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

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

L.A. IS A HOOPS TOWN. IT HAS BEEN 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.  

SINCE1973, THE DREW LEAGUE HAS BROUGHT LOCAL KIDS, STREETBALL LEGENDS AND PROFESSIONAL STARS TOGETHER IN LOS ANGELES - ALL FOR THE LOVE OF BASKETBALL. ORIGINALLY A SIX TEAM BASKETBALL LEAGUE HOSTED AT CHARLES DREW MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COMPTON AND FIRESTONE. WHAT STARTED AS AN IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM TURNED INTO A MECCA OF SORTS FOR PRO-AMATEUR BASKETBALL. 

THE RICH LEGACY INCLUDES THE ORIGIANAL FOUNDING FATHERS, A VISIONARY FEMALE COMMISSONER, VETERAN COACHES, THREE DIFFERENT GYMS 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.