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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.

Contents 1 Rules and Features 2 Prominent AND1 Streetballers 3 And 1 Street Ballers no longer with the tour 4 Other Streetballers 5 Video Games 6 External links

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, carrying for example, simply do not need to 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.

Prominent AND1 Streetballers

AND1 has a team of Streetballers that perform in various "Mix Tape" tours across America and around the world.

• 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"
• Tim Gittens aka "Headache"
• Jamar Davis aka "The Pharmacist"
• Shane Woney aka "The Dribbling Machine"
• Taurian Fontenette aka "Air Up There" aka "Boomerang"

And 1 Street Ballers no longer with the tour

• Rafer Alston aka "Skip To My Lou"
• Tim Gittens aka "Headeache"
• Phillip Champion aka "Hot Sauce"
• Tyrone Evans aka "Alimoe" aka "Black Widow"
• Antoine Howard aka "Flash"

Rafer Alston found success in the NBA along with Jason Williams and Ricky Davis, while Antoine Howard passed away in 2004 before the MixTape Tour started back up.

Other Streetballers

• Earl "The Goat" Manigault
• Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland
• Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
• Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond
• Lloyd "Swee' Pea" Daniels
• Larry "Bone Collector" Williams
• Kendall "Breathe Eazy" Butler
• Jamal "Showbizz" Robinson
• Joel "King Handles" Haywood
• Roberto "Exile" Yong
• Maurice "Kit Kat" Jones
• Ed "Booger" Smith
• Pat "Da Roc" Robinson
• Ramey "Showstoppa" Dawoud
• Hammam "Inavata" Khatir
• Andre "Silk" Poole
• Mohammed "Goosebumps" Wenn
• Sante "757" Gayle
• Shawn "Streetz" Sims

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)
• AND1 Streetball (Ubisoft - Feb 1st 06)

External links

• Streetball history

AND1

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