pro athletes have higher than average testosterone and are more likely to go bald as a result. The reason they dont go bald now has more to do with the availability of products and surgeries that can mitigate or remove the effects of male pattern baldness completely.
Hollywood also used to be full of bald guys until they all started using certain medicinal products, injections, and hair transplants.
(For reference: Sir Charles, The Round Mound of Rebound, The Chuckster, The Chuck Wagon, The Prince of Pizza, The Incredible Bulk, The Leaning Tower of Pizza, Bread Truck, Boy Gorge, Love Boat, Food World, The Crisco Kid, Wide Load from Leeds, Ton of Fun, Goodtime Blimp from bbreference)
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Watch out for the Boston Strangler
Short shorts with the compression briefs sticking out from the bottom.
No serious what was with the hairlines
pro athletes have higher than average testosterone and are more likely to go bald as a result. The reason they dont go bald now has more to do with the availability of products and surgeries that can mitigate or remove the effects of male pattern baldness completely.
Hollywood also used to be full of bald guys until they all started using certain medicinal products, injections, and hair transplants.
Crispy lineups weren’t invented until after the turn of the millennium
Damn so everyone's shit was fucked up
No minoxidil, no trips to Türkiye, no nothing. You just had to proudly let your shit be fucked up and accept it
https://preview.redd.it/m00p9l0t2g8g1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10df312637cf1319680c5ae822f628f258fd900a
I just googled it and Rogaine came out in 1988.
I didn't know Joe Rogaine was gay.
They aren't natural today. That is what people actually look like when aging
Yeah that makes sense when you think about it
PEDs have hair loss as a side effect and they were only tested for them on the first day of the season. They could go to town the rest of the year.
Just want to point out that four of those guys from the list of nicknames played for my Houston Rockets.
Yeah, this was targeted as fuck, and none of this nicknames were corny.
CLUTCH CITY MOTHERFUCKERS
0/10 none of Charles Barkley's nicknames
(For reference: Sir Charles, The Round Mound of Rebound, The Chuckster, The Chuck Wagon, The Prince of Pizza, The Incredible Bulk, The Leaning Tower of Pizza, Bread Truck, Boy Gorge, Love Boat, Food World, The Crisco Kid, Wide Load from Leeds, Ton of Fun, Goodtime Blimp from bbreference)
The Round Mound of Rebound is on there 🫤🫤🫤
Oh (it being split onto two lines messed me up)
He got like a third of those after retiring.
The Mouth of the South
lol the accuracy. I loved watching this era
Nicknames were actually so cool back then. These days nobody gets nicknames except for like shortenings of their name
We still have a nickname culture going on, off the top of my head, we got
Greek Freak
Joker
Ant Man
Spida
AR-15 (I know this is a name shortening)
The Maine Event (we’ll see if it sticks)
Bam
The Stifle Tower And my personal favorite Deni “Turbo” Avidja
Grand theft alvarado
Area 51
Slim reaper
Chef curry
Spida
The brow
Time lord
The process
Beef stew
The beard
Nicknamed Players in order (with years in NBA):
"Big Game James" = James Worthy (1982 - 1994)
"Hakeem The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwan (1984 - 2002)
"The Mailman" = Karl Malone (1985 - 2004)
"The Glove" = Gary Payton (1990 - 2007)
"The Human Highlight Film" = Dominique Wilkins (1982 - 1999)
"The Chairman of the Boards" = Moses Malone (1976 - 1995; 1974 - 1976 in the ABA)
"The Hick from French Lick" = Larry Bird (1979 - 1992)
"Clyde the Glyde" = Clyde Drexler (1983 - 1998)
"The Round Mound of Rebound" = Charles Barkley (1984 - 2000)
"Never Nervous Pervis" = Pervis Ellison (1989 - 2000)
"Baby Jordan" = Harold Miner (1992 - 1996)
"Run TMC" = Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin (Golden State Warriors Trio from 1989 - 1991)
"Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins (1975 - 1989)
"Stevie Franchise" = Steve Francis (1999 - 2008)
"The Boston Strangler" = Andrew Toney (1980 - 1988)
"Rush Street Reggie" = Reggie Theus (1978 - 1991)
"Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle (1988 - 2002)
Andrew Tony was just a wee boy who died so young…
Dead on.
Greatest 2.5 decades in the NBA. After the 92 Olympics, it was just like the whole nation were NBA fanatics!
Read this entire starter pack with the anthem of '90s basketball: "Roundball Rock" by John Tesh.
Hard to get a ring when between 1980 and Jordan's second retirement there were only 6 different teams to win a championship.
Curious how much of this criteria Michael Jordan fits….given he was THE NBA player of that era
pretty much what i’ve been thinking about the whole time looking at this
You left out The Admiral!
Stevie Franchise is too young for this nickname list. He was the next generation cohort: Mamba, Vinsanity, Big Fundamental, Big Ticket,...
Elite ball knowledge
"Big Country" Bryant Reeves 😁....college All-American, NBA disappointment
No “worm” nickname? Also, what about flattops?