Street Ball - The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour, Season Two
Year two ofStreet Ball, the sports-reality series about a traveling team of ace home ballers, ratchets up the on-and-off-court drama by dangling a player contract before a long line of b-ball hopefuls from Fresno to Philadelphia. Essentially, the not-quite-NBA-caliber heroes from last season's team--AO, Main Event, Escalade, Skip to My Lou, and a few others--are back, touring and playing the best of local talent at different stops. But this time they're inviting players they like to hop aboard the bus and endure the Darwinian agony of surviving occasional votes on whether they stay or go. This added, calculated dimension detracts somewhat from the delightful innocence of the first season (Street Ball: The And 1 Mix Tape Tour), though there are unique highlights, such as the undersized, Tacoma teen who wows 'em during competition but proves too young to join the team.--Tom Keogh