Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Ron-Ron never cease to surprise me



Thanks to Ball don't lie, I manage to learn more about Ron Artest. His favorite movie, the person who he wants to have a singing collaboration with, and a bunch more. Very interesting, he talks about his favorite jersey and what he majored on.

Watch it and I'm pretty sure you'll be surprised too.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Asian Last names

So yesterday before I got off work, I noticed this tweet by newly signed Golden State Warrior Jeremy Lin




Yeah just so you guys know, this is David Lee:


HA! just kidding, obviously they were referring to this David Lee:



No, not the guy wearing the green jersey, thats Rajon Rondo. I'm talking about the guy with the white #42 Knicks Jersey. Yes ladies and gents, thats David Lee. Whether J-Lins friend was joking around about it or not, lets not jump the gun that every person who has an Asian last name is asian.

Then again, if you think about it, it WAS funny ha ha ha! *ahem* well at least I thought it was funny. :)


Monday, July 26, 2010

Starcraft 2 oh yeay its out!



Save the date: July 27 2010.

Why?
Why would I need to save the date?
What's going to happen on 07/27/10?

Well if you're not a nerd (no offense to nerds) then you probably don't know about it. Yes it's the much anticipated release date of the ever so popular Starcraft II. WAIT WHAT? Yeah you heard me, I'm not lying to you. After nearly over 10 years of waiting (Well I have been waiting since 1998) they finally made the sequel to the game that most likely changed how RTS games are played. The game is so big that Koreans decided to make a league for it and televise it online.

I for one was one of those excited people who was waiting for it to the point where I mistakingly thought June 27 2010 was July 27 2010. Heres a little dialouge between me and the best buy employee: Me as me and BBE as Best Buy Employee

Me: *see's the pre-order paper* *asks BBE* "Hey so do you guys have any stock for Starcraft II at the moment?"

BB Employee: "You know what the game is really popular, lemme check in the back"

Me: "yeah it is, I'm pretty excited about it"

-saw the release date-
-thinks-
-Looks at my phone calendar-

Me: *thinking* "Oh its only June, wow I feel stupid"

-Plays it off and walk away slowly to the PS3 Section-

Needless to say, I felt really stupid. I bet the Best Buy Employee felt the same way for actually going to the back and checking if they have stock.

Now, now, now that I showed you how stupid I felt, theres an article I saw on my facebook feed (Link c/o joe) about this asian dating guru saying that, "you should steer clear away from SC II). His reason? It destroys your social life. You know honestly, thats pretty obvious. I mean look at all the socially deprived people who play World of Warcraft (I was one at one point, I swear it was like crack). It really depends on a person whether they will let the video game take over their life. It's really not the games fault, I mean if you have a little bit of common sense you'll eventually realize that "Oh hey I should go out and mingle, maybe I'll get laid.". Sorry to say but Starcraft won't get you laid unless you're a pro-gamer from korea, okay I don't have a source for that but thats what it seems like.

So yes, I totally disagree with the whole "You should spend your 60 dollars on a date or a social life" BS. Because well, 60 bucks really don't get you much anyways.


P.S.

I thought Larissa Riquelme is hot. I'd spend 60 bucks on that pair of Paraguay piece of ass.


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Asian Sensation Jeremy Lin



Okay maybe it's too early to call Jeremy Lin an "Asian Sensation" but apparently there has been some buzz about him signing a contract with the Golden State Warriors. I've never really seen this kid play but seeing his stats during his years at Harvard, this kid knows how to ball. During his last year in Harvard he shot over 50% and 34% at the 3 ball area along with 16.4 PPG, 4.4 Rebounds, 4.4 Assist, 2.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game. Even though his Summer League stats aren't as close as when he played in college thats pretty much expected so I don't really wanna put that down on him.


