The 5-year anniversary of our #SHUTUPANDPLAY tournament will go down in history as the one with the strongest and toughest competition to date. Our mission from the very beginning was to create a true player’s tournament. Let’s forget all the side noise and hoopla and focus what #SHUTUPANDPLAY is known for: Competitive 3on3 Basketball. More than […]
Bismack Biyombo has had a different path to the NBA than anybody you know. His journey from poor upbringing in Congo to the best basketball league in the world is nothing less than astounding. At Quai54 we had the chance to talk to Bismack about his tumultous past, the exciting present and the bright future […]
What a weekend! After a rained out Quai54 2017 finale, the weather gods decided to follow last year‘s thunderstorms with a heat wave. And even though streetball is generally associated with good weather this year‘s tournament – held at Pelouse de Reuilly on the weekend of July 7th and 8th – was blessed with almost […]
I literally just started writing this blog post and I’m already frustrated. Compiling Kevin Durant’s greatest moments list now is a bit like writing your memoirs at the age of 25. You know that it’s incomplete and every day it becomes more outdated. Especially when you put a ranking on it, which I’m totally gonna do […]
What do NBA legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bernard King, Bob Cousy and Connie Hawkins all have in common? The answer is quite simple. They were all born and raised in New York, also lovingly known as the mecca of basketball. The city that never sleeps produces some of the best ball players in the world. And […]
Basketball is a funny thing. Great moments in this sport are almost always connected to other things and as time goes on you can not remember one thing without the other. Take Michael Jordan for example. His comeback from Baseball will always be linked to jersey number 45. His 1997 heroics against Utah will always […]
Whether you are a basketball fan or not, Shaqtin a Fool is almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face. After all what is funnier than watching multi millionaire super athletes falling on their faces or playing like they forgot how to basketball? These are all the Shaqtin A Fool episodes for the season […]
Talking to an NBA player is a rare opportunity for anyone. If that NBA player is Kobe Bryant it’s almost surely a once in a lifetime thing, at least for European media. In my case I was lucky enough to have spoken with Kobe a couple of times before. Back when we were both young. […]
Now that Russell Westbrook has broken Oscar Robertson’s 55-year-old record of 41 triple doubles in a single season, I take the opportunity to look at some other records, but only those I am convinced will NOT be broken. Scoring more than 100 points is not one of them, by the way, because I think – however unlikely […]
Whether you are a basketball fan or not, Shaqtin a Fool is almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face. After all what is funnier than watching multi millionaire super athletes falling on their faces or playing like they forgot how to basketball? These are all the Shaqtin A Fool episodes for the season […]
