Scottie Pippen: “Offensive and Defensive plays?, He Mastered Them!”

Scottie Maurice Pippen, an amazing athlete who has mastered the abilities of jumping, shooting and various of other skills. His monstrous jumping ability has postarize many players in the NBA. If Pippen goes up in the air, then there are only three words “Look Out Below” because he is coming down with a thunderous slam on top of you! However if you choose to double team him in the paint then he will just have to step back behind the arc and simply shoot one in your face! There is merely nothing that you can do to defend this astonishing player. Not only is he an unstoppable player, but also keen player who lead Chicago Bulls along with Michael Jordan to six championships. He has left a mark as being nominated as one of the best all-around players in NBA history.

Scottie Pippen attended college at University Of Central Arkansas, and played for the basketball team for four consecutive years. Pippen’s great performance at his college as a basketball player, lead him to be immediately considered a viable NBA prospect. In 1987, Pippen was selected fifth overall in the NBA Draft by the Seattle Supersonics. Where he played some introductory games with and soon he was traded to the Chicago Bulls for the eighth pick, 7-ft center Olden Polynice. Only later did the Supersonics realise that Pippen had great potential because with the Chicago bulls, Pippen blossomed as an all-star player.

Scottie Pippen immediately became Chicago’s young starting forward with 6”10” power forward Horace Grant. Both of these players played well together and portrayed great chemistry with the team which lead Chicago to many wins. Then later on, in the 1988 playoffs, Pippen would come together with one of the greatest legend of all time Michael Jordan and they both lead the Bulls to reach the Eastern Conference semi finals for the first time in over a decade. Pippen was just booming as a player he was well recognized for his stellar defence and consistent scoring ability.

In 1990, Pippen helped the Bulls to reach the Conference Finals and earned himself his first NBA All-Star Game berth. However, in game seven of the conference finals against the Detroit Pistons, Pippen suffered from a migraine headache which really affected his performance. Then in the following year, 1991, Pippen would continue to improve and establish himself as a force to be reckoned with. Pippen became as the Bull’s primary defensive stopper and an indispensable offensive threat. He helped lead the Bulls to six NBA Championships(1990-91, 1991-92,1992-93,1995-96, and 1997-98). As a legend he was nominated as one of the NBA’s Fifty Greatest Players when the league was celebrating its fiftieth season in 1996.

Pippen still to this day has 3 achievements and records: 1) Pippen holds the NBA record for most career assists for a forward, 2) Pippen holds the NBA record for most career steals for a forward and 3) Pippen recorded 20 career triple-doubles.

Scottie Maurice Pippen is now retired and is spending some time working as a basketball analyst for the Chicago Bulls, he is also a special assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. . Pippen has two children and is married to Assyrian-American Larsa Younan. Pippen is a frequent poker player and he just loves kicking it back and playing high stake poker games with his team-mates Jordan and Ron Harper.

Enjoy some of his greatest moments in the NBA

Tim Hardaway: "Killer Cross-over"

Wow, one of the most exciting players of the 90s. Tim Hardaway can be credited with inventing the killer cross-over which has now become so popular. It is used by almost every player in the game is practically impossible to defend. Through following Hardaway's game, people like Iverson and Marbaury have been able to become such great basketball players.


After graduating from Carver High School in Chicago, Hardaway attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where he won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best college player under six feet (1.83 m) tall. Hardaway was selected as the 14th pick of the first round, in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

With the Warriors, Hardaway was part of "Run TMC" (a play on the title of the popular rap group Run DMC) which was the high-scoring trio of himself, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin. As part of the Warriors' attack, Hardaway was responsible for leading Run TMC's fast break, displaying his excellent passing and one-on-one skills to complement Richmond's slashing and Mullin's shooting. During his time with the Warriors, Hardaway’ dribbiling techniques were on full display. His deadly cross-over made him famous and kids all over the country were imitating this move. The killer cross-over is described below and when perfected it is a deadly move.

