Video: Golden State: Where the Dougie happens.

Rookie hazing for the warrios? Oh no no no, it's called "Having Fun"

Note: You can totally spot Jeremy Lin even if it was pixelated. 

Dwight is more of a Michaelangelo than Donatello

Very very informative video. Dwight Howard had a 1 week session with The Dream Hakeem Olajuwon during the offseason.. What do I expect from this? Well a more polished post game from Dwight. More finesse and less usage of strength. 

Anyways enjoy the video!

Kevin Garnett is a ball of energy

Kevin Garnett is a passionate person, he'll yell at you during a game, he'll yell at you while injured at the sidelines, he'll yell at you while you're in the game, hell he'll even yell at walls and posts. If he had a chance, he'd probably yell at your grandma too. So whats wrong in yelling during Media Day? Nothing, because Rajon Rondo doesn't think anything is wrong.... or so I would think

Offseason randomness starring Carmelo Anthony

I must admit, this year NBA off season must be one the most craziest. Lets give a short recap:

1. The 3 musketeers joining one team a.k.a Miami Heats Tripod of power (or disaster whichever you prefer).
2. Chris Paul demanding for a trade. (that went nowhere)
3. Dan Gilberts break up letter to Lebron. (Which is nowhere to be found anymore.)
4. The burning of LeBron's jersey in Cleveland
5. Team USA finally winning gold in the FIBA World Championship since 1994
5. And the most recent one: Carmelo Anthony Demanding for a trade.

Which by the way brings me to this Classic Carmelo Anthony video




If you've watched the 2010 NBA playoffs, then I am pretty sure you've got your share of laughs. Oh hey carmelo instead of asking for a trade to the Knicks or Bulls why not ask for a trade in utah? I mean they were playing this commercial during the 2010 playoffs against Utah IN Utah home.

Anyways I now leave you with a spoof of the commercial starring NBA's comedic bigman Kyrylo Fesenko. (you're not the only one who is special carmelo.)

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

Free Agency and other.... pausee

July 1 2010.. To normal people, July 1 2010 would mean its a thursday, To the Japanese it means Ayumi Hamasaki's song "July 1st", In canada it would mean "Canada Day" but to NBA teams, NBA players, NBA fans and all them wacky media it would mean the most hyped, craziest, wackiest Free Agency.

The end.... Lol just kidding

Hey did you know Megan Fox got married? Yeah I know right..

Oh yeah right Free Agency, ANYWAYS I'm really not going to talk about "why did this" and "why did he decided to opt out of his contract" or "this team needs to pick up "insert appropriate FA here"" instead I am going to make uneducated guesses on where these marquee FA's will end up with.

Lets list the teams that actually have money to spend for Free Agency. (because i am lazy I'm not going to list on how much each team has. Nor am I going to list all the teams that have money lol just the guys who can afford at least 1 Max Contract)

- Miami Heat

- Chicago Bulls

- New Jersey Nets

- New York Knicks

- LA Clippers

- Elin Woods (Oh okay maybe not but she did get 750m from the divorce. Thats enough to sign LBJ, Bosh, Wade, Joe Johnson)

Now the list of notable (in my opinion, I really don't want to go all out on this.) FA

- LeBron James

- Chris Bosh

- Dwayne Wade

- Joe Johnson

- Paul Pierce (Opted out of his contract)

- Dirk Nowitzki (Opted out of his contract)

- Amar'e Stoudamire (Opted out of his contract)

- Ray Allen

- David Lee

- Carlos Boozer

- Rudy Gay

Lebron James

Lets start with the guy whose like the Microsoft of the NBA, Lebron James. I'm not going to make any educated guesses but I'm going to say come July 1 he'll say "Oh Just kidding! I'm resigning with Cleveland Ha ha ha GOTCHA!"

Final Verdict: Chicago Bulls

Chris Bosh

Ahh Chris Bosh, the guy who said he don't want to be a "SideKick" but apparently rumor has it that he'll play with D-Wade on the Heat. Good Job Robin.

Final Verdict - Miami Heat

Dwayne Wade

Dwayne Wade, the man without teammates unfortunately. We already know he's not going anywhere but we also know that next season he's probably going to have new teammates since well Miami shredded everybody besides Michael Beasely (because nobody wants him).

Final Verdict: Miami Heat

Joe Johnson

Joe Johnson, he played horrible during the 2010 NBA playoffs, dissed the ATL Hawks fans, and got boo'ed AND YET Atlanta Hawks wants to give him a 6 year Max deal. The Hawks are as crazy as those Wacky Inflatable arm flailing tube man. I laugh lol

Final Verdict - You be retarded if you don't take the 6 year max deal offer. Atlanta Hawks

Paul Pierce

This fool, I hate this guy, I hate this guy to the core. This fucker is such a drama queen. Flops as much as a Fish (no not Derek Fisher, okay maybe Derek Fisher). I was pretty surprised that he opted out of his contract but I did read something about Danny Ainge saying that he might not come back next season. Then again Doc Rivers did say that he was coming back next season to coach so that might play a part in Pierce coming back to the Celtics.

