Archive for the ‘NBA’ Category

Here’s Two Things That Are Bad

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Hey look, it's a meeting of the two entities having the worst year in the entire world. New York Governor David Paterson took part in the groundbreaking for the Nets new arena. They are both terrible.

Big Baby and Derrick Rose initiated into the poster club

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Welcome to the posterized society Mr. Glen Davis and Mr. Derrick Rose. Courtesy of Andrew Bogut and Deron Williams.

When does this ever happen?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Are we suppose to believe that these 2 chicks making out at the Bulls game wasn't staged? And how is no one around them noticing what is going on. It's like they just "green screened" the two girls in there. I mean honestly why isn't there a perverted guy taking ...

The Cunning Linguist

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

I'm back with more judgmental declarations about the way people speak. Why am I qualified to make these declarations? Because William Safire is dead and I'm not. Today's edition focuses on the work of a number of broadcasters who discuss basketball for a living and the pet phrase they misuse consistently. More to ...

Show me another angle

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

This is amazing, if real. The Vince Carter 86 footer while seated might be the trick shot of the year. Probably the man's greatest accomplishment since the 2000 dunk contest. Someone please show me a video from another angle. I am skeptical of anything where the ball leaves the frame for ...

Marquis Daniels had a diamond chain of his head made

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Holy crap! Why hasn't someone thought of this before? Marquis Daniels of the Boston Celtics must have paid serious money to get this replica of his head made into a diamond chain (dreadlocks and all). I bet you somewhere Jamarcus Russell is jealous.

The Big DaVinci

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Shaquille O'Neal does more than clog the lane and get into lame nerd fights with Dwight Howard. He's curating an art show in Manhattan. It's called "Size DOES Matter," which is a wiener joke.

Was Dwyane Wade not avaliable for this?

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Whenever I think shooting competition the first name that always comes to my mind is Dwight Howard. Don't get me wrong, he is as personable as any NBA star; but wouldn't you rather team up a player like Dwyane Wade with Lebron James in the remake of Larry Bird and ...

Which is Better?

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Last night, Kobe Bryant became the all time leading scorer in Lakers history. The achievement comes less than 6 months after Derek Jeter set the mark for most hits in Yankees history. So, I pose this question to you, SCP readers: Which mark is more impressive?

Is the worst NBA team bad enough to lose to a top NCAA one

Friday, January 29th, 2010

That is a question I have always asked myself. What would the spread be like? Wonder no more as Covers.com answers the question for us. "Here's an interesting matchup: New Jersey Nets vs. Kentucky Wildcats. The worst team in the NBA vs. one of the best teams in college basketball. The ...