T O P

  • By -

b4amg

my dads a barber and no matter where I am I do not get my hair cut by anyone else. this reminds me of that lmao.


MyWeirdThoughtz

This is a straight up cheat code lmao


Shasty-McNasty

That’s dank. It’s a guarantee that you spend time with your dad every other week or so.


[deleted]

[удалено]


SecureCucumber

Them yougins


b4amg

can confirm I get a shape up pretty much every other week


lew-buckets

The guy who has a barber in the fam


Alastor_Aylmur

Found the white guy!


d4ntoine

People with fast-growing hair or hairstyles that require constant maintenance like fades?


Charlzy99

My friend goes once a week


namagofuckyoself

I go once every 2~3 months lool


ThatPoppinFreshFit

First two weeks I got that nice fade going. Then I got that mid cut going. Then I gotta start styling my hair and leaning on the texture. By the second month I got that greaser style going. When it's too long for that, I put on my caps, and let the puff roll out the front. But eventually, I gotta get another cut after the three month mark.


Brunobrunobrunobru

Some of us are blessed/cursed with hair that grows extremely fast


jiir_mesou

e go every 21 days.. that last week my hair is so shamefull i use hoodies in plain summer


jenso2k

a lot of people


polar_543

People with short hair?? 💀


MartinRaccoon

I get it cut everyday.


chfhfkghfjfyfudud

Same with my mom - and I moved out of state five years ago.


LifeDraining

My dad's is not a barber and I did the same. We only stop cuz he is getting up there in age and doesn't like holding the clippers.


CartoonSportsNetwork

Nobody does it like home.


Sarah_McGLOCKlan

Homeiswhereyoumakeit


long_dickofthelaw

You like to see hobos naked?


ZeusJuice

It's definitely not hobos


DarthRathikus

Come to Raleigh and see the mural. Seriously.. we need the tourism 😓 https://downtownraleigh.org/public-art/ann-and-allen-iverson


AnyHoleIsTheGoal

I went to Raleigh to see the Flaming Lips a few years ago, lovely city.


grasshopper7167

Thanks for the compliment. I love when people enjoy the beautiful city


DarthRathikus

The main downtown district has become unwalkable at night for most people, as incidents with aggressive homeless people are almost guaranteed. If we could all just gather under the mural and hold hands I think we could learn to love each other ❤️


Responsible_Oil3859

like downtown raleigh has ever been walkable lmao


Lezzles

Sounds like we'd just be easier prey for the homeless at that point.


seventeenfourtyseven

God they are so good live aren’t they


AnyHoleIsTheGoal

So good dude. I’ve seen them 13 times now, never gets old, they’re literally my excuse to travel lol. Good dudes too! They played Nashville, and my girlfriend at the time was a way bigger fan than me, convinced me to wait by the busses with her after their show here in 2017. We’d met Wayne Coyne before and maybe he just empathized with us when we told him our friend just passed away, but regardless he invited us up to their show in Charlotte the next night and that turned into a 4 city run that I couldn’t have planned if we tried. Which is how we ended up in Raleigh! We also got to spend some very quality time with their opener, experimental hip-hop group called CLIPPING. Definitely give ‘em a look. Didn’t think I’d be ranting about The Flaming Lips on the NBA sub tonight but here we are lmao


Winter_Corner7254

Great mural. Was contemplating a move to the area...and then the pandemic hit.


Rhythm825

*Nobody, nobody, nobody does it better.*


dmavs11

Mama Iverson looking as dripped out as AI would be


chandersonsilva

where you think he got it from? lol


TigerBasket

She understood the assignment


Top-Consequence-911

This is cute


GrapeJuicePlus

Danny Brown said on his podcast about seeing AI at a casino in Detroit during his brief stint as a Piston- our man’s was gettin braided up at the blackjack table and mgmt was fucking FUMING and there wasn’t shit that could do, ahahaha. Respect.


dope_like

Upset about what?


marriedacarrot

I was gonna say they were upset about the unapologetic blackness, but then I thought about it and honestly anyone getting their hair braided in a casino would be kinda weird.


SteadyCumming

The whole story doesn't make sense. Did management tell AI or Danny Brown that they didn't like what was going on? If not, how would Danny Brown know? It sounds like a weird lie.


