Initial greetings out of the way, an exhausted Grayson Boucher fell into a chair in a nondescript classroom near the Tent Dome in Toyosu on one of the final few warm, sunny days of 2010. Boucher had just finished putting 44 youngsters through the paces in a basketball ball handling clinic and the man nicknamed, "The Professor" was spent.
Still, as the fatigue of a hectic schedule took its toll during a rare moment of inactivity, Boucher, fast becoming a legend in streetball circles, and fellow instructor Alonzo "Showstopper" Miles were happy with the work they'd put in with their young fans.
"I just thought it was dope to do something in the country where we probably have the most loyal fans," Boucher said after the And1 Tenth Anniversary Basketball Ball-handling Clinic. "For us to give something back to them is really big.
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