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Were NBA Players Secretly Acting On HBO’s “The Wire”?

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January 9, 2009 – Dr. Anklesnap

After reading this post this morning where a reference is made to Baron Davis being thought to look like Cutty from HBO’s “The Wire”, it got me thinking about other NBA players that sort of look like characters from the hit show. Then I realized there are quite a few resemblances actually.

Maybe too many? Hmmm….

The NBA Commissioner David Stern has been the subject of a few conspiracy theories during his tenure in the NBA, but is this another one for the list? Is David Stern secretly farming out his athletes to HBO as stunt doubles and fill in’s for their show “The Wire” for a fraction of the cost that real actors make? You be the judge:

Is Darius Miles actually Omar Little?

Is Baron Davis actually Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise?

Is Tracy McGrady actually Marlo Stanfield?

Is Gilbert Arenas actually Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell?

Is Isiah Thomas actually Brother Mouzone?

You may notice that all of the above players, with the exception of Isiah Thomas, have “conveniently” spent significant amounts of time away from their teams due to injuries which would enable them to film episodes of “The Wire”. As for Mr. Thomas, he had it a bit easier i’m sure slipping out for brief periods to film the few scenes containing Brother Mouzone.

What still has me puzzled however is how David Stern convinced the NBA legend Bill Russell to come out of retirement and play Detective Lester Freamon…..

And finally….my last bit of proof that David Stern is secretly funnelling NBA personel into the HBO TV show casts….

Is Steve Nash actually Proposition Joe?

Okay maybe not so much this last one…it’s a bit of a stretch….but you get my drift, right? If you spot any other NBA look-a-likes on HBO show’s you let me know please. We have to stay on top of this, we can’t let Stern walk scot-free.

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Comments

  • http://thehoopdoctors.com Anklesnap

    Are WMD’s the blue or red caps…LOL

  • http://thehoopdoctors.com Anklesnap

    Truth About It!! Those are great! Damn I should have collaborated with you on this post man!

    I thought about sticking a Marco Jaric to Jimmy McNulty? I really wanted to try and pin someone on Bubbles but couldn’t find a fit…thoughts for bubs?

  • The Zoner

    One of the greatest shows in the history of TV. Great post too–uncanny.

    Got them WMDs!

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  • Truth About It

    Nice work…..right off the back, I think that Bobby Jackson looks like the Deacon (played by real life hustler, Melvin Williams).

    And how can you not at least try to pin Chris “Birdman” Anderson to Walon?

    Eddy Curry could be Shamrock McGinty.

    I might be inclined to throw in a Caron Butler to D’Angelo Barksdale comparison.

    The gears in my brain are cranking (can you tell I’m a huge Wire fan?)….so I’ll have to return with more.

  • Slim Charles

    I thought I looked like D Miles more than Omar

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  • jigga_wha

    @Slim Charles – good call you do look more like D-Miles. But when D-miles gained weight. Early in his career when D-Miles was skinnier he was more like Omar

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  • http://star-roadliner.com ompancho

    Gilbert actually is Stringer… I know its hard to believe but what can I say.

  • concerned black man.

    so what you’re saying is…… black people look alike?

    lol. just kidding. i see it too.

  • Rapsguy

    Too funny to find this post. Just saw Season 5 finale and have thinking about this since about Season 2.

    Jamario Moon – Bubbles.

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  • http://thehoopdoctors.com Anklesnap

    @Rapsguy

    Good one on the Moon-Bubbles! another good one….just need donyell marshall’s hair and eyes on Jamario Moons face and you have bubbles!!

  • jfo

    i love the wire. this post sucks. stupid.

  • bartholomew

    check out the miami heat comparisons

    Udonis Haslem looks like 70% Omar (looks) and 30% Randy (hair and personality)
    http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/dwayne-wade-fat-joe-busta-rhymes-christina-milian-udonis-haslem-earl-barron-and-dj-khaled-karu-and-y-new-years-eve-celebratio-WtjwTY.jpg

    Daequan Cook is 90% Marlo (looks) 10% Dukie aka Duquan (name)
    http://www.nba.com/media/dleague/d_cook_300_080227_2.jpg

  • bartholomew

    plus I always thought Miami’s top players were kinda like the season 4 crew

    Michael = Wade, the good looking, young badass
    Randy = Haslem, long corn rows, a good guy with badass underneath
    Marion = Namond, they look moderately similar
    Duquan = Daquan Cook, mostly because of his name, but if you know the Heat and the Wire as well as I do you might see other comparisons, but I won’t get into that

  • patrick

    Hey, let me hold ten dollars till Friday. Come on, just ten dollars. Let me hold ten. Come on…

  • http://thehoopdoctors.com Anklesnap

    @bartholomew – you mean cook smells?

  • Marc

    Josh Childress (okay so he’s not in the NBA anymore) looks the most like Bubbles…

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  • http://www.insidehoops.com InsideHoops.com

    I can’t tell Steve Nash and Proposition Joe apart.

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  • http://thehoopdoctors.com Anklesnap

    @Insidehoops.com – The resemblance is uncanny, isn’t it? hehe

  • Jay

    You guys forgot the most OBVIOUS one.

    ROGER MASON as that drug-dealing dude.

  • Matt

    Josh Childress as Bubbles

    http://offsideswithfletcher.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/childress.jpg

    David Stern as Maury Levy, Esquire

  • John

    can’t tell Steve Nash and Proposition Joe apart..

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  • http://daddytorrents.com Erik

    Hey, let me hold ten dollars till Friday. Come on, just ten dollars. Let me hold ten. Come on….

  • Recar

    You guys forgot the most OBVIOUS one.

    ROGER MASON as that drug-dealing dude.

  • http://www.ferrari-wiki.com/ Ferrari Guy

    how come only black people sell drugs on this show

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  • Joey

    The guy you compared to Omar actually looks more like Slim Charles. Actually looks quite a bit like Slim.