When kids reveal what they aspire to be growing up, not many will lay claim to being a professional slam dunk star.
Enter Joel Henry: a soft spoken, well-dressed and even better mannered man from North London. Don't let his kind character fool you, though. When he is competing in a dunk contest, he turns into a different beast. He evolves into his basketball alter-ego, The Royal Guard.
His journey from London to Barcelona and the world is something of an urban legend as he fought tooth and nail to forge a unique career for himself. Henry's saga started at Greig City in the London borough of Haringey, where he first truly discovered basketball.
