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The Shootout Heard ‘Round the World

Found December 23, 2011 on SLAM Online:
PLAYERS: Adrian Dantley,  Doc Rivers,  Antoine Walker,  Bobby Carrington,  Billy Collins,  Peter Gammons,  Tim Hardaway,  Ron Artest,  Matt Bonner,  Paul Silas,  Dave Cowens,  Jalen Rose,  Jimmy Walker
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs,  Boston Celtics,  Charlotte Bobcats,  Boston University Terriers

by Bijan C. Bayne Adrian Dantley, Bo Ellis, Norm Nixon, Doc Rivers, Albert and Bernard King, Pat Ewing, Pearl Washington, Adrian Branch, Earl Jones, Chris Mullin, Walter Berry and Antoine Walker. These are among the many of talented schoolboy basketball players who have participated in The Boston Shootout. 2012 will mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. From 1972-1999, The Shootout was one of America’s most prominent gatherings of high school talent, and a showcase for all-star basketball. At at time before the births of the Capital Classic and McDonald’s All-American games, respectively, The Boston Shootout brought together elite teams of teenagers who represented various metropolitan area such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, D.C., New York and L.A., to play against all-star teams from other cities in a single elimination tournament. No other national tournament featured this format. The brainchild of Boston community leader Ken Hudson, the NBA’s first African A...
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