Arenas has decided to show his permanent support of President-elect Barack Obama with a tattoo. Arenas had the words “Change We Believe In” tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. Then, Gilbert showed the outside of his pinky finger, which had “44″ inked on it.
As far as finger tats go, it’s not quite WHIT EBOY. But what is? Plus, it is actually some pretty dope ink in and of itself, let alone with the added historical/emotional significance of Obama ascending to become the leader of the free world forty years after MLK Jr. was murdered.
Essentially, Agent Zero wanted to commemorate this remarkable transformation and what it says about the United States.
“By him winning, it showed the world that we’re not as racist as people think we are. I think that’s the beauty of [the election]. Not just because he’s the first African American president. America is not as bad as people think we are.”
And it’s not just his fingers he’s using to show his support — he’s also working on a dual-family portrait.
Arenas has gone all out for Obama, adding that he hired an artist last week to paint a mural with Obama’s family on one side and Arenas’s fiancee and children on another side of a wall in Arenas’s house.
Etan Thomas’ take on Gil’s new outpouring of affection for Obama?
As previously noted, Barack hooped it up at MJ’s old stomping grounds in Chicago the day of the election. And what did Tim Grover, founder of the Attack Athletics courts where the new president played, think of his game?
“He needs to pass the ball a little bit more. He was hogging the ball.”
Some leader.
So you’re telling me we just elected a poor man’s Ricky Davis to the highest office in the land? And he tucks his shirt into his wind pants? Super.
Unrelatedly, I bet Mike Ramos is that guy who gets a ton of uncontested lay-ins because he smells bad and nobody wants to guard him.
I mean, I know Obama winning was a big deal and all, but I still don’t understand how so many people are overlooking the truly historic victory that took place last Tuesday.
It was time. Nay. It was overdue. And, frankly, I find it hard to believe that fries even kept it that close given their heritage.
Arenas has decided to show his permanent support of President-elect Barack Obama with a tattoo. Arenas had the words “Change We Believe In” tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. Then, Gilbert showed the outside of his pinky finger, which had “44″ inked on it.
As far as finger tats go, it’s not quite WHIT EBOY. But what is? Plus, it is actually some pretty dope ink in and of itself, let alone with the added historical/emotional significance of Obama ascending to become the leader of the free world forty years after MLK Jr. was murdered.
Essentially, Agent Zero wanted to commemorate this remarkable transformation and what it says about the United States.
“By him winning, it showed the world that we’re not as racist as people think we are. I think that’s the beauty of [the election]. Not just because he’s the first African American president. America is not as bad as people think we are.”
And it’s not just his fingers he’s using to show his support — he’s also working on a dual-family portrait.
Arenas has gone all out for Obama, adding that he hired an artist last week to paint a mural with Obama’s family on one side and Arenas’s fiancee and children on another side of a wall in Arenas’s house.
Etan Thomas’ take on Gil’s new outpouring of affection for Obama?
My wife and I were watching CNN at home as things went along on Tuesday. I still couldn’t necessarily believe it as it was getting closer and closer and they were saying that it looked like Obama was going to be the President. Even once they said it, I was like, “I cannot believe this is actually happening.” I felt like somehow he wasn’t going to get elected, or something was going to happen.
When it happened, it almost seemed like it wasn’t real.
He continues:
The following morning, I talked to my grandmother. And I asked her, “Did you ever think you would live to see the day of a black President?”
She said, “No, I didn’t.” She said “I woke up this morning and thanked the Lord that he allowed me to be able to see this before I go.” And that hit me a little more than anything else. With everything that my grandparents have been through, everything they’ve seen, they didn’t think this was going to happen. And to see it happening, it’s got to be a different experience for them.
At that point, I just kind of sat back and really thought about it. It’s an amazing thing. The world is changing.
What did Obama do yesterday before becoming President? He played ball at Attack Athletics, MJ’s stomping grounds.
