Springfield Gardens Education Complex in Queens will honor the memory of its most-decorated basketball player on Thursday when it names its gymnasium for former Knick Anthony Mason in an afternoon ceremony.
Mason, one of the signature players on Pat Reilly's mid-1990's Knicks teams, died at age 48 on Feb. 28, less than a month after suffering a heart attack.
"It's a wonderful way of honoring my pops," said Anthony Mason Jr., the former St. John's star. "He really cared about his school."
Mason played for Springfield Gardens High School, as it then was known, when the Golden Eagles won the 1983 PSAL city championship by defeating Alexander Hamilton in the title game.