Sunday, July 24, 2011

Show me some LUV

"What's age or color, or money when we love one another?"
HOOP Lovers: A call from Planet Lovetron- I need contributions from the readership:  You may be able to make me sound KOOL.  I know a few KOOL words like trey, rock,handle, and dime but just in case my arsenal of hoop lingo/vernacular/slang/Dick Vitaleisms may come off a little vanilla, I welcome fresh new words to expand our Kingdom of Hoopdom (just keep it clean).  Put some hot fudge and whip cream on it.  Include a brief definition of your contribution and where you are from.  Thank you,LUV (my handle).
P.S. You can call me Luv. Handle, or Luv Handle
Although standard american english will be prevalent on this blog as we are appealing to many different people with different concerns the language of basketball is colorful. personal, and universal. Here's a random spit of mine that you may see crop up in susequent postings:
motor,soft,beastin,gunner,coast to coast, world's best kept secret, money,cash,Jordanesque,windex,player,spot up, slam,jam,Phi Slamma,Jamma, clean the boards,speed merchant,run n gun,assassins, impostor,iso,one on one,pull up,dis,choke,clutch,finger role,Iceman,Dr. J,Big O,Magic,Pearl,Clyde,Cooz,Statn Melo,StatnMelo,The Wizard,broken ankle,shake n bake,swoop to the hoop,stutter step,crossover,drop step,charity stripe,downtown (freddie Brown),Bad Boyz,trifecta,deuce,switch,nothi but net,smooth,silk,man-child,prime time,Pistol Pete,look away,blind side,out of his shoes,pump fake,facial,on fire,fast break,showtime,real deal,trash talk,in your face,break down,buzzer beater,nail biter,ballin,black hole,nice,sweet,good motor,windmill, length,microwave,instant offense,lockdown d,swarming d, pressure, no look pass,phantom d,freak,lay down,blitz,blowout,point forward,lead guard,point,twin towers,power forward,super sub,benchwarmer,journeyman,serviceable,matchups,boxing out,spacing,entry pass,kickout,run out,over the hill,rookie,vet,old school,new schoolrejection,the answer,lunch pail.skyscraper,leaper,ups,flopper,enforcer,game breaker,minutemen,human highlight film,distributor,closer,human eraser,no d,high octane o,swat,rim rattler,sixth man,stat stuffer,stiff.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

New York City High School Basketball- Alternative League

My name is Tom Murphy.  I'm interested in finding out where some of the under the radar ballers are at.  I'm going to focus on covering New York City's PSAL high school alternative league.  This blog is for high school basketball coaches, JUCO coaches, fans, and players.  My hope is that my evaluations of players will give exposure to some deserving, under-recruited kids, who otherwise may not get a chance to play college ball.  Feedback of all types will make this an informative blog so welcome all.