"Ball Up is a Los Angeles based sports and luxury lifestyle corporation committed to delivering high quality, high impact, high class, sporting events. With an unprecedented combination of powerful competition, and a standard for luxury, Ball Up presents for 2009, the Ball Up Streetball League. The Ball Up league is a competitive forum featuring the finest, most skilled, and best-known streetball players world-wide. Set to take stage in the Summer of 2009, the superstars of Ball Up, will put their proven track records and impeccable reputations on the line from city to city as they take on and shut down those bold enough to step on the court."
Players
Taurian "Air Up There" Fontenette From: Hitchcock, Texas
Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Weight: 84 kg (185 lbs.)
Born: 1982
HS: Hitchcock
College: UTEP, Richland JC, Paul Quinn
More: 2005 And 1 Mixtape Tour winner; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2005-2006; Streetball Invasion Tour 2005; The Hustle Up Streetball Tour 2008; Team Flight Brothers; And 1 Team 2006; Ball4Real Tour 2007; SKY Streetball Sindicate Tour 2009; NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown 2009 - Dallas Champion; the only dunker who made 720 dunk
Aaron "AO" Owens
From: Philadelphia, PA
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lbs.)
Born: 20.03.1974
HS: Simon Gratz
College: Lackawanna JC, Riverside CC, Fort Hays State, Henderson State
More: 1996/97 All-Orange Empire Conference and All-State (Riverside CC); 1998/99 Gulf Coast Conference Player of the Year; 1998/99 Division II All-American; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2000-2006; And 1 Team 2000-2006; Featured in School Sports, XXL, Dime, Slam Magazine; Video Games Motion Capture Ball Handler– Activision - "Street Hoops" Series, UBI Soft - "AND1 Mixtape" Series; played in IBA, CBA, SBA (Street Basketball Association), Israel, NBDL; 2002 Tryout with Seattle Supersonics; Ball4Real Tour 2007; Hustle Up Streetball Tour 2008; Killer Crossover Tour;
Kenny "Bad One" Brunner
From: Pasadena, CA
Height: 180 cm (5'11")
Weight: 88 kg (195 lbs.)
Born: 8.10.1978
HS: Dominguez
College: Georgetown, Fresno State, Santa Monica College, College of
Southern Idaho
More: 2 x HS State Champion (1995/96, 1996/97); In HS played together with Tayshaun Prince; Magic Johnson Roundball Classic 1997; 2000 Second Team Scenic West Conference All-Region; 2000 Region XVIII tournament finalists; Featured in Sports Illustrated, SLAM, DIME, BOUNCE and on ESPN; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2004-2008; And 1 Team 2006-2008; played in ABA, NBDL, Italy, France, Germany, Mexico, United Arab Emirates; 2003 Los Angeles Summer Pro League; 2004 NBA Southern California SPL All-Star Team; 2005 MVP of NBA Southern California SPL; 2005-2007 NBA Southern California SPL Champion; 2006 ABA Western Conference All-Star Team; MVP of Fullcourt Press Fall Hoops Classic; 2004 NBA Summer camp - Denver Nuggets; 2004 Mexican CIBACOPA All-Star Game; 2008 Eurobasket Summer League Champions (Sevilla); 2009 Las Vegas PRO-AM Champions
Larry "Bone Collector" Williams
From: Pasadena, CA
Height: 180 cm (5'11")
Weight: 80 kg (177 lbs.)
Born: 1981, Tyler, Texas
College: Chafey JC
More: And 1 Mixtape Tour; NIKE Commercial; 2002 California Fault Streetball Game; SBA All-Stars vs. Baltimore Blazers Game (Bone vs Silk); SBA European All-Star Tour; The Rock Streetballaz Tour; 2004 CIAA All-Stars vs. SBA All-Stars Game; EBC RUcker Park; Dyckman League, 4th West Summer Classic; played in ABA; Ballin For Peace; 2002 EBC Rucker Park MVP; you can watch him on DVD "Entertainer's Basketball Classic At Rucker Park: The Second Season", ESPN Block Party, NBA TV, Slam from the Streets - The Ultimate Streetball Collection, Streetball Classics vol.1 & vol.2; Featured in SLAM, Bounce, Dime;
Troy "Escalade" Jackson
From: North Jamaica Queens, NY
Height: 209 cm (6'10")
Weight: 180 kg (395 lbs.)
