Episodes
NYC Legendary Coach Mo Hicks @rraider124 ...Its a honor to interview Mo Hicks, who has left such an impact on NYC Basketball has been since unmatched. He is the only coach to win a city championship in both the PSAL & CHSAA...Salute No Hicks, a True NYC Legend. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ In 16 years at Rice high school in Harlem, Hicks won five New York State Federation championships and compiled a record of 352-86. Among Hicks' top players include Kansas State forward Curtis Kelly, Louisville...
Published 08/06/22
2021 Year in Review NYC Guards Early 1980's Rod Strickland, Spious "Spice" Kilpatrick, Tony Chiles, John Johnson, Gerald "The General"Greene, Carlton "Silk" Owens & Kenny Anderson --- This episode is sponsored by Β· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Published 08/02/22
Basketballheadzz Live Award was a success, congratulations to all our award winners and thank you to all my BasketballHeadzz for your support. Season 2 starts Sunday January 3rd ( My Sister Patricia Harding Birthday) Hosted by: @stylesbynitah_ & @tina.blingz πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯🀣 Sponosored by: @officialgameovernyc πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Coming New Years Day 1/1/20 We appreciate all the love so we gotta give some back as we always do but this awards show is gonna be special. Tune in...
Published 07/24/22
NYSAA Sports Founder Dwayne Cummberbach @a2oyouth ..Dwayne's NYSAA Sports League is the the toughest charter school league in NYC. The league has been around for over 15 years and has been so successful the PSAL created a developmental league to complete with NYSAA Sports..I've known Dwayne since I was a teacher at Allen Christian some years ago..A great guy with a great basketball league to help those kids who probably wouldn't get a chance to play high school basketball..Tune in Tomorrow...
Published 07/14/22
All City Samuel J Tilden & Southern Illinois Great Steve Middleton @middleman2442 .Steve was one of the most dominating big men in the city...The 80's was filled with some of the best players to ever come out of NYC and Bug Steve was definitely one of them... πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Middleton enjoyed tremendous success as a four year letter winner at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He ranks 5th in career scoring at SIUC with 1,710 career points and was inducted into the school[apos]s Hall of...
Published 07/13/22
Erasmus Hall Leading Scorer in a season, Iona Standout & Founder of Fun Sports Ricky Rivers. @thelifeof_mine As a teen the streets of Brownsville Brooklyn tempted him to head in the wrong direction. Luckily, he connected with the father of Brooklyn basketball, Mr. Gil Reynold’s, which put him on the path toward All American honors as a player at Lamar College. From there he found his way into the division 1 program at Iona College. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood...
Published 07/07/22
Live from @Voodofe @theshopartshop 572 Myrtle Ave Brooklyn NY w/ NYC Legend & Central Arizona Juco 1st team All American Seth " Up North" Marshall @marshallseth ..From what I hear this one of the hardest interviews to get, so I feel honored to have my Brother...We chopped it up and caught up on everything from life to ball. He is truly deserving of this 100th Show..πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ 6'3 220 pound guard punished NYC Players in the 90's & 2000's .. He put his foot on everybody neck. He was able...
Published 06/30/22
Ep. 99 Boston College Great Bobby Moran..He's played four years of quality BIG EAST basketball, he's a captain and steady performer an this year's BC squad, he's been labeled one of the best perimeter defenders in the country, and at 6'-4" he's the third leading rebounder for the Eagles. Yet for some reason, Bobby Moran remains unnoticed. Never one to garner much attention during his time at the Heights, Moran has emerged in 1991 as one of the brightest veterans among a group of you ngsters...
Published 06/17/22
Amazing interview w/ Grady High School Legend, Kansas City State University Great & 4-Time NBA All-Star Rolando Blackman. Grady High School was where Blackman’s passions and skills developed, and by the time he was a senior, he was named a NYC All-city basketball in player. He then went on to play at Kansas State University before being drafted with the ninth overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks in 1981. Blackman has been a legend for the Dallas Mavericks, both on and off the court. After...
Published 06/06/22
Madison High School and Georgia College Legend Darrell Flowers @nydflowers . Darrell was a problem. That's a Super Fact!!! We had to face him two times a year plus conference playoffs. He was the floor general for Madison which had Big Panama and Smooth Boone on the wing. They were solid. Darrell was All Brooklyn Guard and one of the best guards in NYC. Goes to show you the amount of competition it was back in the 80's. In 1986 we had a three way tie for 1st in our conference with Grady and...
Published 05/31/22
McClancy High School and Maryland Eastern Shore Great Shameek Cook @shameekcook Sunday 11/22/20...Shameek was the shooting guard that could light it up in NYC minute..He he comes from a BasketballHead Family being brother to the Great Omar Cook but Shameek carved his owed lane. He became a Division-1 player at Maryland Eastern Shore.. He is also an author with three books, " Wife insurance", "Brooklyn", & "Soul Survivor"..out now, We going to talk about this on Sunday..Make sure you tune...
Published 05/29/22
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau pulled Walker completely from the Knicks' rotation and benched him last week ahead of their game against the Brooklyn Nets. He hasn't played since. Walker was averaging 11.7 points and 3.1 assists per game this season in New York, both career-lows for the 11-year veteran. --- This episode is sponsored by Β· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Published 05/27/22
A 6'6"Β power forwardΒ fromΒ St. John's University, Davis played four seasons (1973–1977) in theΒ National Basketball AssociationΒ as a member of theΒ New York KnicksΒ andΒ New York Nets. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.3Β reboundsΒ in his NBA career. After taking his basketball career to Europe, where he played in Italy, France, and Switzerland, Davis oversaw theΒ marketingΒ division ofΒ PepsiCo. Shortly after, he returned to the NBA and began a long career running player programs; orienting rookies and...
