Are We Live?

Collin Adams
Are We Live? Podcast

🗣Are We Live?🏀🏀🏀 presented by Collin Adams showcases... The current state of the NY Knickerbockers, highlights & statistics! LIVE interviews with NYC's unsung basketball talent; Their journeys and careers! International Basketball Professionals - Women & Men Including inside discussions on basketball politics with Coaches, drafting with the NCAA, Division 1 decisions and NYC streetball tournaments! ...the pitfalls, mistakes & advice navigating a basketball career!

  1. 16/06/2022

    Ep. 89 - Featuring Otis Livingston II

    Your favorite hoops podcast is back this week with another great conversation! We been in NYC the last couple weeks delivering much deserved flowers, however this week we’re jumping across the bridge and headed to Jersey to tap in with one of the Garden State’s very best! This outstanding hooper hails from Linden, NJ where he attended Linden High School and completely dominated the competition! As a junior, he helped lead the Tigers to a state title. Following that season up, as a senior he averaged 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals per game while racking up a ton of individual awards! This do it all guard earned the 2015 Home New Tribune Player of The Year while also being recognized as 1st Team All State, 1st Team All-Union County, and 2nd Team All Metro! Garnering a basketball scholarship to play in the Atlantic-10 at George Mason University, this talented guard went on to become one of the best players in school history! Hitting the ground running as a freshman, he led the team in scoring(11.9ppg), assists, and steals! For the next 4 seasons he would be the consummate leader and floor general for the George Mason Patriots! After a stellar collegiate career, this hooper has taken his talents to the international market where he’s become a professional and has played in Denmark, North-Macedonia, Serbia, and most recently signed his new deal to play in Germany! Tap in for Ep. 89 as we welcome New Jersey great and certified tough guard, Mr. Otis Livingston II. Great conversation ahead, don’t miss it!

    1h 54m
  2. 09/06/2022

    Ep. 88 - Featuring Eugene Lawrence

    Your favorite hoops podcast is back this week bringing you a very highly anticipated guest! This basketball lifer is still in the trenches playing the game that he loves and we can’t wait to connect with him! Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, the point guard factory, this tough guard started his high school basketball career while attending Canarsie High School! Being one of the lone standouts there, he was selected second team All-City in the PSAL by the New York Post! Coming off a great season, this outstanding hooper took his talents across the boro of Brooklyn and finished out his senior season playing for Tiny Morton at Lincoln High School where he would be an important piece to a championship team! Joining a team with Sebastian Telfair and Antonio Peña, he was the third piece to the puzzle in conquering that coveted championship at Madison Square Garden! Garnering a Division 1 scholarship to play in the tough Big East, this certified tough guard played 4 seasons at St. John’s University where he was the consummate floor general and leader of that team! A starter for most of his collegiate career, this brother was able to parlay that into a 14 year international professional basketball career playing in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, and now currently Russia! Tap in for Ep. 88 as we welcome 4x time Czech League champion and one of the best players to come out of NYC, Mr. Eugene ‘Geno’ Lawrence! Great conversation ahead, don’t miss it!

    1h 38m
  3. 19/05/2022

    Ep. 86 - Featuring Kenny Adeleke

    Your favorite hoops podcast is back this week with another great episode! This week we’re welcoming a brother that has been connected to the game almost all his life! We like to call those guys ‘basketball lifers’! A native of Lagos, Nigeria this outstanding hooper grew up in Brooklyn, NY where he attended Paul Robeson High School! An outstanding talent and double double machine, this brother averaged 19 points and 13 rebounds a game as a senior to lead his team to a national ranking of 18th in the country! Being named Player Of The Year in the PSAL his senior season he went on to garner a full basketball scholarship to attend and play for Hofstra University! Becoming an immediate contributor to the team, he was named CAA(Colonial Athletic Association) Rookie Of The Year after averaging 14 points and 8 rebounds a game! While starring at Hofstra, he was selected All-CAA second team as a sophomore and first team as a junior! Making a tough decision, he finished his collegiate career at Hartford University where he averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds a game and was also selected to the All-CAA first team! Going undrafted in 2006, this hooper spent time with the New York Knicks summer league team as well as playing preseason games with the Seattle SuperSonics! Taking his talents international, he spent over 10 years overseas playing in Israel, Turkey, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Mexico to name a few! Currently coaching the youth and giving back his knowledge and wisdom to the game, this brother continues to do legendary work as his solidifies his legendary career! Tap in for Ep. 86 as we chop it up with Brooklyn great and certified pro Mr. Kenny Adeleke! Great conversation ahead, don’t miss it!

    1h 37m
  4. 09/05/2022

    Ep. 84 - Featuring April Sykes

    Back this week to bring you another great edition of ‘Are We Live?’. We enjoy connecting with current and former players across the country so why not head down to the ‘Sip and tap in with one of the greatest basketball players to ever come out of the state of Mississippi! This outstanding hooper comes to us from Crawford, Mississippi where she played her high school basketball at East Oktibbeha County High! There she completely dominated as she averaged 29.8 points per game and 11 rebounds as a freshman! Following that up with a 32 point, 14 rebound a game sophomore season she put the country on notice that she’s the real deal! Multiple 40 point games as a junior and a 50 ball as a senior solidified her as a 2008 McDonald’s All-American selection and Gatorade Mississippi Player Of The Year! After a stellar high school career, she went on to garner a Division 1 scholarship to attend Rutgers University to play for the legendary C. Vivian Stringer! Competing in the talented Big East conference, this hooper was a back to back All-Big East 2nd Team selection and finished her collegiate career as a 1,000 point scorer! To culminate an extraordinary career, she was selected 28th overall in the 2012 WNBA draft by the Los Angelos Sparks! After playing a season in LA, she went on to play professionally in Australia, Germany, Israel, and Mexico! The now CEO of Sykes Serenity LLC, tap in for Ep. 84 as we welcome Ms. April Sykes to the show! Great conversation ahead, don’t miss it!

    1h 57m

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🗣Are We Live?🏀🏀🏀 presented by Collin Adams showcases... The current state of the NY Knickerbockers, highlights & statistics! LIVE interviews with NYC's unsung basketball talent; Their journeys and careers! International Basketball Professionals - Women & Men Including inside discussions on basketball politics with Coaches, drafting with the NCAA, Division 1 decisions and NYC streetball tournaments! ...the pitfalls, mistakes & advice navigating a basketball career!

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