Austin Kent

making basketball @SLAMonline

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

@kendallbaker Derrick Rose ACL tear, MJ ghost suspension for gambling, Pippen crashing out over something Larsa did, Cousins suspended for PJ Carlesimo-ing our coach and poor Antawn Jamison just doing his darnedest to keep it all together.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

@BaseMintCollect @KingJames My own LeBron James sidequest...

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

I will personally finance the development of a Tinder For Freakishly Tall Canadian Athletes if it means the next generation of Shais, RJs and International Villain Dillon Brookses get the frontcourt support they deserve.

[Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob]

Here is the official 23-man Canada Basketball pool for the summer. There are over 50 players committed including Zach Edey, but these are the players up for selection in the upcoming window.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

Have been calling my dog "Rip" since we got him three years ago. I almost forgot how we filed his paperwork.

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

The New York Knicks are four wins away from their first championship in 53 years and the only thing standing in their way is a 9-foot-tall French Shaolin alien.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

@ReddieMiller31 @TeamLou23 @SLAMonline Where is this pic from? I might be able to track some down.

[SLAM Grails @SLAMGrails]

Three hoops sales over $100,000 on Panini Blockchain this month. Are you watching digital collectibles as #TheHobby gathers momentum across the board?

[SLAM Grails @SLAMGrails]

Wemby's 1/1 Prizm Black card just shattered records in the trading card space as the second-most expensive solo NBA card.

The $5.1 million price tag via private sale exceeds that paid for any solo MJ or Kobe card.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

@FortyEightMins Sasser stepping into the frame

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

@goatcollect So, realistically this would be long gone then?

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

On my Mt. Rushmore of personal fandom moments.

1. Tayshaun blocks Reggie (lifelong Pistons fan)
2. MJ last shot in 1998 (MJ stan as child)
3. Kobe-to-Shaq oop in 2000 (Kobe stan as teen)
4. Kawhi shot in 2019 (now live in GTA)

[Detroit Pistons @DetroitPistons]

22 years ago today, number 22 made history.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

You are underexposed to JuJu Watkins' SLAM debut. The mag was released with no Gold Metal counterpart, making its rare Newsstand version the standard bearer.

[Nike Basketball @nikebasketball]

Heat incoming.

LeBron NXXT Gen by JuJu coming soon.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

Nothing in sports media will ever have as much of a stranglehold on me as this masterpiece did in the early 2000s. In fact, I'm on my PS2 manually adding an entire draft class to NBA Live in my mind right now.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

it's real

[Fullcourtpass @Fullcourtpass]

Victor Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a dangerous mountain route in 4.5 hours (takes a normal person 7-8 hours to walk up it) while training with the monks, per @ramonashelburne

“One day he told Wembanyama to dribble a basketball up another dangerous mountain route to Sanhuangzhai, a monastery deep in the Song Mountains. The hike traversed cliffside plank paths, suspension bridges and ancient forests, and was five times as long as the one to Bodhidharma Cave. The trail forces you to climb roughly 2,500 feet in elevation across uneven ridges and stone.”

(https://t.co/oKV7aFsqup)

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

As usual, Golds of the new cover were hoovered up in seconds, but for the next 40-odd hours, you can buy a limited run Orange Metal edition to throw in the ol' PC.

If you do, hit me up. I want to know who was locked in The Day The Earth Stood Still.

🔗: https://t.co/UKjiAdcC8l

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝟙𝟠, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟞. The second game-dated SLAM cover is in the books.

This time, it's Wemby, whose Lebron-vs-Detroit-in-2007-esque performance last night shook the solar system.

[Austin Kent @AustinKent]

Time will tell where last night stacks up against the rest of Wemby's legacy, but that's the fun part about collecting sports culture: You get to pick where you plant your flag.

(case in point: the eBay activity of Wemby's past covers in the hours since the game)