Jamar Davies

Jamar Davies, AKA "The Pharmacist", is an American streetball player from Mount Vernon, New York. He is best known for his appearances on the AND1 Mixtape Tour, which airs on ESPN. On the streets of Mt. Vernon, Davies honed his streetball talents, primarily at his home court, 4th Street Park. In 2001, while playing in Rucker Park in New York City for Team Ruff Riders, he received his streetball name, "The Pharmacist", from Hannibal (the Rucker MC) because his dribbling skills seemed "morphine based".

In a 2003 contest, Davies, playing on the East Coast Team against the AND1 team, proved himself a very useful point guard, with his array of passing and dribbling skills. He was invited back to play AND1 again in 2004 in the New York game, where he memorably pulled Phillip Champion aka "Hot Sauce's" jersey off his back, whilst keeping control of the ball. That move landed him an invitation to play in the 2004 International AND1 Mixtape Tour in November. He later earned an AND1 contract, and later stated that if he had not earned the contract, he may have turned to dealing drugs.

Davies has also played in the 2003/4 Pro League in Engelwood, New York as part of Team Uptown, where he averaged over twenty points and eight assists. In 2005, Davies defended streetball's growing reputation, as some critics said that it was "hurting" the proper game of basketball. Davies said:

"It’s not teaching kids bad habits, because you’ll see that most of us that’s doing tricks like that, where kids will go to the court and do it and get called on, we don’t do that. We do what kids can do in a regular game that don’t get called on. We’re not carrying the ball; we’re not walking; we’re not double-dribbling; we just playing. Our hands is fast like that when you think we doing something that’s wrong."

Resources

* http://www.hoopjibe.com