Archive for the ‘NBA’ Category

Mike Fratello welcomes Steve Kerr back to TNT with a gift

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

I was excited to see the TNT analyst version of Steve Kerr return to the booth for last night’s Celtics-Heat game. His best line during the broadcast: “Kevin Garnett is guarding everyone on the floor.”

Mike Fratello and Marv Albert were excited to have Steve back as well. So excited that The Czar had an afghan made – he sure didn’t sew it himself – for Steve with his and Marv’s faces stitched on it.

Check out the video of Fratello presenting this to Kerr on his website. It’s fantastically awkward.

For Your Halftime Listening Pleasure…

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Celtics lead Miami by 15 at halftime. Bored? Head over to Amazon and sample clips from the Dwight Howard charity album. Because hearing 9-seconds of Dwight’s stylings on Whoop There It Is (Hoop there It Is!) and Can’t Touch This (Howard Time) is at least as exciting as Lebron to Eddie House for brick.

This 11-track album of mostly cover songs* also features Day-o, ABC, Shout, Jammin’ and others. A portion of the proceed go to the BETA Center (www.betacenter.org), the Orlando, FL based organization whose mission is to provide children and parents with the knowledge and support needed for strong and healthy families.

*Track 11 is titled Shoot For the Stars and I can’t confirm, but I think it’s a Superman original track. Or it’s a Natasha Bedingfield cover (according to songs titled Shoot For The Stars on YouTube).

Dwight Howard releases CD for charity (MyFoxOrlando.com)

Nate Robinson ran a suicide in Shaq’s sneakers (video)

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Here’s Celtic back-up point guard Nate Robinson’s latest stunt, as he continues to spend the off-season vying to become Shaq’s sidekick.

If you don’t catch it :02 seconds in, Paul Pierce is on the flipcam. What you’re about to see is Pierce giving Nate Robinson 30-seconds to complete a full suicide in Shaq’s size 23, which come up past his shin splints.





If you were following the video’s timer, you may have noticed Pierce actually gave him an additional :05.

When he says “Biggest Shoes in the World”, it makes me grin. I’m really happy about Robinson becoming the Tonto to Shaq’s Lone Ranger.

â„… @JonesOnTheNBA. I can’t wait for Oct. 26.

Where is Mark Cuban? (He’s been hanging out on YouTube mostly)

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

No response yet from Mark Cuban across any of his social media platforms on the revival of the insider trading allegations that Cuban sold his stock in Canadian search engine Mamma.com to $750 K.

No blog posts on BlogMaverick (no updates, period, since Sep 10., in fact).

No Facebook comments or notes (Cuban is who he is, but he ain’t Palin, at least).

No tweets refuting the reopening of the investigation..but their have been other tweets.

What’s Cuban been up to online recently? Liking an Favoriteing YouTube videos mostly. Like this one: a Dirk fan vs. a Nash fan getting in a catfight (SFW):

Mark, I commend you for acting cool, calm and collected (for now) regarding these allegations. If not for your level of cautiousness in addressing these matters, I might not have seen those two battle it out today.

Court Revives Mark Cuban Insider Trading Case (Reuters)

Shaq auctioning off four tickets to season opener vs. the Heat

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Proving that Shaq, internet power broker, stands unfettered from his tumultuous last week where he was accused of hacking into and implanting child porn into a former employee’s computer, this morning, @The_Real_Shaq tweeted that he’s auctioning off four tickets to the home opener vs. the Heat on October 26, along with four jerseys.



The auction is part of the @TwitChange campaign, which launched on Sep. 15 as a charity-auction series to support aHomeInHaiti.org. The campaign was created by aHomeInHaiti.org founder Shaun King, and has signed up other Twitter celebs such as @KimKardashian, @JustinBieber and other members of the in-crowd. Check out the bidding war for Shaq’s tickets (currently, $2,550 for the set) and learn more about the cause at the eBay link.

Nice to see that Shaq clearly remembers a time when Googling “hack” and “Shaq” purely yielded YouTube clips of him bricking free throws, as he looks to rise above the pending lawsuit, not to mention the unending speculation that this latest move to Boston is purely Kobe-motivated.

Shaq’s Musical Tribute to Daniel-Son, Miyagi and The Karate Kid, Part II (VIDEO)

Friday, September 10th, 2010



Appearing live in a hotel lobby near you, it’s Shaq lip syncing – also piano player mimicking – to Peter Cetera’s Glory of Love. This gets pretty exaggerated.




Thanks for posting first, Hoops Doc
. I too wouldn’t hate it if Shaq settled down a little.

To put this into context…

VIDEO: Shaq on the loose in Boston

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Shaq’s weekend in Boston: He crashed a wedding. He sat on a bench. He almost took some kid to the arm bar. He picked on Big Baby. He wore the same American flag fist tee the whole time. He went Big Aristotle all over the Harvard University bookstore.



I was too frightened by how small that paper soft drink cup looked in his hand to understand that last part. I’m sure it was enlightening.

(via SLAM)

Dan Gilbert remains unflappable…in his use of Comic Sans

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Posted today on the Cavs’ NBA.com site:

I checked a few other news sections of NBA.com team sites, and it’s a Times News Roman and Helvetica festival, so it’s not like we’re having fun at the expense of Dan due to some outbrain league look-and-feel policy. Although I’m starting to think that some we might be making fun of him due to some web dev practical joke.

H/T @ Darren Rovell for finding this.

Pusha T becomes first rapper to mention Lebron, post-The Decision

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Lebron probably believes that whole mixtapes dedicated to his kingship settling in the Southeast are in the works, but for now he’ll have to settle for Clipse’s Pusha T making mention of his free agency process in a freestyle.

Miss Info has the full detail on Pusha T and ‘Bidding War.’ It has more to do with an upcoming collaboration with Kanye West, and less to do with Lebron’s calamitous bilking in the media.

Now Available, Cleveland Fans: Lebron Toilet Paper

Friday, July 9th, 2010

By gawd, the possibilities for capitalizing in wake of ‘The Decision’ seem endless today. That is, if you’re willing to simply castigate the man. Example: the Lebron TP.

Abruptly listed as: This is for all true Cleveland fans that believe in our city!! help us remind Lebron on how much hes worth after leaving us!

Start the bids at $25/ roll.