streetballer

streetballer
 n.— «According to Grayson Boucher, a 21-year-old from Salem, Ore., known as the Professor, a streetballer is someone who wants to win at all costs, and will do whatever he can to do so. And he will rise above his competition to win in the most entertaining way possible.» —“And1 streetballers out to rock the house” by Rebecca Vara Star-Ledger (N.J.) Aug. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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