Talk:Streetball
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I changed "Tyron Evans" to "Tyrone Evans," as the former was a spelling error. Evans also has two nicknames, "Alimoe" and "Black Widow," the latter of which I also added. If I'm not mistaken, Shane Woney and Waliyy Dixon did not get their contracts renewed and are thus no longer on tour; I did not make any change with respect to the aforementioned hunch. My source for the changes I made is <http://www.insidehoops.com/rucker/> -Shenzhou
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[edit] Streetball doesn't mean And1
This is pisspoor stuff here. Streetball is bigger than And1, but And1 has done alot for it. There are tons of independent And1 tour-esque groups out there and someone oughta do this page right.
- I'm going to move all the AND1 stuff into the stub at AND1 Mixtape Tour, which should make it easier to merge "streetball" and "street basketball" (clearly these refer to the same phenomenon?) Garrepi 18:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
"Famous ballers" heading== I removed the following phrase from the "Famous ballers" heading: "(please provide proof if the person is not well known)". I absolutely agree that all info (including simply listing players) should be verified, but this is a comment that belongs here on the talk page and not in the actual article, as the comment relates to making the page encyclopedic but, in and of itself, is not an encyclopedic phrase. -- Kicking222 16:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Also, while I will not delete the names myself (as I'd prefer a consensus), I feel that perhaps we should not have the complete list given under "Famous ballers," as it is lengthy and none of the names are verified. In my opinion, it would make much more sense if the only people listed were those with their own Wikipedia articles, or those for whom a (reliable) external web site- referenced in the article with a link or footnote- states that the player is a legend or particularly excels at streetball. -- Kicking222 16:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
well maybe we can get a few real biographies up if all the names is up and people see 'em, that'd be nice- true sport legends. i remember a little guy called "the mole" who played some years ago in the midwest who had a 40 foot hook shot &who was legally blind; he played some good defense too- but sporadicly --Klasovsky 16:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] street sports and economics
streetball is basketball played on the street. its neat that there's these new leagues and stuff and movies and stars but the real thing is you can get in a pick-up game all over the world, its a grass root cultural thing that takes the place of bars drugs television. its big in serbia and the philipenes and israel and jordan where the fancy moves is just starting to show up. the rules are in flux.
[edit] Flash Remembrance
Just posting a remembrance, as it is 2 years since the legend of ball Antoine "Flash" Howard died of a brain tumour. There was surely never a quicker baller, and never will be another like him. "Flash", always in the memory. Check out his page or mine to post your condolences. Millm0w 11:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Paddy Roller trying to delete my article on Jem
Got a PR trying to have my new article on Jem deleted. I can't remove the deletion tag because I created the article, but anyone else can. Click the link for Jemuel "Jem" Carty in the "Famous Streetballers", then click edit this page. Thanks. Not my fault the Wikipedia Paddy Rollers don't play streetball. --section8pidgeon
Update - Had another PR put a tag saying the article wasn't about Jem. So I re-worded my article and deleted the tag. Hopefully the PR's will leave it alone now.
Update- They're trying to delete it again saying there's not enough info on the web on him.
[edit] Jamar Davies
check out the page i created on one of streetball's greats, the pharmacist. Millm0w 12:35, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