Published 05/26/22
R I.P. C.W. Post Great and the #2 in the country Division 2 in 3pt fg.. Pete Johnson @tatuajeinc Tomorrow 8pm..Pete is a coach at the Brooklyn Scholar Athlete Organization. Always a great thing to give back to our youth. We are going to talk to about his basketball career, coaching and NYC Basketball as usual. Tune in.tomorrow 8pm.. The Program: .We provide a comprehensive program that provides basketball training, discipline, academic support and team-building skills in a safe , supportive...
Published 05/15/22
Abdul Fox, voted by basketball bishop, Dick Vitale as one of America’s top small forwards collegiate careers included NIT and NCAA tournament appearances for the University of Rhode Island. Drafted in the 2nd round in the CBA and picked by the Pittsburgh Piranhas, Fox was a free agent of Denver Nuggets and Chicago Bulls and played in the European/International league in Italy, France, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Venezuela, Taiwan, Dominican Republic, and Turkey. He began playing...
Published 05/12/22
Just a kid from Manhattan’s Lower East Side community, Brian grew up in Smith Houses.Β  I remember running into him on the court a few times for my middle school games and thinking he was as quick and as deadly as Allen Iverson, but the middle school version!Β  Actually, my first thought was, I hope we play a zone… The kid was amazing with the basketball, but he never spoke two words about his greatness.Β  Watching him made it easy to forget how much time, effort, and focus it takes to create a...
Published 05/10/22
Sheepshead Bay High School and St. Leo University Legend: Joey. "Magic" Brauer @joeymagic11 .. Joey was mentioned by Grady Legend Mo "Fresh" Brown @mofreshbrown. Mo said he was tough and a waking bucket because he avg. 27.5 pts and 10 dimes in 1990.. That means assist..lol.. He then went on to St. Leo University and holds the schools all time assist & steals record. He is also in the schools Hall of Fame..Salute. So you already know Joey can ball.. He said people used to call him "White...
Published 05/08/22
Basketballheadzz Presents: Westinghouse Great & Entertainers Basketball Legend Shane "Captain Nappy" Drisdom @dabikejack ..I have known Shane since high school. We played with each in AAU and on Hersh All Stars Trust me he has a story to tell. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Tune in to hear the amazing up and down roller coaster life of one of the most underrated shot blockers in NYC History. Not to mention one of the best personalities in NYC Basketball History. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ ..#nycelitebasketball...
Published 05/07/22
Archbishop Molloy Great and South Carolina State Standout Laron Mapp @coachmapp718 .. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Molloy Standout who walked in the shadows of greatness with Kenny Smith, Adophus Gaffney Kenny Anderson and Jason Gilliam This 6'4 combo guard with a high IQ and very solid at the guard position. He was an impressive player in the Catholic League and throughout the city. After Molloy, he attended South Carolina State continued to thrive as a student /athlete. At SCSC he had a good enough career and...
Published 05/03/22
Abraham Lincoln Great, 1st Team All-Brooklyn and American International University Standout. Sean "Dunking Hines" Williams @seanbkborn Sean was the captain on our 1986 City Championship Team. He avg. 20pts, 10rebs & 1 dunk per game. He was an athletic junganot. He feared no one and gave us our heart to go out their and compete at a high level. After I left for Maine Central Institute we kinda lost track but talk every now again over the years. He was a dominant force in the PSAL and also...
Published 05/02/22
Russ Williams, Brother Martin junior varsity head basketball coach, will be inducted into the 2015 Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 7. Coach Williams is a 1987 graduate of Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School, a Brothers of the Sacred Heart school, located in New York and a 1992 graduate of Manhattan College. In 2003, Coach Williams was inducted into the Msgr. McClancy High School Hall of Fame. At Manhattan College, Williams graduated 15th in school history in...
Published 04/30/22
BasketballHeadzz Presents: Great Interview w/ South Shore & Long Island University Great Earl Fuller @earl.fuller.311 . Earl is certified as a serious baller who out in his work early. Earl came up in a time when some of NYC Greatest players in high school was from NYC. He was one of the biggest reasons for Long Island University reaching the NCAA Tournament for the 1st time in school History... Fuller's basket with 5:52 remaining gave LIU a 65-65 tie after the Blackbirds had trailed...
Published 04/14/22
Founded by developer James Hunt, Culture Run teaches some of the most talented kids in the nation the fundamental skills they need to be successful at the next level. Culture Run consist of a private small group of players. Each athlete will be taught the fundamental aspects of the game starting from the skill level they are currently. Enrollment will be on a first come first served basis. These sessions will address the proper fundamentals of: Marques Johnson: "James has this natural gift of...
Published 04/10/22
Basketballheadzz Presents: LeVar & Isiah Folk ..The Folk legacy continues. This Sunday on Basketballheadzz at 8pm...Sherod Folk @rod.folk.9 set the table for younger brother and now LeVar @vufolk is passing those lesson down to his son Isiah Folk @isiahfolk ..Nothing like family working together. it makes me proud to interview Young Kings from my neighborhood... Salute to the Folk Family. Family that balls together stays together. πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Levar Folk enjoyed one of the most outstanding...
Published 04/07/22
BasketballHeadzz Presents: Next Weds 8pm Canarsie High School and Long Island University Great Glenn Daniels @therealglenndaniels πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ Glenn 1st of all (Great name) This brother was an absolute waking bucket. If he tripped or stumbled it was a bucket, either way you are going to get the business. In this game Glenn poured in 29 points on 7-11 shooting and 15 of 16 from the free throw line in a 82-49 win over Thomas Jefferson back in 80's and did the same at Long Island University once...
Published 04/05/22