I had a great time at my appearance at the PG Plaza Footlocker House of Hoops a couple of weeks ago. Because I’m from the area, it is really important to me to have events in the DMV as much as possible. Here are a few pics from the event. Did any of you get a chance to make it out?
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Heart. Hustle. Pride.
For years, all roads to legendary have gone through one court, Rucker Park. The soul of the game is found on 155th Street in Harlem, New York on the ultimate blacktop stage. What you do while on that stage creates your place in history.
Kevin Durant showed up on the iconic court and dominated, creating a memory that is now known as “Rucker 66.” It was an electrifying performance under the lights on an August night in New York, in which DC’s finest visited the mecca of basketball and left a legend.
No player’s resume is complete without a great performance at Rucker. What KD proved on his visit uptown is that whether it’s in the arena or in the cage, his game is coming with him. To commemorate KD’s performance, Nike Basketball has released a limited quantity of KD “Rucker 66″ T-Shirts at the Footlocker House of Hoops in Harlem.
Basketball never stops!
What’s up everyone? We’re back at home after a 2-0 road trip. Great to keep this winning going. While we were in NYC, I had a little event at the House of Hoops in Harlem, right on 125th Street across the street from the Apollo Theater.
Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook and James Harden came with me, so it was pretty nice to have some company.
I’ve been in a few House of Hoops before and I’ve been to the one in Harlem before to look around but this was my first time making an appearance. It was a cool time. There were a lot of kids who came out and supported us. There were a lot of people who like watching us play. It felt good because not too many people know who we are and to come up here in one of the biggest cities in the world, representing the Oklahoma City Thunder, that was awesome.
It was just a question and answer session, I signed some autographs, held a raffle for sneakers and played video games with kids. It was very exciting to do and I had fun. And just being in Harlem, which has so much basketball history in Harlem was pretty neat, too.
As a kid, you know what Rucker Park is and you know about New York basketball and you’ve seen the And-1 tapes and it’s something you wanted to be a part of and followed as a kid. So to come up here and have people know who you are, that’s something that meant a lot to us and hopefully we’ll continue to make them proud as a team and hopefully we come back and have more appearances there.
Alright y’all. That’s it for now. Any of you pick up the KD II’s yet? What do you think of them?
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