From the Chinese Basketball Association to a streetball game at New York City’s Dyckman Park… wherever JR Smith goes, drama follows.
Back on a mid-August evening at the aforementioned Dyckman Park, Home Base Entertainment and Skull Gang Records were battling in a second-round playoff match up. For those who may be unfamiliar with the event, the Dyckman Basketball Tournament is a little something like the famed Entertainer’s Basketball Classic that takes place at Rucker Park. Both the EBC and Dyckman tournaments are annual events where various celebrities (mostly rappers and/or their record labels) compile teams and do battle on the blacktop. NBA players such as Jamaal Tinsley and Rafer Alston have been known to make regular appearances, while many others will show up periodically (Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, and Vince Carter have all played at Rucker).
Anyway, Skull Gang and Home Base were all tied up at the end of regulation. Tyreke Evans and Sundiata Gaines had already been p...
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Jamaal Tinsley,
Rafer Alston,
Allen Iverson,
Kobe Bryant,
Vince Carter,
Tracy McGrady
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks
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