COLLECTIONS.: No Excuse, Just Produce.: AN INTRODUCTION.

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"AS SUMMER APPROCHES, BASKETBALL TAKES OVER IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.” LAW MURRAY, ESPN 

L.A. IS A HOOPS TOWN. IT WAS EVEN BEFORE THE LAKERS MOVED IN FROM MINNEAPOLIS IN 1960, THOUGH THAT DECADE STARTED THE WOODEN DYNASTY AT UCLA AND BROUGHT NBA HALL-OF-FAME STARS LIKE JERRY WEST AND ELGIN BAYLOR. IN A VAST CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, THE HARDWOOD WAS A UNIFIER.  

SINCE 1973, THE DREW LEAGUE HAS BROUGHT LOCAL KIDS, STREETBALL LEGENDS AND PROFESSIONAL STARS TOGETHER IN LOS ANGELES - ALL FOR THE LOVE OF BASKETBALL. WHAT STARTED ORIGINALLY AS AN IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH A SIX TEAM BASKETBALL LEAGUE HOSTED AT CHARLES DREW MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COMPTON AND FIRESTONE HAS TURNED INTO A MECCA OF SORTS FOR PRO-AMATEUR BASKETBALL. 

THE RICH LEGACY INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL FOUNDING FATHERS, A VISIONARY FEMALE COMMISSIONER, VETERAN COACHES, MULTIPLE LIVELY VENUES AND COUNTLESS TRULY RAW COMPETITIVE MOMENTS.  

FOR 45 YEARS, THE DREW LEAGUE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SUCCESS STORY THAT BEGAN IN THE HEART OF SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. AND STILL CONTINUES TO FLOURISH WITHIN THE EXACT SAME COMMUNITY.  

"NO EXCUSE, JUST PRODUCE". THATS THE MOTTO THEY LIVE BY.