Category: Fashion and culture

Boston’s Jaylen Brown inadvertently wears his game shorts backward for Cs-76ers preseason tilt

Admit it — it has happened to you, too.

Admit it — it has happened to you, too. A little out of sorts after some time off, you put your work clothes on and get busy at whatever it that you do, only to find out you have put on something backward in front of everyone you work with.

Except for Jaylen Brown, everyone he works with happens to include everyone watching the Boston Celtics in their first preseason tilt of the 2023-24 season against the Philadelphia 76ers — and it was his shorts, Nike logo and all facing his posterior. The Georgia native was having himself a solid if rusty outing when fellow Celtics alum and NBC Sports Boston broadcaster Brian Scalabrine noticed his Kriss Kross-style of wearing his game shorts.

To see the faux pas for yourself, check out the clip from Scal et al embedded below.

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How Boston alum Dee Brown helped make Reebok Pumps famous

NBA endorsements, including Boston Celtics guard Dee Brown’s iconic slam dunk performance, propelled the Pump’s popularity.

The Reebok Pump revolutionized the sneaker industry by introducing inflatable technology that provided better ankle support and fit. Reebok raced against Nike to release their version first, with Reebok’s self-inflating shoe gaining an edge over Nike’s attachable pump system.

NBA endorsements, including Boston Celtics guard Dee Brown‘s iconic slam dunk performance, propelled the Pump’s popularity. The shoe’s success led to cultural prominence and appearances in music videos, movies, and TV, even dethroning Nike in the sneaker wars for many years. Air bladder technology refined for optimal ankle support evidently fit exactly what the zeitgeist called for, with a little help from Brown and the NBA.

To hear the tale of Reebok Pumps and how Brown gave them a boost, take a look at the clip embedded below to see the video short put together by the folks behind the Weird History YouTube channel.

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Rick Fox tried acting after his NBA career; now he’s helping to save the planet

Former Boston Celtics forward Rick Fox has taken an unusual turn in his post-NBA life.

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Former Boston Celtics forward Rick Fox has taken an unusual turn in his post-NBA life. He is the founder and CEO of Partanna, a carbon-negative concrete startup. Concrete production is a major contributor to carbon pollution, accounting for nearly 10% of the world’s emissions.

However, Partanna aims to change that by creating concrete that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making it more climate-friendly.

The former Celtic will present at TechCrunch’s Disrupt 2023 convention per a new article from TechCrunch’s Lauren Simonds, with his talk titled “Doing Something Concrete on Climate.” Fox will discuss his journey from an NBA player to a startup founder, the inspiration behind Partanna, and the potential impact the company could have on combating climate change.

To be held on the so-called “Sustainability Stage,” Fox’s talk will share the agenda with those on “cultured meat, energy, fast fashion, green infrastructure, sustainable agriculture and more.”

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Winning Time’s Michael Chiklis and Sean Patrick Small on playing Red Auerbach and Larry Bird

The duo opened up about their characters’ mindsets and motivations in the series, and how they prepared to play such larger-than-life figures.

“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” is on the cusp of releasing a new season of the popular series based on the Jeff Pearlman book of the same name. In a new interview from Screenrant’s Joe Deckelmeier with Michael Chiklis and Sean Patrick Small, actors playing iconic Boston Celtics general manager Red Auerbach and his superstar forward Larry Bird in the Los Angles Lakers docudrama, the two actors had plenty to say about their Celtics characters.

Set in the 1980s when the Celtics and Lakers dominated the NBA Finals, the duo opened up about their characters’ mindsets and motivations in the series, and how they prepared to play such larger-than-life figures.

Let’s take a look at some of the highlights.

Jordan Brand on how it makes Jayson Tatum 1s and other signature shoes

The design studio at Jordan Brand creates performance shoes that combine both motion and emotion.

Ever wonder how a pair of Jayson Tatum 1 sneakers gets made by the folks at Nike’s Jordan Brand? The design studio at Jordan Brand creates performance shoes that combine both motion and emotion. They draw inspiration from athlete insights and focus on storytelling.

The brand collaborates with athletes to solve design challenges. The designers incorporate personal details from athletes such as Tatum and Zion Williamson and use haptic print technology for strength. Collaboration, innovation and inspiration are key elements of the design process — as are simple questions like ‘What animal would you be if you could be any animal?”

To see for yourself how something like Tatum electing dolphins for his answer translates into the shoes you want to wear.

