Max's All Stars win Summer 2011 season finale

Max's All Stars finished the Summer 2011 Basketball City Tuesday East A-Division season on a high note with a 78-65 win over the defending Spring champions, NECO. Former Hofstra forward and current New York Wizard, Darren Townes, played for NECO and had a good game. However, Max's All Stars were at their strongest with a lineup featuring Troy Whittington (26 points), Josiah Peay (who scored 6 points in his debut for the team), Earl Mills (6 points), Marvin Billups Jr (6 points), Branden Gibson and Eric Olsen (2 points each) joining regulars Patrick James (13 points) and Corey Orgias (17 points). After taking a 10-point halftime lead, Max's All Stars were sluggish at the start of the second half until Head Coach, Max Margulis, called a timeout to allow his players to settle down a little bit, reminding them that there was only 5:42 remaining in the season. The team proceeded to go on a roll towards victory after that. Max's All Stars finish the season with a 2-6 record.

Max's All Stars lose for sixth time in seven games

Max's All Stars lost for the sixth time in seven games this summer against DB-Medenilla by a final score of 63-53. Despite starting the game for the first 10+ minutes with only four players, the team held a slim 30-28 lead at halftime. But even with reinforcements showing up midway through the second half, Max's All Stars tired and could not hold on.
Nigel Byam and Earl Mills made their debuts, scoring 8 and 6 points respectively. Patrick James finished with 5 points. Marvin Billups Jr scored 8 points (all on FTs) in limited minutes. Corey Orgias and Jerrell Lewis led the team with 13 points apiece. Eric Olsen also played limited minutes.

Max's All Stars fall to 1-5 in Basketball City Tuesday East A-Division

On Tuesday, August 16th, Max's All Stars extended their losing streak to four games with a difficult 53-52 loss against DB-Covert Ops last night. Jermaine Lewis served as interim head coach during Max Margulis' one-week absence. Jerrell Lewis said "they cheated us" in reference to the referees. Eric Olsen commented as well, saying "Good squad. No bigs and I think we played soft." Marvin Billups Jr made his debut for the team and scored 17 points.

Max's All Stars drop to 1-4 with third consecutive loss

Max's All Stars dropped their third game in a row, this time against Neverwuzes by a final score of 69-59. Branden Gibson finally made his debut for the team and made valuable contributions, hitting a few long threes. The team overcame a double-digit second half deficit, tied the game and took a two-point lead, but could not hold on. The game was called with 1:37 remaining due to dangerous wet floor conditions after Eric Olsen (making his season debut) slipped an fell. He was not seriously hurt. All games there were scheduled after the 6:15 PM time slot at Grace Church School were canceled or the remainder of the evening.
With three games left, Max's All Stars have a 1-4 record.

Max's All Stars add reinforcements with four games remaining this summer

Former Bard High School Early College guard, Denzil Davis, made his debut for Max's All Stars this past week. At BHSEC, he averaged 15.7 PPG, 9.38 RPG and 5.55 APG in 56 career games according to to the PSAL website. Davis is a student at the University of Albany where he plays intramural basketball.

Marvin Billups Jr, former SUNY Purchase teammate of Corey Orgias and Jerrell Lewis, is expected to make his debut for Max's All Stars during the fifth game of the season this upcoming Tuesday, August 9th. He averaged 20.7 PPG, 6.16 RPG and 2.02 APG in 84 career games at SUNY Purchase. 

Eric Olsen will also be rejoining the team. He was a member of previous championships (Fall 2008 and Spring 2011).

These moves were made necessary by injuries to Reed Morgan (back spasms) and Jason Lewis (knee). In addition, King Pommells and Therron Scott have not been as active with this squad as they have been previously.

Max's All Stars currently sit in last place with a 1-3 record (2 points behind DB-Covert Ops, DB-Medenilla and Neverwuzes) in the Summer 2011 Basketball City Tuesday East A-Division. Only the top four teams in the league qualify for the playoffs. 

Max's All Stars drop to 1-3 with loss against DB-Medenilla

Last night at the Loyola School, Max's All Stars lost for the third time in four games - this time at the hands of DB-Medenilla by a final score of 75-52. Max's All Stars got off to a hot start with a 10-0 run to open the game and led by as many as 14 points during the first half, which finished with them ahead by a score of 37-29. However, with only five players for the second consecutive game, Max's All Stars tired midway through the second half and were obliterated by a 46-15 margin. Denzil Davis made his debut for the team.
Reinforcements are expected to come next week as Eric Olsen will be rejoining the team along with newcomer, Marvin Billups Jr.