This episode of #themeccapodcast our Mark Williams sat down with with grassroots legend Gary Charles of The Las Vegas Big Time Basketball Tournament to discuss his past, the current state of NY basketball, his uber exciting summer time basketball tournament in the Las Vegas Desert, his relationship with Sonny Vaccaro and his mentorship of a young Kobe Bryant.  

Check out NY's very own GARY CHARLES

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▶️ 1:15 - 10:34 • Zendon Hamilton, Lamar Odom, Speedy Claxton, & Duane Woodward

▶️ 10:36 - 27:14 • Panthers, Riverside, Gauchos and Broncos

▶️ 27:16 - 29:40 • NY Swag

▶️ 33:50 - 41:06 • the MECCA

▶️ 42:34 - 51-08 • The Sonny Effect

▶️ 51:10-59:37 • Kobe Bryant I

▶️ 1:00:03 - 1:38:10 • Big Time Tourney (Emoni Bates, BJ Boston, Jalen Green, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs)

▶️ 1:39:00 - 1:51:00 Gatekeepers, Grassroots Trash Talk + Greatest Team Ever, Kobe Bryant II

directed by: Dajah Barclift (@love_nd_bball - IG)

filmed by: JHailey Roberts (@haileyroberts_4 - IG)

produced by: Audrey Blackmore (@auddybaee - IG )