Mavericks coach likens LA guards to hip-hoplegends

God Shammgod, a former NBA point guard who is now an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks,

and Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson of Bally Sports talked about the games of Shammgod's childhood friends

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Mase and Cam'ron, with whom he grew up in Harlem.

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Shammgod found some amusing Los Angeles Lakers player analogies for both of them.

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"Harlem World," Mase's debut album from 1997, peaked at number one on the Billboard charts

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and has since been certified four times Platinum (recognising sales of four million copies) domestically.

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He then released two more records with Bad Boy Entertainment that were Gold-certified. To date,

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Cam'ron has seven studio albums out on Diplomat, Roc-A-Fella Records, and Epic.

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His biggest song, "Come Home With Me," from 2002,

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was certified Platinum in the United States,

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while two have received Gold certification.

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