Aging Canadian Streetball Legend Takes His Last Shot at the NBA

Joey Haywood, a.k.a. King Handles, hasn’t given up on his hoop dreams just yet.

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Vice Sports has launched its newest miniseries Street Legends — a three-part series that explores “athletes who dominate their niche sport while giving us a look at the duality of their lives.” More specifically, the series follows athletes who are considered legends in the streets as they try to take their careers to the next level before their bodies can no longer compete at a professional level. In this particular episode, Canadian steetballer King Handles, or Joey Haywood, tries out for Raptors 905 of the D-League in what could be his last shot at making it to the NBA.

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