It was a night of craziness and controversy at Temple’s Liacouras Center on Friday, and there at the center of it all, on the bench, was “The Reign Man” himself, Shawn Kemp.
Kemp was not throwing down his signature NBA dunks or helping former teammates like the Hall of Fame-bound Gary Payton talk smack to opponents—he was coaching a team of streetball players for the AND1 apparel brand against a team of Philadelphia elite players—many of whom had solid NBA experience—in the $100,000 winner-take-all tournament AND1 was holding to help restart its legendary brand.
Always larger than life and never one to shy away from a battle, Kemp’s team found itself in one as the final seconds ticked off. The Philly team, led by another former Seattle Sonic, Flip Murray, as well as recent NBA’ers Mardy Collins and Hakim Warrick, had built a substantial lead and appeared to be on its way to the Saturday semifinals before Kemp’s team rallied, eventually tying the game at 97 with less than 20 seconds left.
When Murray answered with a drop-back two with 0.5 seconds left to give Philly a 99-97 lead, it all seemed over. But ...
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Like Old Times, ‘The Reign Man’ Shawn Kemp Takes to the Court, Craziness Erupts
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