All posts tagged Hoop Scene Investigation:
My latest ITP (In-The-Paint) assignment came in late December of last year. The HSI team was alerted, by inside sources, of an alarming increase in the number of players downloading the 1996 film Space Jam -
According to our reliable source, players were repeatedly listening to one particular song from the film’s soundtrack, Basketball Jones. Players had been heard publicly lamenting, to anyone who would listen, about how their hoops journey mirrors the comic tale of the player being crooned about - Tyrone Shoelaces. There had been incidents of players openly bellowing out the song’s chorus on the court, in locker rooms, in hotel elevators and at team meals:
Basketball Jones…
I got a Basketball Jones…
Oh baby, oo-oo-oo! (sung twice)
Yes, I am the victim of a Basketball Jones…
Was the song having a detrimental influence on players and the game? Were players truly afflicted with a case of “Basketball Jones”? I was briefed and dispatched to Orem, Utah on January 5, 2009 for the 2009 NBA D-League Showcase event to determine if action needed to be taken.
In these times of increased scrutiny in all facets of American business, the sports world is not absolved or pardoned from the call for increased transparency. The demand and necessity of more disclosure in sports is being felt at all levels –players, teams, management, owners and governing bodies. After much internal deliberation, we determined that it is in our best interest to come forward and divulge our existence to the general public as a independent, non-league funded and/or affiliated agency – we are members of the unit known as…
HSI: Springfield/Hoop Scene Investigation.
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