Why Is This an NBA Blog? Because There Are No Fours
Posts tagged as:
Thanks to the NBA-friendly folks over at Undrcrwn, you can now download a computer desktop honoring the 2009 Playoffs fallen teams. Thus far, we’re talking about the Pistons, Spurs, Hornets and Jazz, but check back maybe as soon as tonight for an updated version, which he plans to keep up on all the way through the Finals.
Let’s all hope Chicago isn’t the next logo we see. (via Dime)
{ 0 comments }
If it wasn’t before, it’s now officially official that Kenny Smith is the only guy we’re calling The Jet. You just lost all your Jet privileges, Mr. Terry. (video via FanHouse)
And just because I wasn’t posting during All-Star Weekend, below that is the video of Shaq putting it through Superman’s legs, which I’m pretty sure was the best All-Star Game play I’ve seen since Magic hit that post-HIV fadaway three to end the 1992 game with time still remaining on the clock.
{ 0 comments }
In news sure to generate up to 36 hours of self-congratulatory boners in the Sports Guy’s Mansion, TNT has added a HORSE competition to this year’s All-Star Weekend. The players are as yet undetermined, but we do know that it can’t fail entirely since Kenny the Jet, CWebb and Ernie Johnson will all be involved.
JE Skeets over at Ball Don’t Lie explains it best:
The game will use a traditional format in which three NBA players will establish the playing order. Once a shot is made, the next player in the predetermined order will attempt the same shot. If that player misses, he is assign — look, if you don’t know how to play H-O-R-S-E, I doubt you’re reading this blog. All you really need to know is that there is no dunking allowed and ballers have just 24 seconds to create/mimic shots.
Pretty much.
HORSE is pretty cool, but they shoulda gone with NPHRIDINGAUNICORN.
{ 0 comments }
Since nothing but needless All-Star bickering is going on today and I have to post something to avoid the flaming dogshit on the porch treatment again (cut it out, mom), here’s a few videos from Inside the NBA last night.
The first features a remixed clip of Shaq who apparently was carried onto the court by the Suns’ scrub players last night. The TNT interns apparently thought it would be funny to put Chuckster’s head in front of Shaq and wait for Kenny to make “He’s fat” jokes. Unsuprisingly, it was a little funnier than it should have been. More importantly, we have Webber busting out his Tony Parker impression repeatedly, which is easily my favorite culturally insensitive but widely-embraced-regardless development of this NBA season
And here’s CWebb, Glove and Kenny throwing out some old school/new school NBA duos with somewhat similar games and deciding who is better. Predictably, the old-timers get unwarranted props. I mean, Tom Chambers was sorta sick wit it and all, but you’re really taking him over Dirk, GP? Although just as inexplicably, he takes Nate Robinson over Muggsy, who could flat out play D.
Someone mentioned the other day how it was weird that The Glove tends to be so dismissive of defense in his analysis when that is the exact thing that made him a Top 10 point guard of all time and a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
But since Gary Payton also tends to be fucking awesome constantly, it’s not really gonna sway my opinion. It’s sorta, how you say, like antlers on a hot chick. Whatever.
And just because some of you theoretically come here to find out information about what is actually going on in the NBA, here’s their takes on the Spurs this season. Boring.
{ 1 comment }
Pretty much all you need to know. Also, it reminded me of this and, subsequently, this — both of which are pretty sweet. (video via Ball Don’t Lie)
{ 0 comments }
His upcoming sabbatical is the result of his recent DUI arrest and has been reported as “a minimum of several weeks,” which is obviously horrible news for Inside the NBA fans. The only silver lining here is that a month without Sir Charles won’t be quite as difficult to take this year as it normally would be since we at least have Tuesday Fan Night over on NBA TV as a fill-in.
No word on who will fill-in for Barkley, but I bet CWebb will be involved on a few occasions — and it will at least be interesting to see how Webber and Kenny can run things without Barkley around.
Regardless, hurry back, Charles.
UPDATE: The T-Mobile campaign featuring Charles has been at least postponed and, me thinks, they may drop the Chuckster altogether. It’s their company so whatever, but I’m really perplexed as to why this whole thing is such a big deal. Aren’t outrageous and sophmoric antics half the reason why he was hired in the first place? (via FanHouse)
{ 0 comments }
