I feel that Max's All Stars deserves to be one of the 6 at-large teams for TBT 2015 not only based on the number of votes we have and how hard we worked to get in this year, but last year too. Max's All Stars has supported The Basketball Tournament since day one in 2014. As soon as we heard about TBT on February 28th, 2014 - we knew our team wanted to be part of it. Unfortunately, last year we were not able to get into TBT. However, this year our team made an all out push to get in from the moment polls opened on April 1st, 2015 and we became eligible on April 17th, 2015. In terms of loyalty to The Basketball Tournament and respect for the process, Max's All Stars is one of the more deserving teams for the honor of playing in TBT.
Max's All Stars is a great promoter of The Basketball Tournament as well. Since this process began on April 1st, 2015 - our team has posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram constantly to recruit votes and promote TBT. We also have a website that mentions TBT and a YouTube Channel as well. One of the great things about Max's All Stars is how organized and professionally run this team is. We have the ability to promote our team and TBT in a very professional way - not like an ordinary streetball team.
Our team also tells a compelling story. To grow from a Hofstra Rec and Intramural Sports team and evolve to become Hofstra Club Basketball then eventually turn that into an unlimited pro/am team that competes in some of the most legendary leagues/tournaments around NYC is the stuff movie scripts are written about. This team is constantly on the rise and has a very proud history.
Max's All Stars roster boasts some tremendous talent as well. Veteran semi-professional basketball stars such as Branden Gibson and Kevin Pegram. Former Purchase College legends, Corey Orgias and Marvin Jr Billups. Overseas professionals Damion Staple, Dominique Jones, Doug Herring, Roscoe Johnson Jr. and Troy Whittington. Also, we feature Hofstra Club Basketball legend, Patrick James. The great thing about this roster is not just how skilled they are on the basketball court, but how close the core of this team is off the court. It's not often that you see that type of unity in a tournament like this. A lot of teams are just stars thrown together for a chance at $1,000,000 - but for Max's All Stars, getting into TBT is much bigger than that.
Hopefully, the TBT selection committee takes this into account. Thank you.
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To vote for Max's All Stars, please go to https://www.thetournament.com/teams/maxs-all-stars and follow these instructions:
1. Go to https://www.thetournament.com/teams/maxs-all-stars & click on the big orange button that says “BECOME A FAN & VOTE FOR THIS TEAM”
2. Complete the required fields and create a new account
3. You will receive a TBT Email Verification. Please click on the link in the Email and you are done! (NOTE: Sometimes the TBT Email Verification goes to the Spam folder – please double check there. Your vote will not count until the TBT Email Verification is completed.)
