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Playoffs on the line in Drew League regular season finale

The Drew League, being a pro-am, doesn’t give anybody an opportunity to make money to play basketball, as the NBA obviously does. But, for many, it provides another opportunity, the chance to blur the line between NBA’er and non-NBA’er in a 5-on-5 setting and test guys like Jeter and his teammate Sunday, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Samardo Samuels . “I don’t care if it’s [Baron Davis] out here -- somebody’s gonna go hard because maybe they’ve been waiting on this for a while,” he said Sunday. “They’ll be watching us on TV and being like, ‘Man, I can’t wait to play against such and such in the Drew League this summer.' It’s not jealousy, it’s competition. Respect is shown in different ways, but it’s there. Non-NBA’ers respect NBA’ers by giving them their best efforts and challenging them to the best of their abilities. And NBA’ers, looking to stay in shape during the lockout many expect to last into the season, don’t take many plays off, for fear of being embarrassed by a relative no-name in the age of social media. “It was a playoff atmosphere in there,” said Bulls guard Deon Tresvant , Cal State Northridge’s leading scorer for two seasons from 2007-2009 who has not played professionally since he left the Matadors. “We were losing late -- they made a run -- so we had to make a run and come back, and eventually we did that and we put it out. The path to success in the Drew League goes like this: find a couple NBA-caliber players and surround them with teammates they are both familiar and comfortable with. Keep the roster intact throughout the 11-week Drew season. That’s what most of the top teams have done this summer, like Hank’s Blazers,”which features Detroit’s Austin Daye and Denver’s Kenneth Faried , and C.O.A, which features Banks and Los Angeles Clippers forward Craig Smith . You are fully responsible for the content you post. Content that includes profanity, personal attacks or antisocial behavior (such as "spamming" or "trolling"), or other inappropriate content or material will be removed. We reserve the right to block any user who violates our terms of use , including removing all content posted by that user. Brian and Andy Kamenetzky

Before joining ESPN Los Angeles, Brian and Andy hosted Lakers Blog for the Los Angeles Times from 2005 to 2009. They host the ESPN Kamenetzky Brothers Lakers PodKast and frequently appear on ESPN Radio 710. As contributors for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, they have written about virtually every sport known to mankind.

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