Video: Harrison Barnes Walks Right Into Kendall Marshall's Kanye Joke

Tried for about 10 minutes to try to understand the context of of why Kanye West said those same words, but Kendall Marshall's version in messing with fellow Tar Heel, Harrison Barnes, was funny enough that I stopped caring about the origin of those words.

Pretty lawls that Harrison Barnes thought that Marshall was being serious when asking him about his cardigan although something should have looked awry when Kendall pulled out his cell phone. Never trust a man asking you about your sweater if he's already got a cellphone pointed at you.  Thats a pro-tip from me to you, Harrison.

*for audio, go to the top right of the video and click the "speaker".

Highlight: Warriors Get Ridiculous With An Off-The-Backboard Alley-Oop

Lots of attention on NBA TV given to the left-handed pass Curry throws off the backboard, but how about how David Lee dribbled across the key with his off-handed before dishing out a screwball-style pass to Curry to set off the circus oop pass?   Or even going back a bit further and questioning why the heck Iguodala was throwing an entry pass to post up David Lee on Trevor Booker at basically the three-point line.  Finally, I hope y'all caught Andrew Bogut staring at his right hand the way that Shaq used to do, all the while giggling down the court  at presumably how unlikely of an alley-oop he just completed.  Almost a ridiculous-ness overload for me, but then again-not really, because these type of possessions are exactly the type I get giddy and can't wait to write and share with you all.  Happy Monday everyone!

Video: Claymation Stephen Curry Breaks Gingerbread Man's Ankles

The irony of this video is a bit too much considering Stephen Curry's history with ankle injuries.  Or maybe this is the kind of voodoo video that is meant to cast out all the sprained ankle demons.  Otherwise, this is the kind of video that a more superstitious person might say is totally asking for something disastrous to happen to the nimble-footed Curry.  As Mark Jackson used to love saying when he was broadcasting on ESPN, and I'm guessing says once in a while in the Warriors huddles:

"hand down, man down"

especially if you're a gingerbread man and you can't change directions at the knees



It's almost Christmas Eve, Everybody!

Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes Bet on the North Carolina/Michigan St. Game

I don't usually watch college basketball until about February, but I caught the highlights of Wednesday's game between Harrison Barnes' alma mater, North Carolina and teammate, Draymond Green's alma mater, Michigan State.

Looks like Barnes and Green made a bet on the game which North Carolina ended up winning in upsetting top-ranked Michigan State. Green was a good sport in the loss as he had to wear what looks like one of those generic college sweatshirt's you find at Champs Sports stores in the mall.

Although Green's Spartans are now sure to drop out of the top AP rankings spot, Michigan State still looks like it'll be poised for a deep run in this year's NCAA tournament.  I'm certainly hoping Andre Iguodala and his alma mater, the Arizona Wildcats (currently ranked #2), will play Draymond's Spartans and hopefully another bet will ensue so that we might see Dray Dray in that same sleepy pose but this time with Wildcat Cardinal Red and Blue.

The "We Are Warriors" Series

I know it's not all that clear what the #wearewarriors commercials are all about, especially after watching only the first of these videos (starring Bogut and Kent Bazemore up above).  However, I did some diligent googlin' and here are some informative deets from nba.com:

The “We Are Warriors” marketing campaign was created last season and is based on the concept that we ALL are Warriors, and everyone contributes to the success of the team. For this season’s television commercials, the Warriors held an open casting call on August 23 at the team’s practice facility, inviting fans of all ages and types the opportunity to show how much they love the Warriors. Fans selected to participate in the team’s commercial shoot were able to work side-by-side with Warriors players on the court and in other various settings that the players encounter every day.

So based on the first commercial, I've learned that the Warriors have some fans who hold down a really low stance on defense and look tiny next to NBA players.  I think there was a really big missed opportunity in choosing to make Bogut the funnyman when Kenneth Bazemore seems to be the one with the natural gifts as a comedian.

The makers of this series did a better job with the second #wearewarriors video, released this afternoon.  It stars Klay Thompson showing that he is a pretty awkward celebrator.



Overall, I'm liking the direction in which this series is going.  If we started with a 'haaaaah' at Bogut abusing a grown man in the post, Klay and his goofy hand guns was a definite 'heeeheee'.