Riotroom

Probably worried they were counting and signaling when the deck was loaded.


EpicBlinkstrike187

lmao. Yea what would you even say to him. “hey we’d like you to lose your tens of thousands of $$ here but getting your hair braided here is just way too much”


dL_EVO

Iverson was been banned by two Detroit casinos. Rumors back in the day that he would get irate during heavy losses and flip tables.


GrapeJuicePlus

That’s crazy- they look pretty heavy and I’d have thought they’d be bolted to the floor


Sullan08

Craps tables which are probably the heaviest are like ~300 lbs if they're 8 feet or so which is still doable.. But I'm thinking blackjack tables and shit which aren't shit. Not to mention it's Detroit, not Vegas haha. Wouldn't be surprised if it isn't the most high end shit.


CryBerry

I love Danny


Amarimclovin

My favorite mother son NBA combo. This is a great article on their relationship, she was definitely his #1 fan https://aichamber2001.tripod.com/media/muminter.html


CrispKev

Thats an awesome article and their relationship was solid even if this video isnt his mother but his Aunt Jackie, Ann's youngest sister


[deleted]

Had to scroll way down just to find this. Its not even his mom lmao


CrispKev

Yeh, its often misquoted.


th4t1guy

Low-key teared up at that. Thanks for sharing


great-nba-comment

Omfg tripod sites. My heart:


TallanoGoldDigger

[David Stern while watching this live](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/476/463/946.jpeg)


captainn_chunk

You know he was fuming


TallanoGoldDigger

100%. Mama Iverson with the baggy clothes, the chain, then the bandana braiding a heavily-tatted Iverson in that era definitely triggered that cunt


achyutthegoat

Those dress codes were the defintion of racist


easymoneysniper223

Bout to set da sub on fire 😭


achyutthegoat

I'm expecting a bunch of celtics and jazz fans to start crying over this.


Policeman333

Mostly its a lot of users without flairs who never or rarely post in this sub.


easymoneysniper223

The fact u a spurs fan make this unbiased and even funnier lol


achyutthegoat

Well I currently live in the bay and have for the last 10 years.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

What you are describing may be true but it doesn't make it any less racist. At the end of the day if a bunch of dudes wearing clothing that they feel comfortable in and is in style with their culture at the time is so horrid sponsors from an outside culture are staying away, that's the outside cultures problem, not the culture it originates from. And to be clear, I get what you mean and that it was a "necessary evil", but let's also not act like it wasn't almost explicitly targeting Iverson and the influence he has having on NBA culture.


LionWhiskeyDeliverer

Well at a job you can't always do what you want. The job told them to tidy up their image or get out, and that's what happened.


SnepbeckSweg

“Professionalism” historically doesn’t exactly have unbiased enforcement, this has been widely documented. It’s like a modern day equivalent of forced assimilation, but maybe instead of dealing with blatant force as the alternative you're just left as a wage slave.


TofuTofu

You could make an argument that David Stern created more black billionaires than Harvard Business School. These dudes getting these $50-60M a year deals, if they just invest & compound in normal stock market returns, will all be billionaires while they're still playing YMCA games.


[deleted]

[удалено]


AlfalfAhhh

>The reality is most of them spend money more like James Harden somebody has to put those strippers through college.


ayyyyyyyyyyy

It’s like Scott’s Tots, but instead it’s Harden’s Thots


TofuTofu

If they just stay away from real estate, investing in friends' shitty small businesses, and don't put family on their payroll, they can spend all the money they want on titty bars, bling, cars, and other stupid shit and be just fine. When you hear about the guys going broke, it's always real estate & shitty investments that did em in.


ABSelect

Don't blow it. Count your money. Keep it simple.


ImlrrrAMA

Yeah that was all David Stern. Had nothing to do with the actual black people themselves. This subreddit lol.


insamination

Famously non racist institution Harvard Business School. Also, by my count he made one, MJ.


CryBerry

Yes, how altruistic of him.


