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Tourney Recap: Best of the Summer event

By Antonio Williams
Scouts Inc.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas said it best when speaking to his team prior to a game during the NBA Finals: "It's a battle of wills, not a battle of skills." Coming on the heels of the mega AAU tournaments in Las Vegas, the Double Pump Best of the Summer event becomes more of a war of attrition: The players, running on fumes after displaying their wares in Vegas, work through physical and mental fatigue in efforts to finish off the vaunted summer evaluation period with a bang and possibly win a c ...

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