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I don't like street ballers who play like that & do all that fancy dribblin. I also don't like it when they pretend like they're gonna pass the ball & they still have the ball in their hands when their opponent looks to see who they threw the ball to. Then they take the ball & throw it at that person to let them know that they still got the ball in their hands. I got faked out like that before & i was embarrassed. Most of those guys who are street ballers never play in the pros anyway cause they don't like to play organized basketball where you're not allowed to do all that fancy stuff. Raefer Alston is the only street baller who's in the NBA who always plays in those And1 competitions.
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That's why I balance out my basketball with watching local collegiate games and reading books on fundamentals, as well as practicing street-syle handles and fakeouts and playing street rules with my friends. I got faked out a lot a couple of years ago cuz, lol, I was a little white boy who tried to play with the big guys; they called me McCauly Culken and faked me out all the time and always made me look stupid. I just used it as motivation to get better.
Lol, one time, one of the guys was talking some trash at me and said something like, "How we gonn' play dis, lil' Timmy?" and I retorted with something like, "I don't know, you tell me, Jamal". (My name isn't Timmy and his isn't Jamal) We both laughed and are friends to this day when we're playing ball, and he notes that I have gotten much better.