Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Rawle Alkins won’t be in Las Vegas this week with his NY Rens teammates because of a finger/hand injury.
“He had to stay behind to take care of that,” a source told SNY.tv.
Alkins confirmed he wouldn’t make the trip to Vegas after Justin Albers first reported the news on Twitter.
The 6-foot-5 Alkins last played Thursday night in the adidas Uprising All-American Camp game at Rucker Park, finishing with 24 points and eight assists.
Alkins is being targeted by Kentucky, Indiana and St. John’s, among others, and has set an unofficial visit to Kentucky for Big Blue Madness on Oct. 16.
A source close to Alkins said that Kentucky calls him “almost every day” and that St. John’s and Indiana are “slightly” more involved.
