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A new chicken restaurant opened in Rochester Friday, and one of the co-founders may have a pretty recognizable name. Former NBA player Kris Humphries, along with his cousin, Alex, opened up Dave’s Hot Chicken in the southeast part of the Med City. This is the first location to open outside of the Twin Cities, where four locations exist.
NBA player Thomas Bryant is coming back to his hometown of Rochester to mentor kids at a basketball clinic in his name. Bryant, who plays for the Miami Heat, has partnered with the YMCA to host the Thomas Bryant Camp. He will teach kids the fundamentals of basketball, including shooting and passing.
Long before the Rochester native became a NBA champ, he was just a kid from Rochester playing ball at his local YMCA. “We used to spend four, five, six hours in here a day,” said Bryant. “I remember my Mom used to work so much I was either home with friends or here.” Bryant used to be that kid in awe of the local pro athletes. “Like the Harlem Globetrotters,” said Bryant. “I remember I tortured my Mom to just stay there and get an autograph from at least half of the team.”
”The one thing everyone can agree on, if the Knicks are to make a jump in the standings, they have to have a guy — or two guys — to build around,’’ the Rochester native said. “They still don’t have that building block, from a star player’s standpoint.’’
According to a recent study, Rochester, New York, is considered the 50th-most-dangerous city in the United States. In 2019, there were 748 violent crimes per 100,000 people. This is where Isaiah calls home. When he was back in town this summer, preparing for the NBA Draft, Isaiah said “there were so many homicides and killings every few days.” Isaiah had an apartment in the city, and even though he was emerging as a man and had been on his own for several years — he left to play prep basketball in Indiana and one year of college at Washington — Dela was still checking in repeatedly.
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Isaiah Stewart, a throwback 6-foot-9 power forward/center out of upstate Rochester, isn’t the type who aspires to drive a fancy sports car. But his University of Washington head coach, Mike Hopkins, thinks Stewart is already a Ferrari — comparing his ferocious play to the Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell. “He’s got a motor like a Ferrari,’’ Hopkins told The Post. “It’s the relentlessness. He just plays so hard. He reminds me of a bigger version of Montrezl and a little Bam Adebayo. Probably not as skilled as Bam because he could handle it, but the same motor. It’s a relentlessness you can’t teach. It’s a mindset.’’ According to sources, the broad-shouldered 250-pounder has emerged as a strong candidate for the Knicks at No. 27 in the Nov. 18 draft, partly because the 19-year-old is likely to be there.
It’s the question of the moment on social media: Anyone else in Rochester not getting 13WHAM on DirecTV? Actually, no one can watch the ABC affiliate on the pay-television provider right now. It went dark Thursday night about a half hour before Game 1 of the 2019 NBA finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors.
Rochester lost a basketball legend on Saturday. Robert F. "Bobby" Wanzer, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, star guard for the 1951 NBA champion Rochester Royals and the coach who started St. John Fisher College’s program, died. Mr. Wanzer was 94. “It’s certainly sad that he’s gone but what an unbelievable, wonderful life he lived,” said Rob Kornaker, 47, the current coach at Fisher, where Mr. Wanzer coached from 1963-87.
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The Wolves termed “successful” Shabazz Muhammad’s surgery Monday in Rochester to repair a ruptured ligament in the middle finger of his left shooting hand. The second-year forward will miss the rest of the season.
Former East High School basketball star Art Long has been charged with gun and drug crimes and connected to a drug operation that Rochester police said has been the cause of violence in the city for months. Long, 40, who attended East and the University of Cincinnati prior to several years in the National Basketball Association, was arrested following a search of his Chili home on July 18. He was charged with third degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Former East High School basketball star Art Long has been charged with gun crimes and connected to a drug operation that Rochester police said has been the cause of violence in the city for months. Long, who attended East and the University of Cincinnati prior to several years in the National Basketball Association, was arrested following a search of his Gates home on July 18. The specific charges were unavailable Monday.
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