Showing posts with label NBA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NBA. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
JR Smith Dyes his Hair Blonde, Knicks Coach Mike Woodson Demands He Change it Back.
The always Mercurial JR Smith is in the news again. This time for pulling a Dennis Rodman. Blonde Hair(check), body covered in tats.(check) All he needs now is to date a slutty pop star and his transformation will be complete.(I hear Miely Cyrus is available)
For what it's worth Knicks coach Mike Woodson expressed his displeasure with Smith's new do and Smith is reportedly going to change it back to its natural state.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Mark Cuban Releases Superman Themed Pitch Video Mavericks Used To Woo Dwight Howard (VIDEO)
Just when you thought the Dwight Howard saga was over, Mark Cuban released this little nugget on his website this A.M. Give Cuban points for creativity. The video, part goofy, almost inspiring, plays on Howard's affinity for the man of steel.
We see a young Howard sent to earth via space shuttle, eventually growing into the next NBA superstar. The comic book styled video uses real play-by-play calls and pictures of Howard, Cuban and Dirk Nowitzki celebrating back-to-back titles.
It's a fun video despite the sycophantic ego stroking.
Friday, August 2, 2013
John Wall says video of his Full court self alley-oop is real.
" Yeah, it's real you just have to throw the ball real high, it's not something you can do on the first try but I can do it."
The video looks fake to me, however I took another look at it after the Wall interview and if you follow the path of the ball it's possible that the video is real. Also Wall would look silly if he lied, and it's always a mistake to underestimate how athletic these guys are.
More concerning than the video claim is Wall's claim that he's the best point guard in the NBA.(also in the interview) He'd be better served working on his jumper this offseason than showboat exhibitions like this.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Houston Rockets Forward Terrence Jones Arrested For Stomping Homeless Man
Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones has been arrested after allegedly shouting at and stomping on the leg of a homeless man in Portland at around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to a report from KATU.com.
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Weekend That Was
OSCARS 2012
Jennifer Lawerence Wins Best Actress and takes a tumble
Seth MacFarlane draws mixed reviews as Oscar host
Red Carpet: Girls in pretty dresses
UFC 157
Daytona 500
Jimmie Johnson wins Danica finishes 8th50 cent tries to kiss Erin Andrews
James Franco is a weirdo
NBA
Kobe Blasts Mark Cuban on Twitter
Derek Rose Dunks During Warmups
Melo and Spencer Hawes Fight(sort of)
NFL
Top 5 NFL Prospect Has a Heart Condition
Jacoby Jones will appear on Dancing With the Stars
These guys are really fast
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Kobe Blasts Mark Cuban on Twitter
The Dallas Mavericks owner went on Dallas' ESPN Radio affiliate Friday to talk about the NBA. He came away with a suggestion for the Lakers that might be equal parts brilliant and batty: cutting Kobe Bryant.
"If you look at their payroll, even if Dwight (Howard) comes back, you've got to ask the question: Should they amnesty Kobe?" Cuban said, via ESPN Dallas103-99 win against Cuban's Dallas Mavericks. He finished with 38 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Lakers won their third in a row and improved to 8-3 in February.
After leading the Lakers torching the Mavs with a 38 point, 12 rebound, seven assist performance, during a Lakers 103-99 win over the Mavs this afternoon the Black Mamba struck via Twitter.
Amnesty THAT
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) February 24, 2013
Don't make Mamba angry you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
H:T/ USA Today
Monday, February 11, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Dwight Howard's Dad Blast Kobe
“I told him before he said it publicly, ‘It’s your career. No person can say what you need to do or not do. You can’t worry about what Kobe or anybody else says,’” Howard Sr. said. “Nobody can say what Kobe said — that’s stepping into another man’s shoes. I understand what Kobe was trying to do, but he went about it the wrong way. He’s trying to win a championship. But Dwight has to tell Kobe, ‘I appreciate your opinion, but that doesn’t matter. We’re two men on this team. We need to be reasonable about this.’”
H/T: YardBarker
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Charles Barkley Makes a Slavery Joke....no one cares
Poor Ernie Johnson. We all get to laugh at Charles Barkley's jokes but many times Ernie can't.(or shouldn't)He's the straight man to Chuck's Richard Pyror light act. At this point Barkley can say whatever he wants and this isn't a big deal anyway, but I bet if Chuck said the N-word on the air he'd probably get a pass.
