The Playaz Basketball Club

	The Playaz Basketball Club (PBC) has been in existence since 1997.
  
 The team originated from the Paterson AAU Team (A.K.A. the Pat Cats) that

 was formed in 1993.  Many notable players locally and nationally have played

 in this program.  NBA stars Tim Thomas, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, Eddie
 
 Griffin, Brevin Knight, DaJuan Wagner, Dahntay Jones and J.R. Smith have

 all been either Pat Cats or PLAYAZ.


	What began as one team has now grown into the 17 year-old Playaz

'Gold' team, the 16 year-old Playaz 'Red' Team, the 15 year-old Playaz 

'White'team and our 14 year old 'Black' team. Our team colors are "Gold","Red",

"White" and"Black".
       
       
        In the spring of 2005 the PBC took on the sponsorship of 3 elementary 

school aged brackets: 12u, 13u and 14u. These teams have added to our premise 

of being a PROGRAM rather than a team. We also sponsor "TEAM PATERSON", which is

one of our elementary school allstar teams.

	

         Tim Thomas of the Los Angeles Clippers, Vince Carter of the NJ Nets, Dahntay 

Jones of the Sacramento Kings ,J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets and also the late 

Eddie Griffin of the Minnesota Timberwolves have all been part of the PBC sponsorship 

 fraternity for teams and/or events at some time during the past few years. 


        The Playaz Basketball Club is one of the nation's ELITE Travel
 
 Team programs.  We have definitely become the program for the "Better Player".

 It is our continuing desire to be more than just an AAU team. We wish to not 

 only service our past and present players but also provide services in

 their home communities.