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Friday, May 19, 2006

Sunset Park - Las Vegas

Justin Jamming on everyone[Photo Gallery: 14 Photo's at Sunset Park - Night time 4 on 4 (May 2006)]

When I was hooping at Venice, I met this dude Wayne Griffin who told me the night-time pickup ball in Vegas is solid (Wayne is in the process of developing a ball stadium in Vegas).

Makes sense really considering it's so hot here (the night is definitely where it's at). We rocked up to Sunset Park at 9:30pm on a Wednesday night and found four courts running 5 on 5 until lights-out at 11pm (surprise, surpise - I found Wayne here hooping away: what an addict =]).

The highlight at this place was definitely this kid 'Justin'. He threw down on absolutely anyone who came near him. I was running against Rick & Javier & Justin (who put it down on my head a number of times) teamed with Lamarc & Justin's older brother. Rick's hustle (diving on loose balls on outdoor concrete) kinda reminded me of Wozza back home & Javier vs. Lamarc was a flat-chat shootout.

The standard was pretty reasonable for a Wednesday night however I'm told it bangs on Sundays (from 6 onwards).

Sunset Park Streetball Information:
Court Location: "Sunset Park" - Corner of East Sunset Road & South Eastern Avenue next to the Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada
Courts: 6
Runs: 5 on 5 full-court
Best Time for Runs: Sundays 6 onwards

posted by flake at 2:02 PM  

5 Comments:

  • Insane dude. Just insane. So much hooping, it's like a street ballers dream. You're living the dream!!

    Did you ever meet crazy eyes Raymond??

    By The_ Franch, at 8:27 PM  

  • Never met crazy eyes Raymond, but actually, last week I met NBA baller Brandon Bass at LSU

    By Jase, at 6:40 AM  

  • That's wicked. He was a quality baller at LSU, obviously as he's now in the NBA. Sweet bro.

    By The_ Franch, at 5:06 PM  

  • dude,

    What's going on???

    I'm living in L.A. now, would have been great to meet up when you were over here...

    Got your link from MSF.

    Wish I could still get up and down like we used to at Belle Vue - but my back is absolute toast.

    Have a kick ass time man - let me know if you shoot through L.A. again...


    Luke

    By Anonymous, at 5:18 PM  

  • FYI, I think the Crazy Eyes Raymond Franch is referring to is Sidney Deane's buddy from the game where Billy gets blackmailed.

    By Jase, at 9:11 PM  

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