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Player Diary: Raheem May-Thompson #1

October 5, 2009

Welcome to the first of many Ball Don’t Brawl player diaries, where some of Britain’s finest ballers will be keeping us all up to date with their season’s progress. We kick things off with Liverpool’s finest Raheem May-Thompson, a versatile 6’6 forward about to start his season at D-1 school Qunnipiac. He first caught our [...]

Video: Midnight Madness 2009 Portsmouth Qualifier

October 5, 2009

Finally, the first of the Midnight Madness qualifier videos you guys have been waiting for. Kicking it off with the first event of the tour, at the Mountbatten Leisure Centre in Portsmouth on the 18th July ’09. This was arguably the best overrall standard of any of the runs, a lotta London players laced their [...]

Best of British Basketball on the Web September 09

October 5, 2009

Every now and again, Hoopsfix will trawl the web for British basketball bits and peices, and post the most interesting on here. It won’t involve much analysis, just a bit of link love and range from short mentions of players abroad, to full blown features and videos. 1) London Born Player Robert Gilchrist Reppin Stateside [...]

Video: Guy Dupuy’s First Pro Dunk with Milton Keynes Lions

October 5, 2009

You couldn’t have written it any better. Guy Dupuy, who many call the best dunker in the world, comes over to the U.K and does what has been labelled as the best dunk of all time. Somehow, he ends up staying over here and signing with the British Basketball League’s Milton Keynes Lions. First pro [...]

Video: Guy Dupuy of Team Flight Brothers dunking at the Adidas NBA 5 United Tour

October 5, 2009

Team Flight Brothers, and in particular Guy Dupuy, simply are not human. The things they do dunking the basketball are just ridiculous. Plain stupid. Guy Dupuy does it so easily that it doesn’t actually look difficult. Then you think about it; is there any other player in Britain that can go over 3 people whilst [...]

Video: Samuel Toluwase Climbs Mount Zambo at the Adidas NBA 5 United Tour

October 5, 2009

So I had been at the Adidas NBA 5 United Tour a good day already and to be honest, apart from Guy Dupuy dunking, there wasn’t much else in terms of highlights until this that is. He goes by the name of Zambo, I say at least 6’10 but that has been argued, and with [...]

Video: Joe White Classic Dunk Contest 2009

October 5, 2009

The Joe White Classic Dunk Contest  had a pretty good lineup. Elliot ‘Air Vandal’ Kelchure, the 5’9 jumping sensation, Tayo ‘Chosen’ Odulaja and Leon Bernard, UK dunking legends for years now, Robert Gilchrist, arguably the most athletic under 18 player in the country and Warren Francis, a young leaper on the rise outta London who [...]

Video: Matthew Bryan-Amaning crossover and POSTER at Midnight Madness Regionals 2009

October 5, 2009

It’s kind of a throw up between this and the Ogo Adegboye facial for the overrall play of Midnight Madness 2009 (excluding Boot Camp and Finals night). Some people say Ogo for the ridiculous facial. Others say Matthew Bryan-Amaning for not only dunking on this dude (because that’s not enough!) but absolutely destroying his ankles [...]

Video: Ogo Adegboye FACIAL – Dunk of Midnight Madness Qualifiers 2009

October 5, 2009

I probably got more highlights from the Midnight Madness Regional Qualifiers in Nottingham than I did from all the other qualifying events combined, with none of them topping this. Ogo Adegboye, a London baller (who is only 6ft may I add) currently playing stateside at St Bonaventures, gets a steal, runs the court with a [...]

Video: Leon Bernard Brings the Rim Down

October 5, 2009

Joe White Classic Dunk Contest 2009, Leon Bernard tries to go over the MC Slipa with a one handed windmill. Misses it, but still dunks it with such power he brings the rim down. Never seen someone so smiley about missing a dunk :)

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