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Back in 1958 Lorenzo Plater along w/ Dr. Warren Hammond, Freddy Shelton, William Harris and Earl Garner got together to form a playground league at the courts on McCullogh Street and Cloverdale Road in Baltimore, MD. The Cloverdale Courts were redone in 1995, they have aluminum bleachers at each end and large lights for night games. The park is surrounded by roads on all sides. With no city funding or sponsors and very little publicity from the media (except this past summer when Carmelo Anthony hosted a tournament this past summer), the leagues continue to be run by Plater and other volunteers. Nike released the first edition of the City Series Air Force Ones. No better way to start off the tour of the three cities than to begin with Baltimore. (thanks nice kicks)
Players such as Juan Dixon, Bootsy Thornton, Sam Cassell, Keith Booth, Derwin Lilly, Mark Karcher, Norman Black, Pat McKinley, Bryan Matthews and Roger Dickens. Also players such as The Graham brothers (Ernie, Kevin and Gary), the James brothers (Frank, Keith and Karl), Sinclair Davis, Davon Gardner, Donyae Dukes and Miguel Wilson. Here's a Bootsy Thornton update, Bootsy is currently playing for the Turkish giant Efes Pilsen. A highly versatile shooting guard, he earned an All Euroleague Second Team selection in 2008. (thanks youtube) |
