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WATCH: Jordan Clarkson tells the story behind Tenement and its famous court

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This mural in the Philippines is bigger than basketball. <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanClarksons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JordanClarksons</a> tells the story behind the court, located in in one of the poorest areas of Manila. <a href="https://t.co/fl5qnfueYX">pic.twitter.com/fl5qnfueYX</a></p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1226507748021587968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The only Filipino-American player in the NBA, Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz, narrates the story behind the famed basketball court in Tenement in Taguig City.</p><p>The court has become famous in recent years for the murals that local artists paint on the blacktop.</p><p>Clarkson himself visited Tenement in 2016, and other NBA stars including Paul George and LeBron James have also stepped foot on the court.</p><p>The Tenement court went viral last week, when local artists painted a massive mural of Kobe and Gianna Bryant after their passing in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles.</p><p>In telling the story of the court, Clarkson also narrates how it tied the community of Tenement residents together, despite the hardships in their lives -- including the ever-present threat of eviction.</p><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"><b>ABS-CBN Sports website</b></a>).</p>

<p>The only Filipino-American player in the NBA, Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz, narrates the story behind the famed basketball court in Tenement in Taguig City.</p>

The only Filipino-American player in the NBA, Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz, narrates the story behind the famed basketball court in Tenement in Taguig City.