Okay, wasn’t it a few short weeks ago that everybody was heralding the New York Knicks as the new team to be reckoned with in the NBA – oh yeah, Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudamire and Tyson Chandler … oh yeah, the Knicks are going to win it all, bay bee… Yeah,…
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The night that Scott Brooks dunked on Ron Cavenall
NBA fans know that Scott Brooks is the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and that he was the winning coach of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game – his West squad took a low-scoring 152-149 All-Star Game victory, and I’m sure Brooks was as pleased as punch when his Oklahoma City charge Kevin Durant…
Read MoreDid President Barack Obama call Albany’s most famous professional sports team the “Albany Pantoons”?
Every president has these moments. They get to have a ceremony honoring a team that just won a sports championship, the captain of the team provides the President with a custom-made jersey with the President’s name on it, and the President says a few words. So recently, the Dallas Mavericks paid a visit to the…
Read MoreJohn Strickland’s Sneakers
John Strickland was many things. He was a beloved basketball player and a legend of the Harlem Rucker League (the EBC to the uninitiated). He was a star for the Albany Patroons, and then spent two seasons with the Halifax Rainmen, before his untimely passing last year. And thanks to Nike, you can now buy…
Read MoreDecember 3, 1982 – the first home game for the Albany Patroons
If you’ve found this blog post, this means that you’ve discovered the art of blog time travel. So hop in the way-back machine with me, to a time when the Washington Avenue Armory was the local basketball hotbed. They could have been called the Albany Senators or Albany Leprechauns, but the fans chose “Patroons” in…
Read MoreWhat I’m going to be doing this weekend that Kobe Bryant and LeBron James aren’t doing…
I’m very proud of my support and love for professional basketball. I’ve been a fan of minor league hoops for nearly 30 years; I’ve worked with the Continental Basketball Association when the Patroons returned to the Washington Avenue Armory. And while Kobe Bryant looks for a pro hoops team for which he can earn a…
Read MoreJamario Moon – from Albany Patroons forward to the NBA to rap superstar with the Ka$h Kommi$$ion
You know how I feel about the Albany Patroons’ Jamario Moon. Legend. That’s all I gotta say. He played his way through sixteen different minor league teams and independent squads, traveled around the world, in search of that NBA dream. And from 2005 to 2007, he showed his skills as a member of the Albany…
Read MoreWhen Derrick Rowland scored 45 points
Derrick Rowland finished the 1986-87 season as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, appearing in the final two games of the year. Determined to grab hold of that brass ring called the NBA, Rowland played in almost every summer league he could join. His efforts paid off in September, when he earned a tryout with…
Read MoreA reunion with Jamario Moon
I heard the rumor that he was in town. And the only way to confirm it was a phone call to an old friend. A quick call – and Derrick Rowland, the player and coach who was as much a part of the Albany Patroons as its gold and kelly green color scheme – was…
Read MoreThey’re not in the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame… but they should be!
Last night was the third year that the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame held their inductions, and current NBA rookie Jimmer Fredette – sorry, Glens Falls native and 2009 Inductee Jimmer Fredette – was on hand for the induction of new members to the Hall. The men and women who were enshrined in the…
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