The Hightlight Reel 01

Podcast version coming soon…

I love the long akward pause that occurs after X-Rated states that the one dude is “in the buildin’”… then he realizes they’re playing outdoors.

The highlight reel is wrecked when you don’t score on the play after you break some ankles. Unless you broke an ankle then dished off to someone who botched the play. Know what I mean?

Yo fellas,

You don’t understand how it is at Dyckman when the Dominicans play. I was out there that night and 2 Hard 2 Guard crossed him up, he’s one of our own from our hood and he’s Nike player of the week in NYC. We were just proud of him you know?

I know streetball has ‘taken over the world’ etc, but I’m finding myself disliking it more and more. Not to get all Bill Walton on everyone but I think it is damaging the way kids learn the game.

I’m currently living in London and the standard of ball here is pretty low but every single kid has the flashiest ‘And 1′ cross-over. They just can’t dribble with their left hand (let alone finish going left), cut, box out, screen, move without the ball … You get the idea. I hate watching someone take 10 seconds dribbling on the wing trying to embarass somebody (with actually scoring being waaay down the priority list). Give me Rip Hamilton curling round a double screen for an open 15 footer over Jamal Crawford doing three ‘ankle breaking’ crossovers and launching a fade away three any day of the week.

The quality of ball is low in London? It’s damn
near an epidemic here in the States as well! I agree with dude who took issue with the over celebration on a cross-up with no finish! You don’t how many runs I’ve been in with the crowd getting hype on some kid with mad handle who can’t make a lay-up! Ridiculous!

I’m an “Old Head” by streat ball standards, that means in my 30′s, and I still kill these kids with all the handles and mad hops because when comes to straught game, they don’t know what that means!!!

Making an extra pass, setting the table for someone else to score an easy bucket, help defense, driving the lane a kicking it out, throwing the ball into the post, making the “simple” play, moving without the ball, passing the ball up the court on the break as oppose to running it all the way up the court which kills the break, playing hard man to man defense, playing with some heart, etc, etc! Those are all foriegn concepts to todays baller!

Peace! “That Man S.C.D”

Viewers-real NYC streetball is about competion and winning and not just crossovers and falls. I know that when you see AND1 & the EBC on TV it gives the impression that New York ball players are all about flash. InsideStreetball has been filming New York Tournament games for the last 8 years. The highlights that you will see on “The Highlight Reel” are the best moves from those years. We film at Dyckman Park, the Kingdome and other NYC tournaments. We have footage of NBA and college players. These games are not staged like the “milkshake tour”. If you watched the AND1 show this year from Denver they got killed by one of the top NYC streetball players, “Homicide”. He’s a strong player that plays hard and doesn’t have any tricks.
I hope the true fans enjoy this footage.

Ok this is a streetball tournament not an NBA game or something like that the aim is to entertain the crowd and have fun not show how great you are at running the baseline and coming off picks,this is what the fans want to see. And 1 isn’t fake because the same stuff your seeing on tv now is what they have been doing their entire lives.Now i’m out there playing ball in NYC everyday and most the players out here can play regular ball and get flashy, it depends on what the situation calls for.

shermanator looked mad uncomfy doin adlibs!

Man tis video waz §0oO dope>>>
man I used some of da moves in dis video On da court made urbody look foolish

I have to chime in and say this… with respects to streetball, it is exactly that. Streetball. Its about crackin’ cats, shakin’ shorts off and such. Does it adversely impact how kids learn the game, of course. But you cannot compare an unregulated, “entertainment” based tournament, with the NBA. Its like comparing a tricycle, to a Lamborghini. The pros are bred in the best camps form grade school, go to the best and most competive high schools, play in the best NCAA sanctioned AAU leagues, play in mid-major, to major D1 colleges. (you do have your exceptions, KG Lebron, Kobe etc) But for the most part, these are the types of atheletes the pros are made of. Streetball, not likely. Half those cats cant run a simple motion offense, let alone run a play on the fly. As for my man who said Tim Hardaway carried, on the contrary. Tim was th eonly guy who did not carry. He went left to right. Check it out, you’ll see.