Category: Amateur

  • John Wall Will Ruin Your Chances of Getting Laid

    John Wall was a legend during his one year at Kentucky, both on and off the court.

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And The Dookie

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    One of the (second) leading-scorer in NBA history’s most interesting stories involves a restroom interaction with a fan at a Naismith Hall of Fame event.

  • Eduardo Nájera Will Hit on You in Front of Your Mom

    If the following story is true, Eduardo Najera may be Josh Giddey’s real twin. Mavs fans may want to look away.

  • Embezzlement, Innovation, and Dominance: The Story of the Original Celtics

    The Original Celtics basketball team had nothing to do with Boston and was so good, that they had to be disbanded by the league they played in.

  • Ben Gordon Was Cookin’ Somethin’

    Ben Gordon could always cook. The stocky 6’3 guard built like a well-fed mountain goat that could headbutt its way through a reinforced steel car door was a matchup nightmare. In three seasons at UConn, he averaged 17 points per game on 44% shooting from the field and won an NCAA Division I Championship in…

  • Vanilla Gorillas Don’t Go to Class – Why Joel Pryzbilla Left the University of Minnesota

    Why do Minnesota basketball fans absolutely hate Joel Pryzbilla? Pryzzy was a big, white, vanilla gorilla that rebounded the air out of the ball and always hustled when he was on the court. Things that are usually endearing even to gorilla haters. Despite being a homegrown talent from small-town Monticello in Minnesota and choosing to…

  • Connie Hawkins Bitchslapped the NBA in Court

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    During his freshman year at Iowa, Cornelius “Connie” Hawkins was accused of point-shaving. Something that got him expelled from University and effectively banned from the NBA…until he fought back and won. This would become known as the 1961 college basketball gambling scandal. New York City Detectives Don’t Play Like others that have had their name…

  • Fat Boys From Nashville Love Basketball

    Fat boys and basketball mix as well as peanut butter on uncooked ramen noodles. They are usually the last to be picked, seldom passed the ball, and more or less only used to set immovable screens. But not in Nashville and not in KeAnthony Patterson’s league. A Fat League of Their Own The inspiration for…

  • Is AAU Basketball Creating Injury-Prone Man-Boys?

    What if I told you basketball teams exist who have no set roster, don’t practice, and you have to pay to be a part of them? You’d probably think I was some shady basketball cult leader. Anywhere else in the world this may be true, except in the United States. Stateside, this is just good…