Malloy Nesmith Sr.

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Malloy Nesmith Sr. is a former streetball player from New York City. He is originally from The Bronx, NY. [1] In high school, he played at James Monroe High School (New York City), finishing in 1988. [2] He played college ball at Utah State [3] He left because of academics and dislike of the schools slow basketball style of play. [4] He is considered to be a legendary streetball player and point guard who played at Rucker Park. [5] He played as part of the Bad Boy Entertainment Squad. [6] At the Rucker, he played against a number of NBA stars. [5] He was the subject of a book, Swee'pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels and Other Playground Basketball Legends. [2] He was a regular at the Entertainers Ball Classic. [7] He was featured in the NBA dribbling commercial. [7] He played professionally at the Dominican Republic with the Gregorio Urbano Gilbert [8]

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  1. "Elite 24: NYC legends". espn.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. 1 2 Valenti, J.; Naclerio, R. (2016). Swee'pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels and Other Playground Basketball Legends. Atria Books. p. 253. ISBN   9781501116674 . Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. "For First Time, UNLV Considered Only Second Best : College basketball: New Mexico State becomes first team to usurp No. 1 ranking in the Big West preseason poll since Rebels joined in 1983. - latimes". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  4. "NESMITH QUITS USU HOOP TEAM". Deseret News. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. 1 2 "The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  6. "Airport '99". umasshoops.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  7. 1 2 "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 144. June 2003. ISSN   1070-4701 . Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  8. "Malloy Nesmith Basketball Player Profile, Gregorio Urbano Gilbert, Utah St., News, Santiago League stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.