Who woulda thought that a New Zealand-born 7-foot basketball player would be such a comedian? Well not to toots my own horn (although i'm about to do exactly that), but since I stumbled onto those Flight of the Concords guys in college, I've kinda gone all-in when it comes to assuming 'kiwi's are generally just funny guys with really neat accents. Plus, I absolutely noticed how Steven Adams responded to Byron Mullens ignoring his handshake, so I totally knew that the Thunder drafted a skilled and also pretty entertaining dude.
All it took to show the rest of the basketball-loving community that there was a legit funnyman sitting (literally) on the Thunder bench, was a video following Adams around as he checks out some real estate.
Highlights
Steven Adams asking about why the bathtubs are so small.
Steven Adams asking if the neighbors have a clothesline.
Steve Adams asking if it is the norm to not own a clothesline.
Steven Adams genuinely looking shocked when finding out Americans hang their clothes indoors.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Noteworthy: 11/26/2013
Reaction:
Nets won last night and Jason Kidd's reaction shows that their 2-point win against the lowly Raptors was one of those rub-the-forehead-in-relief victories.
Switching Places: While Obama is in L.A., the Lakers went to D.C. and lost a close one.
John Wall hooped pretty well and backed up the idea that if you're going to ignore two wide open teammates on a fast break, you better do a 360 or something.
Overshadowed
Arron Affalo is quietly having a really nice year averaging 22 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast, and a sniper-ly 2.7 threes/game. Last night he scored 26 points on 4 threes, and 2 steals as the Magic beat the Hawks.
Why aren't people really noticing double-A? Probably cause he has a rookie teammate dunking over multiple members of the other team.
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Warriors won last night, ending their 3 game losing streak, against the Pelicans.
New Orleans' coach, Monty Williams, described his team's one point loss pretty well, saying "all those 'my bad' plays just added up tonight". That is a really hip way of describing perfectly the struggles of a team whose all-star point guard is turning the ball almost four times a game. Also, a barely-20 year-old Anthony Davis is still learning how to become this team's leader and command the ball down the stretch in close games all whilst sporting a unibrow, so the Pelicans have got plenty of growing up and probably waxing to do.
Nets won last night and Jason Kidd's reaction shows that their 2-point win against the lowly Raptors was one of those rub-the-forehead-in-relief victories.
Switching Places: While Obama is in L.A., the Lakers went to D.C. and lost a close one.
John Wall hooped pretty well and backed up the idea that if you're going to ignore two wide open teammates on a fast break, you better do a 360 or something.
Overshadowed
Arron Affalo is quietly having a really nice year averaging 22 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast, and a sniper-ly 2.7 threes/game. Last night he scored 26 points on 4 threes, and 2 steals as the Magic beat the Hawks.
Why aren't people really noticing double-A? Probably cause he has a rookie teammate dunking over multiple members of the other team.
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Warriors won last night, ending their 3 game losing streak, against the Pelicans.
New Orleans' coach, Monty Williams, described his team's one point loss pretty well, saying "all those 'my bad' plays just added up tonight". That is a really hip way of describing perfectly the struggles of a team whose all-star point guard is turning the ball almost four times a game. Also, a barely-20 year-old Anthony Davis is still learning how to become this team's leader and command the ball down the stretch in close games all whilst sporting a unibrow, so the Pelicans have got plenty of growing up and probably waxing to do.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Noteworthy: 11/25/2013
How are you doin', Champs?
Dwyane Wade hammin' it up while Lebron is getting interviewed. Hmm, so much for all that pressure of 3-peating eh?
Dwyane Wade hammin' it up while Lebron is getting interviewed. Hmm, so much for all that pressure of 3-peating eh?
Just One: Roy Hibbert is leading the league in blocks, but he only had one last night. Out of nowhere and really fierce, but just one block.
The Suns are pretty blog-worthy:
Not content to let Gerald Green have all the highlights and the mentions on the ole blogblog.
Miles Plumlee had a two-handed rejection and then fast break yammed it. Also, one of the Morris twins literally dunked it on the tippytop of Birdman's head.
Not sure if this is already a thing, but I feel like 'good grief, Markieff' is a pretty fun chant for when Markieff Morris comes stomping down the lane.
Brandon's
Two guys, Jennings and Knight who share the same first name and were traded for each other this past off-season played each other last night. Other than those facts, not much in common between the two. Brandon J. had a well-rounded double-double (15 pts and 13 asts) and was able to restrain himself from getting too shot happy despite playing against his former team. Brandon K was just coming back from retweaking his hamstring, so it was just nice to see him running the Bucks offense again.
95-96 finals teams except theyre both bad right now
Reminder:
Paul George is more than just a hyper efficient offensive talent who has the length and agility to guard any player in the league for 48 minutes.
He can also throw down a pretty nice fast break dunk.
I'm a fan:
I've been a Koufos supporter since he came into the league a couple years ago. I think he throws a mean outlet pass, and I'm glaf he finally got an opportunity to start and play key minutes against the Rockets last night. Made me proud to be an OG member of the Koufos bandwagon as he grabbed13 rebounds and scored 8 points in place of the injured Marc Gasol.
Party Poopers:
Nuggets go to Dallas and beat the Mavs as Dirk passed Kevin Garnett on the all-time scoring list and Reggie Miller on the all-time free throws made list.
Niiiiice: So still early in the season, but the Blazers just won their 11th game in a row. Two dunks by Lillard to celebrate.
Other: This is Andrew Bogut's tweet about why he's not playing in tomorrow's game against the Pelicans..Two Former Pac-10 guys (Derrick Williams, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute) were traded for each other last night.
Jazz and Bulls both badly needed a win for their really loyal fan bases. Since the game was in Utah, glad that the Jazz pulled together the win. More sad times for Bulls fans who saw Joakim Noah airball one of his free throws that could have won it in regulation.
Paul George is more than just a hyper efficient offensive talent who has the length and agility to guard any player in the league for 48 minutes.
He can also throw down a pretty nice fast break dunk.
I'm a fan:
I've been a Koufos supporter since he came into the league a couple years ago. I think he throws a mean outlet pass, and I'm glaf he finally got an opportunity to start and play key minutes against the Rockets last night. Made me proud to be an OG member of the Koufos bandwagon as he grabbed13 rebounds and scored 8 points in place of the injured Marc Gasol.
Party Poopers:
Nuggets go to Dallas and beat the Mavs as Dirk passed Kevin Garnett on the all-time scoring list and Reggie Miller on the all-time free throws made list.
Niiiiice: So still early in the season, but the Blazers just won their 11th game in a row. Two dunks by Lillard to celebrate.
Other: This is Andrew Bogut's tweet about why he's not playing in tomorrow's game against the Pelicans..Two Former Pac-10 guys (Derrick Williams, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute) were traded for each other last night.
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