Web - Byron Mullens Played Pick-Up Basketball at Ohio Prison Facility During Off-Season

(Byron James Mullens)

Web - Article - ESPN - Basketball Within Prison Borders (contains picture and video)

Pro Basketball players have gone far and wide to get some good competition during the NBA Lockout off-season. Aaron Brooks, Wilson Chandler, and J.R Smith went to China, Kevin Durant played at Rucker Park in New York, Deron Williams went to Turkey, and Byron Mullens went to Prison. Prison?!?

ESPN.com's Anna Katherine Clemmons writes 'Basketball Within Prison Borders', an interesting feature story about former Buckeye Byron Mullens playing basketball with and against inmates at an Ohio Correctional facility.

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"After the Thunder's playoff run ended last May, Mullens began offseason workouts with a trainer and played pickup games at Ohio State University, where he played for one season before going pro in 2009. But after talking this spring with friend Jeff Lisath, the assistant warden at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio, Mullens decided to play inside prison walls once again.

"I played ball at some places for juvenile kids when I was in high school and I kinda wanted to get back into it," Mullens said." (link)