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Rivalries in this context refer to intense competition and long-standing sports rivalries between high school basketball teams, such as Westchester and Birmingham. These games are highly competitive and hold a lot of significance for the players and the community. Winning these games is important because of the bragging rights and the pressure to perform well in front of a supportive community. It's all about the intense competition and the support from the community that creates a balance between competition and camaraderie.

HANGIN' WITH HUEY with HOUSTON MALLETTE | EPISODE 1 | ETHAN ANDERSON

We won a championship , never been done before or hadn't been done in at least 20 years . And so , um , you know , those rivalries , they , those are huge games . Like at that time , man , I think I used to come to school in those days with my headphones and I didn't talk to anybody or anything .

HANGIN' WITH HUEY with HOUSTON MALLETTE | EPISODE 1 | ETHAN ANDERSON

There's , I mean , there's , there's coaches that are been coaching there for 30 plus years that have coached people in the eighties and all the way up to my time . And so it's those rivalries were , you know , I do anything to go back to play one of those one more time . Yeah .

HANGIN' WITH HUEY with HOUSTON MALLETTE | EPISODE 1 | ETHAN ANDERSON

Um , you know , L A is a very uh like intense kind of vibe when it comes to basketball , especially the city section . So , what does those rivalries mean of like , uh , you know , like Westchester , uh , Birmingham , like teams like that . Like , what did , what did that mean to you ?

HANGIN' WITH HUEY with HOUSTON MALLETTE | EPISODE 1 | ETHAN ANDERSON

I just ran the offense , took my open shots , drove to the bathroom when I needed to and just found the open man . And so those practices , you know , they're very competitive every time I've played against in practice . I've been the toughest times of those prior fives because everybody on your team is a five star .

HANGIN' WITH HUEY with HOUSTON MALLETTE | EPISODE 1 | ETHAN ANDERSON

But at the same time as a human , you have to know that they're just basketball games . And when I started approaching it is , you know , these games are games you wanna win . But at the same time , you know , I do this every day , I , I work on my shot every day .