![]() ![]() In Gene Luen Yang’s semi-autobiographical memoir, Dragon Hoops, we get one such story which is not only about basketball, but how it intersects with race, class and identity. As a fan of the game, I have watched every basketball movie in existence, and often found the ones that I have re-watched because they stayed with me, had more to do with people than basketball. Since then, the city has gotten two other professional basketball teams, my beloved Knicks have gotten a rebirth, and my love for basketball has endured. John’s University was seeing resurgence and the Knicks were being coached by Pat Riley, and had made it to the finals. ![]() The college teams within the city like St. ![]() The city has seen its share of triumphs in sports, but it seemed as though, everything was converging. As I sit here writing more than two decades from my formative years, it did not feel like it then, but it was something magical about the city then.
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