Leandro Barbosa is Back In The League, Let's Enjoy Some Old Videos Of Him.

It was announced today that Leandro Barbosa is back in the NBA. Barbosa signed a 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns (his second stint with the team - the first being from 2003-2010).  Since it happens to be Thursday, I thought it would be appropriate to do that #throwbackthursday thing by reminding you all about the time that Barbosa made a video where he was one of the blue people from James Cameron's Avatar.



Or maybe you're a fan of something less fictional, than I present Leandro and one-time teammate, Reggie Evans, casually linking palms after a game:



and you probably didn't think that the Brazillian blur could purr out some Lionel Richie.



thats all.  happy thursday!

Twitter Trash Talking Between Blazers, Suns and Hawks

The people running the NBA Team twitter accounts are doing a pretty good job this year.  Particularly enjoyed the twitter trash talk that was dished out earlier this week.

After beating the Eastern Conference leading-Indiana Pacers at home on Monday, the t-blazers account sent out the following

Pretty witty considering that on Tuesday there were only two (yes like the number after one) teams in the Eastern Conference with a record better than .500.

Then the Phoenix Suns decided to doggy pile on the Blazers zinger,

oooohhhh, a zinger followed up by another zinger that is realistic cause if the Suns were in the East, they would be 3rd in the conference with their 10 - 9 record.

Later that night, there was a twitter response from the Atlanta Hawks after they beat the Clippers.

Overall, pretty chill to see that team twitter accounts are doing more than just tweeting out highlights of their games. 

With the league fining guys for what they say on their twitter accounts, the only kind of trash talk we get are the really polite kind like what we saw between Roy Hibbert and Lamarcus Aldridge.

No way David Stern can fine the social media guys posting for the NBA teams, so I'm hopeful we'll keep getting more of these passive aggressive disses.

Highlight: JR Smith Hits the Game Winner Over the Suns

Since Melo and Ray Felton were inactive last night, JR Smith seized the opportunity to shine against the Suns.  Peep the beautiful buzzer beater below.

With 1 second on the clock, and Jason Kidd inbounding, Tyson Chandler was too heavily guarded to handle a lob, there wasn't enough time for Steve Novak's smooth J, and James White was probably out there confused at how he could use his insane dunking ability with so little time on the clock.

Anyone  watching this game should have seen it coming; a ridiculously angled corner jumper off  a curl from the man named Earl.

Tweet: Kendall Marshall on Jack Taylor

In case you guys haven't read any sports media this morning  a d3 college player named Jack Taylor scored 138 points yesterday. For your stat geekiness, SB Nation has a screen shot of the insane box score

Had a laundry list of things to say about JT, but since I'm pretty sure I am bias toward the guy already because he played at the same college level as lovable laker, Devean George, I decided to leave you commentary from a more reliable source of basketball talent, the Phoenix Suns', Kendall Marshall.

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