January 2012
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Millsappin' Da Bass: I Love You, Man!
In an unexpected moment of utter adorability, after an incredible catch-and-twist-in-mid-air-finish by Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson’s emotional cup runneth’d over.
Photo credit @theweezy25
Here’s the entry pass and gif of the play, courtesy JazzFanatical. Even though Millsap hovered and twisted Al Jefferson was not credited by the Pepsi Center scorers for the dime.
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December 2011
4 posts
Twas the Night Before Tipoff
by Art Rondeau
Twas the night before tipoff and throughout the League All the players were dealing with short camp fatigue; The unis were hung in their lockers with care; They had better be – big faux pas to play ‘bare’
Fan-atics were anxious, at least so they said To see how many players dropped Jordans for Keds; While Ma-ma in her jersey and I in my cap Looked forward to hoops – no...
The Notorious Adventures of Chris Kajun: Home Is...
Survivor Man of the NBA, hunter-gatherer of beasts and basketballs, these are the chronicles and adventures of Chris Kajun. What was the genesis of the TNACK project? It’s simple really…
Chris Kajun makes his way into New Orleans for the first time, encountering a local who has some advice for the newest member of the squad.
We boun’ ‘n’ bo’backs que...
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Kobe Diminishes Vanessa's 'Me' for the Last Time
From the LA Times:
“Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce Friday from Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, signaling the end of a decade-long marriage.”
From one lockout straight to another. Bummer, dude.
November 2011
7 posts
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Golden Kicks
If you didn’t catch CJ Miles’ new kicks you missed out. They’re golden. Literally.
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The Wizard of South Beach
In his new book Shaq Uncut, O’Neal recounts an incident with Pat Riley, a man every bit a godfather figure in NBA lore.
“My ticket out of Miami was punched in mid-February 2008. There was a lot of tension between Pat and the players. So we’re about to start practice and Jason Williams comes in about ten seconds late. Pat being Pat, he starts swearing at him and screaming, “Get the hell...
October 2011
8 posts
How did we get here?
Baseball Edition —
Of the 450-odd current NBA players, 55 lived their NBA lives through the dreaded 32-games-lost season of the Lockout of ‘99.
How young are you? How old am I? Let’s count the rings around my eyes
Hold on tight to your skivvies as we hop into the way-back machine and take a peek back in time.
Ron Artest Then
How smart are you? How dumb am I? Don’t...
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Sources say David Stern is not your daddy
In a show of solidarity NBA players have been showing up to lockout meetings in matching “STAND” T-shirts.
Things have gotten hot inside the oven, according to sources.
Ric Bucher tweeted that a source informed him that Stern had been pointing his finger at the players while speaking. That is apparently when [Dwyane] Wade shouted, “You’re not pointing your finger at...
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How Did We Get Here?
1st Edition
Of the 450-odd current NBA players, 55 lived their NBA lives through the dreaded 32-games-lost season of the Lockout of ‘99.
You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife You may ask...
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'I plan on flogging them tomorrow'
After a particularly brutal double-digit loss to the Dallas Mavericks that left Phil Jackson’s 2011 playoff Los Angeles Lakers down 2-0 on their home turf, the Zen Master decided it was high time he show ‘em he means business.
A Phil Jackson-led team had never been swept in the postseason before, indeed, had never really even come close to buying a broom to the side of...
September 2011
10 posts
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Clown Stilts
Why do people yell “CLOWN STILTS!” when Dirk Nowitzki hits one of those odd-but-deadly pogostick’d step-back jumpers? It’s simple really.
One of the most unconventional shots in the history of basketball is utterly by design. Dave D’Alessandro explains.
Initially, it was a typical set of shooting drills. Overheads with each hand to warm up. Catch and shoot from...
The best belly rub EVER
First, watch the best dunk of all time by Vince Carter, literally over a hapless Frederic Weis at the Olympics, circa September 25, 2000. Pay special attention to the :28 second mark.
What IS that, Vince?!
Wait. I know exactly what that is.
Coochy coochy coo! Oh, and KG… YOU FLINCHED!
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Paging Jason Kidd
After the NBA’s Father Time dropped an average 12 points, 5 rebounds, 7 dimes, and nearly 40% 3-point shooting on the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs he sounded the Amber Alert by disappearing only to reappear for the middle three of the five games versus the OKC Thunder, then once again goin’ M.I.A. for the Finals.
This fact wasn’t lost on...
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Chris Paul: Dragon Slayer
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
It’s obvious in retrospect that the LA Lakers have major chinks in their armor, after getting swept aside in the 2011 NBA playoffs. But the signs were there even before the Dallas Mavericks broke out the brooms.
The New Orleans Hornets limped into the playoffs going 11-10 over the final 6 weeks of the regular season. The mighty defending champion Lakers...
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The Macedonian Carlos Boozer
Did you watch EuroBasket 2011 and Macedonia F.Y.R.’s fun Cinderella run? Then you probably noticed what I did; that Pero Antic looks, and even plays at times like the Chicago Bulls’ Carlos Boozer.
Antic was having a bad game from the floor, a fact this poor Lithuanian schnoz found out about first hand. Or inner elbow. Yes, he received a tech for this. And his 4th foul, before the...
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Happy Stern Day
For his 28th birthday Gilbert Arenas received a big, fat surprise birthday suspension from NBA Commissioner David Stern for his guns-in-the-locker-room stunt, which in true Gil style he had mocked with a now-infamous pregame FINGA GUNZ show.
Today, Agent Uno would like to return the favor to the commish on his 69th birthday, in a way only he can. Indeed, the only way he knows how.
“69,...
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Amir Nightmare Johnson
What’s one of Toronto Raptor Amir Johnson’s favorite movies? I’ll give you a hint.
I happened to be following along as he was at one of his favorite haunts, the tat shop, when he tweeted out his newest-ink-at-the-time in the spring of 2011.
Naturally, my restless mind saw an immediate opportunity.
With this.
After flipping and sizing it, it was still lacking,...
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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EJ's Disco Inferno
The Eric Gordon Jr. (“EJ” being his childhood nick) photoshop came about as something of an indirect request when someone tweeted the following pic, asking if anyone could “do anything with it.”
One look at it and all I saw was platform shoes and bell bottoms.
At this point in my photoshopping career I knew very few shortcuts, meaning it took me about 3 hours...