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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum takes in a Drake concert in Boston

The St. Louis native ended up being part of the show, however.

Like many of his fans, All-NBA Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has been getting in a little rest and relaxation this offseason in the city of Boston by taking in a Drake concert. But unlike pretty much all of his fans, the St. Louis native did so with the popular Canadian rapper, walking through the audience with one of the NBA’s highest-profile fans.

A video of the pair traversing the assembled masses with adulating crowds reaching out to touch the star-studded duo courtesy of Dirty Water Media’s Bri Marie D went viral, but several other clips from the Drake concert featuring the star Celtics swingman were also posted.

Let’s take a look at them.

Jordan Brand announces four new colorways of the Jayson Tatum 1 line

Take a peek at how they look — and feel free to vote on your favorite.

The Jordan Brand signature Jayson Tatum 1 line of Nike sneakers has officially announced a new set of colorways for the popular NBA kicks per new reporting from Complex’ Brandon Richard, with the new crop of four signature sneakers that reflect the Boston Celtics star’s personal life as did the initial four colorways. The first of the four, dubbed “Old School,” will be released on July 15 of this year and reflects Tatum’s fandom of American automobiles.

The next, dubbed “Denim” for a fashion favorite of Tatum, comes out on August 10. The “Wave Runner” colorway, due out on October 20, is a nod for he and Deuce Tatum’s love for water sports, and the “Cool Grey” colorway is a nod to the Air Jordan 11s, the Duke alum’s favorite all-time sneaker.

Let’s take a peek at how they look — and feel free to vote on your favorite in the poll below.

How to draw Boston Celtics veteran guard Marcus Smart yourself

The folks behind the “Hey Kids, Let’s Draw” YouTube channel recently put together a tutorial on how to draw the Celtics star ourselves.

Ask anyone in the NBA who has drawn former Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart as a defender, and they will tell you that the Flower Mound native is among the harder covers in the league. But what about those of us who WANT to draw Smart? As in on paper — not on the hardwood.

A subtle but important difference, producing an artist’s rendering of the floor general we have come to love and trust over the years can be an equally tough endeavor for those of us not artistically inclined. But to help those of us who aren’t exactly adept with the visual arts, the folks behind the “Hey Kids, Let’s Draw” YouTube channel recently put together a tutorial on how to draw the former Celtics star ourselves, and we thought it might be a good way to pay our own tributes to the Texan guard.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to see how to do it yourself — whether you’re a kid or not.

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Marcus Smart to host two-day Pro-Am basketball event in Boston despite trade

“We want to get the whole city to support and give him the send off he deserves” one event rep told Celtics Wire.

Veteran point guard Marcus Smart will suit up for the Memphis Grizzlies next season, his first campaign as a pro outside of the city of Boston. This comes on the heels of a blockbuster trade between the Boston Celtics, the Washington Wizards, and Memphis. After nine seasons with the Celtics, Smart will take his trademark grit and tenacity to Bluff City.

Smart’s impact during his tenure with Boston extended far beyond the parquet. He became a community leader and enjoyed an intense bond with the fan base. President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens was vehement in his praise of Smart’s character and leadership during a recent press conference discussing the decision to trade Smart. It’s a major fork in the road for the Celtics and for Smart himself.

What happens in the immediate aftermath of a trade is never clear. There are many paths a player can take. For Smart and his Young Game Changer Foundation, however, changing uniforms wasn’t a good enough reason to cancel a planned Pro-Am tournament in Boston. In fact, the event became even more important.

“We want to get the whole city to support and give him the send-off he deserves,” YGC Creative Director Aidan Marshall told Celtics Wire.

Former Boston big man Shaq tries an vegan restaurant

See how it goes down with Shaq Diesel and company despite there being not a lick of meat to be seen in the entire joint.

As the owner of multiple popular restaurant chains in his post-NBA life, it is no secret Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Shaquille O’Neal likes to eat. So much so that the Big Aristotle has helped his equally big appetite out while doing us all a public service of reviewing little-known culinary gems on the YouTube-based “Urban Eats and Treats” show.

In the most recent episode, Shaq and cohost Rip Michaels visited Slutty Vegan, a restaurant chain based in Atlanta, Georgia (as one might have already guessed). They sampled the offerings of their innuendo-laden, cruelty-free vegetarian fast food fare.

To see how it goes down with Shaq Diesel and company despite there being not a lick of meat to be seen in the entire joint, take a look at the clip embedded below.

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