Hoops heads see “Attack Athletics” and one name jumps to mind: Michael Jordan. Attack is Tim Grover’s famous gym, where MJ went from phenom to Greatest of All Time. Grover was MJ’s personal trainer for years; these days, Grover’s summer clients include Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, O.J. Mayo … pretty much the brightest guards in the world. Attack might be the most cited dateline in the run-up to the June draft — besides IMG in Florida and Joe Abunassar’s joint in Las Vegas, Grover trains the cream of every draft class.
Was Attack just the most convenient gym to play at this morning? Maybe. I prefer to think of the decision as a magnificent display of swag. At the very least, it’s good vibes.
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Two great t-shirts from Undrcrwn. You can buy them at their website:www.undrcrwn.com. (via Slam and Slam again)
HOUSTON – Doc Riverskept his focus on game preparations before the Celtics’ 103-99 win over Houston last night. But afterward he turned his attention to the presidential election.
“The guys are celebrating in there,” Rivers said of his players’ reaction to Barack Obama’svictory. “I told them this isn’t a black-and-white thing, don’t look at it that way. It’s good for America. I don’t care who you voted for, America got involved.”
Before the game, Rivers had observed, “This is the first time I can remember in sports so many guys being so interested in the results. I’ve never seen anything like this, ever.
OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT! I can’t even explain how I feel right now. All I have to say is that we have to repeat, because we have to go back to the White House to meet Obama.
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Mark Cuban is proud to be an American and, as happens on occasion, he wrote something I agree with wholeheartedly.
On the economic side, other than being ok with him raising my effective tax rate to 40pct, there isn’t a lot of his economic policy that I do agree with him on. So why did I vote for him ?
Its simple. Having an elected black President will do more to energize this country than any economic or social policy ever could. In a single day of voting, our amazing country once again reinvigorated the dream that any child in this country, no matter what circumstances they are born into, can grow up to be anything they want, including President of the United States.
That dream, staying viable, being reinvigorated, will do more for this country than any economic policy or any legislation that could ever be passed.
Not Obama-related but still political…On the strength of the Both Teams bump, the new mayor of Sacramento is Kevin Johnson. The Sacramento Bee (a newspaper, not a spelling contest) showed it’s canny penchant for cleverness and originality with an opening line that, shockingly, used two basketball/athletics cliches.
The opening tipoff of the Kevin Johnson era is barely in the books, but the mayor-elect is off and running today, making the rounds of media events, waving to morning commuters on J Street, and promising to stop the financial bleeding at City Hall.
KJ’s main focus seems to be the city budget, but he had a nice quote about him being an unlikely person to become Sacto’s mayor.
“A little knucklehead kid, a poor kid from Oak Park going away and coming back and being the mayor of the city he grew up in — that’s the American dream,” he said. “I hope it’s a great example for every young person in our community that if you work hard, you get a great education and have good character, anything is possible.”
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Greg Oden’s call to Barack the Vote (from Monday). He sounds very scripted and, surprisingly, somewhat homosexual.
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Another message and video, this one of Hawks reserve PG Acie Law voting yesterday. Thanks to “scout,” without whom none of this riveting footage would have been possible. Someone call the Academy.
Man i voted for the 1st time today and to show u how serious i was about it I had my boi (scout) sneak a video camera in so we could get some footage for you all. Im excited about this whole change movement I really believe its goin to happen. I know its early but if the numbers are any indication Sen. Barack Obama is goin to be our guy for the next four years. I dont really have alot to say about my 1st experience, it went smooth i was worried tht i mite be late for practice but i was only there for about half an hour. I was expecting to be there much longer thinking tht the crowd would be huge but it wasnt bad at all. This is something ill be able to tell my children about tht i was apart of history, i was apart of gettin Sen. Obama in office THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT!!!
UPDATE:
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I just found this so we’re doing eleven. And I really wish I would have voted for Nick Young. He sounds intelligent. (via Bullets Forever)
At the Nuggets’ shootaround, there was a post-election buzz. Carmelo Anthony smiled and said, “I’m going to try to score 44 tonight,” in honor of president-elect Barack Obama, who was elected Tuesday as America’s 44th president.
Since they are playing GState and he no longer has to let Ivy take 18 shots per night, his biggest problem will probably be keeping it that low.
And how bout we just say, let me know if I missed any other good ones in the comments.
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