Iguodala FTW!

Love seeing Laker Nation stunned. Iguodala with the stone-cold three pointer to win the game. Ariza gotta play better D than that.

Sorry Kobe.

-STAN

Chris Bosh is a fool!

Chris Bosh is pretty much the coolest guy in the NBA, especially when it comes to blogging and what not (Sorry Agent Zero & Shaq). Dude is on Twitter, he’s got a YouTube and he’s on Facebook. Have you guys seen this YouTube video of him doing the weather on a local Toronto television station? Some hilarious stuff. But no one can forget his YouTube video of NBA fans urging them to vote him to play in the 2008 all-star game.

To be an athlete who makes millions of dollars and to be very open about your everyday life outside of sports is a very risky thing but Chris Bosh is a class act.

-STAN

What were you thinking, J-Rich?!

A 360 dunk attempt?! Really J-Rich? Really?

How about just a normal one-hand slam or even a layup? The score was 97-95, Cavs leading Suns in the 4th quarter. An opportunity to tie the game and bring the home crowd into it. But instead, Lebron blocks the dunk and the Cavs go ahead on the next play to extend the lead, 100-95, on a three-point shot. The momentum went to the Cavs and they go on to win the game and the Suns find themselves further away from making the playoffs. Big ups to Lebron for not quitting on the play.

What were you thinking, J-Rich?!

-STAN

What Could of Been…KG & Marbury

Back in ‘97, this is what it was about.

This duo had a lot of potential and could have brought many long playoff runs to Minnesota.

Too bad Marbury had to mess it up in ‘99 by demanding a trade. Not only that, Timberwolves management couldn’t find a sidekick that had chemistry with KG like Marbury had, ultimately leading to them trading KG and starting over.

Now Marbury is a head case, KG has a lot of mileage on his body and both find themselves on the Boston Celtics roster. If they were still together to this day, no doubt in my mind that they would have made been force in the Western Conference.

What could of been? Mannn.

Oh well.

-STAN

Mike Taylor: Next NBA Dunk Contest Champ?

Mike Taylor

Who is Mike Taylor, you ask?

He was drafted 55th overall in the 2008 Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player in NBA history to be drafted out of the D-League, before being shipped to the LA Clippers in exchange for a future second-rounder. He’s behind even Ricky Davis on the Clipper depth chart. But this guy can dunk. 2010 Slam dunk contestant?

What you think? It’s still Lebron in 2010 but this guy got some ups.

Then again, when will the dunk contest ever be relevant again? You need stars in there, not D-League players or benchwarmers.

-STAN

Dunk You Very Much, J.O.!

I’m sorry J.O. You should of just let him go. ‘Bron ‘Bron can just go in the lane whenever he wants. Awesome 40-40 game from Lebron & D-Wade.

There’s two dunks that I have listed as top dunks of this season, two of which JO gets dunked on. Lebron’s one and this one from a month or so ago…

Ty Thomas on O’Neal (as a Raptor). Full extension tomahawk. POSTERIZED!

The classic thing about this is not Tyrus’ reaction after dunk but his teammate Aaron Gray. He looks down at O’Neal on the ground and smiles. Hahaha.

Like Friday, when Craig knocks out Deebo and Smokey yells out, “You got knocked the f*** out!”

-STAN

“You Know What I’m Sayin’?”

Wow, K-Mart. I think you said “You know what I’m sayin’?” like 15 times in under a minute.

I don’t know if I should take it as a lost art form or just a speech impediment. Maybe the latter?

-STAN

GP & C-Webb Are Fools!

Oh mannn!  This is pretty damn hilarious.

I fell off my chair seeing the part with Shaq poppin’.

Gotta love NBATV on Tuesday nights.

They didn’t win a ring, but these two dudes are awesome as NBA analysts.

-STAN

Baron Davis Makes Me a Clipper Fan

OLAWD! This is still too hilarious!

Baron Davis is a fool!

Clippers, You guys have star power. Finally.

Seriously. Would you rather have this….?

…Or this as your starting point guard?

Alien Boy or the dude with one of the crossovers in the L with a great sense of humor?

I’d take the latter.

