The event was launched in the summer of 2006 at Harlem’s famed Rucker Park and held at Rucker Park for its first four years. In 2010, the game moved to Venice Beach, in part due to weather concerns in New York.

It remains unclear where in New York the 2013 game will be held, but the source, who was granted anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about the move, said it’s definitely coming back to the Big Apple.

This year’s game airs live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET Aug. 25, while the slam dunk contest will air August 24 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

Among those invited to this year’s game are Andrew Wiggins, Aaron and Andrew Harrison, Julius Randle, Tyus Jones, Aaron Gordon, Jermaine Lawrence, Kuran Iverson, Aquille Carr, Rondae Jefferson and Jabari Bird.

Next year’s event could include 2014 stars like Jones, Emmanuel Mudiay and Chris McCullough of New York.

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That doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.

Donald Sparks and the organizers of “The Big Strick Classic” have lined up a heavyweight lineup for their game Aug. 11 in the Nat Holman Gym at City College.

The game is a memorial to the legendary streetball player John “Franchise” Strickland, and was known last year as “The Franchise Classic.”

This year’s event will feature a Who’s Who of national and New York-based talent and SNY.tv will be there to cover the event.

Here are the updated rosters:

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None are Nike teams and none are in the Peach Jam, so that event won’t be impacted.

Still, the players from these teams can play with other teams this summer, so expect a feeding frenzy over top players like Chris Walker (pictured) and Kasey Hill of the Florida Rams.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Walker told SNY.tv.

Andy Miller, the agent in question, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

Here’s the NCAA release:

Due to ties with an agent, nonscholastic teams affiliated with three team administrators may not participate in NCAA-certified summer basketball events following a decision today by the NCAA. However, the individual prospective student-athletes’ eligibility has not been impacted and they will still be able to compete on other nonscholastic teams. The decision also affects one nonscholastic coach, whose team may continue to compete once it disassociates from him.

The NCAA enforcement staff obtained a copy of an email sent from sport agent Andy Miller’s account imploring team administrators TJ Gassnola, Desmond Eastmond, Matt Ramker, nonscholastic coach Tony Edwards and others to more effectively recruit top draft picks for ASM Sports agency. The NCAA enforcement staff interviewed the four individuals and, based on available information, has determined there is a prohibited association between them and a sports agent.

“I get tired of being the 1 guy that has to get the 1st rd [sic] picks every year. I’d be happy to help you get guys + lend support. You have to want it + have to hustle. To create situations to manifest chaos + plow down walls to open up new opp’s [sic],” the email stated. “We’re facing a summer with no revenue. Yet, everyone will expect their checks, expenses reimburse [sic], etc. I try to give a consistant [sic] platform inorder [sic] to facilitate production. Am I getting the level of production in return that I want or expect?…You decided to be apart [sic] of it on some level…Do more than just give it thought, act on it.”

To ensure that agents and third parties aren’t asserting undue influence on prospective student-athletes, NCAA rules prohibit agents or their associates’ involvement with NCAA-certified summer basketball teams and events.

The three affected team operators and one nonscholastic coach were affiliated with New England Playaz (17U and 16U), Worldwide Renegades (17U, 16U and 15U), Florida Rams (17U and 16U) and SEBL Elite All-stars (17U and 15U).  As a result, if these teams compete in an NCAA-certified event while affiliated with these individuals, the event operator may be in violation of the NCAA basketball event certification requirements.

With several certified summer basketball events scheduled for the coming days and weeks, the NCAA is communicating directly with the prospects, event operators and affected individuals to ensure these prospects have every opportunity to play. The national AAU organization has also volunteered to assist with the efforts to connect prospects with available teams.

NCAA coaches and members have been very clear that agent involvement in the nonscholastic basketball environment is a major concern. The rules restricting agent involvement are designed to protect and promote the well-being of participants in these events.

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Among those expected to play are top uncommitted juniors  DaJuan Coleman (pictured), Kyle Anderson and Omar Calhoun; St. John’s signee Maurice Harkless; Rutgers commits Eli Carter and Myles Mack; Villanova-bound Achraf Yacoubou; Cincinnati signee Jermaine Sanders; and West Virginia-bound Jabarie Hinds.

Game time is at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7. Admission is $10 for adults & $5 for children. All proceeds go to the development of grassroots basketball in our community. TDYCC is located on 32 Manhattan Ave. in Greenburgh.

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Savon Goodman

The 6-foot-5 Villanova-bound wing will run with the Playaz Basketball Club U17 team this summer instead of Team Philly.

“Savon brings a sense of toughness to the team,” Playaz coach Kyle Anderson Sr. said. “With his size, athleticism and high motor, we will be able to play him at the two, three or four. At times, we will be able to have five guards on the floor (Kyle Anderson, Darrick Wood, Myles Davis, Dallas Anglin or Chris Jones) and with Kyle and Savon’s rebounding ability, we will still be able to compete at a high level.”