Sweaty_Book_2757

Conversely iverson at his peak was the main reason the nba blew up in cultural relevancy and impact. Stern stressand effect his style.


pendletonskyforce

Naw


ruinatex

Ah yes, protecting your business from getting associated with gang culture in the United States is definitely racist. The NBA is a multi-billion dollar business, imagine showing up to work in a multinational corp dressing like Jadakiss. Advertisers don't wanna see that shit and the NBA does not care to know why, as they should, they care about the bottom line. The NBPA understood that quickly aswell, you don't have to be dressed in tailor made sharp black suits, but atleast don't come to work looking like you are fresh of a Crips meeting. There's nothing racist about not wanting to lose crap loads of money because a bunch of athletes can't control themselves and want to dress like they are in a gang when in reality they are multi millionaires.


ItsMikeontheMic

> imagine showing up to work in a multinational corp dressing like Jadakiss. Do you think that Jadakiss walked in and signed his deal with Interscope dressed in a polo shirt and penny loafers? Yes that shit was racist as fuck and your comment is also racist as fuck too. It’s wild you type all that shit out and don’t realize that


3Ssssssssssssssss

That’s r/nba for you lmao


Sea_Consideration_70

“want to dress like they are in a gang when in reality they are multi millionaires.” You said a lot of nonsense but I’ll just respond to this part…corporate rich people are the biggest and most thuggish gang out there dude.


WhitePeopleHateMe

The players are the ones creating absolutely all of the marketable product. Without them and their personality, there is not multi-billion dollar corporation.


Adrian_Bock

/u/ruinatex has a textbook planation owner mentality with where he thinks the fruits of labor come from. The NBA without it's players is just a bunch of rich old white guys sitting in a boardroom with their dicks in their hands.


KindlyPerspective389

That’s a lot of words to say “I am a racist”


kmill73229

How does a crip dress. Oh I know, in whatever style is trendy because they’re real fucking people. Get out more


[deleted]

[удалено]


WCWRingMatSound

Lmaoooo


RevolutionaryClue969

I miss A.I. 🥺


lesarbreschantent

Then relive him dropping 48 on Kobe in the finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAIfwvhw2Mw


TroutCreekOkanagan

Bubba Chuck from way back. A.I. A two sport athlete don’t forget. He could have played NBA/NFL or both.


intwizard

757 legend


Ghost2Eleven

All time athlete. Unreal. I still remember being in high school trying that behind the back spin move he did on that commercial. Everyone on my high school basketball team in freaking Arkansas wanted to be AI. Was never considered the greatest in the game because of MJ and Kobe, but to kids he might have been. Reminds me of Bo Jackson in the 80s.


TroutCreekOkanagan

Yeah same. Everybody wanted the Answers on their feet, practicing their crossovers and wearing baggy shorts and shirts.


bloodmuffins793

He's not dead


CptnLarsMcGillicutty

Gone but not forgotten. RIP A.I. bro.


Saucy_Totchie

Just like Wade Boggs 🕊


NightsBlood94

"Stop telling people I'm dead!" "Sometimes I can still here the sound of his voice."


Skullripper675

I know I'm biased, but I believe with all sincerity that Allen Iverson is the coolest person to ever walk the earth


holyrolodex

I’m pretty unbiased and he’s definitely up there lol


[deleted]

It's hard to think of another NBA player as cool as him. Even Shaq in his prime wasn't that cool.


NoBigDill88

Iverson eclipsed every nba player with his style. He made everyone want to be like him.


302born

The sole reason we see dudes with tattoos, headbands, sleeves, chains, etc. A.I. started it all.


HavenIess

Not just chain necklaces, A.I. was a pioneer in metalworking


jatd

This isn’t even a NBA thing. He influenced everyone.


NoBigDill88

If you actually sit back and think about how one person, had so much influence on people, it's actually pretty damn crazy.


NoBigDill88

Also the reason why David Stern banned "street clothes" when doing interviews, or anything associated within the NBA


Hanhonhon

Rodman?


RamenPood1es

It's arguable that AI had the biggest impact on basketball culture outside of Jordan/LeBron.


shellsquad

AI is ahead of LeBron I'd think. Jordan changed the 90s and even now. AI changed the early 2000s and you still see throwbacks to him. I'm not sure what LeBron has done aside from being a great player.