I’m a Clipper fan as long as Baron Davis is on the floor. It’ll certainly be a more fun locker room to be in, I’ll tell you that.

Do I think they can win? Probably not. Playoffs? Hope so. But long as they beat the Lakers every time they play them this year, it’ll be fine.

Can’t wait until the season starts next month.

Add me to the rest of the five Clipper fans in the world.

Bad move with Brand though. OUCH!

-STAN

Timberwolves SONNN!

Yesterday the NBA draft happened.

Most of you know I’m a die-hard Minnesota Timberwolves (Sad to say huh?). They had the third overall pick last night. I watched attentively, pretty much glued to my television set as I saw Derrick Rose selected by the Chicago Bulls first overall and Michael Beasley selected by the Miami Heat second. Now it was Minnesota’s time to pick.

I had my theories. I thought Minnesota would either pick guard O.J. Mayo, pick up forward Kevin Love, or trade the pick to move down and get some veteran players and pick a player like Brook Lopez.

As the NBA commissioner David Stern walked to the podium and announced the player they picked up was O.J. Mayo. I couldn’t hold in my excitement. I thought, “Wow, Minnesota is gonna get a superstar. Finally!” But at the same time, I had my negative thoughts because O.J. Mayo has a personality to be a cancer on a losing team, and that the team had a gluttony of guards: Jaric, McCants, Foye, Snyder, & Brewer. But I pretty much disregarded the negative knowing the positive was too much to pass up. But then I saw him shake the commisioner’s hand.

I don’t know. It didn’t seem he was too happy to be picked up by the Timberwolves. And for some reason, the Timberwolves colors didn’t match to me. I was hoping that maybe Minny could swing a deal to get Michael Beasley. But that was too much too hope for.

At the end of the draft Minnesota picked up guard Mayo, center Nikola Pekovic from Montenegro with the first pick in the second round (who won’t make the move to the NBA probably until 2010/ he signed a lucrative contract to play in Greece, more than he’ll be paid, for now, in the NBA), and guard Mario Chalmers three picks after Pekovic (who was later traded to the Miami Heat for two future second-round picks & cash). I gave the grade for the draft as a B: they picked up a potential star in Mayo, but with the gluttony of guards on the team did they really make their team better? Picked up a player in Pekovic who could come to the team in two years, more developed and experienced. So I thought that was that. Until…

…a few hours later a major blockbuster trade happened.

Minnesota traded the draft rights of O.J. Mayo along with guard Marko Jaric, forward Antoine Walker, and guard Greg Buckner to the Memphis Grizzlies for the draft rights of forward Kevin Love along with guard Mike Miller, forward Brian Cardinal, and center Jason Collins.

Wow.

The move makes a lot of sense.

Minnesota gets rid of the bad contracts of Marko Jaric and Antoine Walker. Get a perfect complement on the frontline with Kevin Love. He won’t be a superstar, but he will definitely help for years to come. They also get a sharpshooting swingman with size in Mike Miller. He will provide veteran leadership (28 years old, will be one of the oldest players on team) and will provide consistent outside shooting when teams double team Jefferson, and with a very good passing big men like Love, there will be a lot of open shots for the wing players. Jason Collins and Brian Cardinal provide depth at the center and forward positions.

And one of the most important things is that they kept their future draft picks.

Next year, we have Miami’s 1st round draft pick from the Ricky Davis deal (which is top 10 protected in 2009, top 6 protected in 2010, and unprotected in the 2011 Draft), and Boston’s 1st round draft pick from the Garnett deal (which is top 3 protected in the 2009 Draft, top 2 protected in 2010, top 2 protected in 2011, and unprotected in the 2012 Draft). We will also probably end up with another top 5-10 pick next year to fill in our needs with a legitimate center and point guard.

Potential starting lineup:

1. Point Guard – Sebastian Telfair
2. Shooting Guard – Randy Foye
3. Small Forward – Corey Brewer
4. Power Forward – Kevin Love
5. Center – Al Jefferson

And then will bring Mike Miller, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith & Ryan Gomes off the bench.

All in all, the future looks brighter with this deal for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Can you say playoffs in two to three years?

-STAN