Rock N Jock x NBA

Oakley & Allen
4 min readJul 1, 2016

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50 point shots. Jonathan Taylor-Thomas. Bricklayers. Violators. Downtown Julie Brown. And Steve Albert, you can’t forget about him.

Lets take a look back at some of the characters who graced the MTV hardwood with the likes of Dan Cortese and company.

1991

Kurt “I swear it was my Twitter manager” Rambis

Magic “Why did I sign off on this” Johnson

1992

Chris “$5 Footlong” Mullin

Danny “Yeah, I’m a Clippers legend” Manning

John Salley & Shawn Kemp a/k/a “The Enforcers”

Mitch “Once an ASG MVP” Richmond

Reggie “Please stop talking” Miller

1993

Clifford “Uncle Cliffy” Robinson

Dan “Pert Plus” Majerle

Jimmy “Former Laker” Jackson

Oliver “Shai” Miller

Vlade “I love Sacramento” Divac

1994

Chris “I look better in purple” Webber

Gary “GTFOH Mike Rappaport” Payton

JR Rider & Rick Mahorm a/k/a “Naughty by Nature”

Kareem “I can coach too, bruh” Abdul-Jabbar

1995

Alonzo “Storm coming in the” Mourning

Brian “Championship wingman” Shaw

Ed “F — the NCAA” O’Bannon

Jason “Bye, Brooklyn” Kidd

Tim “I used to yell all the time” Hardaway

1997

Bill Walton & Shaquille O’Neal a/k/a “The New Age Radicals”

Brent “Warmups on” Barry

Kevin “I started the 🌊” Garnett

Shareef “I missed the draft picture” Abdur-Rahim

Stephon “Mr. China” Marbury

1998

Antawn “The voice of TWC Sportsnet” Jamison

Bryon “Not Bryan or Brian” Russell

Chris “I don’t play that s — “ Mills

Damon “No more puff, puff, pass” Stoudamire

Mark “Mama, give me a head coaching gig” Jackson

And that concludes the GIFstory of the NBA x Rock N Jock lineage.

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