Now there are some talks out there in the blogosphere that it could be that because of his racial background that he was being scouted by the LA Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. Knowing that LA, GSW and Dallas (never been to dallas so not sure about this one) has a big asian fanbase, I really believe that it's not because of his race why these three teams were interested in wanted to sign him. The kid got game and I'm sure scouts have seen that this kid got potential to be in the pros. Sure his match up with John Wall (most likely) boosted his popularity, his athleticism, his defense, the way he attacks the basket played a role in why these 3 teams wanted him. All in all I'm glad that this undrafted kid is given a shot at the pros and I will definitely be watching.

Now if he were to sign with GSW what could he bring to the backcourt of the warriors? Well one thing is that GSW needs the depth. With C.J. Watson signing with chicago GSW is definitely lacking that backup for their 2 backcourt stars Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry. He would also would be a good fit in Don Nelsons run and gun offense. As far as I saw during his Summer League highlights is that he loves to run that ball. Penetrating to the offense, run and pass to the open man, etc...


PS

No he is not going to be a Sun Yue 2.0, one thing for sure is that Jeremy Lin speaks english better than him lmao

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Tracy Mc Gravy to the clips?


I know this is a bit late of a post but I was in Las Vegas during the time this was news. The LA Clippers are showing a bit of interest to Tracy McGrady. Yes the injury prone T-Mac that most of us all loved.

I'm sure if he does sign with the clippers A LOT of people will think it's a bad move. To me I think it's a great idea as long as he does not sign for a long term contract. 1-2 years and a little less than MLE should be fine for this 7 time all star. What could he bring to the clippers? Versatility, star quality player for cheap (when healthy) and a guy whose not scared to take over a game if things go wrong for the clippers. Sure he's not the same guy that he used to be (like his cousin vince carter) but if clips do get him for cheap it'll definitely be a low risk high reward guy. Think of it as playing Paigow Poker where most of the time you either push and not lose much besides the fortune. Okay maybe that was a bad analogy.


Picture Credits: ESPN

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Guess whose planning on coming BACK!!!




YEAH BOOOOOYYY!!!! July 18th is Penny's 39th birthday and he was on blog talk radio talking about a bunch of crap that I missed lol. What I didn't miss though is that:

HE PLANS ON COMING BACK TO PLAY IN THE NBA!

You don't understand how excited I feel about this. I've watched this guy during his glory days, during the days of his dispute with orlando, and his "falling from grace" days. I don't care whether he plays very minimum minutes, I just want to see him play again. I grew up idolizing penny and always wanted to play like him.

He didn't say which team he plans on playing, but if I was to guess it would be Miami. I REALLY hope that somebody signs him and gives him a shot again.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Orlando's pretty boy... Michael Pietrus

Just kidding, no we are not going to talk about "Air France". If you're an Orlando Magic fan you should be able to pinpoint who I am talking about. Yes, it's JJ Redick. The Orlando Magic role player whose a good knock down shooter, not a great defender but not a liability on the defense either, and well he's become a decent play maker (Which most of you will probably question this). He's not your typical 2 guard that'll break the defense with his ball handling skills but can definitely make shots for himself off the dribble. He shines mostly on pick and rolls, spot up catch-and-shoot plays, and coming off the screen jumpers. Defensively he's the type to run around with his man (as shown during the 2010 ECF against boston) harassing him where ever he goes. Given that he might not be the greatest 2 guard defender (becuase of his physical limitations) he boast great basketball IQ and dedication.



Now comes the dilemma, JJ Redick is a restricted free agent this year and about a few days ago Chicago offered JJ to a 19mil 3 year contract, reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! sports.
Now Orlando has about 2 days from today to match that offer by Chicago or JJ will walk. To be honest, Redick as it stands can definitely be a starter on any championship caliber team or any team for that matter. It would be very dumb of Otis to let JJ walk away and would definitely give orlando less depth and a lot of people will PROBABLY disagree with me but I really do think JJ is worth that 20mil. So Otis please don't disappoint us and bring Redick back to orlando, in the long run he'll be a much better player than that overrated all star who chokes during crunch time...


