Basketball And ‘The Wire'

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Our man AU, writing for The Basketball Jones, has put together one of the best posts we've ever read that combines basketball and HBO's "The Wire", perhaps my favorite television show ever.

First, he goes through the top 8 hoops moments from the show (complete with an Elton Brand mention!) but honestly that just seems like an exercise to go through in order to come up with the money part: the top 8 hoops moments they should have had on the Wire.

One example:

Thomas “Herc” Hauk and Ellis Carver debatewhether or not Baltimore
ever had a professional NBA team. Carverinsists that the Wizards used
to play in Baltimore. “You’re justconfusing them with the Washington
Bullets,” explains Herc. “See, theWizards used to be called the
Bullets. But they still played inWashington.” Carver looks back at
him, dumbfounded. “Of all the retardedfucking arguments I’ve gotten
into with you over the years, this hasgot to be the stupidest,” he
states. Herc shrugs and walks away,confident in his historical
accuracy.

Fantastic. Go read it all.

Only thing missing is a scene on the docks in which Horseface makes some dumb bet that Ziggy can't dunk on the hoop behind office/shed. In an attempt to show how badass he is, Ziggy attempts to throw one down, only to slip and fall into the harbor.

>>Pick-and-Pop: The top 8 hoops moments on ‘The Wire’ (and 8 that should have happened) [TBJ]

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