NBA talents give master class to Muscovites
Published 26 July, 2008, 23:33
Between warm-up basketball tournaments for the men's and women's Olympic teams, there was something for ordinary people in Moscow as well. The Adidas 5 on 5 tournament took place at the Luzhniki Stadium.
Usually, when people hear ‘streetball’, they think of a 3 on 3 half court game. But basketball can and should be played 5 on 5 on blacktop just as well as on hardwood.
Rucker Park in New York city is famous worldwide for it's summer tournaments, and some of the game's best players like Kobe Bryant and Baron Davis love to showcase their playground skills at those events.
So that's what Adidas decided to do in Luzhniki, and even though there was no Kobe to be seen, they did bring some NBA talent, including Jarvis Crittenton from the Memphis Grizzlies and Marcus Williams, who had just moved from the New Jersey Nets to the Golden State Warriors, where he expects to get his first career starting job.
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