I’m not sure if this commercial below is real. And frankly I don’t even care. (via @jose3030)
And in other, barely-English news, here’s an interview with Darko in which he swears at least 21 times. (via @JakeAppleman)
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Did you hear about this Conan guy? Apparently he’s a big deal. In just like seven months he went from pretty funny guy who hosted a show that was on past my bedtime to guy who hosted a show for old people to guy who is such a sympathetic figure for being jobbed over by his bosses that he inspired a bunch of grown men to call another grown man “CoCo.”
C’est la vie.
The whole mess was such a sad display of “crap wins” and “actual funny isn’t actually funny to very many people” that it’s pretty depressing. But the outpouring of support for Conan does at least go to show that there ultimately are a lot of people who do actually enjoy stuff that doesn’t only cater to the mainstream. So that’s cool.
More importantly, here’s some video of Conan back when he was really underground-ish-er back in 1995. He visits the All-Star Weekend going on in Phoenix and chats it up with Dikembe, Shaq, thin Barkley, awkward Scottie Pippen, looks-exactly-the-same-in-2010 John Stockton and David Robinson, who explains that he got nicknamed the Admiral because — and he’s not sure why — people didn’t want to call him “seaman.”
Seriously. He says that. (video via NBA Offseason)
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As a St. John’s graduate, this is one of the most conflicted days of my life. One the one hand, my co-Johnnie Ron Artest is for god knows what reason repping our Big East rival Georgetown in his latest single. But on the other hand, Tru Warier is singing with Auto-Tune — and hearing that come to fruition is a life-altering moment in time.
Final verdict: I’m gonna let it slide this time but if I ever hear anything about the UConn Huskies, you’re dead to me.
Here’s the track “Georgetown Girl” — complete with Rick Adelman and Jonathan Bender references — for your listening pleasure. Hopefully he recorded it in his car.
In other Ron Ron news, he also went on Houston radio station 1560: The Game after Tuesday night’s loss to the Jazz to speak on the game and what he thinks about the current state of the Rockets. (via @TasMelas)
For the loss, he put much of the blame on himself for missing “a bunch of easy layups” and mentioned that it wasn’t the probably wasn’t the best night to judge the team since everyone was missing shots. Even John Barry missed three wide-open treys, he noted.
“That never happens…At any point in time if we knock down some shots, we bust that game wide open. So coming out of that game, everyone feels confident.”
He also speaks on Kyle Lowry and Aaron Brooks’ ability to push the ball and how that factor has at times helped the total team philosophy but, at other teams, led to a breakdown in offensive discipline.
“We just try to take what’s given. On this team, the good thing about the Rockets is that we don’t care who shoots the ball. If you got an advantage, go take it. But the young fellas gotta learn when to back it up, when to slow it up. We gotta get used to that. Yesterday, Utah played Playoff basketball and we played — I think we defended the ball like a Playoff team — but I think on the offensive end, we played mid-season basketball…We didn’t pick and choose our spots well and I think that will change in the future.”
And while some of that responsibility falls to Houston’s young guards, he ultimately thinks the team’s Playoff chances hinge on the veterans, namely him and Yao.
“We gotta put it together. Shane played well yesterday. But me and Yao have to become consistent every game…We have to be a consistent duo.”
Regardless of what Ron says, most people aren’t giving the Rockets much chance in the West. Popular opinion — and mine — is that it would be suprising to see anyone but LA, Utah or San Antonio making the Finals.
But even if the Rockets can’t make it past the first or second round, at least Dikembe has a new song about sexing Georgetown coeds to rock on plane trips. And that’s really the most important thing.
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Dikembe’s back. And as the elder statesmen in the Rocket locker room, he’s been a vocal leader since he arrived and knows he’s got some skulls to crack if he wants to help right the Houston ship. (via Slam)
“I need to reach all of these young guys before I leave the game. I’m not done yet. Just let me get them into the bunker like Vice President Cheney. I won’t start any wars. And I won’t shoot anybody in the hunting field either.”
The author also describes his voice as “that Cookie-Monster-gargling-razor-blades- in-a-blender rasp,” so I thus recommend reading the entire article.
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