ALAMEDA — With the help of the Golden State Warriors, Alameda’s Washington Park now has a brand new set of basketball courts, complete with a new blacktop and new hoops.

On Sept. 29, a crowd estimated at around 200 parents and children attended the official unveiling of the new courts, hosted by the Warriors Community Foundation, NBC Sports Announcer Fallon Smith, and former Warriors guard Kelenna Azubuike.

“I grew up playing basketball — one of the great things about playing basketball is it teaches you work ethic,” Azubuike said, explaining to the children that he always had to complete his schoolwork before playing basketball. “This court gives you a chance to go after your dreams.”

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The Washington Park courts renovation is part of the Makin’ Hoops program, and is one of over 70 basketball courts created by the Warriors Community Foundation, in partnership with Good Tidings Foundation. Alameda’s courts came not just from donations from the Community Foundation, but also from Aquafina and the Alameda Theater & Cineplex, which donated more than $60,000 raised from the community.

During the event, a basketball clinic was held for about 100 youngsters and backpacks and school supplies, along with Warriors jerseys, were distributed as part of the Warriors’ “Back to School in the Bay” program. Alameda Vice Mayor Malia Vella came out to support the event.

“I like to think of this now not as a blacktop, but as a bluetop,” Vella said, in reference to the newly painted asphalt with the Warriors logo. “We all like to play basketball, and we all share values like diversity … I’m going to be out here playing a game of horse, and I hope to see you out here too.”

And parents and teachers who were at the event said they were excited to have such a nice court in the neighborhood.

“We take our kids out here every summer and this is incentive,” said Pravda Wright, parent engagement coordinator with Alameda Point Collaborative. “We all want our kids to be energetic and exercise.”

She had taken about 20 students in the youth program out for the court unveiling.

“They all love the Warriors and this is close enough for a lot of them to walk here,” Wright said.

Parent Kieu Chu was at the event with her three young children, and said they were all happy that the Warriors helped fix up a court close to home.

“We live just two blocks away, we come here all the time,” Chu said. “Before, you had to watch where the cracks in the asphalt were, wood would be bent and you have to make sure your kids don’t trip.”

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Her son, 9-year-old Joshua, was excited to get a chance to play on the new court.

“No other team can beat that, huh?” she said.

The unveiling ended with an invitation to all the kids to get to play a round of freestyle basketball.

“Use this court a lot,” Azubuike said. “Wear these rims out.”