 He was a member of the heralded streetball crew "YPA" and was prominently featured on the AND1 Mixtape Tour shows on ESPN where he developed a friendship/rivalry with soon-to-be AND1 member Grayson Boucher aka "The Professor".He did not participate in 2003 due to an anke injury.Yong developed an acrimonious relationship with some of the AND1 team members, who felt Yong disrespected them in a magazine article, though Yong repudiated this on the show.