Latest update May 30th, 2019 12:49 PM
CAM'RON DOES ESPN
Cam’ron, taking a page out of Lil Wayne’s playbook, recently sat down and did an interview with ESPN.
Were there any current pros from New York who were playing when you were coming up?
Yeah, I’ve known Stephon Marbury his whole life. And Skip boy, y’all know him as Rafer Alston on Orlando now. Yeah Steph and Skip, we played against them 2-3 times a week. Or sometimes we were on the same team. People kinda went back and forth on Gauchos and Riverside. One year you may have been on Riverside, one year on Gauchos. One year you may be playin with Steph, one year you may be playin against him. Same thing with Rafer. Tim Thomas was in Jersey, too. I think he went to St. Anthony’s in Jersey. Brevin Knight, too.
Is basketball still a part of your life?
Well, I haven’t played in the last 2-3 months, cause it got chilly out. But when it’s hot, I play like every other day. We always go to the games at the Rucker. Rucker’s hot, but not like it used to be. There’s a tournament called the Metro on 145th and Lennox, that’s kind of like the new Rucker right now. There’s a bunch of tournaments in New York now that are taking the light off the Rucker. Everybody that’s not from here knows the name Rucker, but Metro is one of the best people might not know about. I’m a big fan, so I make sure I stay in the loop and try and see who the young talent is coming out of New York City.
How would you say growing up playing ball has translated into what you do now?
It’s discipline. You can be naturally gifted, but you still gotta work out. Especially the older you get. You know, you gotta jog, you gotta do your suicides, you gotta practice your jump-shots, your free-throws, you gotta do drills. It’s the same thing in life, basically. You can’t be going through life expecting everything. You gotta have discipline.
