I like the way they dribble up and down the court...

Continuing on with my theme of posting NBA portraits this week, here's "the hick from French Lick" --  Larry Joe Bird.  

I always liked Larry's wispy moustache -- I'm glad I got a chance to draw it.  This one was done in brush and ink, in my very tiny sketchbook. 

Basketball is my favourite sport...

If you're like me, when you read those words, you immediately hear Kurtis Blow in your head.  That's like my favourite basketball related song, ever. 

Anyway, the NBA season tips off tonight and to celebrate I'm going to post a drawing of an NBA legend every day for the rest of the week.  See if you can guess the connecting theme in all the week's portraits.

Starting us off today...Kareem Abdul Jabbar!  I'd still pick him over Shaq in a fantasy draft.     

This one was drawn entirely digitally, and I had a lot of fun trying to reproduce my pen and ink style and lettering in software.