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Streetball is an urban form of basketball, played in playgrounds and imitated in gymnasiums across the world. It has been prominently featured as part of the AND1 company's heralded "Mix Tape Tour" across America which has vastly popularized the game with extensive media coverage.
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1 Rules and Features
2 Prominent AND1 Streetballers
3 And 1 Street Ballers no longer with the tour
4 Other Notable StreetBallers
5 Internet Streetball
6 Video Games
7 External links
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Rules and Features
While the rules of Streetball are essentially/theoretically the same as normal basketball, Streetball places a higher emphasis on one-on-one matchups between the offense and defender. Often the attacker will perform numerous flashy moves while attempting to drive to the basket, including crossovers, jab steps, and other fake-out tricks. Streetball often features spectacular dunks and alley-oops, impressive ball handling, and trash talking.
Certain rule violations in traditional basketball, such as carrying, do not apply in Streetball. Style is often the determining factor in what is and is not legal in a Streetball game - if it looks good, it's not against the rules. In this sense, Streetball is as much performance art as it is an athletic contest.
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Prominent AND1 Streetballers
AND1 has a team of Streetballers that perform in various "Mix Tape" tours across America and around the world.
Phillip Champion aka "Hot Sauce"
Aaron Owens aka "AO"
Robert Martin aka "50"
John Humphrey aka "Helicopter"
Tony Jones aka "Go Get It"
John Harvey aka "High Octane"
Robin Lucious Kennedy, Jr. aka "Sik Wit It"
Grayson Boucher aka "The Professor"
Anthony Heyward aka "Half Man, Half Amazing"
Lonnie Harrell aka "Prime Objective"
Dennis Chism aka "Spyda"
Troy Jackson aka "Escalade"
Eric Holmes aka "Spinmaster"
Hugh Jones aka "Baby Shack"
Waliyy Dixon aka "Main Event"
Jamar Davis aka "The Pharmacist"
Shane Woney aka "The Dribbling Machine"
Taurian Fontenette aka "Air Up There" aka "Boomerang" (Newest member of Team AND 1)
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And 1 Street Ballers no longer with the tour
Rafer Alston aka "Skip To My Lou"
Tim Gittens aka "Headeache"
Tyrone Evans aka "Alimoe" aka "Black Widow"
Antoine Howard aka "Flash" (RIP)
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Other Notable StreetBallers
Rhyne "TRICK" Simpson
Earl "The Goat" Manigault
Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland
Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
Connie "The Hawk" Hawkins
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
Lloyd "Swee' Pea" Daniels
Larry "Bone Collector" Williams
Billy "The Kid" Harris
James "Fly" Williams
Adrian "Whole Lotta Game" Walton
Randy "White Chocolate" Gill
Erving "I'll Be Right Back" Oppong
Roberto "Exile" Yong
Myree "Reemix" Bowden
Joel "King Handles" Haywood
Ed "Booger" Smith
Pat "Da Roc" Robinson
Bobbito Garcia
Andre "Silk" Poole
Mohammed "Goosebumps" Wenn
Sante "757" Gayle
Johnny "Blaze" Mubanda
Rory "Disaster" Grace
Ramey "Showstoppa" Dawoud
Hammam "Inavata" Khatir
Chris "Tru Baller" Young
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Internet Streetball
The Internet has helped spread the word about Streetball across the globe, and given players and opportunity to shine on an international level. Players film their game and post up video clips demonstrating their skills and abilities. "Streetball Crews" are formed where players on the crew make basketball clips (typically edited with rap music) to get the most fans and spread their name and their game. The first crew to do this was Streetball.co.uk who started putting clips online back in 2000 - a style which has since been followed by The Notic, Dime and YPA.
The Notic popularized and revolutionized the "Streetball Freestyle" where a player performs a routine involving insane tricks, amazing ball handling manouvers, and even some dancing. Many of the popular "freestyle" moves can be found here. The Streetball seen on the Internet tends to include more extravagant and illegal moves, with less emphasis on fundamental play. In this way, the Internet has arguably been a vital tool in the spread of Streetball around the world. InsideHoops.com, a recognized professional media outlet, was the first famous sports website to introduce a section devoted entirely to streetball event coverage.
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Video Games
Streetball has been featured in:
Street Hoops (Activision - 2002)
NBA Street Series (EA Sports Big - NBA Street, 2002; NBA Street Vol. 2, 2003; NBA Street V3, 2005)
NBA Ballers (Midway - 2004)
AND 1 Streetball (Ubisoft - June 2006)
AND 1 Streetball (Ubisoft) - Video Game Information
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External links
NC's Finest
Streetball Online
The Playgroundz
Streetballin
Streetball UK
Streetball Kosova - Kosovo
InsideHoops.com streetball coverage
AND1
Melbourne Streetball Foundation (MSF)
The Notic: Streetball Crew
YPA: Streetball Crew
Dime: Streetball Crew
Streeballtalk: streetball discussion forum
Ball 'Til I Fall: Streetball Crew
Jason's Streetball Blog - 2006 Tour USA
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