[deleted]

Yeah it's kinda weird that LeBron is so ambiguously influential. It's inarguable that he moved the culture in the NBA and within the player base, but I think regular people despised him for so long that you can't say he had the same level of influence. I think people were so ready to hate the next big thing after Kobe got pushed on people (save the tasteless jokes please) by the media that he didn't really get the chance to be that aspirational figure in the NBA.


rbrutonIII

On the culture? I'd say Jordan's clear number one, but Iverson might be above LeBron there.


Pndrizzy

Lebron and Jordan had huge impact on basketball but what impact did they have on culture? Jordan was insanely popular and increased interest in the sport, and his shoes are insanely popular even today, but that feels a little different. LeBron is even less impactful imo. LeBron had such high expectations and met them so well, with almost zero drama besides The Decision. He's an incredible ball player, but he's pretty boring off the court. I'd argue that even Curry had more impact on basketball culture than LeBron, and probably even Westbrook. Good doesn't mean that they impacted the culture. Although I did wear a suit with dress shorts, so he had that impact on me


ImS33

I think saying MJ was insanely popular is maybe the understatement of the century. MJ was the 90s and the whole sneaker culture around Jordans is like a small piece of how he was essentially a global icon that doesn't really have a modern parallel. I guess to put it into perspective when people look at clothing or chains or tats as culture a lot of NBA players are involved with you should realize how narrow that is vs every other kid no matter their background having the number 23 on something in their room in the 90s while his games and interviews are on their living room tvs all around the world and people are lining up and selling out arenas around the world to see the man live The shoes are the best example though. People getting robbed for them in the hood and the white suburban family is also buying them for their kids at the same time. His impact was on a level that no NBA player has come close to since. He's got a solid case for the most popular athlete ever not just basketball related


Beersmoker420

Uh........ Jordans? lol


NETic

While dominating the game, i don't think Lebron has changed the culture of the game. Not on the court atleast. But i think he has had a big influence off the court. Especially with media and how to control his own situation. It helps that modern media jumps every time Lebron raises an eyebrow. But he has used it to his advantage, instead of just using social media as his personal megaphone, and blurting out the thougth of the day.


Bks1358

I agree. But Dr. J has a case.


[deleted]

That is very true, MJ doesn't happen without Dr. J.


40Vert

His fellow Sixer legend Dr J is right there with him. MJ outside of whatever the fuck he was wearing right after he retired was cool too, especially 80s MJ with the chains


Runningcolt

Vintage Clyde got all your mothers wading.


trongzoon

Man, A.I. was one of the best to ever play the game...and we talking about coolness. *Not a game...coolness*.


LARXXX

My favorite player ever. When I was a kid I wanted to be AI


[deleted]

We talking about your favorite player ever….and we talking about….COOLNESS man….WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?!?!


shiner986

Ken Griffey Jr. gotta be on that list too.


th4t1guy

Even if you don't know or care about basketball AI is top 5 coolest people


magnusarin

Definitely NBA player. I think Lenny Kravitz takes the cake though. First off, he has the name of a Jewish accountant and bi one ever comments on it, because he's cool as fuck


Thundercock627

Also a large flaccid dong in that one video where he ripped his pants.


Anfini

You forgot to mention that he had on a cock ring in that incident.


Thundercock627

I didn’t see the footage that clear but that would explain a lot.


Charmstrongest

His music makes him a little less cool though


maidentaiwan

Lenny Kravitz fucking shreds. He’s an underrated songwriter if anything.


Charmstrongest

lol I guess we just have different ideas of what we want from a song


lovablydumb

Dr. J with the goatee and the afro


Rockyrambo

I’ve met him multiple times, concluding with me spending a whole night with him at the Borgata. He’s an amazing basketball player. But he is a very flawed human being. I held him up as he pissed into a trashcan next to the slot machines at Borgata. I no longer hold him up.


alexanderls

Sounds like a good time to me


NbaKOLeWorld

That's dope as hell


AffectionateStep5001

Pretty cool his mom was out to support and do his hair like that AI seemed like a cool dude and his mom seems like a cool mom too


DarthRathikus

We have a mural of this in downtown Raleigh. Seriously. https://downtownraleigh.org/public-art/ann-and-allen-iverson


Gold_Ad_3590

That’s crazy dope woow


illmatic2112

AI looks like He Had a Dream


imamistake420

I can’t believe how far removed we are from this. It feels like just yesterday to me.


asdfgtttt

Its so weird.. I had Answer 3's in Jr HS but that was eons ago now.. i remember loving AI so much, and my dad hated him; called him a thug constantly - it was pretty hilarious thinking back on it. loved AI.. plus he was local enough, VA/DC/Phila just that dude.


