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.
NEW YORK — One major national scouting service doesn’t yet have Jermaine Lawrence ranked among its Class of 2013 prospects.
That needs to change soon — and it likely will.
At 6-foot-9, 191 pounds the Queens (N.Y.) Cardozo forward has a huge upside and could one day earn a paycheck on the basketball court.
“He’s so multi-faceted,” Cardozo coach Ron Naclerio said Friday after Lawrence helped New York crush New Jersey, 133-101, in the Sharette Dixon Classic at Bishop Loughlin.
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