The basketball connection
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NBA.com records the song as a 1984 basketball anthem that references 22 NBA players.
Basketball context, not copied lyrics. Sources stay attached so the story can be checked.
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Kurtis Blow — Basketball
1984
An early hip-hop love letter to the sport that treated NBA names, moves and fandom as rap subject matter rather than background decoration.