The S.K.Y Streetball Syndicate (S.K.Y.), the world's top professional streetball team joins up with JUMPSHOT to form a media partnership. The partnership will be the first of its kind for both S.K.Y. and JUMPSHOT and will be a springboard for the development and growth of streetball in Singapore and across the Southeast Asian region.
The S.K.Y. team is led by streetball legends Taurian "Mr. 720" Fontenette, Dennis "Spyda" Chism, John "Helicopter" Humphrey, Patrick "Da Roc" Robinson and Aaron "AO" Owens. Other members of S.K.Y. includes players Anthony "Half Man Half Amazing" Heyward, James "Big Swoal" Rhodes and newcomer Guy "Easy J" Dupuy.
As part of the media partnership between the two, S.K.Y. news and updates will be featured on the JUMPSHOT.SG website at regular intervals. Additionally, JUMPSHOT will have in depth access to S.K.Y. players for exclusive interviews and discussions.
"JUMPSHOT is proud to announce our media partnership with the S.K.Y. Streetball Syndicate, the world's most famous and exciting professional streetball team" commented Esther Quek, the Managing Director of JUMPSHOT. "The goal of JUMPSHOT is to cover all basketball stories and news in Singapore and around the world, and I am looking forward to introducing all our Singaporean basketball fans to this exciting and unique type of basketball. We're confident that once the Singaporean fans get exposed to S.K.Y. they will be eager to learn more about streetball and S.K.Y. Eventually, we would like to invite the entire S.K.Y. team to Singapore to perform and to help develop basketball and streetball in Singapore."
Sean Chu, the co-founder of S.K.Y. and its Managing Director for the Asia Pacific Region commented: "As the premiere streetball organization in the world, we continue to look for opportunites to grow and expand the exposure of streetball around the world. This partnership with JUMPSHOT will allow all basketball fans in Singapore and Southeast Asia to get to know more about S.K.Y. and its world famous streetball stars. Ultimately, we would like to partner with JUMPSHOT to bring our unique and exciting event to Singapore one day."
Amongst the S.K.Y. team is the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest winner Taurian “Mr. 720” Fontenette. Well-known for his signature dunk, the axle-rider (a 360-degree between-the-legs dunk), Fontenette is regarded by some to be the best dunker in the world right now for his ability to do a 720 degree dunk. Fontenette stunned fans in Houston, Texas when he performed the first ever, widely documented 720 degree dunk. Video clips of the feat has since been widely distributed over video-sharing sites such as YouTube and has also been featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter. By the way, if you haven’t already seen him dunk, the guy has dunks that only existed previously in video games. Keep an eye out for more updates about S.K.Y. Streetball Syndicate on JUMPSHOT.sg!
