Rucker Park

Rucker Park is a basketball court in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard across the road from the Polo Grounds site, in the Harlem neighborhood. Many people who played at the park achieved a level of fame for their basketball abilities, and several have gone on to play in the NBA.

Rucker was featured in the film Gunnin' For That. See the official website at http://www.ebcsports.com/.

Rucker also known as EBC was also the filming site for the AND1 mix tape series until the more recent tapings at Quaker Ridge School in Larchmont, NY featuring the Quaker Ridge Posse.

History
The court is named after Harlem teacher Holcombe L. Rucker, who started a basketball tournament in 1950 at the very same court in order to help less fortunate kids stay off the streets and aim for college careers.

Notable Rucker Park players
Although many professional basketball player have played at the court after gaining prominence, many developed their basketball skills at Rucker prior to becoming notable in the sport. These players include, but aren't limited to;
 * Pee Wee Kirkland
 * Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
 * Wilt Chamberlain
 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 * Connie Hawkins
 * Julius Erving
 * Earl "The Goat" Manigault
 * Nate "Tiny" Archibald
 * Kenny Anderson
 * Jamal Mashburn
 * Stephon Marbury
 * Sebastian Telfair
 * Ed Pinckney
 * Joe Smith
 * Terry Dehere
 * Corey Fisher
 * Malik Sealy
 * Lance Stephenson
 * Vince Carter
 * J.R. Smith
 * Lamar Odom
 * Joe Hammond
 * Jackie Jackson
 * Pat Smith
 * Bill Hill
 * Aubrey Matthews
 * Rafer "Skip to my Lou" Alston.
 * Jamaal Tinsley

Rucker Hall of Fame

 * Sylvester Blye
 * Tom Sanders
 * Jackie Jackson

Rucker park in video games
The court appears in the videogames NBA Ballers, NBA Street, NBA Street Vol. 2, NBA Street V3, NBA Street Homecourt (as downloadable content), NBA 2K7, NBA 2K8, NBA 2K9, NBA 2K10 and FreeStyle Street Basketball AND1 Streetball as a playable court.