Max's All Stars Basketball

Max's All Stars needs your support to continue operations in 2025 and beyond. Our goals for the future are to continue growing our youth basketball program. We intend to resume hosting workouts and join leagues/tournaments. Our staff looks forward to building a strong youth basketball program that serves as a positive influence for our participants – on and off the court. We also intend to apply for USA Basketball certification , Jr. NBA status and/or become an official AAU team to further increase our presence and legitimize our youth basketball efforts. In addition, Max’s All Stars hopes to become a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under category 501(c)(3) . This would provide a tax deduction for donors who make a charitable contribution. Click here to learn more about our youth basketball program.

*** About Us ***

Max's All Stars began playing at the Hofstra University Recreation Center in Fall 2006 under the name of Max’s Auerbachers (in honor of the late, great Arnold “Red” Auerbach) and evolved to become Hofstra Club Basketball in 2008. Now known as Max's All Stars, the team plays in various competitive New York City adult basketball leagues all year round. Max Margulis is the founder, head coach and general manager of his All Stars.

Our roster has featured a lot of NCAA Division I, II, III talent and a few former professional basketball players. We have competed in many notable leagues and tournaments over the years such as the 92nd Street Y, Basketball City, Showcase NYC, Gun Hill Classic, Gardiner Memorial Tournament, Riverside Classic, Kenny Graham's West Fourth Street, Watson Basketball Classic, Johnny Rodriguez's Hoops Showdown, Tri-State Classic, Full Court Charity Challenge, ABC Hoops, NYC Basketball League, East Harlem Hoops, The Basketball Tournament (TBT), and others. Max's All Stars always aspires to compete on a higher level.

Max Margulis has a 311-139 (.691) overall record as head coach of Hofstra Club Basketball and Max's All Stars. During this time he has led his teams to thirty-one championship games (winning twenty-two). We also sponsored a women's team that won the Summer 2013 Lightning in the Bronx League Championship.

In 2015 and 2016, Max’s All Stars Youth Basketball Program hosted 41 workouts. We also competed in 21 games, finishing with an 8-13 record and reaching the ABC Hoops Junior Basketball League semifinals. Three members of Max’s All Stars Youth Basketball Program went on to play collegiate hoops – Donovan Cola, Justin Cardenas, and Keone Billey. Justin and Keone were members of Max’s All Stars Youth Basketball Program in 2015 and 2016. They both attended our weekly workouts led by Patrick James, Jason Lewis, Corey Orgias, and Troy Whittington. Justin played in 8 games for Max's All Stars and Keone played in 17. Justin played basketball for Thomas Edison Career & Technical High School from 2016 to 2019 and went on to become a member of the College of Staten Island Men’s Basketball Team (2019-2023). Keone played on the Kingsborough Community College Men’s Basketball Team as a freshman (2019-2020). Donovan was a member of Max’s All Stars Youth Basketball Program in 2015 and went on to play for the Hunter College Hawks Men’s Basketball Team (2022-2025).

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