legendary Group brandnewbianbrothers 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

Steve Rivers lived in Bklyn until 1973 when at age 11, they moved to Uniondale NY.Steve began playing organized Basketball in the 6th grade and played for Lawrence Road JHS. In 1977, Steve went on to school at LI Lutheran HS where he gained honors as an All Long Island guard in both his junior and senior years.Steve received a full basketball scholarship to play at the Univ. of Maryland where he played with such players as Albert King,

Buck Williams, Ernie Graham, Adrian Branch, Herman Veal and the late great Len Bias.The highlight of his career was when he scored 29 pts vs NC State his junior year.Steve was fortunate to have the opportunity to play vs great college players such as Isaiah Thomas,Hakeem Olajuwon,James Worthy and Michael Jordan.In 1984 he received his degree

in Gov't and Politics with a minor in Sociology.He began working as a NYC school teacher in 1986,and is still teaching JHS in the Charter school sector.He is married to Veneta Rivers and has two children,Joshua 21,and Deanna 27.Steve is also proud to say that he is a born again Christian who serves as Vice chairman of the deacon board at Brown Memorial Baptist Church.Steve is currently resides in Brooklyn and still serves as a coach at LI Lutheran summer basketball camp.🏀