Who Wants Braids

"I do not want to be Michael Jordan, I do not wanna be Bird or Isiah. I do not wanna be any of Those Guys. You Know When my career is over, I wanna look in the mirror and say: 'I did it my way!' " Words of an uncommon man, a man who could not be: word of Allen Iverson.

Him talk, because you can not speak of cultures NBA and Americanisms without spending more than a few lines in The Answer, but this time we take our cue from The Allen to get to ... braids!

The birth of this particular style of hair has a historical fact : in America, the story goes that blacks slaves who worked on plantations, being forced to appear and work in an orderly way;and as we know they having a particular quality of hair , fairly crisp, wore these very tight braids based on the African tradition. The NBA discovers the "cornrows" with the arrival of The Answer and in particular with its participation in the Rokie Challenge 1997 where the son of Hampton presents his talent and his look Gangstar to the whole world instantly becoming a style icon.

On the web, on a site of real followers of Allen I, you can find all the styles of his hair and all the variations of his famous braids. Then followed the example above "Big" Ben Wallace and Latrell Sprewell. If you know a little bit about NBA you instantly understand  that these three athletes have something in common that is not easy immense talent for this game (ok, maybe a little less Wallace), these three are crazy, these three are from the road, have intractable characters .

If you are the "cornrows" to unleash the madness of this gene is unknown, it is certain that there is a sense of freedom, pride, arrogance which is clearly visible from the outside, almost hidden behind a show of force quell'acconciatura so particular that have made it a habit now widely used by many champions: Carmelo Anthony wore the day of the draft, had for a long time Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem and many others.