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Philadelphia basketball community pays tribute to Mike Jensen's 'A Year in Philly Hoops' series

Inquirer columnist Mike Jensen spent all of 2017 chronicling the many angles of Philadelphia's basketball community, from local rec leagues to youth teams to high schools, colleges and the pros. Some people Jensen featured have come together to thank him for his work.

Staff writer Mike Jensen, and the logo for his “A Year in Philly Hoops” series.
Staff writer Mike Jensen, and the logo for his “A Year in Philly Hoops” series.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer

Inquirer columnist Mike Jensen spent all of 2017 chronicling the many angles of Philadelphia's basketball community, from local rec leagues to youth teams to high schools, colleges and the pros.

Now that the series is over, some of the people Jensen featured have come together to thank him for his work.

Josh Verlin, a regular contributor to the Inquirer and Daily News on local basketball recruiting, has compiled a huge collection of tributes on his website, City of Basketball Love.

Click here to read the feature, which includes quotes from these 17 people whom Mike featured in his series:

Rosemont College head coach Barney Hughes

Philly Pride AAU director Kamal Yard

Basketball scout Norm Eavenson

New Orleans Pelicans guard and Chester High and St. Joe's product Jameer Nelson

High school referee Dominic Frassinelli

Cat-raising 76ers superfan Dennis Grove

St. Joe's Prep head coach William "Speedy" Morris

Philadelphia court process-server and free basketball distributor Mike Gibson

Shipley School senior guard and Binghamton commit Sam Sessoms

University of the Sciences head coach Dave Pauley

Philadelphia Youth Basketball Co-Founder, President and CEO Kenny Holdsman

All-City Classic co-director Charles "Shoob" Monroe

Girard College head coach and Right Turn Youth Academy director Chelse Hall

Former Del-Val Charter coach James "Flames" Lewis

St. Joe's assistant coach Geoff Arnold

Danny Rumph Classic founder Mike Morak

Scholastic Play-by-Play Classics director Jeremy Treatman

(Verlin got his own feature in Jensen's series, too, by the way, in July.)

Click here to read every story from the 'A Year In Philly Hoops' series.