They do say: “This is LeBron James’ league” and making sure he keeps it that way, LBJ gets fed up with D12 and Devin Harris getting all the limelight and hits a crazy ass shot of his own. I don’t know what it is but ever since the All Star break, there seems to be an insane play everynight!
Remember if you EVER see a play that is crazy that I missed let me know.
Peace!
I know I know, I have been pumping A LOT of bball lately but hockey is just not that exciting this year, (except for the Tavares sweep stakes) baseball is JUST ramping up and I am NOT sure any of you would be too interested in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Plus this shot is UNREAL and to top it off it wins them the game. The initial play is hard to understand but wait for the first replay. It shows that Harris not only gets this unreal shot off in time but is most DEFINITELY FOULED on the play AND he bobbles the ball, catches and cans it. See for yourself…
Shot of the year? What do you think? As always, let me know.
Peace!
Hey guys…I know its pretty embarassing when you’re man in the blog world is having a comp problem but that’s life right? Anyway, I am just going to throw out some things about this Saturday night and hope it works out. Just so you all know, I lost EVERY call I made for winners of the events (suckers, no one even bet me!)
Shooting Stars – Detroit Pistons – They took the title after Phoenix had a HUGE lead but could not hit the half court shot. They literally had 35 seconds to pot one from half and could not capitalize!!!
NBA Skills Challenge – Derrick Rose- Rose beat out Devin Harris (my call) by 3 seconds in the final but he finsihed with a huge reverse two hander that had the judges wondering why he wasn’t in the Dunk Contest?
3 Point Shootout – Daequan Cook- Who? Exactly! This rookie came out of nowhere to replace Jason Kapono the two time champion as the 3 point king in the NBA. All the judges said it would be the biggest upset in history if he won but he did. Beating Rashard Lewis in a 1 minute OT to take the crown. For the record, Kapono finished 1 POINT out of the final round 
Slam Dunk – Nate Robinson – Lil’ Nate (5′2 from what I hear) beat out Superman (Dwight Howard) in the finals to claim his second dunk off championship. Although, he owes a HUGE debt of gratitude to his competitor for allowing himself to be a prop in the final round that no doubt sent Nate over the edge to be the winner. Dwight was killing the crowd with his unreal athleticism but I think the dunk from the free throw line at the end, killed all his momentum. A big piece of news from this contest came when LeBron James announced he WOULD COMPETE in 2010 in Dallas in the dunk contest.
All in all it was another great night of entertainment but again I lost all my bets. Oh well better luck next year (when the game SHOULD have been in Toronto, until Dallas decided to put up a billion dollar stadium, DAMN!)
Peace!
By FAR the best All Star Weekend of any major sport. NBA’s All Star Saturday Night is probably my favourite night of the sports year and has been since I was a little kid. It basically wraps all the best parts of the game into one night of awesomeness, I even like the Shooting Stars competition (Yeah I said IT!). Along with the main staples, 3 point Shoot out (Go JK), Skills competition and OF COURSE the Slam dunk, this year they have added H-O-R-S-E to the slate of Saturday Night magic. I have heard a lot of people say this could be crap but I also know a lot of people are excited about this and I am one of the latter. Ever since the Jordan and Bird commercials back in the late 80’s or early 90s, I have dreamt of watching NBA All Stars playing horse. Sure they won’t be throwing the ball off the score clock from the 300 level of and arena but I expect to see some crazy things this to go down.
Last night was the annual Rookie vs. Sophomore game (which I usually miss) but this year I HAPPENED to actually be in a bar (what a fluke) and much to the chagrin of my girlfriend, ended up catching the whole game and was very surprised about how good it was. Sure there was NO defence and Kevin Durant took 25 shots but it was actually competitive. The rooks were leading pretty much the whole game and then the Durant show started! He was on fire, finishing the game 17 for 25 from the field for 46 points, the all time record for most points and the MVP. I think this game tends to be more sloughed off because its only the rookie and sophomores and for the most part is filled with guys that aren’t that well known yet but I think it tends to be more competitive for that reason and because NO sophomore wants to be beaten by a rookie, especially if you’re on their team. Just for a piece of history, the rookies have only won twice in 10 years of this format.
All the action starts tonight (on TV anyway) at 8pm ET. I will break down who I think will win the events and why don’t you let me know who you think is going to win and then we can have a friendly bet of bragging rights (maybe a beer too if we ever meet) for the winner. OK here it goes: Shooting Stars challenge – LA Lakers - I’m taking them because they seem to have the best shooters through the whole team. Skills Challenge - Devin Harris - I chose Harris because he is flat out the fastest guy here and he can shoot. 3 Point Shootout – Jason Kapono – Do I even have to say why? Raptors, 3 time champ, Raptors. Now for the BIG SHOW – Slam Dunk Contest – Dwight Howard – First off, let ME let YOU know, this guy is my favourite player and has been since I saw one of his high school games. He is not only the most dominant big man since Shaq but he is a real cool guy and loves playing the game. He also practiced for over a YEAR on the dunks he did last year and I have to imagine he wants to re-live that glory again and will do so tonight.
If I am around tonight (might have to make up for last night with the girlfriend) I will be live blogging all of tonight’s events so come around 8pm and see whats up. Well have a good night and a good weekend!
Peace!
Today the NBA announced the reserves for the All Star game and there are definitely some shady choices here…Lets get to it…
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Centres – Pau Gasol (Lakers) Shaquille O’Neal (Suns) – No problems here – Gasol is the C/PF on the best team in the west and come on, he may not be in his prime but does anybody bring more laughs to the All Star festivities then the Big Aristotle.
Forwards – David West (Hornets) and Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) – Hmmm it gets a little sketchy here for me. I know last year David West has everyone saying ”Who the F… is this guy killing my team” and I know he is still putting up decent numbers but what about Al Jefferson? Sure he plays in ‘Sota and more people watch Slamball then WOLVES games but this guy is a MONSTER! This season he has had TWENTY, 12+ rebound games and 34, 20+ point games. I know the Mavs aren’t having the best season but Diggler is the man still. The big German still gets his buckets and lets be honest if he wasn’t in Dallas they would be MUCH worse (more…)