A week ago we watched Charlotte Hornets point guard Jeremy Lin give birth to a new species of man bun. It was a confusing time for us here at GQHQ (what is this thing? what should we call it?). But the move also made us think Lin was ready to move on from this heavily-shellacked hairdos. As last night's game against the Houston Rockets proved, that's not going to happen. Lin's hair stood tall—really tall—like a rooster's tuft and didn't move a millimeter, despite its owner's constant movement on the court.
It got us wondering. How much Dep 11-level hair gel does it take to secure his jet-black mane into place? And how much gel is this guy using over the course of a week? a month? a whole season?
By our estimation, Lin's mohawk appears to take about a half cup of gel to achieve a full follicle erection during a 48-minute game.
But hair gel is measured in ounces not cups. So, last we checked one one half cup of gel is equal to four fluid ounces (a number that still feels conservative when looking at the photo above, but we'll roll with it)
Now, there are 82 games in a NBA season. That would equate to 328 ounces of hair gel per season. That's the equivalent of 20 pounds of hair gel. To put that into perspective, here's a list of things that are about 20 pounds:
A medium-sized bulldog
A one-year-old human child
Two adult human heads
A Thanksgiving turkey, a Christmas ham (most holiday-related meats,really)
A ceiling fan
Seven MacBook Air laptops
Five pair of Timberland 6-inch boots
A Brompton bike
A 20 lb. dumbbell
Then again, is Lin's hair just a shiny distraction from the real reason he's piling on the gel daily? After all, all that sticky goo residue can't hurt his ball grip...
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