Tyrone alimoe evans biography
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He never reached the NBA, but Harlem’s Tyron (Alimoe) Evans became every bit as notorious with a basketball in his hand.
The show-stopping streetball standout built a legendary rep with his jaw-dropping play, in Harlem and beyond.
Evans, also known on the courts as “The Black Widow,” died last week from complications related to diabetes, a family member told the Daily News. He was 37. He will be remembered by family, friends and fans on Tuesday.
The death of the 6-7 Harlem baller — who made a name for himself on the popular AND1 Mixtape Tour during the late 1990s and early 2000s — came as a shock to everyone who knew him.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant sent a pair of autographed sneakers, which will be on display at Evans’ funeral.
Bryant’s former teammate Shaquille O’Neal also remembered Evans during a recent broadcast of “Inside the NBA.”
“He was 6-7. He could handle the rock. He could shoot. He act
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Tyron Evans: Alimoe / The Black Widow
And 1 Mixtape streetball players rock your basketball summer. In this streetball mix tejp player bio, meet the playground baller who goes by the nickname Alimoe, also known as The Black Widow:
Name: Tyron Evans aka Alimoe aka The Black Widow
Age: 28
Height: 6’8
Weight: 205
Hometown: Harlem World
Homecourt: 139th and Lenox
hetaste female alive: Shila Jones
Favorite city to be in: Seattle
Hat: Forwards, backwards, or to the side
No hat
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Playground legends no more
Scoop JacksonJul 9, 2013, 12:43 PM ET
Close- Columnist for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
- Wrote for Slam, XXL, 6 years with NBA; 4 years with Nike
The death of Tyron Evans. An end's beginning.
Quiet as it was kept, quiet as it actually was, the passing of the great Alimoe (aka the Black Widow) in late February marked the beginning of the end of what was always believed to be an infinite era of basketball.
While a playground legend can pass away, the actuality or reality of the playground legend is never supposed to die.
Never. Right? Basketball historically has been the sport (along with boxing and soccer) that has always had a culture outside of multimillion-dollar contracts on display inside billion-dollar arenas.
But somehow, the playground legend, the player whom everyone describes with clichés (Shaquille O'Neal, Entertainers Basketball Classic founder Greg Marius and filmmaker Bobbito Garcia talking about Evans) as "supposed to be i