The Notic: Uncut & Unreleased
And1 vs. ATL All-Stars| Escalade: Ballin' in the ATL |
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| Written by Troy Jackson | |
| Tuesday, 10 July 2007 | |
 The man Escalade himself reports for InsideHoops...It's monday the 25th and I got back to NY late last night. Had to be in Harlem early this morning for a TV shoot for ESPN with some of the biggest names in streetball. There's John Strickland aka Franchise, Kareem Reid aka Best Kept Secret, Reggie Freeman aka Hi-5, Duane "40" Woodward, Jamel Thomas aka 530, former St. Johns and NBA star Zendon hamilton, and Andrian Walton aka Whole Lotta Game. That goes well. It was good to see the guys. Tuesday the 26th I'm on a flight to Atlanta. I get off the flight and I'm rushed right to radio for a call-in... Wednesday the 27th I go speak at a Boys and Girls club. Play some 1 on 1 with the kids, then head to an autograph signing at the sports authority. The turnout is crazy! I sign for a hour. When it's time to leave the line is still out the door but the owner paid me for one hour, so the take me out the back door. Imagine having to take me out a back door to avoid fans. Sounds ridiculous, but that's how it is. Thursday morning I'm all over Atlanta radio and tv. Me and Bad Santa go past a playground and a few locals challenge us. We accept and kill these clowns. Some fat dude thinks he's better than me. I beat him 11 zip and leave. Friday morning we do radio again. At 7 a.m. I do the A-team morning show on hot 107 in the ATL, leave there and do the rude awakening show on wcnn sports radio. I leave there and go to comcast sports net to do a tv interview. We go to metro fitness to hoop. We hit the atl streets tonite. Man I love the ladies in the south! Saturday the 30th is game day. It is at least 95 degrees, and around 2 p.m. the crowd arrives, 5500 fans, makes it even hotter. Problem: The people at the And 1 office send my uniform to the wrong address. It's in ohio somewhere. And of course there is nothing to fit me. I'm not mad, it's too hot anyway. The game is the best one yet. The ATL team has former NBA and LUS star Jabari Smith and a few local legends. Baby Shaq is playin as good as I've seen him play. He dunks on a guy so hard it looks like the rim is gonna come off. Professor shuts it down with like 5 crazy moves and Springs ends the game by going through the legs from the foul line and dunking it. Just crazy! Big jabari and the Violator, who has played with us before, look good. Some guy named Mike Banks had a few crazy dunks. And Mr. Atlanta had a sick handle but it wasn't enough, and we win by 30. I'm loving this team we have! For the first time since I've been here at And 1, there is no negativity. No one talking about other guys. No petty jealousy. Just a good group of guys who enjoy being around each other. -InsideHoops.com Click here to see some picture from the AND1 game in Atlanta |
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