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Nike, Jordan Brand and Converse captured the basketball world at the World Basketball Festival this weekend in New York City. In addition to the great players, teams and artists, Nike released some great gear. When Nike does things, they do them well. They had Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and [...]
The USA Men’s Basketball team defeated France 86-55 in Madison Square Garden today for the World Basketball Festival. It wasn’t much of a game with Team USA dominating the short handed team from France. Tony Parker, Ronnie Turiaf and Roddy Beaubois were not playing. Team USA was without Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade [...]
David Moseley from Streetball.com is at the World Basketball Festival in New York. Over the next few days, I will be uploading pics, articles and videos from the World Basketball Festival. Here’s a great pic of the legendary Michael Jordan at Rucker Park yesterday. Michael Jordan at Rucker Park Michael Jordan and the 1992 Dream [...]
Germanys Reality Check, held in Cologne on July 17-18, 2010, was a great opportunity for the best German streetball teams to show their basketball skills against a group of international teams from Belgium, France, Italy, Romania and USA. Here are some great pics taken by Matteo Bruni at Germanys Reality Check 2010. Germanys Reality Check [...]
Vincent van Sliedregt set a new standard in Dutch basketball. At Holland’s biggest streetball tournament, he jumped over a car to win the slam dunk contest. In his first two dunks, he did a 360 pump and a 540. Watch the video of Vincent jumping over a car. The car slam dunk starts at the [...]
Here are some of the best pics we took at the Sprite Showdown in Dallas,Tx. I think Werm has the skills to win it all. Dunkers include Sir Isaac, Werm and other participants. Drake and Lebron James will judge the finals of the Sprite Showdown. Sprite Showdown Dallas Photos
I had the opportunity to cover the Quai 54 slam dunk contest as well as the Sprite Showdown in Dallas. When it comes to one leg dunkers, Guy Dupuy and Werm are two of the best. Guy Dupuy won the dunk contest in France and Werm won the Sprite Showdown in Dallas. Despite the strong [...]
The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest was in Dallas, TX today. I enjoyed the opportunity to be a judge at the Sprite Showdown. Hands down, Werm was the champion. I would like to thank Sprite and all the staff for the opportunity. Darryl Dawkins was a pleasure to meet as well. The Dallas Sprite Showdown featured [...]
Nike and USA Basketball are making a strong effort to make the World Basketball Festival a success. Streetball will be covering the World Basketball Festival in New York. Here are some great pics of some of the players. Check out the great illustrations of Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris [...]
Here are some more photos from the Quai 54 Streetball tournament in Paris, France. Quai 54 featured teams from Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, England and the USA. La Fusion from France won its third consecutive championship by defeating Team Dirty South 52-43 in the Quai 54 finals. Special thanks goes to Alexandre Daverdon from www.pixalex.com [...]
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