In a decade's time, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has ripped out ten of the city's most storied basketball courts. Mercifully, they spared one of the two full-court runs that made this picturesque park on the edge of Edina a summer hot spot. Games are played to 13.
Winners stay, losers get in line.
Neither race nor the price of a player's Air Jordans matters, but you'd better have your game on. The offensive pace is frenetic, defense is a necessity, and a knowledge of the game is assumed. Hot dogs are not relished on this scene, and those who don't know when to give up the rock will find themselves the target of trash talk on and off the blacktop.