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The Summer That Saved City Basketball

Found October 26, 2011 on SLAM Online:
PLAYERS: Billy Hunter,  Mark Cuban,  Kobe Bryant,  Justin Leonard,  Andre Barrett
TEAMS: Dallas Mavericks,  Los Angeles Lakers
by Terrence Watson / @LowerEastScribe Scripted. It’s the only way one could describe what took place from June to August at Monsignor Kett Playground in Washington Heights. Everything from the special guest appearances by Billy Hunter, Mark Cuban, Jadakiss, Vado and Juelz Santana, to Kevin Durant capping off his pilgrimage to the Mecca accompanied by his DMV homie, Michael Beasley, seemed almost too cool to be true. No one would believe that 10 of NYC’s best would issue the challenge ‘Run With Us or Run From Us,’ and dominate their competition, only to lose in the regular season to a team built to beat them. And to face the drama of nearly turning on each other, the pressure of dealing with naysayers and finish the tournament that became, if only for a few months, the epicenter of basketball by defeating the first foes to defeat them, all on a free throw followed by a camera angled 360-degree salute to win the championship? No. There’s no way that happens without the help of Michae...
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