The Fonde Recreation Center , often known simply as Fonde (pronounced "fon-DEE") or Fonde Rec , is a public gym near downtown Houston , Texas . Fonde is known for its basketball courts, which have been the proving ground for numerous NCAA and NBA basketball players during the summertime. Among the basketball legends that have played at Fonde are all-time greats such as Hakeem Olajuwon , Moses Malone and Clyde Drexler . Among the most oft-cited anecdotes of Fonde are the Malone–Olajuwon duels during the early 1980s, in which the two future Basketball Hall of Fame centers squared off, with the elder Malone, formerly of the Houston Rockets , testing the skills of the younger Olajuwon, then just a college player with the University of Houston . Fonde has been featured as a playable location in several NBA video games, including the NBA Live series, along with other well-known underground hoops hotbeds such as New York's Rucker Park , Goat Park , and The Cage , Chicago's Jackson Park Cages and Venice Beach .
3-663: While many NBA players still play in Houston during the summer, many now play at the privately owned Westside Tennis Club . However, Fonde remains a mecca of basketball, with the Nike Houston Pro City Summer Basketball League being the signature event of the summer, recently featuring NBA stars such as Sam Cassell , Rashard Lewis , Steve Francis , Emeka Okafor and T. J. Ford . 29°45′47″N 95°22′30″W / 29.7630°N 95.3750°W / 29.7630; -95.3750 This article about
6-551: A sports venue in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Houston -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Westside Tennis Club Club Westside is a private tennis club in Houston, Texas . It was the former home (2001–2007) to the ATP Tour U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships . Its 5,240-seat Gallery Furniture Stadium
9-697: Was the home of the Houston Wranglers of World TeamTennis . The stadium also hosted the Tennis Masters Cup in 2003 and 2004 . The club long offered courts of all the Grand Slam surfaces: Rebound Ace ( Australian Open ), red clay ( French Open ), grass ( Wimbledon ), and DecoTurf ( US Open ). The clay courts were the only courts in the United States that were identical to those at Roland Garros . The grass courts were designed and installed under
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