More Than A Game

More Than A Game is the documentary coming out about Lebron James' high school team.

Ill trailer with old school pics and interviews here:



There's also a sweet interview with more awesome dece dorky high school pics, but the chooch disabled embedding. Anyway, it's like 2 minutes long and YouTube link is here.

The crazy thing about it is that the kid who shot all the footage was some college film student who asked to tape one practice for an internship. He ended up just showing up everyday, at practice, in the locker room, etc., and they just never asked him to leave. Hohooo now he has crispy footage and turned it into his first movie. How lucky/ill is that? Hustle results in good fortune.

LeBron Dunk Video(s)

Not one, but TWO videos released today of the infamous Jordan Crawford dunk over LeBron. Honestly, not too impressed with either.

The first one is TMZ's video, which is from the far end of the court and mad blurry. I kind of love the guy's reaction though.

Click the picture above or here to watch.

The second video literally just came out like 10 minutes ago and I somehow lucked across it doing a search. It's MUCH clearer and from the closer end of the court.

Click here to see it.

Overall thoughts: The hype and secrecy involved here made this dunk impossible to live up to our expectations. How did these videos just get out, though? TMZ and Ebaum just pay tons on the same day? Who knows. I guess in the long run, Nike doesn't look so bad, because now the footage is out and they can just be like "see, that wasn't even that bad." But their reaction was just plain ridiculous. Must have been great live though -- you can tell from the crowd noise -- seeing a young kid go over Bron like that. Glad he got his fame now.

Any thoughts?

---Nick

Peep The Playoffs

If you are watching the NBA playoffs right now then you have been treated to a couple solid conference final subplots. Cleveland getting twerked and the Thuggets giving the Lakers a hell of a series. If you are a casual fan I would suggest getting back on the wagon as soon as possible.

I didn't see Cleveland getting handled like this in a milli. I still think they win the series down 3-1. Orlando is a real good 3 point shooting team but they have had to be in order to be in it. Orlando blew teams out when they shot over 40% from three land in the regular season (27-3 with avg margin of victory at 14 pts). The Magic have shot over 40 from down town three times this series with a 1 point loss, a 1 pt win, and an overtime win. Don't be surprised if they cool off and King James makes this a series. Plus the league/refs want Kobe/Lebron, and Im serious when I say that is a real and large factor for me.

The other series, Den/LA, has had a large story and implication too. No, Im not talking about Kenyon Martin still wanting to kill Mark Cuban's horse, cut off its head, and put it under his covers when hes sleeping. And no Im not talking about JR Smith dropping gang signs. Im talking about Carmelo Anthony turning himself into an unstoppable force before our eyes. Melo is threatening to put himself back in the Wade/Lebron-osphere. If Melo makes a final and LBJ doesn't, all three will have an appearance under their belt.

Another cool thing I heard about Melo was when I was listening to a JA Adande interview and he said that Kobe told him Melo is stronger than Lebron. Im not sure if I completely buy that. Maybe functional/retard strength, but whatever, still. If Kobe said it, it impresses me. Melo makes scoring look effortless. Another thing Adande was saying was that we play up the Kobe/Lebron relationship at the Olympics but the truth is that it was Kobe and Melo who got the closest. Melo doesn't have Kobe's mean streak or anything, but you can tell he smoked only 1 blunt a day instead of 5 this season. Observing how hard Kobe goes after it day in and day out when they were in Athens will do that to ya.

-Here is a cool article exploring whether or not Lebron could really play in the NFL. What do I think? I think he would pwn everyone and make 10 probowls.

-Wolfie

A Tribute to...The King

I sweat Lebron James, maybe not as much as my fellow blog fathers (one inparticular), but the dude is ill. More than anything else it's because he is a freak of nature...guys built like an NFL DE/LB comboand might be the fastest and most athletic in the NBA. He will be featured this Sunday night on 60 minutes...check out this short clip of him from the interview.



Guy hits shots like that just for fun I guess...I'm sure ill get back at all of you later.


-J Perk

Spitting hot fire

I have way to much to say today to just do one post on the deal of the day.... ..

Reason #204 why Europeans are weird:
About 2,000 Euro dudes were recently polled by a British magazine on what fashion would turn them on most if worn by their female partner in bed. Here are the results:

34% said they would prefer their sexual partner to be wearing their team's jersey or colors
23% prefer "sexy lingerie"
21% went with simply nothing
16% hoped to see a “fantasy role play outfit”
6% just want plain old ordinary nightwear

Alright I love Tom Brady as much as anyone, but when it comes time to do it I want my woman wearing lingerie, not a Pink Pats jersey, sorry Euro Bro's. Actually shit, a fantasy role play outfit might be illllllll. Anyways...

Apparently Lebron's shit DOES stink:

At least according to side show Bob....I mean Anderson Varejo.

