Highlight: Jeremy Lin's Throws A Sky-High Alley-Oop to Dwight Howard

Really nice execution by Jeremy because both defenders were so deceived that neither of them were even in the key when Dwight caught the pass.  Also, check out Dwight mouthing to Jeremy something along the lines of "HOW DID YOU SEE DAT" at the end of the video.

A Nick Young Inspirational Quote Poster

Shoutout to the guy down the hall freshmen year of college who had the JFK quote poster that came to my mind and inspired the photoshop picture.

With the Lakers going 1 and 10 in the last 11 games, there hasn't been much in Laker land to be inspired by.  But leave it to Swaggy P to put things in perspective in the most run-on type of slightly poetic way.  Couple more commas and maybe some more consistency with that jumper and I'm totally with you, P.

A Comparison of Birthday Parties Between Tony Allen and Dwyane Wade

Two NBA shooting guards celebrated their birthdays today, the Memphis Grizzlies's tough-nosed defensive pest, Tony Allen, and the Heat's unconventional first name speller, Dwyane Wade.

T.A. had a pretty chill party with family, friends and a layered cake topped with a basketball.  Very elementary school style of cake, but if it was also an ice cream cake (cookies and cream flavor, duh), then I'd have to say he pretty much  covered all the necessities for celebrating his day of birth.

Wade?  Oh...he had a little get together on a 3 story yacht that was named after his self-given nickname.  

the NBA, where diversely cool birthday parties sometimes happen.

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!