Goodman, out of Academy of the New Church, committed to Villanova in November.

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To review:

**Nike moved the Jordan Classic to North Carolina for April 2011 because of the ongoing renovation at Madison Square Garden.

**Kris Stone, founder of the Boost Mobile game, took that event to Venice Beach, Calif., in 2010 after the 2009 game was rained out and moved inside to the Gauchos Gym.

**Sonny Vaccaro’s legendary ABCD Camp departed Fairleigh Dickinson in 2006 when he retired from the sneaker business, and Chris Rivers briefly held the Reebok All-American Camp in Philly for a couple of years afterward.

Now New York has nothing.

With a huge vacuum occupying the Big Apple, the time is right for some sneaker company to strike.

If Nike was smart, they would move the LeBron James Skills Academy – their marquee summer event – to New York from Akron.

Have you ever been to Akron?

There’s a reason LeBron left. There’s nothing there. Nothing.

Imagine if 80 of the top high school prospects – and 20 of the elite college players – spent a week in July in New York City, or at nearby Fairleigh Dickinson University, site of Vaccaro’s famed ABCD Camp?

Imagine the publicity such a camp would draw.

Dozens of sportswriters from The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, SNY and other outlets would cover the event, just as they did during the heyday of the ABCD Camp that featured Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, O.J. Mayo, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson.

Aside from Major League Baseball, the summer is generally a slow time in the sportswriting world, so there would be plenty of journalists looking to cover the top players and stories of the summer.

Holding an event in the New York City area is expensive, to be sure, but somebody with deep pockets, like Nike, could afford it.

And such an event would enable Nike to parade its stars – Kevin Durant, Paul Pierce, Steve Nash, etc. – in front of the press in the biggest media market in the world.

If not Nike, what about Li Ning, Under Armour or Five Star?

Vaccaro is going back and forth with Li Ning, the Chinese apparel company, about a potential return to the sneaker business.

What better way for Sonny and Li Ning to make a splash than to hold a big-time camp in the New York area in early July?

“I believe there are going to be opportunities for me to be involved in things next summer,” Vaccaro said this fall. “I don’t know exactly if I will do them or how I’ll do them, but I do know there’s a lot of interest and I’m going to listen.”

Under Armour and Five Star, which is undergoing an ownership change, would also do well to think about bringing back an event to the Big Apple.

Somebody needs to do it.

And they need to strike while the iron is hot.

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Here is a preliminary list; click on the name of the event for schedule and details.

If I’ve missed anything, shoot me an email at zagoria@hotmail with the tourney info and link.

CITY OF PALMS CLASSIC, Dec. 17-22, Fort Meyers, Fla.

KREUL CLASSIC, Dec. 17-21, Coral Springs, Fla.

BIG APPLE BASKETBALL CHALLENGE, Dec. 18, Baruch College (Manhattan)

HOOP GROUP TIP-OFF, Dec. 18-19, Plainfield, N.J./ South Orange, N.J.

JINGLE BELLS JUBILEE, Dec. 26-29, Hudson Catholic (N.J.)

BEACH BALL CLASSIC, Dec. 27-31, Myrtle Beach, Fla.

HOOPS IN OVERDRIVE SHOOT-OUT, Dec. 30-Jan. 1, Atlanta

NEW YEAR’S JUMP-OFF, Jan. 2, Teaneck, N.J.

4th ANNUAL VILLA HOLIDAY CLASSIC, Jan. 2, St. Joe’s University (Philly)

CANCER RESEARCH CLASSIC, Jan. 8, Wheeling, WV

SFIC BOYS BASKETBALL FESTIVAL featuring ST. BENEDICT’S vs. ST. PATRICK, Jan. 9, Kean University (N.J.)

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, Jan 13.-15, Springfield, Mo.

SPALDING HOOPHALL CLASSIC, Jan. 14-17, Springfield, Mass.

DAN FINN CLASSIC, Jan. 15, Jersey City, N.J.

BOARDWALK SHOWCASE, Jan. 15, Monmouth University

BIG APPLE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL, Jan. 15/17, Baruch College (Manhattan)

FREEDOM FIGHTERS HOOP CHALLENGE, Jan, 17., Paterson, N.J.

PRIMETIME SHOOTOUT, Jan. 21-22, Morgantown, WV

NEWARK NATIONAL INVITATIONAL, Jan. 28, Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.

PRIMETIME SHOOTOUT, Jan. 28-30, Philadelphia

SNY INVITATIONAL, Jan. 28-29, LIU-Brooklyn

PRIMETIME SHOOTOUT, Feb. 11-13, Kean University (N.J.)

RUCKER SHOWCASE INVITATIONAL, Feb. 19, Wadleigh High, N.Y.

