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A former NBA great, Tim Hardaway, will be there, but trying to win isn't the only reason they're hitting the court."You better catch up.""Go ahead. I'm going to let you start again."
Twelve-year-old Jason Ares has played in the tournament for two years. He was an innocent bystander hit by gunfire. Ares was shot when he was three years old. The basketball court where Ares and many others will play is called the Bryan Leach Memorial Court, named after a local streetball legend and Greater Grand Crossing native, Bryan Leach.
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