Born: 11.01.1976
College: Louisville
More: Streetball Invasion Tour 2005; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2002-2008, And 1 Team 2003-2008; played in IBA (Magic City Snowbears), SBA (New York Street Ball Legends); Harlem Globetrotters;
Tony "Go Get It" Jones
From: Chicago
Height: 201 cm (6'7")
Weight: 98 kg (215 lbs.)
Born: 9.09.1979
HS: Chicago Vocational School, Marcos de Niza
College: Mesa JC, Chicago State
More: And 1 Mixtape Tour 2003-2008, And 1 Team 2004-2008; played in New Zeland, ABA, IBL,Japan, Chicago Pro-Am, NBA Summer Camps - Wizards, Grizzlies
Michael "Hawk" Hawkins
From: Phoenix, AZ
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 88 kg (193 lbs.)
Born: in UK
More: played in ABA and with Street Handles crew; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2008
Grayson "Professor" Boucher
From: Salem-Kaizer, OR
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Weight: 70 kg (150 lbs.)
Born: 10.06.1984
HS: Salem Academy
College: Chemeketa CC
More: HS All-State selection (junior year); 2003 And 1 Mixtape Tour winner; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2003-2008; The Hustle Up Streetball Tour 2008; And 1 Team 2004-2008, played in CBA, IBL;
Robin "Sik Wit It" Kennedy
From: Pasadena, CA
Height: 178 cm (5'11")
Weight: 79 kg (175 lbs.)
Born: 6.02.1974
HS: Pasadena High
College: Chaffey College, University of Nevada-Reno
More: HS All-League & All-State; 1998 Snapple Eddie Jones All-Star Classic; 3 x NBA Hoop-It-Up World Champions; 2 x NBA Hoop-It-Up MVP; 2002 California Fault Streetball Game; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2001-2005; And 1 Team 2001-2005; And 1 Streetball Live Tour; played in ABA, XBL, MBA; 2004 JBL National Pro-Am Basketball; Killer Crossover Tour; Streetball Invasion Tour 2005
Ryan "Special FX" Williams
From: Queens, NY
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 102 kg (225 lbs.)
Born: 25.10.1982
HS: Cardozo High
College: Howard CC, Monroe College, St.John's University
More: All-City Teams in HS; HS PSAL Champion; 2000 GymRAT Challenge MVP; All-Tournament Team in Monroe; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2006, Team Flight Brothers; Two Fools 3rd Annual Charity All Star Classic; NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown 2009 - NY Champion; EBC Rucker Park; EBC All-Star Game 2006; ABA (Brooklyn Wonders), Nike Pro City; Ball4Real Tour 2007;
Eric "Spinmaster" Holmes
From: Pasadena, CA
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 98 kg (215 lbs.)
Born: 1977
HS: Duarde High
College: Dixie JC, University of Alabama Birmingham
More: 3 x First Team All-State in Duarde; HS All-San Gabriel; Second Team NJCAA All-America, First Team All-Region, Special Mention All-America at Dixie; 2002 California Fault Streetball Game; played in CBA, IBA, ABA; And 1 Mixtape Tour; And 1 Streetball Live Tour; EA Sports Squad; Southern California Summer Pro League; 2003 NBA Hoop-It-Up World Champions; And 1 Team 2005; NBA Camps - Bucks, Clippers, Blazers;
Renaldo "Violator" Johnson
From: Montgomery, AL
Height: 201 cm (6'7")
Weight: 107 kg (235 lbs.)
Born: 19.10.1979
HS:
College: Carl Albert State JC, East Tennessee State
More: CO-MVP of the 2001 Southern Conference Champions; was voted one of the top 40 JUCO players in the nation; played overseas in countries such as Finland, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay, and also have played streetball games in countries such as Tahiti, Canada, Barbados and Dominican Republic; 2008 Paraguayan League Champion; And 1 Mixtape Tour 2004; Killer Crossover Tour; The Hustle Up Streetball Tour 2008; Video Games Motion Capture Dunker – 2K Sports -"NBA 2K Basketball" Series; appeared in Crossover movie with Hot Sauce;
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Taurian "Air Up There" Fontenette
Aaron "AO" Owens
Kenny "Bad One" Brunner
Larry "Bone Collector" Williams
Troy "Escalade" Jackson
Tony "Go Get It" Jones
Michael "Hawk" Hawkins
Grayson "Professor" Boucher
Robin "Sik Wit It" Kennedy
Ryan "Special FX" Williams
Eric "Spinmaster" Holmes
Renaldo "Violator" Johnson
