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Growing up in the back woods of Mississippi, Erick Dampier fell in love with that genre of cars, not to mention other classics.

"I had a '64 Chevy truck when I was in the sixth grade," he said. "I was driving then. I still have that truck today. I'm doing a little restoration to it now."

Though he lost count listing all his vehicles, Dampier said he has three classics in his garage in Dallas. He has about five more at his other home in Mississippi. "That's all I can think of," he said.

Several of them have enough horsepower to be classified as hot rods, or certainly enough to get the local authorities' attention.

They're the muscle cars of a muscle player. And it's a popular hobby among NBA players.

"I like 'em," Dampier said. "A lot of people are getting into classic cars. They're not making them anymore, and the value of those cars is only going to go up."

In his Dallas stable are a '64 Impala Super Sport, a 1970 Chevelle SS and a '66 Pontiac GTO.

Back in Mississippi, he keeps the older cars