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It's streetball. They also tour around the world playing.
Here's the website.
http://www.and1.com/index.aspx
Ive been hearing a lot about the And1 league or something like that, but what exactly is it, and does it deal with NBA players?
It's streetball. They also tour around the world playing.
Here's the website.
http://www.and1.com/index.aspx
Thanks Kori
all they do is behind the back passing and alley-oops.
nice dunks and all that cool stuff
it's pretty fun to watch too. it;s usually on ESPN2 at night.
"Yo David, you need to go get some coppertone lotion, cuz you just got burrned!"
And-1
and1 veruss globe trodders
Oberto also use And1.
And Pepe Sanchez.
http://www.and1argentina.com.ar/team.html
click that for the Argentina And 1 team
Oberto is And1 player with Pepe and Wolkowisky
http://www.and1argentina.com.ar/team.html
En la temporada 2004-2005, el 23% de los jugadores de la NBA utilizan AND 1, entre ellos Ben Wallace (Detroit Pistons), Stephon Marbury (New York Knicks), Jason Williams (Memphis Grizzlies), Ricky Davis (Boston Celtics), Bobby Jackson (Sacramento Kings), Rafer Alston (Toronto Raptors), Jumaine Jones (Los Angeles Lakers), Marc Jackson (Philadelphia Sixers).
Algunos que resaltan fuera de la NBA son los recientes medallistas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos, Fabricio Oberto (Pamesa Valencia), Juan “Pepe” Sánchez (Unicaja Málaga) y Rubén Wolkowyski (Khimky –Rusia-). Además del serbio Dejan Bodiroga (Barcelona FC, España).
Selecciones nacionales AND 1
Serbia y Montenegro, Turquía, Nueva Zelanda, Puerto Rico, Eslovenia y Chile.
Equipos AND 1
Benetton Treviso (Italia), Adecco Estudiantes de Madrid (España). Universidades de Estados Unidos: Charlotte, Fresno State, Pennsylvania, Virginia y Wyoming, entre otras.
and1=ballas right
so by signing oberto OH BOY are we signing more ballas
and fullfilling ghost requirment that spurs need mroe ballas?
It's basketball herecy and is one of the most boring things I've ever seen. It's everything that's wrong with basketball.
no its entertainment, plain and simple.
its especially funny when they show the and1 team get beat, and the leaders are all ing out the and1ers for not playing enough d...LOL....
Parker = the professor
Timmy = Main Event
Ginobili = AO
This is kind of stretch since no one plays defense and has no outside shot, but are comparable based on style.
Very well put.It's basketball herecy and is one of the most boring things I've ever seen. It's everything that's wrong with basketball.
Their shoes are okay. I like their clothing batter.
http://www.universitystar.com/curren...le.php?aid=652
AND 1 mixes it up in South Texas
Joe Ruiz / Managing Editor
SAN ANTONIO — More than 100 basketball players withstood temperatures in the high 90s Monday afternoon for an opportunity to represent Team San Antonio in the AND1 Mix Tape Tour at the SBC Center.
Participants ranging in age from young teenagers to adults dribbled through their legs and smacked their opponents’ heads in jest — all in an attempt to impress the judges for one of four spots on the team — along with a chance to join the AND1 Mix Tape Tour in a reality television format and subject themselves to possibly being knocked off by the next town’s best streetballer.
After watching a few of the compe ors, John “Helicopter” Humphrey, one of the players on the AND1 team, didn’t think any of the San Antonio contingent could compete for his job.
“They don’t have the heart and the dedication,” Helicopter said. “They’re in it for the show and not for the love of the game. The love of the game will win every time.”
The 24-year-old baller from North Carolina earned his spot on the tour and his nickname with his high-flying, acrobatic dunks.
While most casual observers of AND1 believe the game is solely focused on entertainment rather than basketball, many of those on the tour believe their fundamentals are what will help them improve their skills and chances of joining the NBA, which is where most of the AND1 players are trying to go.
“Part of my game is that I don’t have any fanciness; my game is totally fundamentally sound,” Cardell “Ballaholic” Butler said. “I just go out and play basketball; all that takes a lot out, and plus, if you don’t make the basket … it messes up your game because you don’t want to do something you never do.”
Ballaholic joined the tour after the first stop on the 2005 tour in Oakland, Calif., and was a finalist in last year’s tour.
Out of the 100-plus contenders, 20 made the initial cut, including 14-year-old Charles Johnson, who goes by C.J. on the streets.
“My dad taught me (basketball), but I like to watch (Orlando Magic guard) Steve Francis, Hot Sauce, AO and all of them and just try to learn all of their moves. I just want to play in the SBC Center and play well. The Professor’s not ready for me,” Johnson said, referring to AND1 Mix Tape players Philip “Hot Sauce” Champion, Aaron “AO” Owens and Grayson “Professor” Boucher.
While C.J. was unable to make the final three (three players were selected by judges, the fourth player won a skills compe ion), he did perform in a dribble contest prior the game.
Cory Stredic, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound forward/center earn-
ed a spot on Team SA by accomplishing two things with his large frame.
“I wanted to crossover, then I wanted to dunk; I did that,” Stredic said. “I want to crossover and dunk now that I’m in the building.”
The big man accomplished both in his time on the floor during AND1’s 101-90 defeat of Team SA.
The crowd of 4,990 watched Team SA play a physical game throughout, knocking a number of the AND1 team members to the floor, but the blue-and-silver-clad bunch played stronger defense in the second half to overcome their four-point halftime deficit by causing a number of steals and blocking shots to take advantage of their fast-break abilities.
One of the more popular players on the tour is Dennis “Spyda” Chism out of Atlanta. Spyda joined the Mix Tape team after winning the overall contest last season.
“It’s entertainment for the crowd, but we don’t like to lose,” Spyda said. “It’s just not AND1 to lose. If we lose, we beat ourselves. We can’t let the opposing team beat us.”
The rigors of the tour can take their toll on the players, especially since the tour travels across the country by bus.
“It’s very tough both mentally and physically,” he said. “If you don’t have both of those things together, you’re going to break down. You’re not going to do what you do. My motto is ‘Spyda does what Spyda do,’ and what it takes to do both is focus.”
The tour is also being filmed for production of the fourth season of Streetball, which airs late Tuesday evenings on ESPN2.
AND1 is the bomb
how the do u not know what AND1 is???
And 1 has only had one of their players make the League. He is Rafer Alston (starting PG for the Toronto Raptors).
Helicopter is in sick
I have a few great photos I took during the last show back at my apartment, so I'll post them tomorrow night.
And1 does some crazy ... well, in the begginning after you watch it over, and over, and over...
You get used to their moves.
Hotsauce and the pharmacist are the best players in it, IMO
I went to the And 1 event here in SA and found it to be quite entertaining. I definately wouldn't call what they do basketball but its a good show. I enjoyed AO, Baby Shaq, Spyda, and The Professor. I liked the local kid Circus too.
If they had to play under NBA rules against a technically sound team of kids with similar ability they would be wiping them off the floor though.
All of them would rather be in the NBA, that's obvious...and that's why they aren't in the NBA.
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