There are countless gyms in OC for ballers to lace up their sneakers and shoot some hoops. But the real action is playing pickup games outdoors. Of course, OC isn't New York City, with its storied ball courts and legends such as Earl “The Goat” Manigault, but it has some nice spots to go after work or on the weekends. Borrowing the name of its famous counterpart, Central Park in La Palma offers three well-lit courts on which players can practice their pull-up-threes à la Steph Curry, each framed by tall chain-link fences reminiscent of “The Cage” courts of Greenwich Village. And rather than white lines painted over graying asphalt, these courts are beautifully painted green and blue. It's the perfect place in OC to say, “I got next!”