This clip is awesome:

I've watched it 3 times and can't stop RLOLing. Dogs are the best creatures ever...eh, maybe 2nd best right behind women.


Me in the booth spitting hot fire:




-J Perk The Literal Blog FATHER.

Wolfie's Rundown - Profile Style

This post is going to be a colossal version of my old AIM inf0/profile. People used to enjoy those so I feel like I owe it to the original readers to follow up.

Random
-Here is a ridiculous story that I haven't told many people. A few years back, on a dark and stormy night (not really stormy) I was hanging out with a different kind of crew than my normal squeaky clean friends. Guys that I hadn't seen in a while. I'll keep the names generic. So people are partying after a night at the bar. Everyone is swillin beers and there are some other drugs going around. I look over in the kitchen and see Johnny Doe destroy a line of blow. Then my other friend Tim Smith is right next to me on the couch and he blasts down a rail of booger sugar himself. Im hammered, wondering what the hell is going on. It feels like I'm backstage with guns and roses, minus the groupies and instruments. So next I throw out this fun fact to the coke heads. Did you guys know that cocaine was what they used to use as a topical anaesthesia before novacaine? Johnny Doe goes "I guess I could see that, it does make you numb". So I google it to make sure Im remembering it right. "Yup they used to use it on eye surgeries too" I read. The next thing I said was pretty ridiculous... "John, you should put some coke in your eyeball and see if you get fucked up". Then to my surprise he answers with "F-ck it. I'll do it if you put it in for me", incredible. So next thing you know Im standing above my buddy, whos high as a kite and on his knees, and Im lining up cocaine to sprinkle into his eyeball that hes holding wide open. So I drop the powder bomb onto his moist eye, direct hit, and he immediately goes "AHHHHHHHH!!!" flipping out holding his eye. At this point Im dying laughing at both the sheer absurdity of the situation and the fact that John is in a ton of pain that will wear off in a few minutes. A couple minutes later we examine John's eye and it looks like it belongs to a zombie while the other one is normal. The thing is completely snaggled and dilated, I was geeking out at this thing. John tells me he cant feel it at all and tells me to poke it. I poke his eye and he doesn't flinch then I give his eye lid a power flick and he doesn't flinch either. Thats about it for the story though. Its nothing to be proud of but not everyone can say they've put coke in their friends eyeball ya know?

-on a lighter note, craisins are awesome. I recommend putting them on your cereal, craisin bran anyone?

-The Stimulus package is no joke people. We should probably be keeping up with it because its so significant and unheard of before. When I want to understand an economic or business issue, the first thing I do is see what Warren Buffet has to say about it and then go from there.




-You might be wondering who that is licking my face in the picture above. I'm not exactly sure though because its not me. Its a picture of Yahoo Fantasy Sports expert Brad Evans. I was trying to research for the big draft the other day and see a sweet lookalike of me. Tell me if you agree. (get outta here if you dont see it, thing is so me, maybe a little bit of zim mixed in?)

Blog
-Williams American Idol post was really good. I need to catch up. That show is pretty unique in the fact that the auditions and actual competition are completely different shows and both get great ratings.

-Im going to try and do more of these grab bag / AIM info / random thoughts posts. This one is going to be long because I have a lot built up, but Im sure you understand...I am using this to tie up loose ends and ideas but I also wouldn't mind responding to comments and questions in my posts. Also going to try and do more comedy and stories because I know my material have been sports and more sports. Retta was telling me to bring back some old classic stories and not to worry if some readers have heard em before.

Entertainment
-LOST was awesome last night. I think I said it last time but it didn't just break into my all time shows, it kicked the door in. Ive never looked forward to like I do with this one. I almost get nervous because I know they are going to blow me away with something crazy every week. Its very unique, absurd, and awesome.

-I had a nice slacker day today so I watched a couple movies, Jaws 2 and The Matrix. J2 is good because its funny to watch how much it sucks. I hadn't seen it in years so I completely forgot about the part where Jaws eats a helicopter. I was dyin laughin as Jaws sinks and then pretty sure eats the chopper with the pilot inside as ppl are watching and screaming. As for the Matrix? Forgot how awesome it was. Such a good idea and really well done. The original is definitely the best.

-Oscars are coming up on Sunday. Looks like Slumdog is the heavy favorite for best picture. Also note that Ledger is an absolute lock for supporting actor. Hes -1000 on the sportsbook.

Sports
-I somehow missed when Weezy was on PTI a couple weeks ago, even when I had it marked down on the calendar. Click that link and you can see all his answers consolidated. The performance was pretty akward as you can imagine but I think Weezy was actually serviceable. You could tell he took it somewhat serious. I could listen to his doped up take on life or sports every day.

