HODARI Brown, Author at Sneaker Shop Talk

Records, Respect, and the Problem with Today’s NBA

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 HODARI Brown

Basketball has always celebrated greatness. Historic scoring performances are supposed to represent moments when a player drags his team through adversity, pushes the limits of human performance, and earns a place in the game’s history through competition and necessity. That is why the supposed 83-point explosion from Bam Adebayo in a dominant Miami Heat victory should not be celebrated the same way other historic scoring nights are remembered. It should come with an asterisk. The Heat led the entire game. The outcome was effectively decided by the third quarter. Yet Adebayo continued to play…

The Great MAMBA

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 HODARI Brown

When I first saw you, you had a swagger to you. Everyone said you wanted to be Jordan but would never be him. It was the 1998 All Star Game and I saw you had no fear. You didn’t back down to MJ. You embraced the challenge and attacked Jordan as you seemed to tell him, you don’t want to be like Mike, you want to be better. I watched you miss 3 pointer after 3 pointer in Utah but you didn’t put your head down, you continued to work. …