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SEOUL – AUGUST 14: Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James of the USA Basketball Senior Men’s National Team spend time in the mess hall at the Yongsan Army Base as part of Hoops for Troops on August 14, 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
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Banana boat life

is now a part of Snapchat

Clinton Yates @clintonyates
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NBA LeBron James Gabrielle Union Basketball Carmelo Anthony Dwyane Wade Snapchat Chris Paul

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    2:23 PM

    You know you’re balling when you have your own Snapchat filter. If you don’t recall, the legendary banana boat situation that unfolded last summer with NBA stars LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union, Wade’s wife, in the Bahamas created huge drama in the NBA rumor streets, and much comedy in black media. It was a light-hearted moment that the social-networking site has finally adapted, now that they’re back on a similar trip.

    We have a couple problems with this, though. Number one, the actual characters in the picture that went viral a) were not in this order and b) didn’t include New York Knick Carmelo Anthony. Apparently, Union tried to convince Anthony to get on the boat, but he wouldn’t. This gives us an opportunity to gratuitously drop in one of the greatest memes of all time that DOES include Anthony.

    Anyway, the banana boat filter is side foul for not including Union, but all the way funny for keeping a headband on Anthony in the image. And those oh so stylish vests are giving us life.

    Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.