User:Ghost baller

Edward Gamble was born in Brooklyn NY on December 12, 1968, his parents moved to Queens NY and he attended Martin van Buren HS. He graduated in 1986 and attended Queens borough Community College then Borough of Manhattan Community College where the basketball bug bit him. Even though having no high school or college basketball experience edward dreamed of playing professional basketball. He heard of a pro league called the U.S.B.L and hit the ground running training and preparing for a tryout with one of the teams in the league. He played with the Long Island Surf under coach James Ryan after several years of getting cut from the roster before the season started. He also gravitated to general manager Ed krinsky youth out reach program and represented the team at several functions in the community. He met a sports writer from the New York News day (Rob Parker) and got an article written about his dream to play pro ball(june 14,1995). He later got a tryout with the New Jersey Nets in the NBA but that summer the league went on strike and he was cut. He also played in The LA summer pro league(1996),Finland(1997),Venezuela(1998),Dominican Rebulic(1999),Panama national selection team (2001). Edward has devoted over twenty years to giving back to the basketball community and troubled youths, by running group homes and working in jails with disadvantage youth. He is a motivational speaker and has made several appearances at the Bruce Bishop basketball camp in Queens NY. He is currently working on his basketball autobiography (Chasing the dream).