Spokane was a basketball town long before Hoopfest and the Zags put it on the map

Young Kwak photo

Anyone can sink some baskets on the Hooptown courts in Riverfront Park, which are painted with a mural called “The Heart of Spokane.”

Spokane may not be the “Mecca of Basketball” as New York City is often called, but the Inland Northwest’s rich hoops history more than justifies our city’s moniker of Hooptown USA.

Everybody here knows about Hoopfest, the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament that takes over the streets of downtown Spokane this weekend. Same goes for Gonzaga men’s basketball, which has

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