Final Verdict - Boston Celtics

Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki, like Paul Pierce, this guy has been in one team since the start of his career. I can't say much about the guy besides he shoots A LOT better when he is guarded.

Final Verdict - Mark Cuban will cough up the money on whatever demands he wants. 6 Playstations in 6 different rooms in a mansion as big as Disneyland, who cares Cuban will definitely get whatever he wants. He stays as Dallas Maverick

Amar'e Stoudamire

This guy is Amar'e Stoudamire, the guy who dazes around during defensive plays. To be honest I can't see this guy playing with anybody besides Steve Nash.

Final Verdict - He pulls a surprise and signs with Chicago Bulls

Ray Allen

Ray Allen aka Jesus ShuttlesWorth. This guy has a very very lethal jumper. Like I said on my first post, you cannot leave this guy open. This guy broke the record for number of made 3 ball in a finals game with 8. I don't know what else to say about this guy besides, if his jump shot was a chick, I would definitely hit it... I'd hit it hard.

Final Verdict - With Doc Rivers back, he will sign with the Boston Celtics. I would of said Miami Heat at first but Doc Rivers coming back just changes all that.

David Lee

David Lee, I really can't say much about this guy. I don't really watch New York Knicks game but yes I do know he pretty good. lol

Final Verdict - I really want to see him in Blue and Orange. No not the New York Knicks but the Oklahoma City Thunder

Carlos Boozer

Carlos Boozer, the guy who has more wrinkles on his head than the edge of your elbow lol. I don't follow him much but I know that he has his days when he becomes a walking double double.

Final Verdict - Brooklyn/New Jersey Nets

Rudy Gay

Rudy Gay, a scoring wingman. Young but still has a lot to learn. Uh so yeah, I don't watch a lot of Memphis games...

Final Verdict - one word: KAAAAAHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN... By the way if he goes to Minnesota that would mean Rudy Gay, Kevin Love, Ramon Session trio.

Anyways yeah thats my guesses on where they will end up. None of this I gave any deep thought and it was purely on guesses lol. Although I do know that I probably will get AT LEAST 1 right because I'm cool like that

I get excited over..

Twitter... Ah yes it's twitter, that lil social networking giant that rivals Facebook, Myspace and those other social networking website that's not named Facebook or myspace. It's that lil giant where Celebrities, Athletes and hell even politicians use.

I used to think twitter was pretty lame, yes I was the one of those who would swear never to have a twitter but apparently it became like a drug where I have to tweet about the latest stuff that goes on in the twitter world. Although 1 particular reasons why I joined twitter is because of the NBA.

A lot of NBA players uses twitter(heres a list via The No Look Pass most use them as a way to post their blogs, tell what they're doing, and most of all connect with their fans. Which by the way brings me to my happiness.

Yes I do get excited over random replies from these athletes. It's probably the closest we can get to talking to them. Here are some of the replies I've got from these guys that I follow

Charles Oakley:

"Charles Oakley will come to your house and beat you up unless you stop talking about Free Agency"

So out of bored I replied to Charles by saying

"Free Agency.... #PleaseDontHurtMe"

and he replies "HA I'm cool" - Yes its a short reply but hey I dig it lol.

Another one was, well from JJ Redick.

I really don't remember greeting him on his birthday but I do remember saying:

"It's JJ Redicks birthday and @ladyballers haven't greeted him."

Oh and well JJ Redick said "Thank you" anyway.

Last but not least: (This made me laugh so hard)

Kevin Durant:

Little background story - I have a hard time growing facial hair. Apparently his teammate James Harden have an epic beard so it hit me to ask:

"have you ever thought of growing a beard like james harden?" - his answer: "been trying since birth".

No really it's alright KD, I've been trying since birth too just that I probably have it worse than you because I grow mine in strands...

So yes, if you're an NBA fan at least give twitter a try, you might enjoy it not just because of the athletes but also because of random play by play twitter comments thats pretty hilarious.

I leave you now with probably the most funniest guy on twitter:

Ron Artest

"In game two of finals I had to take a shit in the fourth quarter But I didn't know how to tell Phil Jackson"

Everybody wants to be a Laker

So now that the Laker have won back to back championship under the Pau and Kobe Regime, seems like everybody now wants to be a laker. According to sources/rumors Tracy McGrady the perennial all star who could've been one of the leagues top athletes (if not injured) wants to play for the Los Angeles Lakers. To be honest I could really careless if he does play for the lakers. Good for the lakers, T-Mac despite being injured all the time still has a lil bit of game in him (I mean he was regarded as one of the top players back in the days) and can definitely spark quality minutes off the bench.