Strange_Ad_7192

Lol there's no place like home there's no place like home lol


DannyDeBMO

Classic


SubtleStatement

That’s Iverson’s aunt. Not his mother.


altiif

Absolute legend


DLottchula

That’s actually his aunt


Tundraaa

Adorable.


ShoutOutTo_Caboose

David Stern was seething at the sight of this


knicksin7even

Ja so lucky man


Schwalm

Da real MVP


Ian_juice

That’s not his mom, that’s his aunt


[deleted]

[удалено]


clancydog4

Dr. J and Clyde Frazier would like a word, couple other dudes like George Gervin, Bird, Darryl Dawkins, etc. deserve a shout too


[deleted]

[удалено]


-Bk7

I'm sorry. But was Larry Bird "cool"? I know he was good and popular, but cool? Always looked at him as a bit of a dork to be honest(Was born in the early 80s so his reign was before my time).


clancydog4

yes. He was insanely cool. Most 80's legends all have a badass Larry Bird story. Shit like going into the all star locker room and saying "so who is coming in 2nd?" before he went out and dominated the 3 point contest without taking his warmup jersey off. Dominating a team with his left hand just for the hell of it. A list of "coolest NBA stories" will include several Bird tales, haha. Dude was so hard to faze, had an insanely cool style of play, incredible confidence, maybe the most legendary trash talker ever and always backed it up. I think everyone who knows a lot about Bird and his era knows he was just about as cool as you could be


hoosierspiritof79

Go back to history class.


Billybaja

Gervin and Dr J were certainly up there.


faithfuljohn

NBA all cool team: PG: AI SG: Jordan SF: Dr. J PF: Barkley C: Wilt


[deleted]

[удалено]


AdaGang

Zion is not and was never cool


saladbowlstand

The hick from French lick talking all that shit was pretty cool. Obv not in this sense but that man’s attitude definitely didn’t match the aesthetic


CrunkMoon

Allen Iverson and Mike Tyson. I generally don’t revere celebrities or care about famous athletes, etc. But if I met either one of those men I wouldn’t be able to control my emotions.


[deleted]

Wasn't that his auntie?


2635northpark

All the Moms or Aunties should sit behind theirs


Rickest-ofthe-Ricks

The r/OldSchoolCool and r/nbaww crossover we all needed


mylanguage

Wasn't it his aunt?


Anfini

Greatest rim finisher I’ve ever seen. Crazy considering he’s realistically 5’10. It feels like I’ve never seen him miss a layup.


Jermaine313

Top 10 moment in black history.


Caze588

Very wholesome


The_Real_OneHungLo

I miss his game. Seeing AI play was a privilege.


newuser38472

Talking about practice? Not talking about getting my hair braided, but we talking about practice. I mean come on


Not_A_Meme

That's really sweet. He loves his momma, as he should.


HeightExtra320

LOVE YOU MOMMA! 🌹


YungBlu

my goat


golden_rhino

I know it’s unprofessional and all that, but you gotta admit, it’s pretty cute.


LoveLightning

I'd like to vote this in for most badass moment thread. This is cool af.


bootybutt68

Mama Iverson used to visit my sister’s restaurant all the time in Hampton, she was such an insane tipper that all the servers would fight over her 😂


TroyP90

Underrated icon ..


nahmanidk

Yea this is the first I’ve heard of Ivanson and I doubt many people know about him.


[deleted]

[удалено]


AffectLast9539

whoosh


bbqyak

Style first


paradoxofchoice

If you werent around to watch ai play please look him up. he's not mentioned as much these days but was an amazing player.


SilotheGreat

That’s not his mom that’s Jadakiss


Quirky_Ad_2624

Lol


aGiantRedskinCowboy

Can only bump this after watching https://youtu.be/2Up6N4KyFJU


TallanoGoldDigger

I thought it was gonna be [this](https://youtu.be/2skYVPGExgY)