Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pm  |  62 responses

Links: BREAKING NEWS: Drew Gooden’s Ducktail Is Dead

Never has a clean neck looked so good.

by Lang Whitaker

Drew Gooden’s ducktail haircut has spawned millions of blog posts this season. It became a trademark of sorts…a very weird, strange trademark. Drew arrived at training camp this season with the haircut — basically a lone, insolent patch of hair on his neck — and rode it out all season long. It was an homage, he said, to the ’80s, a popular haircut in the Bay Area back in the day.

(One of my favorite moments at the Finals this year came before one of the games when I was talking to Tony Parker and he asked me about Drew’s hair. I explained that it was some sort of homage to the ’80s, and Tony said, “But this is 2007.” Oui, Tony.)

Anyway, I have it on very good authority that the ducktail is now gone, dead, deceased. I heard about it earlier today and then I confirmed it with the man himself. Cavs fans, begin your crying.

The ducktail is dead. Long live the ducktail.

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  • Crossy

    The ducktail was borderline inappropriate! LOL It’s about time he cut that thing off. I’m a westcoaster so I know we can be “different” at times, but that tail was just not cute. I swear…If I see the flat top “Kid n-Play” style come back I’m gonna scream

  • Brandon

    This needed to happen

  • Seth

    NOOOOOOOO!!!!The curse of the ducktail begins

  • tim presley

    So what is the opening bid on eBay?

    I’ll buy that for a $1.00

  • http://google.com andrew

    i rocked the drew gooden haircut while they were in the finals and ppl loved it…i say drew does what he wants

  • http://www.halfcourtheave.com Sebastian Pruiti

    I think David Stern has a rule where only one rat tail-style hairdoo is allowed per season. I wonder how much Bogut payed Gooden to shave it off.

  • dez

    He still sucks at basketball

  • Gameface

    the head pubes are dead!

  • RPM

    How we feeling about Beckham stepping his game up??

  • Nor-Cal

    damn couldnt pick a better title, hahahahahahahaha come on now “Dead” coulda used something more catchy

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