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HOT OR NOT - Throwback T-shirts?

Is this throwback worthy?

In this edition of "Hot or Not?", we take a trip down memory lane to the basketball days of the mid 90s where basketball shorts finally dipped to the knee, shimmer gear had become the equivalent to rayon as far as hot new fabric of basketball clothing, and a new generation of hip-hop ballers burst onto the scene with never seen before attitude and style.

But what about those old school And 1 t-shirts that were no doubt inspired by the aesthetics of this firmly established hip-hop generation?  Looking back, these were probably the basketball equivalent to No Fear shirts.  Their logo, a faceless but muscularly built topless basketball player, is both universal and alienating.  It both allows you to put your face on it.  But I could never vibe with the body of the figure, since I never saw my 5'7 135 lb high school frame in any of that.  

But the hilarity of the t-shirt lies in the "disses" that accompany these ambiguous looking figures.  

Here are some samples:

and 1 momma

and1

and

and12

I imagine some young kid running down after making a layup or jumper THEN reciting the phrase on his t-shirt to his opponent.  These t-shirts offered ways for young kinds to channel their inner Gary Payton on the courts.  Trash talking has never been so easy!  Well, as easy as $19.99 was for you or your parents wallet.  

So GSoM crew, those old enough to remember this t-shirt craze, did you rock these back in the day and would you rock them today?  Would you actually wear this on the courts now?  What did your And 1 t-shirt say?

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Are these old And 1 T-Shirts HOT or NOT?
HOT!
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NOT!
16 votes

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Those shirts
are HOT and HILARIOUS!! I remember these during jr. high.
I must admit I never had these shirts, but I did rock the old Marburys.

by ThisIZtheSeason on Jun 9, 2007 11:01 AM PDT reply actions  

HOT!!!
I still rock one every now and then when i play ball. It says "If you had my game... you'd probably still have your girl"... CLASSIC!
The Mookie Blaylock confusion maker.

by TheRealJoeSmith on Jun 9, 2007 11:15 AM PDT reply actions  

Wackadocious!
Man, those tees were dumb. Haha, I'm proud to say I never owned one although I'm always down to release my "inner Gary Payton".

I have to say tho, I'm still mad that my boy Fantasy Junkie got his free HoopsTV t-shirt and I never got mine.

by Atma Brother ONE on Jun 9, 2007 11:16 AM PDT reply actions  

Agree with Atma on this one
whenever I saw someone with one, I thought, "Man, that guy must be really mean."
Tony aka Drawlz600 is AWESOME!!!!

by Zorgon on Jun 9, 2007 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too bad these are only in like Ross
or discount stores now.

One said:

You're easy to score on, just like your girl

I had the Silver Marbury's though, beat em to death.

by back2back51s on Jun 9, 2007 12:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Well this one I saw like 2 weeks ago
at a Ross, in mens sizes.

Its not one I remember from 10 years ago or something.

by back2back51s on Jun 9, 2007 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had a couple of those
When I was like 10. I also had a Gary Payton jersey. I wonder where they've gone to.

by jonathan on Jun 9, 2007 5:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Nope
When I was in Middle School and Highschool I rolled w/ Samoans and Hawaiian Dudes so all I ever rocked were those Hawaiian Shirts w/ the Buff a$$ Hawaiian Warrior that said "Maximum Strength" and I also had an extensive collection of Pitbull T-Shirts w/ real dogs (Not the cartoon ones LOL) that said ish I don't even remember, they just sold em' in Millers Outpost... I also rocked a lotta cross color pants and Z Cavarici's!

by Tony.psd on Jun 9, 2007 11:09 PM PDT reply actions  

For some reason
imagining a crew of Hawaiian dudes all wearing Hawaiian shirts seems funny/awesome to me.

by sadleavy on Jun 10, 2007 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Z Cavarici's
You're definitely from my era! Z Caverici's..lol I never owned a pair (Thank God) but I had plenty of other truely forgetable fashion items. We had the jeans that we either rolled or pinned, or even tapered. Damn admitting this hurts, I feel like I'm in one of those AA meetings, "Hi my name is...I had some F'd up up styles."  We had Gucci sweatshirts, all types of bad fashion. The late 80's were bad.

by goldenstatefan on Jun 10, 2007 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

FYI...
In highschool I was too busy rockin' this T LOL!

by Tony.psd on Jun 10, 2007 10:11 AM PDT reply actions  

Hey
I remember I had one that said "It's in my blood" or something like that

by chili01 on Jun 11, 2007 11:30 PM PDT reply actions  

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