With the release of "Semi-Pro" and March Madness descending upon us, one question looms large: Why has basketball played host to so many horrendous hairdos? Most players (at least the professionals) have the cash for stylists who can give tonsorial tips, and yet for every fantastic collection of locks such as Artis Gilmore's, there's also a Larry Bird "$5 Special" that looks like it dropped from the wrong end of a Flowbee.
Maybe it's because ballers are so tall they think no one will notice what's on top of their heads. But we do, and we're concerned.
Who did we miss? Let us know.
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Wednesday 12 March
By Laura
How about when Scotty Pippin shaved his head?
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Wednesday 12 March
By Jsub
Drew Gooden, last season...
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Wednesday 12 March
By Bob Wong
How about Ben Wallace's do?
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Wednesday 12 March
By nj
there was a while where rip hamilton had a contract with one of the tire companies and made his hair look like the tread on their newest product.
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Wednesday 12 March
By Karla Horn
I agree with the above person, corn rows and braids don't constitute a terrible haircut, they are a way of doing your hair to be proud of who you are or where you come from. And if you let your hair grow naturally, it is not a terrible cut. Likewise when you use pictures from years ago you should be mindful that hair styles, all of them, go in and out, sometimes come back. After all whoever created this, how do we know what your hair looks like? After all who cares?
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Wednesday 12 March
By kelton
I dont know what ya'll talkin about because ron artest's "king" was pretty damn snazzy
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Wednesday 12 March
By kelton
i dont know what ya'll talkin about ron artest's "king" was pretty snazzy
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Wednesday 12 March
By kathy
You bunch of cry baby's. There is just as many pictures of white people as there is black people. Quit your whining and playing the racism card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wednesday 12 March
By Gary Glover
Oh pleeeeeezze , all we are doing is having a little fun here , relax a bit and enjoy the old pics
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Wednesday 12 March
By balconygal
Pollard's hair still leaves a lot to be desired. I was recently appalled to discover that my hair had the current Pollard look so I had to make some drastic changes. Sadly the end of this post shows the pre-change:
http://celticsbalcony.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-am-not-pollard.html
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Wednesday 12 March
By poor and anonymous
My hat's off to anybody who does something unusual with their hair. I get bored looking at all the generic heads out there. Keep up the good work guys!
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Wednesday 12 March
By Chris
OnceDeliverance,
It can't reek of racisim. Out of 27 pictures, 13 were of white guys. The rest were mexican, columbian and black. The reporter is simply stating that these "do's" look incredibly dumb. Just as you probably do when you spout your mouth off in front of people.
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Wednesday 12 March
By stew
ya know....i kinda thought the kid with the pacers hairdo was pretty cool
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Wednesday 12 March
By stew
i thought the kid with the lakers haircut was pretty cool
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Wednesday 12 March
By Lou Diaz
Dear Bob Wong,
Re your tired "racist" comment- How shall i put this...ummm..shut up.
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Wednesday 12 March
By andrew
who writes this crap?
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Wednesday 12 March
By prete ryback
air jordan-baloney he could never carry oscars jock or kareems or george mikans, even george yardley was better
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Wednesday 12 March
By leonard
hello get it cut.
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Wednesday 12 March
By leonard
let allplayers get a hair cut. let them all look good. no slobs allowed
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Wednesday 12 March
By OnceDeliverance
This reeks of racism!! Some of those guys' hairs actually grow like that or are cultural hairtyles like the "corn rows," Afros, or curly hair. There is a difference between being proud of who one is by expressing it through appearance than showing off one's locks for the sake of attention. Whoever thought of this is an idiot because you're also comparing hairstyles from different times. I'm sure our children and grandchildren will find our current looks hilarious or ridiculous.
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