City of Angels Climax

by Rodger Bohn Following the abundance of AAU tournaments in Las Vegas, many programs retired from the west coast and sent their teams to play in tournaments closer to their home region for the final days of the live recruiting period for college coaches. There were however a number of elite programs that stayed on left coast to take part in the Adidas Best of Summer, the final AAU tournament of the summer. Elite programs such as DC Assault, California Supreme, Pump N’ Run, New England Playaz, and Ohio Basketball Club all opted to take part in the event held at Loyola Marymount. As a basketball purist, I must say that standing on the same court that Hank Gathers passed away on definitely gave me crazy chills at times. It brought back memories of former lottery pick Bo Kimble shooting left handed free throws to honor his late teammate. We featured a handful of the top PUNKS that were in attendance in LA in our Las Vegas AAU coverage, so here’s a look at some of the other elite player...