The Hoop Doctors absolutely love and crave us some Street Ball. Playin’ in the streets is how it all began for pretty much all of us who ball on a regular basis, right? That’s why we figure a lot of you readers will be interested in keeping your eye on the new ‘Ball Up’ Street Ball Tour for 2009 that just kicked off. The Ball Up Street Ball Players tipped-off their new tour with an exhibition game against celebrities such as Manny Pacquiao and Donald Faison to launch the 2009 Ball Up Street Ball Tour season this past Sunday March 22nd at the LA Convention Center. From what we have heard, over 3500 people showed up to support the tour and watch the performances of the top street ballers in the country play against their favorite celebrities. The Ball Up Tour is as competitive a tour as you’ll find for playground style, and the tour now has some of the best-known street ball players worldwide such as Sik Wit It, aka The Professor, Bad Santa, AO, Go Get It, Escalade, Special FX, Air Up There aka MR.720, Hawk, Violator, Spinmaster and Assassin.
The Ball Up Street Ballers played a nail biting game against the celebrities, a team composed of competitive celebrities including, Donald Faison, Manny Pacquiao, Columbus Short, Tank, Jay Harrington and many others. Tyrese announced both the celebrity E-league and the Ball Up Players to a stadium full of onlookers and fans. Music Producer and Recording artist, Tank, opened the game singing the National Anthem.
The Ball Up Street Ball 2009 Tour will continue through the month of October hitting top cities including Memphis, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston. Open try outs for the competing team will be held in each city the day before. For specifics and more information visit: www.ballupstreetball.com.
Here is some video we found from the event with Tyrese, the Ballers, and Cedric The Entertainer:
