Street Ball Career
Reid has been known by the nickname "The Best Kept Secret" since his years on the playground hoops scene in the Bronx. In 2004, Reid led the Terror Squad team owned by Fat Joe to their third consecutive Entertainer's Basketball Classic championship. Reid scored the final nine points in a come-from-behind victory over a California team that featured NBA players Baron Davis and Gilbert Arenas, and was named the game's MVP.
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—Thylias Moss, African American poet. As quoted in the Wall Street Journal (May 12, 1994)
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Under the running tap that are not the hands of a child.”
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