In anticipation of warmer climes and open air hoops, KICKZ.com is thrilled to team up with some of the OGs who have shaped basketball in the German capital – and beyond – over the past decades. Longtime friends of the fam and top dogs, each in their own right, these guys are among Berlin’s all-time best: Ademola Okulaja (formerly UNC, Sixers, Barcelona, Alba Berlin…), Achmadschah Zazai (PG who lead five separate teams to Germany’s first division), Misan Haldin formerly Nikagbatse (google his dunk on Yao Ming at the World Championships 2002!), Berlin-bred BBL journeyman point guard Joshiko Saibou and Dilim Onyia, all-time streetball winner who’s had plenty of pros for breakfast. This one goes out to Berlin’s gritty on-court attitude – and the OGs. Shout out to the Sabally sisters, the Wagner bros, JJ, Heiko, Marko, Henrik Rödl, Tommy Guns, Henning, Stephan, Patrick, Stipo, Rob, Mithat, Wendell, Edwin, Cecile, Jimmy, Bota, Ümit, Nino, Femi Jörg, Vladi, Drazen, Niels, Maodo, Vince and all you other ballers out there, who make Berlin such a hotbed for badass basketball – keep doing your thing!