For several years, the basketball apparel company AND 1 has marketed the phenomenon of street ball through its highlight tapes of no-look passes and thundering dunks set to hip-hop. They feature AND 1's stable of players, guys with nicknames like Hot Sauce and Main Event.
Then, there's The Professor -- a slick, ball-handling guard who's somewhat of a pioneer in AND 1's urban world of street ball: He's their first white player.
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