It is a special day here at Volume Shooters, as the time has come to elect another member into our prestigious club, the (Basketball) Hipster Hall of Fame. As a reminder, we select for this hall of fame from on a set of questions we developed based on the
Keltner List, designed to determine a player's worthiness for induction. Some of the questions are more or less necessities, others simply add bonus points and make a stronger case for the player. These are players that the mainstream media may ignore, but the true (hipster) fan holds in extremely high regard. Today's candidate is described on his Wikipedia page as "fundamental for the most part, as he is not known for being a flamboyant player." Sounds pretty hipster to me. David West everybody!
West, looking far too cool to be posing for this picture
The questions (and answers) are as follows:
1. Did this player have something unique or unusual about his game that distinguished him from many, if not all, of his peers? When you watch West play...well, when you watch games West plays in, you probably aren't watching him. The guy looks like he is moving in molasses most of the time. I mean, the soundtrack to
this highlight video is called "Sloe Gin" for god's sake. West may not have one unique feature to his game, but we may never see another player with the same build and skill set.
