Hook Mitchell

by **Andreas Dahl** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:06 am

Hey
Just wanted to check if anyone has seen the movie 'Hook Mitchell' yet?
They've just had a few screeners so far, did anyone of you catch one?
It seems like it's a great movie/documentary

It's hard to belive that it's a true story. and that all the things happend, from what i've seen of the trailer, he's just amazing...

by **Filip** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:18 am

Never heard of it, but I looked it up and found this

Cinema Paradise wrote:Oakland, California is the birthplace to more NBA basketball stars than any other city in the country. But there is a street ball legend named Demetrius “Hook” Mitchell who rises above them all. At 5'9', he built his legendary street status by jumping over the top of a Volkswagen and slam-dunking a basketball. As NBA superstar Jason Kidd puts it, “he could jump over a building.” Gary Payton, another NBA superstar and childhood friend asserts, “He was better than me, he was better than Jason (Kidd), Antonio (Davis), he was better than everybody.” But while Hook’s childhood friends, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Antonio Davis, Brian Shaw, J.R. Rider and Greg Foster all ended up playing basketball in the NBA, Hook ended up incarcerated. From the drug and crime infested streets of West Oakland to the California Men’s Penal Colony, Hook made all the wrong choices. The story of how “Hook” wound up incarcerated, while the buddies he grew up with skyrocketed to superstardom with multi-million dollar salaries, is told in this poignant tale of a life gone wrong. “Hook” Mitchell is the greatest basketball player to never make it to the NBA.

Sounds really interesting!
Longer article by Slam is found here --> http://www.slamonline.com/magazine/features/hook/

BTW: Vart har du sett trailern?

by **Andreas Dahl** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:26 am

http://www.hookmitchell.com/

here's screens of him in HighSchool

by **Filip** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:50 am

Just red the SLAM article, and damn, it's a really sad story!
Will definitely see this documentary!
Will it come to Swe and when in that case?
Those pics you posted seem quite old, like early 90s or almost 80s.
How old is Demetrius??

by **EGarrett** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:57 am

I read an article about him in SLAM magazine. Looks like a great athlete. But so was Spud Webb at a similar height...and Spud was a great point guard who was a career back-up. I'm always skeptical of these type of tall tale articles...

by **Tony** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:26 am

looks like another earl 'the goat' manigault story... which already has its own movie...

by **Yessie** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:02 pm

i heard Carmelo anthony is in the movie...

by **Andreas Dahl** on Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:24 pm

it's not a movie... it's a documentary...
it's a true story, not one made up for fun :wink:

by **Tony** on Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:13 am

The Goat story was also true

by **Andreas Dahl** on Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:36 am

well, that was a dramatized movie wasn't it? with actors and everything...
'Hook Mitchell' is a documentary...

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