Hardaway’s best seasons occurred, when he was traded to the Miami Heat. He teamed out with Alonzo Mourning to make the Miami Heat one of the best teams of he eastern conference during the 90s, routinely winning conference titles. However, much like everyone else, the Heat became victims of the Chicago Bulls title runs and also of bad luck.
I remember watching the 8th seed New York Knicks taking on the first seed Miami Heat during the 1999 playoffs. The Heat were more talented, better coached and had a great center in his prime, Alonzo Mourning. However, the Knicks were gritty and played with heart. With Allan Houston hitting the runner at the buzzer, it was one of the greatest displays of team will in sports. NY Knicks became the first 8th seeded team to beat a 1st seed in the playoffs.

He was an MVP candidate following the 1996-1997 season, making it to the All-NBA First Team after leading the Heat to the best record in franchise history while averaging 20.3 points, 8.6 assists, and being fourth in the league with 203 three-point baskets. He reached 5000 points and 2500 assists faster than any NBA player, except Oscar Robertson. Hardaway has competed in five NBA All-Star Games. He is the Miami Heat's all time leader in assists.

You could always count on Tim Hardaway to give his most and give his heart when he plays on that court. His hard work made him one of the best point gaurds of the 90s decade. He was also fearless, not scared to go into the 7 foot defenders to take a layup or not afraid to take a shot when the game was on the line. Tim hardaway should be a role model for all up coming point guards playing the game.
Currently, Tim has a wife, Yolanda, and two children. He lives in Miami, Florida. Hardaway is a player/head coach of the Florida Pit Bulls of the ABA. Tim Hardaway also co-owns an upscale Handcarwash with partner Cory Mason in Miami.

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Magic Brownie

Old School Ballers

Modern ball players are great!, but wat about our old school ballers?, Magic Brownie introduced to y'all a honourable legend, Magic Johnson and so now its time to present you some more of the top great legends!

Old School basketball is really something that we must all analyze because it is the basis of all styles of basketball play. In addition, now a days many interpret old shool basketball as being very boring because they feel that it lacks the entertaining style of streetball. However, this is not true, basketball was developed by old school players like Magic brownie mentioned in the previous posts.

We have numerous players who hold a special talent in the game of basketball. Looks can always be deceiving, we may think a tall person can't dribble, an overweight person can't run or a short person can't dunk!..Well guess what those are all bogus claims, anyone can do anything ! if you put your mind, heart and soul into it. You can do anything if you keep trying, keep practicing and most important keep correcting those mistakes you make. It is all about hard work and dedication, you have to say that ' I WILL DO IT!'

Here is a great player who inspired me tremendously, if this man can dunk at 5 feet 7 inches tall, than
"'I could As WELL!!!!" I say to myself.


Here is da man, a Great Legend

SPUDD WEBB!

Old school ballers

We gotta pay respects for those who developed the game and those who helped bring new aspects to the game.

I am going to start on a new theme, old school ballers.

I will focus on some of the greatest ballers from the old school. People such as Pistol Pete, Darryl Dawkins (one of my favorite), Magic Johnson just to name a few

Today we will concentrate on Magic Johnson. I read his book during my semster in university and it was a pretty powerful book. It was called "My Life" By Magic Johnson with William Novak

Lets get into some clips
These are pretty wiked if you have never seen Magic Johnson highlights before.
The man really did revolutionize the game









i love the music in both these videos
especially the second song in the second video

peacee

And1 Superstars

This is a never ending cycle! ...Streetball just keeps going and going. So far I have introduced to y'all two great players, Rafer' Skip To My Lou' Alston and Andre Poole AKA SYLK , who have set streetball on fire. But we have only analyzed dribbling, shots and passing skills....but where are the dunks at ...right?

Last Post by me was kinda long, so I am going to keep this one short and simple.

Alright, so here presenting you a man with so much strength, confidence and most important hops, " Taurian Fontenette AKA -Air Up There".

Enjoy,










Damn!!!, That's all I can say
Tell me what you people think of this superstar!

AND1 superstars

Since D WuN started this idea with posting clips of and1 players, I have wanted to show a and1 player of my own. I have chosen Aaron owens aka A.O., representing philly's streetball scene A.O. is famous for his hard crossovers, amazing passes and throwing nice alleys.
A.O. attended Simon Gratz High School where he played alongside current NBA stars Rasheed Wallace and Aaron McKie. He also played for the NBDL Mobile Revelers in 2002-03, averaging 11.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.
So here is a clip enjoy!

