Nathan Young
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Looking forward to a healthy Derrick Rose.
(Source: timetogetpaid, via youbroketheinternet)
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Bring Em Back!
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Really enjoy the NBA’s BIG TV spots. Fantastic copy, bold typography, cinematography and sound. The Chicago Bulls one is probably my favorite.
(Source: youtube.com)
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Comedian Hasan Minhaj discusses the Jeremy Lin phenomenon, racist Photoshop projects, and why South Asians are also jumping on the Linsanity bandwagon.
“You cannot have a neck tattoo and get dunked on by a guy who took Calculus BC!”
Hasan grew up a Kings fan, and this may be the most successful basketball-related effort to come out of Sacramento in roughly a decade.
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Taking my talents to South Beach” into a jack-of-all-trades phrase that meant you were about to leave your job, take a dump or pleasure yourself.
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I keep getting emails: “Why don’t you care about the Kings leaving as much as you cared about the Sonics leaving?” Let’s settle this in four paragraphs …
The Sonics were bought by Oklahoma-based owners who deceived Seattle into thinking they would do everything possible to keep the Sonics there, then backstabbed the city and moved the franchise to the group’s hometown — a much smaller market, in an arena that wasn’t any different than the one they left — and, as a trail of emails later revealed, it turned out stealing the Sonics away had been their intention all along. Even worse, the commissioner’s office enabled what happened, and may have even been in on the plan. It’s the darkest NBA saga of the 21st century other than the Donaghy scandal, and whomever ends up writing the Woodward/Bernstein-style investigation someday about how Miami really ended up with LeBron, Wade and Bosh. Which I predict will be written within the next 18 months. And will end with Miami losing somewhere between two and 40 first-round picks.
The Kings? They were stolen from Kansas City in 1986, which stole them from Cincinnati in 1972, which stole them from Rochester in 1958. They’re moving to Anaheim because their owners can’t afford to run a small-market NBA franchise anymore; they need a better arena and extra cash to keep their team from going under. Within ten years, they will probably move again. They are NBA nomads.
Both situations stink. I feel bad for Kings fans. I continue to feel bad for Sonics fans. But the Kings are leaving Sacramento because their franchise wasn’t worth anything where it was. Small-market NBA franchises are doomed in 2011 unless they have (A) a modern arena, and/or (B) a franchise player like Kevin Durant. The Kings have neither. That wouldn’t matter if they had lucked out and had owners with deep pockets, but they drew the short straw in this respect. (It happens. Clippers fans have been holding the short straw for 30 years.) At least in Anaheim, they’ll be playing in a modern arena in a market that supports two other pro teams.
It’s defensible. I hate it … but it’s defensible. What happened to Seattle wasn’t defensible. Their arena was fine, their market was fine, their fans were fine. The hijacking of that franchise was meticulously planned and executed, and that hijacking had the unspoken consent of the commissioner’s office. There’s no comparison. Other than the fact that both events prove we’re saps for caring about sports this much, because you never know when your own team is going to take a sledgehammer to your heart.
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Saw this last night after the Miami game. C Webb, preach on!
(Source: youtube.com)
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(Source: twitter.com, via thegrandarchives)
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“By far one of the best sports pics I’ve seen taken!!” — @LeBronJames
Photo: AP Photo/Morry Gash -
I almost spilled my coffee when I first saw the second dunk. Blake Griffin is bananas.
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Lebron James on James Johnson: Murder caught on tape.
(vis @Jose3030)
Let’s all bow our heads for a moment of silence.
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You really can’t ever doubt Kobe when it comes to ball.
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Amare Stoudemire lines up Anthony Tolliver and destroys him with the dunk. RIP Anthony Tolliver
Thanks to kspark for the submit
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