Chi-Town Killer Interview
STREET-BALLERS
Some notable, well-known street-ballers include The Professor (Grayson Boucher), The Bone Collector (Larry Williams) and Hot Sauce (Philip Champion). All these ballers have been represented on teams such as 'BallUp' and by companies such as AND1. They regularly travel around the US, looking for pickup games and tournaments.
NBA PLAYERS
NBA players Kevin Durant, Lebron James and Amar'e Stoudemire playing street ball in the offseason ; streetball.com
Allen Iverson- one of the greatest basketball players of all time- has played street-ball all his life, growing up in Virgina, USA. Even after retiring, Allen continues to participate in street ball events, going back to his 'roots'.
Kevin Durant- The 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player, Durant played a lot of street-ball during the shortened 2012-13 NBA season. His most notable performance was August 1st, 2011 at Rucker Park, NYC where he scored 66 points.
With the 'ballers' being derived from hip-hop, many artists such as Kanye West, Drake and Jay-Z mention themes about basketball in their songs. These hip-hop artists also attend basketball games and have specific teams; Jay-Z attends every Brooklyn Nets fame in New York and Drake is the global ambassador of the Toronto Raptors