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The city of Oakland has a rich, firmly established basketball history, steeped in tradition and lore found in few other places. Oakland has forged a well-deserved reputation as a source of basketball royalty blessed with prodigious talent. It began with the legendary Bill Russell – perhaps the greatest winner in team sports history – and is populated by a who’s who of NBA stars past and present. Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Paul Silas, Brian Shaw and Antonio Davis – among many others – have followed in Russell’s worn footsteps, but their success is just a part of the story.
Rather, it is the streets themselves that tell the tale – Mosswood Park, Bushrod Park, deFremery Rec. Weathered blacktops and bleached backboards, worn smooth by a constant influx of young, hungry talent, determined to further the lineage, to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage. Eager to be better than their fathers, bigger than their brothers and stronger than the men they’ve aspired to be since the moment they could dribble a basketball.
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area’s The Town Game: Two Lives, Two Paths tells a story about a group of Oakland natives who played a different brand of basketball in the face of adversity. The program tells the tumultuous stories of the young men who did not make it out of impoverished Oakland, but also of the heroes who did. The ones who never made it succumbed to the temptations of the streets rather than rising above the harsh realities of an unstable home life.
Some beat the odds that were stacked against them, while others fell victim to the many temptations of the streets. The program presents the stories of Demetrius “Hook
The city of Oakland has a rich, firmly established basketball history, steeped in tradition and lore found in few other places. Oakland has forged a well-deserved reputation as a source of basketball royalty blessed with prodigious talent. It began with the legendary Bill Russell – perhaps the greatest winner in team sports history – and is populated by a who’s who of NBA stars past and present. Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Paul Silas, Brian Shaw and Antonio Davis – among many others – have followed in Russell’s worn footsteps, but their success is just a part of the story.
Rather, it is the streets themselves that tell the tale – Mosswood Park, Bushrod Park, deFremery Rec. Weathered blacktops and bleached backboards, worn smooth by a constant influx of young, hungry talent, determined to further the lineage, to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage. Eager to be better than their fathers, bigger than their brothers and stronger than the men they’ve aspired to be since the moment they could dribble a basketball.
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area’s The Town Game: Two Lives, Two Paths tells a story about a group of Oakland natives who played a different brand of basketball in the face of adversity. The program tells the tumultuous stories of the young men who did not make it out of impoverished Oakland, but also of the heroes who did. The ones who never made it succumbed to the temptations of the streets rather than rising above the harsh realities of an unstable home life.
Some beat the odds that were stacked against them, while others fell victim to the many temptations of the streets. The program presents the stories of Demetrius “Hook
