You get to bring two hoopster jerseys with you on vacation, which do you choose? This is a dilemma I just faced last week as I took my services to the Dominican Republic to scout some young flame throwing pitchers go on vacation. While there I also kept my eye out for other jerseys and sports stuff that was roaming around so I decided to document it (below). We dish about this plus the merits of rocking the now hot-selling Jason Collins jerseys on the latest edition of the Hoopster Nation podcast featuring Rob Cressy, Gibson Smith, and Hoopstergram’s Tom Phillips.
As a heads up, here’s some of the names that find a way onto the podcast: Yinka Dare, Thunder Dan Majerle, Horace Grant, Harvey Grant, Jerron Collins, the Miami Heat version of Juwan Howard, Nazr Mohammed, Latrell Sprewell, and Shav Randolph.
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Now for the vacation jersey pics. These were taken in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic where the demo was very non-American. I didn’t expect to see many jerseys at all so I guess I was pleasantly surprised with what I found.
In the huge line at the airport at 6 am on a Monday (yes, there was probably an hour wait at security at Midway. Stupid commuters) I captured this Hoopette (a chick hoopster?) rocking some sweet Jordan high tops. You don’t see a ton of girls rocking kicks like this so much love to her. While she gets dap for rocking them, those definitely aren’t my favorite MJ’s.
Now these are some dope MJ’s. I dig the custom MJ culture, even though there’s no way that I can afford to buy even a fraction of the ones out there. I ain’t Ricky Ross.
Once I got through security I saw a dude in a Russell Wilson Seahawks jersey getting Ben & Jerry’s. Winning the Super Bowl gives you the luxury of being able to rock gear of your team anywhere you go. What I’m more concerned with is what type of person allows themselves to eat Ben & Jerry’s at 7 am for breakfast?
On my flight was a dude wearing a Phillies hat and Cliff Lee jersey. Considering the Flyers are fighting for a playoff spot and the 76ers are worse than Theo Ratliff’s contract I don’t blame him for being all jazzed about spring ball.
As I mentioned I brought two jerseys with me. The Cherokee Parks Mavericks jersey at the top, and this Mitch Richmond Team USA jersey. The Olympic hockey games were into the semifinals so I knew that I had to go hard in the paint and support the U-S of A. Plus, with there being so many foreigners there it was very patriotic and American of me to go over the top.
When I saw this I was morally conflicted. I’m a Penguins fan so obviously I love Sidney Crosby. He’s without a doubt the best hockey player on the planet and if you think otherwise you are an idiot. At the same time the US was playing Canada later that day so seeing a Sidney Crosby Team Canada jersey was not high on my list. While I didn’t wish Sidney Crosby any ill harm, during this Olympics I was all USA all the time!
A random P.K. Subban shirsey. He is in the top five for hockey players I least like. Every time he plays the Penguins he just acts like an ass.
The last of the hockey jerseys.
