This was never going to be a fair contest. One year after falling to ACE 68-63 in the battle to become Nike Crown League kings, M.A.D.E. took a page out of the Golden State Warriors playbook and stacked the deck in their favor by recruiting Norman Powell and Delon Wright. Despite 6Man putting up a…
1 Love T.O. and ACE had fought tooth and nail from start to finish. ACE looked to have the game well in control after Kelly Olynyk missed two free throws with his team trailing by two with under 30 seconds remaining. As shooters are prone to doing, though, Olynyk was able to perfectly anticipate his…
While the Toronto Raptors opened their Las Vegas Summer League campaign with a win over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Crown League did its best to entertain those looking for hoops action in the 6ix. Word is clearly getting around about the third edition of the league, and the burgeoning local talent on display did…
The Crown League is back. For the third straight year, Toronto and Nike have come together to showcase basketball at Ryerson University’s Kerr Hall. There are three games between the six teams involved from 6:30pm till about 11:00pm for five weeks. They showed up. They showed out. They showed the city how it’s done. Claim…