Basketball has played a big part in constructing my identity and making me who I am today. 24 Seconds is a collection of 24 second, third, and fourth thoughts I’ve had about moments in basketball that have lingered with me beyond the 48 minutes spent on the hardwood playing the game. Philosophical musings, poetry, shit talk, childish gripes, subjective inaccuracies, statistical theories…
The Island: The Death of Isolation Basketball (7 of 24)
Basketball used to be a game of heroes. When did that die? Am I killing myself?
The Rubicon (6 of 24)
I examine my history with Kevin Durant and how we have gotten to this point.
FOOTWORK (5 of 24)
I recollect the steps I’ve taken and the different shoes I’ve used along the way. I’m still fixing my footwork.
Before & After (4 of 24)
One year removed from Kobe’s and Gigi’s tragic death, Najee AR Fareed looks back on what he has learned and the different ways his perspective on Kobe and what Kobe taught him has changed.
AIR JORDANS (3 of 24)
It’s gotta be the shoes right? What Micheal Jordan’s signature shoe line could have meant to me at different times in my life.
WRAPAROUND (2 of 24)
Why Robert Horry was a superhero and what I learned from Brandon Jennings, Manu Ginobli, Sarunas Marciulionis, and of course… Kobe Bryant.
BEAN (1 of 24)
Kobe Bean Bryant. A life lived. A retrospective by Najee AR Fareed, written on the day after his tragic passing.