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Smush Parker Wants to Dunk on Ron Artest

Found July 21, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Smush Parker,  Ron Artest,  Lamar Odom,  Rafer Alston
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets,  Los Angeles Lakers,  New Jersey Nets

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by Elie SeckbachFiled under: Lakers, Raptors, NBA Videos, Summer League, Interviews, FanHouse ExclusiveElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In the playgrounds of New York, Smush Parker is a legend -- his game would stop traffic and he earned such nicknames as NBA Live, Grim Reaper and The Aviator. Other players who shared the courts with him included Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Rafer Alston and 7-foot-2 big man Josh Moore, who's taken up coaching after stints playing in the NBA, China and Iran. In a recent radio interview, Artest mentioned Smush as one of the best ballers out of New York. In this FanHouse exclusive, we ask Parker if he ever dunked on Artest -- watch the video to hear the answer. Check out the video after the jump.Smush Parker Wants to Dunk on Ron Artest originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:45:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Perma...
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