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Ballislife.com on Twitter: "Kobe Bryant with streetball legend Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Joe dropped out of high school, never played college & was still drafted by the Lakers. He once outscored Dr
Peter Vecsey on Twitter: "@timringTV Pee Wee Kirkland and Joe Hammond. Earl Manigault a distant third." / Twitter
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Meet Joe Hammond, the greatest street baller that ever lived, before a life in the drug world took it all away – New York Daily News
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Meet Joe Hammond, the greatest street baller that ever lived, before a life in the drug world took it all away – New York Daily News
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