Hey Ripper, are there any summer leagues or anything going on around your city? I know it kinda sucks to have to pay to play ball, but I stopped playing the street game for the same reasons. Every kid out there now thinks he's the next Hot Sauce or something, so I've joined and played in some summer(also winter) leagues and it's nice to have the refs and all, because the "street ballers", and I use that term loosely, have to adhere to the actual rules of the game. You find out REAL quick who the decent players are and who have no fundamentals what so ever. I agree with your points about the AND 1 tour, tho I do enjoy the ESPN show when I get a chance to watch, but I think a lot of kids don't realize that it's basically a highlight reel, I can only imagine the sheer amount of fuck ups out there, that get edited out.