Ghost - Mike Zanidean

GHOST
Real Name: Mike Zanidean
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Born: 1985
Height: 6'3
Position: Guard
Affiliations: www.ghoststreetball.com

Filmography: Dime Movement, YPA War

26/03/07 - Ghost Diary - Entry 2
Whats up streetballin.net! .Second Diary Entry time. Thanks again to the guys at streetballin.net for the interest in whats going on with me. Right now i am in Vancouver trainning and seeing my family. Didnt do much filming because im real focused on getting my body and mind in shape. No time for injurys. I did drop a new clip before i left Toronto: I leave for tour on 28th for west virginia. Going to be hoopin with Air again, springs, swoal, rizer, and i am pretty sure The Professor is on this tour too. Deffinately will be a good time. I have been working a LOT on my new stuff and new combos. I deffinately will bring the roof down even more this time. ..read more.

21/02/07 - Ghost Diary - Entry 1
Hey whats up everyone!. I was talking to the guys at streetballin.net and they asked for a Diary, and im always game to touch down with the fans and people interested in my journey. I recently was on a 7 game tour with players like Hot Sauce, Air Up There, Springs, Elevator, High Rizer, Big swoal, Jfk, I'll be right back, Shane the Dribblin M achine and a couple more. The tour was in a few cities in TEXAS, and New Mexico. It was crazy! The first game i was tryna find my flow and quickly did. Throwing lobs to those high flyers and crossing a few guys in the open court and half court sets. Within a few games i was deffinately in stride. ..read more.

29/11/07 - Ghost & area's best featured in Killa Krossover
In the world of street basketball, legends are born on the concrete courts of inner city Detroit, the school yards of New York and the barrios of Los Angeles. The biggest stars go by names such as Hot Sauce, High Rizer, Sik Wit It and High Octane. But some also come from Toronto and have a name like Michael Zanidean. Zanidean, who is known as Ghost among streetball players in his downtown neighbourhood, will suit up tomorrow against the world's best streetballers in an exhibition game at the Air Canada Centre and on Saturday at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton in the Killa Krossover Tour 2006. ..read more..

08/10 - Ghost Interview - Elevationmag.com
Recently ElevationMag caught up with a 'Ghost', Mike Zanidean, a streetballer with goal and a plan.
ElevationMag: Mike, you had a great high school career but where did you learn the 'moves'? I assume you didn't get them from your high school. coach.
Ghost: Naw, my high school coach allowed me to dribble freely and believed I possessed something the average guard did not. But, the moves were definitely something inspired by them And1 tapes. I took what I saw and tried to do my own thing with it. ..read more..

29/05/06 - The Ghost Diaries
Thanks to Mike for helping us out with a new feature on streetballin.net. This summer is going to be a busy for the Dime55 member so he'll be keeping us up to date with whats going on in his life as a streetball player.
What's up people!
Well this is my first entry to my streetballin.net diary and i'm excited to see how this goes. Its 2 am and I just got off the internet talking to my boy, Van City’s own, Yash about some goal setting. I got a pretty big summer coming up consisting of: London Hoop it up, Toronto Hoop it up, Montreal Hoop it up, Buffalo Hoop it up, Philadelphia Hoop it up, Top gun Molson Indy tournament, Nyce Tournament, and a few more local Toronto tournaments. ..read more..

Article
Mike Zanidean, 19, (pictured right) is using his experience at TAPS to do both. Although he did attend Maple Ridge's Westview Secondary in Grade 12, he failed to graduate on time and had to do some upgrading. "In a sense, it was a blessing in disguise for it opened this prep school option to me and I didn't have to go straight to a community college in B.C.," said Zanidean. Although Zanidean was a talented player during his time with Westview, his basketball options were extremely limited. It wasn't as if any teams were knocking on the door to sign him and even if they were, his academic record would have suffocated any type of interest immediately. "The group of friends I hung around with wasn't always the smartest with choices or ideas, but they always looked out for me and we all stayed tight," said Zanidean. Most of Zanidean's youth was spent on the basketball courts, developing his streetball game. Although it's not necessarily the most fundamentally sound way to develop basketball technique, Zanidean does credit a lot of his basketball repertoire to streetball.