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Here are the game times and rosters:

Sophomore Game – 3 p.m.

Junior Game – 4:30 p.m.

Senior Game – 6 p.m.

New Jersey Seniors

LaQuinton Ross     Life Center Academy (Ohio State)

Myles Mack           St Anthony (Rutgers)

Sterling Gibbs        Seton Hall Prep (Maryland)

Desmond Hubert    New Egypt HS (Uncommitted)

Jarelle Reischel    Point Pleasant (Uncommitted)

Derrick Gordon       St Patrick (Western Kentucky)

Vaughn Gray         St. Benedict’s (Uncommitted)

Tyler Harris           St. Benedict’s (Uncommitted)

Khalid Lewis-El      Trenton Catholic (Delaware)

Mario Moody           East Orange HS (Wagner)

Alternate: Rob Poole Paul XI (Siena)

New Jersey Juniors

Kyle Anderson         St Anthony

Jaylen Beckham      St Benedict’s

Rashad Andrews      St Anthony

Brandon Taylor        Trenton Catholic

Jerome Frink            St Anthony

Jameel Warney        Roselle Catholic

Dallas Anglin            Seton Hall Prep

Dom Hoffman            Gil St Bernard

Tariq Carey               Newark Eastside

Neville Fincher          St. Benedict’S

Alternate:  Da’shawn Suber – St. Patrick

New Jersey Sophomores

Austin Colbert          St Patrick

Jaren Sina               Gil St Bernard

Shacore Edwards     Irvington

Josh Brown              St Anthony

Mike Young              St Benedict

Jason Boswell            St Patrick

Reggie Cameron       Hudson Catholic

Kavon Stewart          Hudson Catholic

Tyler Roberson         Union

Spencer Weicz         Seton Hall Prep

Alternates: Jordan Forehand St Anthony and Jarrett Hall  Newark Tech

Philly Seniors

Aquil Younger               West Catholic  (Drexel)

Juanya Green                Arch Carroll (Niagara)

Aaron Brown                 Penn Wood (West Virginia)

Jerrell Wright                 Dobbins Tech (La Salle)

Devin Coleman              Friends Central (Uncommitted)

Jaylen Bond                  Penn Wood (Pittsburgh)

Jabril Trawick                Abington Friends (Georgetown)

John Johnson               Life Center (Pittsburgh)

Eric Copes                    Imhotep  (George Washington)

Ameen Tanksley            Imhotep (Niagara)

Alternates: Eddie Joiner-Mitchell  60   LaSalle HS   Rider  and  Joey Gripper  62 Abington frds  Undecided

Philly Juniors

Jeremiah Batts         Communications Tech

Khyree Wooten       Imhotep Charter

Ryan Arcidianano    Nehamany HS

Savon Goodman      Academy of the New Church (ANC)

Daiquan Walker       Constitution Charter

Jordan Reed            Wisahickon HS

Brendan Kilpatrick     Malvern Prep

Maurice Watson        Boys Latin

Derrick Stewart         Neumann-Gorretti

Amile Jefferson         Friends Central

Philly Sophomores

Brandon Austin          Imhotep Charter

Rondae Jefferson       Chester

Steve Vasturia           St Joesph Prep

Miles Overton             St. Joesph Prep

Britton Lee                Roman Catholic HS

Johnny Davis             Neumann – Gorretti

Shafeek Taylor          Roman Catholic

Yosef Yacoub            Arch Bishop Carroll

Karon Davis              Friends Central

Jeremiah Worthem    Math-Civics-Science

Alternate:  Rasheed Jordan   Vaux HS

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Vaccaro, who turns 71 Thursday, declined to mention specific potential partners, but says he has appointments Monday with “people who would like to get totally involved.”

“I believe there are going to be opportunities for me to be involved in things next summer,” Vaccaro said Wednesday night by phone from his home in Carmel, Calif. “I don’t know exactly if I will do them or how I’ll do them, but I do know there’s a lot of interest and I’m going to listen.”

CBSSports.com first reported the development last month.

Vaccaro already has an informal network of travel coaches and summer power brokers in place, including Keith Easterwood in Memphis and Gary Charles in New York City.

“I’m gonna do whatever Sonny does,” Easterwood said by phone.

Easterwood said he’s already spoken with some AAU programs currently affiliated with Nike and wouldn’t be surprised if they “jumped ship” to join Vaccaro.

“It’s going to shock me if some of these programs don’t jump ship,” Easterwood said. “That’s a distinct possibility. I’ve talked to people outside of the city [of Memphis] who have traditionally had Nike programs.

“Because their contracts expired last month they’re going to listen to what’s best for them and their basketball team.”

Vaccaro’s comeback could include the return of the vaunted ABCD Camp – which was held at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, N.J. until 2006 and featured Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, O.J. Mayo, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson.

