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Artistry: Street Ball and Skin Colour

artistry: He played with a level of joy and artistry unlike anything basketball fans had ever seen in Vancouver, according to Georgia Asian. That's where everything started, Haywood recently told the Straight by phone. A wizard at street ball, he amazed onlookers by dribbling behind his back, through his opponents' legs, and sometimes even over their heads at the age of 15 and 16. I felt like I was home when I was out there. Nobody was judging me not even judging my skin colour, because there was a lot of Black people out there, he continued. I could do whatever I wanted to do. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.