Last weekend was the Turkish basketball league all star game. The event took place in the third biggest city of the country, Izmir, a seaside resort, one hour far from Istanbul by plane. Around 10 000 people were packed in the gym for the usual ” foreigners vs. natives” game but also for the Slam Nation’s first show in Turkey.
The foreigners selection won the game 133 : 122 with a incredible performance from a former NBA warrior ,Robert “Tractor” Traylor, hitting 20 points and 8 rebounds for the MVP title. Even more of a spectacle tho was brought courtesy of the one and only french dunking crew surrounding “the dunkfather” kadour ziani, slam nation! sergio boloko, brice de blaine, habib tiour and yann de blaine ate their wheaties for breakfast, performing 4 times during the course of the day, and throwing down a ton of nasty dunks for their huge turkish fanbase.
Robert ” Tractor” Traylor , Most valuable player of the turkish ASG.
Jason Forte, winner of the ASG dunk contest
Habib Tiour
Sergio Bokolo
Brice de Blaine
The crew
Kadour Ziani, kicking the roof !
January 30th, 2009 at 11:42 am
ali says:
good to see my man tractor traylor still playin’, though he looks like he just stepped out of the ring with sugar shane!
January 30th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Jordan Hagedorn says:
Tractor is a beast.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
Looks like he some of Turkey’s “finest”.
January 30th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Casey Lee says:
Yo, Kardour Ziani is the REAL beast. Kicking the roof? C’mon man! The picture deserves MVP honors in itself! ha
January 30th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Sean Couch says:
Tractor looks wrestlemania-ish, good look for him as the MVP. Last year, Quinton “T2″ Hosely was the 2008 MVP.