Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Tony Jones first saw Kyrie Irving play basketball as an 8th grader and at that stage he already sensed something special about the kid.
“You could tell that he had skills that belied his age,” said Jones, the longtime coach at Montclair (N.J.) Kimberley Academy. “He was always very skilled.
“His dad being a pretty elite player in his own right really helped him.”
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