P.S: Shaq is still horrible.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Shaq as GM of the Orlando Magic?
O'Neal, who began his legendary NBA career in Orlando, may meet with the Magic as soon as next week, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard. While he has no front office experience, the Magic believe O'Neal's presence within the organization could help them retain Dwight Howard.(credit: Yahoo Ball don't lie blog)
I can't begin to state the utter stupidity of this idea. Shaquille Oneal. A player who never master free throws, a player notorious for coming to training camp out of shape. The same Shaquille Oneal who had little or no interest in studying game film. That Shaquille Oneal wants to a be a GM?
I believe that being an NBA GM is probably the hardest gig in sports, the complexities of the NBA collective bargaining agreement and the petulance of star players make this a thankless nightmare of a job. It's the ultimate hubris of a athlete to think that they can simply walk into a job this complex without any training.
Players need to learn that there is a big difference between playing the game and coaching and/or managing a team. and just in case you think I'm being too hard on Shaq, I would like to point you to his dismal performance as an "analyst"(term loosely used) on TNT.
The defense rests.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Lebron James: American Son
The Lebron James story, it should be one of those “only in America stories” A boy raised by a single mother of modest means makes it big as a pro athlete. During this series, the first one in which the Heat have been truly tested. I’ve been taken aback by the level of emotion James evokes. Why do people so passionately hate Lebron James?
Is he a premadonna? Yes but certainly not to the level of a Chad Johnson, Terrell Owens or even Brett Farve. He’s never had a run in with the law. Off the court he’s a model citizen, on it he’s perhaps the most unselfish player in recent memory. So why is America so hard on Lebron James?
You know the knocks on King James, he isn’t clutch, and he shrinks from big moments. He doesn’t want to be “thee“guy, he quit on Cleveland, can’t win the big one. James is not the first athlete to take a while to figure out how to win the big one. Michael Jordan found himself trapped between the Celtic and Piston dynasties. The “air” apparent Kobe Bean Bryant shot air balls against the Jazz in his first big series. So again I ask the question why are we so hard of King James?
He’s America’s Son. James is the talented kid who we all see the potential in and are disappointed because he doesn’t or hasn’t made good on it. James came into the NBA with the expectation that he would one day become the greatest player of all time. Lofty expectations only enhanced by a PR campaign that started with televised games in high school, branding himself the King and stating that we were all “witnesses”. To what I’m not sure but I’m assuming it was a reference to his greatness.
In many ways James is a symbol of everything that’s right with America, handsome,young, rich, smart, immensely talented and a marketing juggernaut He also represents what’s wrong with our culture, oversaturation, anointing before accomplishment and the hype machine. Lebron became a product long before he became a professional basketball player.
A basketball prodigy the rules have rarely applied to Lebron, he is a mostly self taught, self motivated basketball genius. The outside forces that did influence Lebron are and were more concerned by what they can get out of him than what they can do for him.
You think Bron’s AAU coach or high school coach really got on him? Treated him like everyone else? Lebron probably hasn’t been treated like everyone else since he picked up a basketball. This man child has never had someone get in his face and tell him he was awful. Tell him that even on his best day that he needed to get better. Simply put Lebron needs/needed a dad.
A father (a good one) will always push his son; no matter how well he does. A dad will ask, why you didn’t you hit that shot? Grab that rebound? Dad’s give their children a critique that causes a level of reflection that no one else on the planet can give. They have no motives, no agendas, other than to get the most out of their sons.(good ones anyway) Lebron missed his second chance gaining a father figure when he skipped college. Who could blame him of course, but in skipping the collegiate level he missed an opportunity to be mentored, taught and have certain character traits ingrained him.
Is there any doubt that Lebron would be a better player if he had a year with Coach K? Instead we have become his parents. His fathers, chiding him, deriding his every movement on and off the basketball court. Deep down most of us want Lebron to succeed, to make good on his talent. Our frustration with King James is that for all his talent he hasn’t realized his full potential. We are frustrated by his lack of self reflection, self entitlement and lack of results. We sound like a dad.
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