While out at the PSA Cardinals showcase in December we bumped into Marquette assistant coach Dwayne Killings and finally got a chance to break bread with the homie. Dwayne, an Amherst, MA, product walked onto the Minutemen's squad at UMass and played under coach Bruiser Flint for several years. After completing his education and playing career at Hampton University, he jumped into the NBA to serve the Charlotte Bobcats in the video department. He's been an assistant coach at Temple, UConn and mo...
Mar 04, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 3
He's revered throughout the state of New Jersey and has served his community on many levels for decades. Both as a state corrections officer and on the bench, as coach Bobby Hurley Senior's right hand at the now closed St. Anthony's H.S. He eventually left coach Hurley's side and earned a reputation as a "turnaround" master, taking over fledgling basketball programs only to flip the script and dramatically improve them in a short span. Today he presides as Head Coach over the Marist H.S. Royal K...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Straight out of the Q borough this high flyer started playing at Rucker Park at age 16. In High School he was coached by Ron Naclerio at Cardozo and was a standout, as he rocked rims all around the PSAL. He attended and graduated from Monroe College and the St. John's University. He was known as the super sub, coming off the bench at St. Johns and made his bones playing with the infamous AND1 basketball squad. He's been known to dunk over several cheerleaders in a single bound, but not so quiet ...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 1
January 26, 2020 will be one of those unfortunate days in history where everyone will remember where they were when they found out about Kobe and Gianna Bryant's death. On this special episode Manny Digital & Emilio The Poet share their thoughts and recount some Kobe history with the help of some friends, You'll hear about Kobe Bryant while at the legendary ABCD camp, his interactions with Harlem youth via Millbank, the charity he provided the Gauchos program of the Bronx and more. Thanks to...
Feb 01, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 56
His path can only be described as highly unlikely for a kid from the Bronx. Through his basketball ability and his academic achievement he earned his way to the Holderness School, a boarding high school with annual tuition of $58k😲. There he handled his business on and off the court taking advantage of advanced education and a wealth of networking opportunities that he maintains till today. He went on to graduate from Wesleyan University and fell into the field of education. Through the pillar ...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Standing 6 feet 9 inches, he hails from the Towers of Tracey in the Bronx. He played at legendary powerhouse Rice High School and when it came time to go to college he stayed local, and balled with the Red Men of St. Johns. He took full advantage of his athletic scholarship and graduated. He played overseas in places like Venezuela and Indonesia. He's a proud father, appreciative husband and standup guy. Listen to how he was discovered by the Riverside Hawks and ultimately fell into a high level...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Our guest is a NYC guy all the way through. We claim him in the BX, but he's resided in multiple boroughs and has made a mark everywhere he's set foot. Hanging with older crowds, he fell into the game of basketball and with the help of the "older heads" was put on the path to basketball success. His climb up the hoops ladder landed him at St. Raymond H.S. and into the Raven family. There he quickly formed bonds with his newfound band of brothers and nurtured an adversarial relationship with coac...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 54
He's a product of Brooklyn NY. He attended and played at Xaverian H.S. and once done there set his academic sights on Boston University. He was good enough to walk onto the freshman squad at B.C., but decided to quit. In his career he's been the former chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force in the Eastern District. He's prosecuted several corrupt politicians, labor union officials and the heads of 4 of the 5 New York mafia families. You might know him from his acting work in several films, bu...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 52
He grew up a Bronx guy. Basketball became a part of his life early. He practiced constantly in his private alleyway in the apartment complex where he was raised. He attended Iona Prep, where he struggled, but learned what patience and perseverance can help one achieve. From there he made it onto the hardwood as a student athlete at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, where he'd go on to become the highest career scorer in school history. Today he's the school's Head Men's Basketball Coach and As...
