Friday, November 1, 2013

Noteworthy: 10/31/2013




Killer: Chris Paul went for 42 pts, 15 asts and 6 steals and managed to steal the show from Steph Curry who was on fire the whole night.

Also a job well-done goes to Tyson Chandler's 19 boards with a whole bunch of controlled tip-outs. 

Cool: Blake Griffin had the rare no-look interception to start off the first of three consecutive fast break dunks  in the 3rd quarter.  



Not so much: Difficult to say Stephen Curry had a bad game when he knocked down 9 threes on 12 tries, but when you take into account that he also had 11 turnovers, i'd say that's not a job well-done.
  
Thriller: the Bulls let the Knicks claw back in the game before Derrick Rose threw up a floater over two defenders to win it.  Sounds as cool as it looked.

Scary: I'm sure Deandre Jordan is a tough dude but Andrew Bogut has basically broken every bone in his body.  That's why i was kind of nervous when he and Bogut got in a scuffle in the 2nd quarter.  I imagined Deandre punching Bogut only to find out Bogut has no sense of pain in his nose anymore.

Yup: This is a photo of Derrick Rose slapping hands with a man dressed as Marie Antoinette.


Other: Not content with only using gifs made by others, the one at the head of this post was made by yours truly...the Gorilla mascot of the Phoenix Suns did a pretty good job scaring Goran Dragic; not so much with Gerald Green...Eric Bledsoe and Gordan Hayward both failed to reach extension agreements with their respective teams and will be free agents this summer.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Video: Alexey Shved Learns About Trick or Treating



hahahahahahaha, oh alexey.

His accent, the way he hums when he walks around the T'Wolves office and way he says "give me one please"(0:56) just boosted him up to #1 in my rankings of most hilarious international players off-the-court. The previous leader being giannis "says 'doug-ieeee' while dougie-ing" Antetokunmpo.

Video: A Peek at how Solomon Hill Gets Treated By Paul George And Roy Hibbert


Just when you thought that it was kinda cute that Paul George was just hanging by Solomon Hill's locker and that it was more chill to be a rookie with Indiana than over with those cleveland folks and that sassy bully Jarret Jack, Roy Hibbert makes an appearance.

Look at Solomon's reaction.  No way he or any Pacer rookie ever forgets  the donuts.

Halloween Costume Champs: OKC THunder



Happy Halloween everybody.  Although the holiday typically involves little kids dressing up as cute animals and little animals being dressed up like little kids, with the NBA season starting right around Halloween, I would say over the last couple years, I'm begun associating the day more with gigantic NBA players dressing up in ridiculous costumes.

This year's outstanding dresser-uppers have got to go to the Thunder and their firm commitment to the culturally popular (see Nick Collison's costume below), the cliche (KD's Jason mask with what looks like regular clothes from his closet), and the classic (Serge Ibaka's outfit also below).