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DeAndre Bembry’s Quest for Afro Stardom

With great hair comes great responsibility. Can DeAndre Bembry channel the 1970’s to sit on the throne as “Best Afro in the NBA?”

When the Atlanta Hawks selected DeAndre Bembry with the 21st pick in the 2016 NBA draft, the Atlanta barbershop community lauded the pick as pure genius. NBA draft hair experts had deemed Bembry and his perfectly round afro as the consensus number one hair pick of 2016. With such a masterfully sculpted hairdo, experts and fans alike were shocked to see the young man with both immense hair upside and the most pro ready hairstyle fall to 21.