In case you have been living under a rock, the And1 Mixtape Tour has gone GLOBAL BABY. OH BABY! OH BABY!
Sorry for the digression, but its hard not to get excited when you take 10-12 guys from the hoods of the US and A and drop them in the middle of Europe and Asia where everyone treats them like they are superstars. The fact that you have all the classic And1 stars playing again makes this tour worth watching alone. Most notably, you have the return of the "Sauce". Hot Sauce has returned to the tour bringing his second to none dribbling skills. Shane the Dribbling Machine is there. The rare on court sighting of Escalade, who seems to get larger and larger by the day. 50, who is freaking hilarious in his quirks one of which involves bragging about all the articles that have been written about him, is on top of his game. Old stalwart 1/2 man 1/2 amazing. AO. Go Get it. Of course, you have the Professa. And some others who I can't remember right now. They are almost like a new age Wu-Tang in the amount of interchangeable members they have.
The on court action is great. But the off the court action is almost as entertaining. Seeing these guys experiencing life in a foreign country is often times very hilarious. One of my favorite exchanges had to be from the oldie but goodie 1/2 man 1/2 amazing. Basically, the locker rooms in the Italian stadium had the old style squat and squeeze style toilets. Needless to say, the guys were having none of that. Our boy 1/2 man dropped this suggestion to the Italians, "Yo Italy, you gots to up your doo doo game"
I smell a future position at the UN...or maybe just doo doo
Streetball: The And1 Mixtape Tour Global Invasion airs Mondays at 9 pm on ESPN 2. It also airs multiple times throughout the week on one of the ESPNs, check your listings.
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