Nov 20, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Our guest is the living Harlem, NY doppelgänger version of legendary fighter Kimbo Slice. As a NY basketball protegè he came up playing with the Riverside Hawks alongside a variety of NY basketball phenoms that would go on to dominate around the city. He attended Rice High School where like Voltron he would join forces with area notables like Kenny Satterfield, Andre Sweet, Kyle Cuff and Andre Barrett. With this squad they ran the table and took home back to back city + state championships. He l...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 50
This Bronx, NY product has been a basketball player since he can remember. Coming up he caught whatever run he could. When it was time to decide on a High School a friend demanded he attend St. Raymond H.S. (in the Bronx) where the basketball program was better than other options he was considering. From there he would go on to play 3 seasons at St. Raymond. After his 3rd season he had a frank conversation with coach Gary DeCesare, which prompted him to transfer to Our Savior Lutheran to finish ...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 49
On this episode we take our talents to Connecticut and stay true to our Tri-State intentions! We got the chance to sit with a graduate of Kolbe Cathedral H.S., where this man helped lead his team to the state chip. Born and bred in Bridgeport, he's stayed loyal to his city in both his decision to attend UConn, to play for coach Jim Calhoun, and also as a current coach/mentor via his New England Supreme basketball academy. We learn about the events that led him to transfer to UMass Amherst to pla...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Our guest is by far the KING of the acronym (you'll see why when you tune in)! He was fortunate enough to play for Harlem legend Holcombe Rucker (the namesake of Harlem's famous basketball tournament/court). He coached many and was witness to some of the most prolific talents to ever come out of the NY area. Hoops fiends get ready, because you're about to tap into some tried and true oral history from a quintessential O.G. On this episode of Dribble N' Dimes we have the honor of speaking with an...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Our guest hails from the Bronx, NY. He attended 3 High Schools before starring at Chicago's DePaul University. Once he showed out in the NCAA he set his sights for the NBA where he had a storied 17 year professional career. Afterward he turned to coaching and worked with Kentucky head coach John Calipari for many seasons. Today he manages the professional path program established by the NBA's G-League and can be found working in the community through the Young Athletes Inc. organization. Right n...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 46
You could say this man is a lifer. He has been both a player and (for the last 38+ years) the head coach at Queens powerhouse Cardozo H.S. His storied program has helped develop a large crop of talented men all across the basketball landscape. Players like streetball icon Rafer "Skip to my Lou" Alston, retired NBA vet Duane Causwell and current New York Knicks assistant coach Royal Ivey all credit this man with helping them grow as men and athletes. He attended St. John's where he excelled as a ...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 45
On today's episode we feature a 4 year student athlete who graduated from the Zoo (also known as UMass to those of you not in the know). He hails from Middletown, NY and had a stellar international pro career spanning over 10 years of service. He took his talents to places like Korea, Lebanon and China. He speaks Spanish and can read Korean. A graduate of Millford Academy alum. Operator at Attack the Rim basketball academy. Today he's a newly minted assistant coach at SUNY Orange. Lacing them up...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 44
He graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County. He's been affiliated with the Dunlevy Milbank Center since he was a child and today serves as the athletic director and face of the Millbank Flyers basketball program. He's known to have had a hand in helping standouts such as Mo Bamba and several of the members of wildly popular Jelly Fam 🍇crew. You'll find this Harlemite pacing the sidelines at St. Raymond as the head coach of the Freshman squad and assistant to the Varsity team...
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 43
He grew up in the same BX projects that raised Nate "Tiny" Archibald (Patterson Houses). He never suited up for a H.S. basketball team, but at the tender age of 18 began his coaching career. Under his watch many NYC players took flight and earned athletic scholarships to a host of recognizable collegiate programs. He's proud to have had a hand in the development of athletes at both of NY's premier AAU programs (Gauchos and Riverside). His mother nicknamed him Bingo because of her many nights pla...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Our guest is in the Iona College Hall of Fame and under the late Jim Valvano helped take his Iona squads to the NCAA tournament TWICE! His genes are strong! All his offspring have played professional basketball all across the globe. This North Babylon H.S. alum and former NYIT head coach worked his tail off and was drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics, but never had a chance to log NBA minutes due to injury. On this episode we pass the rock to Kevin Hamilton Sr. and get the story behind his journ...
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 41
He's known as the all time leading scorer in University of Texas history. He played professionally in the NBA and all throughout Europe. He left for the pros and over a decade later came back to UT to earn his degree. He's a St. Raymond H.S. alumi and while there took home Mr. Basketball NY honors and he's one of the prides of the Boogie Down. On Dribble N' Dimes, we kick it with Terrence Rencher . Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and tell a friend! Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends w...
