No 3 Goggles this year?!?!

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I havent seen Wes or anyone else throwin' up the 3 Goggles so far. Have you?
I enjoyed the 3 Goggles!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Blech, thank god.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Good.

 

[Darkwebs]

You think Rudy will import it over to Denver?

 

[KingSpeed]

It was a Patty/Rudy thing. It was fun. The team joined in but those guys are gone now so I think it should be over.

 

[Haakzilla]

...they're back!

March Madness mysteries: The return of the three-point monocle (goggles)!

There's something about watching the bench guys on a college team celebrate, isn't there? They're probably better than anybody you've ever played basketball against, and yet they still look dorky and ridiculous there, waiting and hoping to get thirty seconds of garbage-time run.

That right there is Andrew Smeathers, a bench player for Butler who was absolutely giddy in the final seconds of his team's victory over Bucknell. When Butler hit a late three, Smeathers began rocking the giddy three-point monocle.

Now, if you've followed basketball for any length of time outside the tournament/playoffs, you've probably seen the three-point/OK sign, sometimes with one hand, sometimes with two, somewhere along the line. But where did they begin? They've been around playgrounds forever, but according to this Wall Street Journal article, the three-point goggles kicked into high gear in Portland in 2011 between teammates.

Patty Mills, now with the Spurs, heckled then-teammate Rudy Fernandez, now playing in Spain, about Fernandez' poor eyesight from long range. Fernandez began burying three-pointers, and made the goggles as a "who needs glasses?" move.

The gag made its way to the college ranks via Blazer Wesley Matthews, who passed it along to friends at his alma mater of Marquette. Darius Johnson-Odom, now playing basketball in Russia, began throwing up the goggles, and before long, the entire Marquette campus — and, soon, much of the college basketball universe — was rocking the admittedly ridiculous look.

So, yes, a Butler bench guy is two years late jumping on the trend. But so what? He's having fun. And he's got a better seat than any of us.

--> SOURCE

 

[Natebishop3]

...they're back!

That kid even looks like the last one to know about a fad.

 

[Haakzilla]

That kid even looks like the last one to know about a fad.

...next year he will be seen "planking" at the end of the bench!

 

[Natebishop3]

...next year he will be seen "planking" at the end of the bench!

 

[theprunetang]

...next year he will be seen "planking" at the end of the bench!

So with that timeline, when do you predict his first Harlem Shuffle? 6 years?

 

[Natebishop3]

So with that timeline, when do you predict his first Harlem Shuffle? 6 years?

Roughly, yes.

 

[illmatic99]

It's all about the three salute this year.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I saw a few college players throwin' up the 3 goggles during the NCAA tourney yesterday.

 

[julius]

Leave it to a white guy to be behind the times.

 

[ehizzy3]

where you been? they werent even doing 3 goggles last year. lol

 

[VanillaGorilla]

3 goggles > 3 holster > 3 salute

If you watch basketball consistently you are very likely to see some 3 goggles (or monocles) at any level, it's continued to be popular since it's inception.