Kobe made his first appearance on the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. I was kinda hoping he would wear a silver garbage bag in honor of Michael Jordan’s 1986 Letterman appearance.
Kobe out, Dwight in. Good move by EA Sports. Pop the lid to see hi-res images of the PS3 and Xbox covers. By the way, that voice sounds familiar.
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Says Kobe Bryant:
“People think Shaq would have won a championship without me on that team. They’re crazy.”
BLASPHEMY! OK, let’s try this again:
“If people think Kobe would have won a championship without Shaq on that team, they’re crazy.”
There, I fixed it for ya.
The commercial sucks ass cheeks, but it’s nice to see Dwight getting the last laugh.
[Raise a bottle of Focus to Broken Cool]
The human video game character that we know as LeBron James had everyone gaping in awe after hitting a game-winning trey against Orlando Magic on Friday night. With just 1 second left on the clock, everyone had written the game off as W for Magic. Peep the video to see how Newschannel 5 @ 11PM cast reacted to LeBron’s magical shot. Pay attention to the guy celebrating hysterically in the upper right hand corner of the video.
Derrick Rose: The Inner Workings of a Creator
Behold this awesome ad campaign created by Adidas in conjunction with Free Darko and Chali 2na of Jurassic 5. The ad pretty much states in a roundabout way that all you need to become a superstar in the NBA is a pair of Adidas. Read the rest of this entry »
Wouldn’t you know that Ron Artest isn’t just the worst player in the NBA, he’s also the dirtiest player in basketball. Need proof? Peep this video where his throat viciously attacks Kobe Bryant’s elbow.
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Like we always do at this time…
Welcome to our annual NBA Award Tour, which seeks to recognize the best of players in the NBA. Based on the aforementioned criteria, this post will most likely annoy NBA fans in cities that start with “M” (Minnesota, Memphis, Milwaukee). If this includes you, please skip to the next post. Otherwise, pop open the envelopes to see my award picks for the 2008-09 regular season.
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Speaking of the Rockets, if you missed Von Wafer’s monstrous one-hand reverse posterization of LaMarcus Aldridge in last night’s win against the Blazers, please hit that play button immediately. You will not be disappointed.
Last season the NBA ran a successful There Can Only Be One ad campaign for the playoffs. The campaign sparked an Internet craze. We even got in on the fun. This season, they’ve settled for black and white highlight clips of star players, all laced to the tune of Ludovico Einaudi’s “Fly,” because times are hard or something. The clips spotlight key players from playoff teams working their magic on the court, including LeBron, KG, Joe Johnson, D-Wade and my favorite, Chris Paul. All the videos were done in slow motion, except Yao Ming’s which was obviously done in real time.
