Yearly Archives: 2011

Life After Sports Interview with John Celestand

Check out my interview about Life After Basketball below. John Celestand on The Post Game Plan

Impossible to Forget 9/11

I still get chills down my spine, and goose bumps raise on my skin.  Everytime my soul becomes eerily silent when I think back on that horrific day ten years ago.  I would never be the same again.  WE would …
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Celestand, Mellish to hold basketball clinic in New Jersey

By John Haley/For The Star-Ledger Former NBA champion John Celestand and former St. Peter’s High School standout Mars Mellish remember the days when they used to do battle for the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournement championship at the Rutgers Athletic Center back …
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Former NBA Champ Bringing the Fundamentals Back to New Jersey

John Celestand is concerned about basketball’s disappearing fundamentals, and he’s decided to do something about it. The former Piscataway High School star, who won an NBA championship ring with the 2000 Los Angeles Lakers and is making a name for …
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NBA FINALS 2011

Yes, it begins tonight. The 2011 NBA Finals will be intriguing, as will be the characters which make the Finals what they are. For all the hate and the negativity that the Miami Heat received all year, you have to …
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Former Standouts Celestand and Mellish Create All-State Basketball

May 27, 2011 on 3:12 pm | In Piscataway Hoops, New Brunswick Hoops | Old Rivals Come Together To Help Central Jersey Youngsters Become All-State Basketball Players NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Earlier this week, GMC Hoops was contacted by former St. Peter’s …
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All-State Basketball Clinic

All-State Basketball Clinic at New Brunswick Middle School July 30th and 31st, 2011 Want to improve your skills and fundamentals while learning from the best in the sport? All-State Basketball is offering an upcoming Summer Youth Basketball Skills Clinic at …
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THE MIAMI HATE

PASS THE TORCH Anyone that has ever been an athlete understands that one of the most depressing and harder things to come to grips with is aging. There are many tortures in life, but nothing worst than when an athlete …
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WHO IS THE REAL UNCLE TOM?

Itty Bitty East….When I heard Charles Barkley say this, I never felt so small.  How could this be happening to me? Yes, I felt like the Big East represented me while I represented the Big East. And yes, for the …
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THE MADNESS!!!

Well here we are in the month of March. I was born during this month. I feel as though I was made for this. Nothing more exciting than the NCAA Tournament. So let’s get started. Here are my thoughts on …
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