Oh hai, Pelican!
Read more“Put a bird on it.” “We already did…it’s not working.” “Hmmm…did you try putting a top hat on it?” “BOOM!”
Read moreIf you’re not totally sold on the Bynum-to-Howard upgrade for the Lakers, watch Spain and Argentina attack the rim against Team USA during the medal round. Had Howard played in the Olympics, nobody would have touched this American team — we could have rolled out LeBron, Howard, Durant, Carmelo, Chris Paul and the cast of The Big Bang Theory and still won every game by double figures.
thegrandarchives: Boris Diaw: Making Shaq look like a free throw shooting prodigy
Read moreKevin Durant to Wear Fan-Designed Nike Zoom KD III iD in Upcoming Game
Read moreEvery once in awhile, @StarburyMarbury speaks truth amidst all the crazy. [via]
Read moreWhite fans want white superstars, or in the case of the NBA, at least one white American superstar. Unless the ghosts of Bird and John Havlicek and Jerry West return to the floor, that isn’t going to happen. And since it isn’t going to happen, the NBA will continue to struggle with an identity crisis that no one wants to publicly acknowledge.
Buzz Bissinger, who may or may not think every caucasian receiver reminds him of Wes Welker, on why he thinks whitey don’t like the NBA anymore
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: My dunking abilities are remarkably reminiscent of Blake Griffin’s.
Read moreSources: New York Knicks complete deal for Carmelo Anthony
Sources: New York Knicks complete deal for Carmelo Anthony
The Knicks receive ‘Melo, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, and Corey Brewer in exchange for sending Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Galinari, Timofey Mozgov, and two 1st round picks to Denver; as well as Anthony Randolph and the corpse (and cap space that comes with it) of Eddy Curry to Minnesota.
Oh, and according to Yahoo! Sports, they had to let Isiah return and chase Donnie Walsh out of town in the process. We’ll wait a year or two to ask Knick fans how that part of this devil’s three way worked out for them.
He wanted to get the MVP. He was not passing the ball, at all. But that’s Kobe.
Bastion of unselfish play Amar’e Stoudemire, commenting on Kobe Bryant’s NBA All-Star Game performance, which earned him his record-tying fourth All-Star Game MVP
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