Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Holding court with THE LAWYER - Part 2 of 2

[Streetball’s Finest  – 3.20.13] – Holding court with THE LAWYER - Part 2 of 2

Inks: FLASH aka g_sk1lls 
Images: Lennon Alvarez (via email and Facebook)

Last week, I posted Part 1 of the blog feature about one of Spain’s top streetballers – The Lawyer aka Lennon Alvarez.  You can click HERE to read Part 1, or just scroll down for the continuation.
The Lawyer is also a fixture in the Spanish urban scene, as he is also currently a TV presenter/host at the Ritmo Urbano (Urban Rhythm) show on TVE2 - a Spanish TV channel with national coverage.  It talks about urban culture, hip hop (rap, graffitis, DJs, etc) – which gives him the opportunity to interview celebrities on the regular.  He is also currently one of AND1 Spain’s brand endorsers, and I’ve mirrored one of their promo spots below (click to play).

Lennon has also been fortunate to have been able to work and play with/against top basketball talent – such as all players from the AND1 Mixtape Tour in 2005, Yong C (France), Guy Dupuy, and NBA players (former and current – more about them below). 

We continue the blog feature with his replies and insights:

Flash: Who are your influences in playing basketball?
The Lawyer: “My biggest influence is Allen Iverson. Not only his game style, but his personality as well during the game.  Short players, we have to have twice as interior strenght than other player that have better conditions to play this game. But I have influences from Jason Williams too, cause he was always thinking about having a good time playing his game.”

Flash: Which NBA player have you already met and/or played against?  Tell us more about your NBA player experiences, if any.
The Lawyer"Here are some of the NBA players that I have already worked with:
Paul Pierce, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Lamar Odom, Jason Kidd, Manu Ginobili, Jrue Holiday, Sergio Rodriguez, Jose Manuel Calderon, Jorge Garbajosa, Nate Robinson, Brandon Jennings, Derrick Williams, Nikolas Pekovic, (and a whole lot more)."

"One of my fondest NBA experiences is with Paul Pierce.  He invited me to Boston, when i was waiting for him at the end of the game, 2 cops came up to me and one of them asked me who I was waiting for.  I answered him ¨Paul Pierce¨ and they looked at each other like ¨Yeah right...¨.  They wanted to kick me out of the VIP waiting area even though I had my VIP PASS!  So when they were taking me out, lots of flashes were shot and people screaming... Paul Pierce shouted: ¨Hey that's my boy!!!¨ and so the 2 cops stopped.  Paul came to talk to them and himself ended up shooting a picture of me and the police officers, in front of all the crowd!  That was funny...I could tell you so many stories.”

Youtube video clip showing Lennon balling with NBA players. 

 With Amar'e Stoudemire.

The Lawyer with nothing but The Truth.

Flash: Tell us about the basketball scene in Spain.  How popular is basketball there (considering the Spanish team is a powerhouse in Olympics basketball) and how are you part of it?
The Lawyer: “Basketball is the second most popular sport here, football being number one. It's the best league in the world after the NBA. Great players are playing here in Spain and NBA,back and forth and has a lot of fans.  The Spanish national team has a really great line-up – Pau and Marc Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Serge Ibaka, Jose Calderon, etc.  You know all those names and there's a lot more, they represent Spain and are superstars so it's good for the fans.”
“I'm kind of part of it cause I do all the shows they organise. I came up in the most important Spanish sports magazine called Marca (on it's top 50 Spanish sports representatives – athlete’s issue). I was representing streetball of course and the urban culture in general. I got 3rd interview after Juan Mata (football) and David Ferrer (tennis).”

Flash: What was the best AND1 pair you've ever hooped in? Any fond memories of that shoe?
The Lawyer: “The TAI CHI MID! First of all, they are the comfiest one I ever tried (which is really important).  The 2 colors make it easier to combine with your equipment.  This model got famous as well because of Vince Carter (when he won the dunk contest in 2001). I used them when I played at Basket Square event Madrid 2007 EUROBASKET with Bobbito Garcia, Kadour Ziani with various AND1 european representatives like Yong-C, Kevin Lescot aka Phenomenon, Yah Bakayoko, So fresh So Clean for France, and Fabian Greiser aka Milky way for Germany.”

The Lawyer hooping in the Taichi Mids.

You can catch The Lawyer online by following him in Twitter (@TheLawyer3) or thru his Facebook fanpage (click HERE).  He also has an Instagram account (@thelawyer3).

AND1 Ph will continue to feature other local and international streetball players, so feel free to send an email to and1pinas@gmail.com for your suggestions on who you want to be seen here next.  Please check out and LIKE our Facebook fanpage (www.facebook.com/and1ph) and follow us on Twitter (@and1ph) for more news, spotlights, and the latest updates about the And1 brand in the Philippines.  And that’s the 411, AND Juan!

 Lennon with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics.

Nate Robinson with The Lawyer.

With Lamar Odom.
Showing off the handles against Brandon Jennings.

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