And 1 Mixtape Tour 2008

Basketball and streetball player Grayson Boucher aka “The Professor” of Salem, Oregon, was asked how he first got noticed.

“I played the team, and I got noticed,” he said. “They took me on a tour.”

Kenny “The Bad One” Brunner, from Los Angeles, said, “I was broke and I needed a job.”

And One’s “8th Wonder” Scott, a former member of the Harlem GlobeTrotters, is a member of the team.

Grayson Boucher aka The Professor

Grayson Boucher aka The Professor Streetball

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame brought the traveling basketball competition and exhibition AND1 Mixtape Tour, an organized streetball team, to the Hall of Fame yesterday to provide a clinic for area teens.

The streetball team, along with their announcer, Duke Tango, travels from city to city and plays teams composed of local talent. The players will be at the Hall of Fame for four days and will play an All Star Team of youths selected from cities around the country Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Hall of Fame.

Streetball Yellow Basketball

Streetball Yellow Basketball

Kobe Bryant Beijing Olympic Games

Kobe Bryant has put aside the Lakers loss to Boston in the 2008 NBA Finals and re-ignited his passion for the sport he dominated this past season. He said he is looking forward to the competition and pressure the United States faces heading into the Beijing Olympics.

“What we have is a determination to win,” Bryant said after the first day of practice at Valley High. “We have guys who work extremely hard, play hard, play well together and go out there and do what we do best.”

Kobe Bryant USA Basketball

Kobe Bryant Stretching after USA Basketball Practice

“There is pressure every time we play, pressure to win, especially for us, USA Basketball,” Bryant said. “It comes with the territory. It comes from playing sports. Pressure comes along with it.

“But everyone is used to dealing with it. We thrive on it.”

Tyreke Evans Basketball Video at Streetball

Tyreke Evans will be taking over the point guard spot for Derrick Rose and the Memphis Tigers next college basketball season.  Tyreke Evans is considered to be the top basketball prep in the High School Class of 2008. He was a McDonald’s All-American and a Jordan Brand first team All-American, winning MVP in both basketball games.

Tyreke Evans Now Playing at Streetball

Basketball and Hip-Hop Lifestyle

Basketball and Hip-Hop Lifestyle

USA Olympic Basketball Team

The 2008 Men’s USA Basketball Team is representing all the Streetball players around the world at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on 08-08-08.

Here is preview of the USA Basketball Team connecting with the streets.  Nike Basketball participated in the event along with the NBA players and coaches.

Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony are featured in the basketball video now playing at Streetball.com.

USA Basketball Team Video

Lebron James and Kobe Bryant in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team Video

Streetball Calls Out Basketball and Web 2.0 Websites

Streetball.com is doing something I never imagined.  Just watch the streetball video.  By the way, the video includes Scout.com, Rise Magazine, And 1, Yardbarker.com, MaxPreps.com, Rivals.com, Takkle.com, NBA, MySpace.com, SlamOnline.com and other basketball and sports websites.  Check out the Streetball.com Remix of Ace Hood’s popular video, “Cash Flow.”

Ace Hood Cash Flow Streetball Remix

Ace Hood “Cash Flow Streetball Remix”

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