Picture Credits: Doug Benc/Getty Images

Monday, July 12, 2010

Southbeach bringin' the HEAT, uh

Party in the city where the HEAT is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami (bienvenido a miami)
Bouncing in the club where the HEAT is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm going to Miami

That’s what LeBron James was probably singing when he made his career decision to go and play with Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. Yup you heard it right, he’s joining the Miami Heat to build an empire. To better visualize on how it’s going to be here is a picture I made (I can only use MS paint, photoshop is too complicated) to give you guys a better understanding on what kind of trio they would become.




Some people on twitter already gave them nicknames such as "Miami Thrice", "Miami Power Rangers", "Miami cHEAT", "Miami 3:16"(Wade wearing #3, Bosh wearing #1 Bron wearing #6) and others that I can't remember even if my life depended on it.

So what does it mean for the Heat? Well it definitely means lots of championships in the upcoming seasons. They'll definitely be the team to beat in the east. What does this mean for my Orlando Magic? harder competition in the southeast division. If Orlando wants to win the chip, definitely this year should be the year. Then again with all the moves Pat Riley is doing, they might already start their Championship run this year... Only time will tell, yes I know that was pretty cliché.




Friday, July 9, 2010

You.... pause

Since I'm lazy my post on Cleveland/Miami Power Rangers/Southeast Division will be a little delayed not to mention I wanna write it in Comic Sans to honor Dan Gilberts anger towards Lebrocalypse but apparently Blogger/Blogspot don't have the font so I'll have to think of a way to do it differently.



PS

Nobody reads this anyway so who cares.

PPS

Here read Dan Gilberts break up letter to LeBrocalypse

Love

Hermit

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Chris Wade - Dwyane Bosh

Years and years we've seen those Dynamic Duo in the NBA and it's always been fun to watch them play. With the announcement of Dwyane Wade, it is now verbally official that Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade will be playing together in miami.


So the thing is, the Miami Heat currently only have 4 players on their roster (Including Bosh and Wade)

1. Michael Beasely
2. Mario Chalmers
3. D-Wade
4. C-Bosh

Now with a projected 2010-2011 salary cap of 56.1m and with 2 max contracts coming up along with Beasely and Chalmers contract, they really don't have a lot to spend with for the remaining roster spots.

Miami heat is, well, lacking a Center, and a whole Bench. If I did my math right, they would roughly have 16m left to spend on a Center and a Bench. Really 16mil? Yeah apparently thats not much to work around with to be honest. Oh did I mention theres about 11 roster spots to fill? yeah exactly right

All in all, I'm pretty happy for Miami to land 2 all-stars but what comes after this is a brain twister but nevertheless it'll be really exciting to watch Bosh and Wade play together... EVEN IF they never win a championship together... (Then again I really have no idea what Heat fans thinks about this in the long run maybe its a good thing.)

In other news,



Kevin Durant (The guy who won the scoring title last year and led the Thunder to its very first playoff birth in which they sent the lakers in 6 games) just signed a 5 year 85mil extension with no opt out with the Oklahoma City Thunder AND he did it on twitter. You now became my 2nd favorite player in the NBA KD, and you have my respect, good job!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Lebron James finally made a decision

No it's not about the free agency, (god if I had to take a shot of soju for every mention of "Free Agency" and "LeBron James" I'd probably be in the hospital for alcohol poisoning.) he finally made a twitter account. According to a CNN article his publicist Keith Estabrook confirmed that it was indeed LBJ who made the account.




My top guesses on his first tweet

1. What's for lunch
2. I'm resigning with the Cleveland Cavaliers GOTCHA!
3. Oh hey you remember that dance I did during the blow out game in... pause
4. What's for dinner
5. Done with gym
6. Sorry @ChrisBosh I'm not playing with you, I rather play with @amareisreal
7. @ChrisBosh would I look cute if I grew out my hair and braid it??
8. @the_real_shaq why do you have more followers than me? I own the media and the world.

Apparently none of guesses are right and here is his first tweet:

"Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building "Finally". My Brother @oneandonlycp3 gas'd me up to jump on board so I'm here. Haaaa"

Oh well can you please give us an answer now on where you will be playing? Oh and yes people did give you the nickname "King" but really? really Lebron? Wooo damn you need to pop that ego really quick, just a suggestion.