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While the rules of Streetball are essentially/theoretically the same as normal basketball, Streetball places a higher emphasis on one-on-one matchups between the offense and defender. Often the attacker will perform numerous flashy moves while attempting to drive to the basket, including crossovers, jab steps, and other fake-out tricks. Streetball often features spectacular dunks and alley oops, impressive ball handling, and trash talking. Also featured in streetball are moves. A move is either used to trick the defender to look away, or just to confuse. There are many different moves in the streetball world. One of the most known is “The Boomerang”, which was invented by Phillip “Hotsauce” Champion.

However rules vary widely from court to court. Almost invariably a “Call your own foul” rule is in effect, and a player who believes he has been fouled, simply needs to call out “Foul!”, and play will be stopped, with the ball awarded to the fouled player’s team. The etiquette of what rightly constitutes a foul, as well as the permissible amount of protestation against such a call, are the products of individual social groups, as well as of the level of seriousness of a particular game. An outsider at a playground should closely observe the status quo in these matters. Some areas where different interpretations of rules are likely to occur are: 1)travelling- whether a step is permissible prior to dribbling, and how many more than the nominally permitted one and a half steps should be allowed at the end of the dribble. 2) hand (and leg) -checking on defense- how much can one touch the person one defends and how much physical pressure may one apply in so doing.

A common feature to Streetball is the ‘pick up game’. To participate in most Streetball games across the world one simply go to an outdoor court where people are playing, indicate a wish to participate, and once all the players who were at the court before you have played you will get to pick your team out of the players available and play a game. Many games play up to 7,11, 15 or 21 points with all baskets counting as one point (sometimes shots beyond the 3 point arc count as 2 points). Ballers often play ‘win by 2′ which, as in tennis, means that the team has to win by a margin of at least 3 clear points. Sometimes a local “dead end” limit applies; for instance a game may be played to 7, win by 3, with a 9 point dead end, which would mean scores of 7-5, 8-6, 9-7, or 9-8, would all be final; while with scores of 7-6 or 8-7, play would continue. The most common streetball game is 3 on 3 played half court though often 5 on 5 full court can be found.

A unique streetball feature is having an “MC” call the game. The MC is on the court during the game and is often very close to the players (but makes an effort to not interfere with the game) and uses a microphone to provide game commentary for the fans.

Here is a list of some of the most famous streetball courts in the world:

* Venice Beach (Los Angeles)
* Cloverdale (Baltimore)
* Goat Court (Harlem,New York)
* Rupert Bell (Winston-Salem, NC)
* The Dust Bowl
* Rucker Park (Harlem,New York)
* Shauna Park (West Hill)
* Jordan’s Court (Lawrenceville)
* Maidu (Roseville, Greater Sacramento, CA)
* Kingdome (Harlem, New York)
* The Hawk (named after the great Connie Hawkins)
* Brighton Beach (United Kingdom)
* South Street (Lincoln)
* Mosswood Park (Oakland, Ca)
* Live Oak Park (Berkeley, Ca)
* Grove St. Park (now called Martin Luther King Park) (Berkeley, Ca)
* Riverdale Park (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Streetball.com is both hoops and hip-hop. So when LeBron James compared himself to Jay-Z and DeShawn Stevenson to Soulja Boy, it got me thinking: What does that make the rest of the league’s biggest stars? Guys like CP3 and Kobe would have to be compared to some pretty big MC’s to make this whole “hip-hoop” analogy work, right?

Below is a baller-balla breakdown of the NBA’s biggest stars and their alter-egos in the rap universe.

Chris Paul - Lil Wayne

CP3’s turning the playoffs upside-down, much like Weezy’s nonsensically brilliant rhymes have made him a legend at a young age in hip-hop. Need more? Paul balls in the Big Easy, which is Birdman Jr.’s hometown. Paul’s up for the MVP this year, while many consider Young Weezy to be rap’s current GOAT, ahead of Hova, even. In fact, the only thing wrong with this comparison is that Paul’s alter ego pulls for the wrong guys in gold: “I guess I’m the number one Lakers fan. Yellow bottle, yellow bottle, purple bag, purple bag.”

Kobe Bryant - 50 Cent

Why Fiddy and not a West coast MC for the Lakers’ go-to guy? Well, none of the current left coast rappers (The Game comes to mind) is successful enough to do Kobe justice, and old guys like Snoop are past their primes. Kobe’s still on top of his game, however, as is G Unit. Plus both are sort of insane, they love beef, and they’re polarizing as sin.

Shaquille O’Neal - Dr. Dre

Shaq and Dre are both kind of old-school, kind of overweight, and completely legendary. And both are writing the final chapters to their legacies: Shaq getting the Suns to the finals would be the same thing as Dre finally dropping “Detox” … and having it actually live up to the hype.

Steve Nash - Kanye West

The humble Nash would probably hate being compared with the Louis Vuitton Don, but it makes sense. Both are facilitators: Mr. West started out producing for guys like Jay-Z, while Nash is best known for his passing. Both are into edgy music: ‘Ye sampled Daft Punk and Can on his last album, while Nash is a fan of Radiohead and Turin Brakes. Both are erudite: West’s mom was an English professor, while Nash is one of the NBA’s best interviews. And both are left-leaning thinkers: Kanye became a household name after his “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” rant, while Nash is outspoken about the war and the environment. Most importantly, however, both are still extremely relevant and successful.

Dirk Nowitzki - T.I.

Eminem’s the obvious one here, as he and Dirk are both fish-out-of-water blonde, white dudes. But while Em’s done, you can’t say that about the Dirkster, who was MVP last year before he got backhanded by the Warriors. T.I., meanwhile, was on top of the rap world last year before he got busted on gun charges and sentenced to house arrest. Both have the skills to get back on top, but if they will is another matter entirely.

Kevin Garnett - Nas

It isn’t just that both KG and Nas are intense and accomplished, it’s that they’re still very current even though they’ve both been around forever. And both are still waiting for that big break after earlier successes (the 2004 MVP for KG, “Illmatic” for Nas).

Gilbert Arenas - Ghostface

Both are niche, both are weird as f**k, both have yet to truly break through, and both are completely captivating when they’re on top of their games.

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