Now on the other hand Chris Bosh, being one of the top 5 free agents in the market never really said anything direct (he did give a list of 5 teams you know) that he would like to sign with the lakers but hey, seeing him in laker games does raise suspicions of him wanting to play for LA that and I believe this LA team can run for at least 1 more title because well Phil Jackson do win his championships in batches of 3.

So now lets say all that pans out and T-Mac(MLE/Paycut) and Chris Bosh(Sign and Trade for Andrew Bynum) plays for LA, wont this remind you of that star studded Laker Roster of 2003-2004? You know that team that lost in the NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons, yeah that team. The team that sported:

Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, Gary Payton an all star cast which lost to detroit 4-1. I just think that too much "stars" can't always be something good for a team, then again that loss against detroit phil already had his three peat so this time around it might be different.

Philly 76ers boo boo

2010 NBA Draft,

There have been numerous mock drafts out on the net but we all know that Washington Wizards (who won the draft lottery) is going to pick John Wall as their No. 1 pick. On the other hand we weren't sure what Philadelphia 76ers pick is. Okay maybe we did know, but a few days ago the 76ers and Sacramento Kings had a trade deal which sent Samuel Dalembert to the Kings for Spencer Hawes and Andres Noicini which made us think, are they going to drop Evan Turner for DeMarcus Cousins or Derrick Favors or maybe even Greg Monroe. Apparently that was not the case, someone in philly screwed up and showed nearly everybody who the 76ers is picking. Heres the screen cap of the suppose splash page (before it was taken down) of the Philadelphia 76ers:

So yes, can we assume now that 76ers will be choosing Evan Turner(wasn't that the guess anyway?) as their pick or is this some kind of conspiracy to confuse people on who are they drafting only time will tell.

CountDown to Draft day: 3 days and lots of minutes lol

Picture Credits: Michael Levin of the Sixers blog Liberty Ballers

So the NBA Season is over and...

The Lakers have won back to back championship, it may not be the most prettiest but they got the job done. There have been doubts on whether they could make it back to the finals and actually win it. Mike Bresnahan of LA Times points out what problems the Lakers had during their title run. Now the question is, will the Lakers repeat again next year for a 3peat or will they flop first, accumulate doubters then prove the doubters wrong, only time will tell.

Anyways for your viewing pleasure heres Ron Artest with a Top Hat and a Cigar:

Picture Credits: NBA.com

Big Baby D-D-D-Avisss

If he's not getting yelled at by Kevin Garnett, or pushing kids, he doin great things for the Boston Celtics. By great things I mean throwing a dagger at orlando, and putting up numbers when needed.

He definitely brings energy to this aging celtic team, hustles for the ball when needed (despite falling time and time again) and just funny to watch especially when he does something unexpected and starts showing his big baby face

For the Celtics to win game 7 he would need to step up and play like he did in game 4. Oh and yes Kendrink Perkings definitely agrees with me. In other news, this is just too hilarious

Photo Credits: NBA.com and Jose3030

He got game 2. Jesus Shuttlesworth revival.

Ray Allen 1, Lakers... 1 I guess (I would say 1-0 but Ray-Ray was in foul trouble during game 1). After a pretty horrible start to the NBA Finals, Ray "Jesus Shuttlesworth" Allen retaliated with 32 points going 8-11 3's setting an NBA Finals record for most 3 ball made passing Kenny "The Jet" Smith and Scottie Pippen. He all reminded us that he (most likely) probably have the prettiest jump shot in the history of pro basketball.

I mean just look at his form! If his jump shot were a girl I'd definitely hit it unless you're the Lakers then you'd hate him like in this picture:

Yes the Lakers should definitely hate him, but most of all the Lakers should hate themselves for leaving ray-ray open. That's one thing YOU CANNOT do with Ray Allen. If Ray-ray comes of a screen somebody needs to switch and put a hand up on Ray Allens face. You can live with KG taking those long 2's (he hasn't been making those anyways), you can live with Big Baby Davis driving to the hoop but you definitely will die if you keep Ray Allen open like they did in game 2.

Oh well maybe Phil got some idea on who will guard Ray Allen during those off screen 3 ball. Lets just hope nobody in the Lakers would mistake Basketball for American Football

Oh Btw this picture is hilarious, I like how everybody looked really worried while Derek Fisher is shooting that 3 Ha ha ha

Picture Credits: NBA.com; Docfunk via docfunk.blogspot.com