ESPN 30 For 30: AND1 “The Greatest Mixtape Ever” Tonight @ 8PM ET

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Breh when this dropped in summer 03 :wow: I lost this issue but bought it off ebay early in the quarantine..They shouted out hella dope players

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I know I still have that somewhere, along with the rest of my SLAM, KICKS magazines from that era :ohlawd:

Was just thinking about the fact that He Got Game came out the year before the first And 1 Mixtape. I remember everyone thinking that basketball's popularity as a global sport was going to die off when Jordan retired, when in fact it was just beginning to take off on the global scene. The MTV reality tv show about street ballers, TV broadcasts of Nike's 1 on 1 world championships, Street Ballers on PS2...


Im gonna stop :wow:
 

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I know I still have that somewhere, along with the rest of my SLAM, KICKS magazines from that era :ohlawd:

Was just thinking about the fact that He Got Game came out the year before the first And 1 Mixtape. I remember everyone thinking that basketball's popularity as a global sport was going to die off when Jordan retired, when in fact it was just beginning to take off on the global scene. The MTV reality tv show about street ballers, TV broadcasts of Nike's 1 on 1 world championships, Street Ballers on PS2...


Im gonna stop :wow:
breh..Who Got Game on MTV..Pee Wee Kirkland was the host iirc..White Chocolate got shouted out in that Slam Streetball issue also
I been looking for those episodes for a grip..I think I have em on VHS somewhere
 

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breh..Who Got Game on MTV..Pee Wee Kirkland was the host iirc..White Chocolate got shouted out in that Slam Streetball issue also
I been looking for those episodes for a grip..I think I have em on VHS somewhere

That show was cool as hell. I wish they would've ran some more seasons of that
 

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4:04 mark :laff:

I remember Dr. Buss and the Lakers organization didn't want him anywhere near Rucker or this game. IIRC, if he was injured in any way, he was going to be held financially responsible. Kobe went anyway. He was that dude. For all the criticism he got of being aloof and stuck up, he always showed love to the average man and never seemed like he felt he was too good to be amongst the fans. Outside of the Drew Leauge which is a lot more structured, you won't ever see top stars putting themselves out there like this again with everyone being so "brand" conscious today.
 
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