If someone asked you who the best basketball player to come out of Oakland was, what would you say? If you thought of Jason Kidd, Drew Gooden, Gary Payton, Brian Shaw, or Antonio Davis you'd be wrong. Every single one of these guys will swear to you that the best player from Oakland is Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell. Hook grew up on the mean streets of Oaktown and played street ball with all these NBA ballers growing up. Hook never made it to the NBA because he predictably fell into a life of drugs and crime and ended up in the slammer. He's only 5'9, but can throw down some of the most ridiculous dunks ever. Hook says he started dunking at 5'3, and shattered a backboard on a dunk when he was only 5'5. Jason Kidd said his skills don't even compare to Hooks. "If he'd just kept his head straight, he'd be dominating in the NBA right now." Brian Shaw compares him to a multitude of NBA stars, "He could handle the ball with the Marbury's and the Iversons. He had the competitiveness of Michael Jordan." Pretty high praise coming from some lifetime NBAer's. Too bad he fucked it all up. Hook tried out for the Warriors when he got out of jail, but got cut because he was old as F. Now he's a AAU coach for a well known team in Oakland. (go figure) Anyways, theres no denying Hook could throw it down. Here's some videos to feast on.Monday, March 15, 2010
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If someone asked you who the best basketball player to come out of Oakland was, what would you say? If you thought of Jason Kidd, Drew Gooden, Gary Payton, Brian Shaw, or Antonio Davis you'd be wrong. Every single one of these guys will swear to you that the best player from Oakland is Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell. Hook grew up on the mean streets of Oaktown and played street ball with all these NBA ballers growing up. Hook never made it to the NBA because he predictably fell into a life of drugs and crime and ended up in the slammer. He's only 5'9, but can throw down some of the most ridiculous dunks ever. Hook says he started dunking at 5'3, and shattered a backboard on a dunk when he was only 5'5. Jason Kidd said his skills don't even compare to Hooks. "If he'd just kept his head straight, he'd be dominating in the NBA right now." Brian Shaw compares him to a multitude of NBA stars, "He could handle the ball with the Marbury's and the Iversons. He had the competitiveness of Michael Jordan." Pretty high praise coming from some lifetime NBAer's. Too bad he fucked it all up. Hook tried out for the Warriors when he got out of jail, but got cut because he was old as F. Now he's a AAU coach for a well known team in Oakland. (go figure) Anyways, theres no denying Hook could throw it down. Here's some videos to feast on.
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He looks good and all when he dunks, but I really dont think that his ball handling skills are up to par for the League. Some of those around the back dribbles looked questionable at best. What it all boils down to is in a one on one match up, I would probably Tea Bag him when I dunked in his face. I run the school yard for grownups! CARL
ReplyDeleteHis dunks looked pretty cool, and I bet he would be a real nigga and wouldnt be to good for the dunk contest if he was in the League. But I dont believe that he would make it in the League, his ball handling skills are questionable at best, those around the back dribbles didnt look to clean. But in reality what it boils down to is that in the school yard for grownups, I would Tea Bag him when I dunked in his face. --- CARL
ReplyDeleteSorry for posting twice, now 3 times, I didnt think my first post was posted. --- CARL
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