Happy New Years

I just want to wish everyone out there a happy new year
it seems like 2006 went by really fast
and i feel like 2007 is going to be much of the same
anyways to celebrate this momentus occasion
how about we celebrate it with a a clip

These here are some flity, dirty, nasty crossovers

just look and watch

Lets Bring out the present And1 superstars

As we know,And1 is definitely one of the main motivator to all other streetball groups and teams. Like mentioned in the previous introductory post, Rafer 'Skip To My Lou' Alston has looked deeper into traditional fundamental basketball by revealing a new style of ball play. From his lay-ups, to his passes and to his dribbling abilities ,he has set the basis of streetball played today.

Streetball today, has just been gradually improving in terms of skills and overall team game play. Many talented ballers around the world have been putting a little bit of their own touch in streetball to spark up the love they attain from viewers and live crowds. Their are thousands of great ballers out their, but since we cannot acknowledge all of them, we will do our best to present to you the best that we have seen that currently shine as true streetballers.

Lets begin with Andre Poole AKA SYLK from And1, who grew up in Baltimore,MD. A very talented and also young player that has unbelievable handles and passes....here is a clip to show you what I mean...

Have Fun,

The newest member

Since this is going to be my first post on this site, I am going to try to be original and unique on this first post of mines.
I will start with a segment I call best of both worlds
MOS DEF


AND

Jamal Crawford



What do they share in common?
Well their both underrated, they never got major commercial success.
Mos def never sold well with the mainstream crowd and Jamal Crawford was never selected to be an all-star by the fans.

They both keep it real, go back to the fundamentals of there areas.....
Mos portrays complex and powerful lyrics and Jamal plays smooth clutch and shoots the Mid range which is considered a lost art in the NBA.

If Mos was to be a baller then he would be Crawford, if Jamal had flow he would be def
they both represent New York and the East coast on both the rap and nba scene.

But just to be on track of what this blog is really meant for, here I present you Crawford's sick highlights.

Play the game and love the game

Enjoy,




and now it's mos def's turn

Teaching you guys some ball

This post is to teach you guys how to improve your game
So that you can be the best you can be

I have tried to use some of these techniques during my school session when I was working on my game everyday and trust me when I say that the fade away techniques really do work
I almost forgot to mention, this is advice from one of the legends of the game, the man who perfected the fade-away

Michael Jordan




This other clip is about handles and offensive philosophy
A person like me i have handles but i dont know how to use it most effectively

I dont know how many people have had formal training in basketball
I am sure a lot of people just pick up the game and just play and never learn a lot of the fundamentals
I can now look back and say that it is bettter to learn those fundamentals becuase it will improve your street game
Even though the streetball is all about flash, true ballers understand when they see a good baller
and a good baller always has their fundamentals on lock




Last but not least, Michael Jordan teaching you how to do a cross-over
its pretty good
gives you a good start on how to do it
and we will work on this as we go along and we will try to teach you guys how to best do crossovers

Introduction to the world of streetball

Wassup everyone,
Want to welcome everyone to our blog spot, where we highlight the world of streetball. Our team has 3 dedicated ballers to present the finest streetball material on the web. We are Magic Brownie, D-WuN and Killa_K. We have been balling in the courts of Montreal, Canada over the last 12 years. Coincedentily, the same courts we battled each other in, was the same place where became the best of friends. We were brought together by the love for street-ball; the passion, the heart, the moves and most importantly the game itself.
This game has become a worldwide phenomen and is not just something thats associated with New York. Thanks mainly to AND 1, we can now see streetball being played in the streets of China and Indonesia.
In this blog, we will discuss the history of streetball, analyze the latest books (for those of you who like to read), movie reviews and just enjoy the sickest moves and dunks from the streets.

So lets get into some clips.

These clips are about one of the most influential people to game, Rafer “Skip to my Lou” Alston. He has brought the street game to the limelight and we should all thank him for this. Enough talk here are the clips

Magic Brownie found the music kind of cheesy, but the rest of us loved it
Magic brownie “you guys are all fruits”
Here it is




We all loved the second clip
Better music better moves and also shows his exploits in the NBA
Magic Brownie: “you guys are still fruits for liking the first song”




Enjoy