“That’s a great location for media to get in and out of,” Easterwood said. “Everything that goes on in New York seems to be magnified. LeBron played there. Kobe and McGrady and Marbury and Telfair played there. All that is there and more. In the Internet age, kids are geeked into the history of the game and who did what.”

Vaccaro revolutionized grassroots basketball and the marketing of hoops stars by signing Bryant and Michael Jordan to multi-million dollar sneaker deals. He pioneered the practice of paying college coaches to outfit their teams in shoe company apparel while working for Nike and Phil Knight. In 1992, he declared war on Nike when he joined rival adidas, taking his Roundball Classic, Big Time tournament and summer camp with him. He later left adidas for Reebok before retiring from the summer scene in 2006.

“It’ll never be what it was,” Vaccaro said. “It won’t be ABCD Camp, Roundball Classic, Big Time tournament. It will be situations like that that will allow a lot of kids to be involved. There are a lot of lot people who run these things who with a little help can do what was done in the ‘80s and ‘90s. But it will be different.”

Since he departed the scene, Nike has virtually dominated the summer landscape and Vaccaro is once again taking aim at the sneaker giant.

He said he hoped to provide a forum for other, lesser-known players to display their potential.

“While they [Nike] took care of the chosen ones, they let the less fortunate get away,” Vaccaro said. “You always need your stars, but you need your guys who want to be your headliners and that’s what summer basketball is.”

While Under Armour and other companies have reached out, Vaccaro has already met with representatives of Li Ning, sources said.

The meetings were delayed when Vaccaro’s wife, Pam, was hospitalized for a medical issue. But she is now home and resting comfortably.

The Chinese company, founded in 1990 by the former Chinese gymnast for whom it is named, recently signed Philadelphia 76ers rookie Evan Turner to a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal and is making an aggressive push in the U.S. to counter Nike’s move into China.

“This is truly a game-changing moment for the Li Ning brand,” the China Daily quoted Li Ning’s brand director for basketball, Brian Cupps, as saying.

“Adding a supreme young talent like Evan Turner sends a message to the global basketball community that Li Ning basketball is committed to being a player on the global stage.”

Still, many questions surround a potential Vaccaro/Li Ning partnership.

First and foremost is that Li Ning is a virtually unknown entity in the U.S.

“Li Ning has almost zero American recognition,” one industry source said. “The product line would have to be substantially revamped.”

Second, the source said, Vaccaro might have to get used to working on a smaller budget than he enjoyed at Nike, adidas or Reebok.

“His definition of camp is a $250,000 camp,” the source said. “There are a lot of things that have changed since he left.

“I think he wants to come back in a big way and is Li Ning going to allow him to come back in that big way or can he compromise and come back with less? The new economy is doing more with less. I’m not sure he’s used to doing that or is gonna be happy with that.

“He wants to do things first-class. He might have to put the kids at the Days Inn instead of the Four Seasons. You might have to pay coaches $300 instead of $500. Those days are over. You might have to do a three-day event instead of six days.

“He’s used to spending everybody’s else’s money. He thinks that money’s still out there. He can do what he did before and he can do it for less if he’s more crafty and smart about it. That’s gonna be the issue.”

Time is another concern.

“It may take him two or three years,” the source said. “And then again, Sonny’s not young anymore, either. Do they have the money? Do they have the patience? It may take four or five years.”

Still, after three years away from grassroots basketball, Sonny Vaccaro remains a force to be reckoned with.

“If he comes back,” the source said, “there could be some casualties.”

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Standouts on the winning squad included Texas-bound guard Myck Kabongo, who had a double-double of 13 points and 10 assists, and the team’s high scorers Kyle Wiltjer and Kentavioius Caldwell-Pope, who both had 20 points.

Kabongo and Wiltjer were the winning team’s co-MVPs, along with the losing team’s Austin Rivers (15 points) and the North Carolina-bound James Mcadoo (10 pts, 11 rebs).

Rivers overcame a wrist injury in the game.

“I’m good,” he said by text.

Wiltjer verbally committed to Kentucky during the live telecast, joining a powerhouse recruiting class that includes Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist and Marquis Teague.

DeAndre Daniels, who will spend a year at IMG Academy in Bradenton, added 13 points for the winners and Deuce Bello tallied 12.

For the losers, Oakland Soldiers teammates Jabari Brown and Nick Johnson scored 16 points apiece; Ohio State commit LaQuinton Ross added 14 points; and Alex Murphy, LeBryan Nash and Adonis Thomas tallied 12 apiece.

Bello and Bradley Beal won the Under Armour Slam Dunk & Skills Competitions, respectively. The slam dunk contest was judged by Boost Mobile Elite 24 alums John Wall, Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans.

(Photo courtesy ESPNRise)

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