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 40
While born in BK our guest considers the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx home. "Sweet Chuck", as he was dubbed by one of his High School teammates was known as a sharp shooting walking bucket. He ran with notables like Charles Jones, Jerry McCullough and Orlando Antigua on his climb up the basketball ladder. Played for a few junior colleges, but landed at South Carolina State his senior year and helped lead his team to the big dance. He played professionally in Puerto Rico for many years, but ...
Aug 28, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 39
The early years were rough for our guest after losing both his parents by age 12. Thanks to a childhood friend he got down with his local Police Athletic League where he began developing his basketball skills quickly and meeting one of his life long mentors Mr. LaMarre Dyson. He played high school ball at Charles Evans Hughes before enrolling at Iona College. In his time there he became the all-time leader in total points scored. Along with his son, also an Iona product, they are one of just two...
Aug 21, 2019•2 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 38
On this episode we explore the journeys of 2 distinguished gentlemen from the We W.I.L.L. Thru Sports Program. Our first guest was raised on the upper west side as a member of an 8 sibling family. Nothing came easy, but there was never a dull moment. He graduated from Norman Thomas H.S. and made his way to Lehman College where for the first time he walked on and played organized basketball. He flipped that into a couple of FREE99 degrees and the inspiration to one day establish his own non profi...
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Standing 6 feet 9 inches this brother frequented his neighborhood courts to get his recreational hoops on. In middle school his confidence grew, not off the roundball, but with the pen after he earned an A off an essay he scribed. That confidence instilled by his teacher sparked a curiosity in him that years later resulted in the creation of his own hoops site called DavesJoint.net . A walking high school hoops encyclopedia, he'll give you the low down and recent highlights of most standouts str...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 36
At an early age our guest recalls immersing himself in basketball thru the pages of SLAM magazine. In parallel he became more dedicated to honing his skills in the park. He peaked early and by the end of his middle school years so too came the slow down of his serious on court exploits. He never let up on his hoops fanaticism. He revered NBA icons like Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and so on, never missing a beat on all things Basketball culture. As luck would have it he found his way into Harris P...
Jul 31, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 35
As a young'n this Queensbridge product ran tournaments in his neighborhood park using the spaces in-between the monkey bars as baskets. A raw talent he grew and developed into a low post barbarian, unstoppable in his pursuit of wiping the glass clean and getting his text book put backs. The bulk of his playing days were spent on the streetball circuit where he earned the nickname "Da Guardian". When his brother made it to the league, the family headed west to the great state of Indiana, where he...
Jul 24, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Hope you enjoyed listening to part 1 (a.k.a. Episode 32) w/ Rich Kosik. On this episode Rich returns with part 2 and tells us stories of his time with ABCD camp, breaks down the history of the program and much more. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and tell a friend. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends ( https://soundcloud.com/djtrends )
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 33
This Astoria Queens native grew up playing all sorts of sports up and down his block. Self admittedly he wasn't the best basketball player, but his defensive prowess got him court time at his neighborhood Boys & Girls club. He attended Rice high school and though he tried out annually, he never made the hoops team. He spent years working with the youth giving them opportunities to engage in basketball and utilize it as a tool to further themselves through vehicles like the PSAL and his Game ...
Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Straight out of the Boogie Down our guest was taught to dribble by one of the most unlikely teachers, his slightly older Greek neighbor. This self proclaimed fire escape All-American, would adjust the height of his building fire escape ladder to accommodate his shooting stroke and dunk game. At age 11 he was invited by neighborhood homie Orlando Antigua to try out for the Gauchos. He arrived late, missing the age appropriate try-out. With little choice left he ran with the much bigger 16 year ol...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 31
The son of a former NBA draftee, this Sweden born Bronxite established a reputation for himself as a fierce hoops competitor throughout NYC. His stock rose quickly and as a result he became the youngest player ever to attend one of the more prestigious basketball staples.. ABCD camp. When it came time, he picked Puff Daddy's Alma Mater (Mount St. Michael H.S.) as his primary training ground toward the elevation his game. His relationship with former NBA player Mark Blount made his decision to at...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 30
