Pick-up basketballPick-up basketball (also known as pick-up) is a version of basketball that has been spontaneously started by a group of players. Players can be invited to show up beforehand, but unlike exhibition games, there is no sense of obligation or commitment to play. Pick-up games characteristically lack referees, leading to substancially less formal structure than regular games.
Saber InteractiveSaber Interactive Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Andrey Iones, Matthew Karch, and Anton Krupkin in 2001, it is controlled by Karch's investment company Beacon Interactive, created in 2024. The company employs over 1,350 people. Saber was initially acquired by Embracer Group in February 2020.
Midnight basketballMidnight Basketball League Progrm is an initiative which developed in the 1986 to curb inner-city crime in the United States by keeping urban youth off the streets and engaging them with alternatives to drugs and crime. It was founded by G. Van Standifer in 1986.
City SlamCity Slam (also known as ESPN City Slam) was an ESPN television series that premiered in 2005. The show was a basketball competition featuring streetball players competing in both a slam dunk and three-point shooting contest, similar to the annual NBA All-Star Weekend. The show was hosted by Dee Brown, himself a 1991 NBA slam Dunk Champion. 2008 City SlamCity Slam returned to ESPN in 2008. The event took place in Chicago on August 9, 2008 and aired on ESPN August 14, 2008.
Ball4RealTraveling basketball exhibition and competition official Logo Ball4Real was the name of a traveling basketball exhibition and competition which made its debut in June 2007. A group of well-known streetball players traveled from city to city to challenge teams composed of local talent. Games tended to be characterized by complicated dribbling, ballhandling, and passing, acrobatic slam dunks, and a looser interpretation of rules.
Holcombe RuckerHolcombe Rucker (March 2, 1926 – March 20, 1965) was a playground director in Harlem for the New York CityDepartment of Parks & Recreation from 1948 to 1964. He founded the New York City pro-am basketball tournament, that still bears his name and is the namesake of a world-famous basketball court in Harlem. Rucker, who grew up in Manhattan, started the tournament in 1950 at a playground on 7th Avenue between 128th and 129th streets.AND1 Live TourThe AND1 Live Tour, formerly known as the AND1 Mixtape Tour, was a traveling basketball competition and exhibition that existed from 1998 to 2008. It was presented by B-Ball and Company and the basketball apparel manufacturer AND1. A group of streetball players, along with Emcee Rell and B-Ball and Company CEO Linda Hill, travelled from town to town and challenge teams composed of local talent.ESPNESPN (an initialism of their original name, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network until 1985) is an American basic cable sports broadcasting network and the flagship property of ESPN, LLC, a joint venture of the Walt Disney Company (72% and operational control via indirect subsidiary ABC Inc.), Hearst Communications (18%) and the National Football League (10%).Houston RocketsThe Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Toyota Center, located in Downtown Houston. Throughout its history, Houston has won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles.
New York CityNew York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—each being coextensive with its respective county.
Los AngelesMost populous city in California, USCity in California, United StatesLos Angeles (often shortened as LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents within the city limits as of 2025, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City, and the largest city in the Western United States.
Asphalt concreteAsphalt concrete or asphaltic concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction since the nineteenth century.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.