Here is Weezy on Manny Ramirez, "People in LA need to calm themselves down. Manny Ramirez is going to end up in a Dodger uniform. He's gonna take the three year deal at some point because there is nothing else on the table. LA fans are getting hyper in the mailbag, but they don't need to worry. And like I said, if he goes to the Yankees I'll record my anti-Manny song for the next album and it will be the best song on the album."

And on Alex Rodriguez (Actually solid), "If I were his manager I wouldn't know what to tell him other than to play his butt off. Hell, I'd probably just tell him to retire at this point. You know there's something else that's gonna come out, and he better retire and sell his book before it comes out and he turns into Canseco. But he's not going to retire so the one thing I would tell him to do right now is focus on being a better teammate. He needs to bust his ass for his team and hope they have his back because it's going to be a long season."

-The 50 second pause in the middle of a sentence before Rodriguez uttered thank you to his teammates "to my teammates.....(50 secs elapse for forced dramatic effect)........thank you" in the press conference made me want to barf. Wow that was terrible and painful to watch. Thats the thing that turned me away from the Rod. I was on his side until then but hes just too much of a tool. Don't try to play me bro. Hes gonna keep getting put on the flambe and rightfully so because hes not telling the whole truth. A-Rod is a mental midget. I don't think he even understands how risky it is to spill so many details mixed in with with half truths. The more complex a lie is, the easier it is to trip yourself up and easier it is for a good cross examiner to tear your shit up. I think its only a matter of time before he gets Frost-Nixon'ed.

-Following up on Dumars taking Darko... Detroit was filthy at the time and didnt need anyone in particular so they took a chance on the raw euro kid who could be the next Dirk. In the process they passed on Melo and Bosh, both number 1 picks in a draft that didn't include the basketball Jesus. Dumars dropped the ball with the pick but I think they also blew it in terms of development. Darko never broke into the culture there. He couldn't relate to black america, seriously, guy is a goofy eastern european. They never let him in the inner circle because they didn't need him to save the franchise like most top 2 draft picks. Bosh is outgoing (and black). Cant you see him going to that team as a 6th man, working with the vets, buddying up with Sheed, and winning them an extra title as a starter down the line? Check out an excerpt from an old interview with Darko I found. Read it and you'll know what I mean.

Question: What has the coaching staff worked on with you in particular?

Darko Milicic: Everything, everything. Play one-on-one, and all this stuff. Post-up moves.

Question: Is practice heping? What is focused on with you in practice?

Darko Milicic: Playing five-on-five, but there's not a lot of practice, because there's a lot of games. We don't have a lot of practice like five-on-five, it's just working on shooting, because the guys, they're tired. And that's why I don't have a chance to play against these top guys.


-Chris Paul hasn't got the attention he deserves this season because we are so enamored with the collision course LeBron and Kobe seem to be on, and rightfully so. Just make sure you consider or acknowledge the fact that CP3 might be the most efficient PG of all time. Read that last sentence again, whoa. Then balance CP's spectacular play so far with the play of a big man about the same age in the other conference. Dwight Howard isn't just playing well, hes dominating. The young talent in the league is so impressive. I don't see the Celtics beating the Cavs to be honest, but if they do we need to finish out another title quick. The window is closing.


-Also, this was awesome.



-Wolfie

NBA - Young Money

45/19/8 blocks for Howard tonight? Jesus. Thats domination. What the hell has gotten into these kids lately? That looks like a line for Blake Griffin (beast himself) against a sub .500 college squad. Superman was in the building tonight.



47 points for Durant tonight. A little bit of confidence after he won horse this weekend? He has been on fire over the last month. This kid is still so young. Theres just no doubt that he is going to be unstoppable over the next 10 years as he keeps improving the jumper and some go to post moves. Hes just too long and too good. Benjamin Button... I mean Oden is a nice kid, but Durant should have been drafted first.

The league has such a fantastic crop of young talent. Good god I love it. We have been lucky to see a lot of amazing talent enter the league and pan out over the last 5 years. The NBA's popularity is really dependent on its superstars. Remember how noone really cared about the NBA in the late 90's and early 2000's? Well there was a direct correlation with that lull and the lack of big time talent coming in after Duncan in 1997. Number 1 overall picks after Duncan were Olowakandi, Elton Brand, Kenyon Martin, Kwame Brown, and Yao. Are you kidding me? Wish I was born as a future 7 footer. And Im not playing it up either, there werent even any successful top 5 picks in that dark age. Kenyon Martin made an all star game but other than that, noone in the lottery in 2000 even starts in the NBA right now, unreal.

Things have changed drastically since Melo won a title at Syracuse and LeBron's high school games were being televised. The rosters at the all star game this weekend were just stacked with young stars. There is a handful of 10+ year veterans like Pierce, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, KG, etc, and the rest is just loaded with 22-27 yr olds. Thats why there is such a large number studs hitting free agency around 2010. Lebron, Stoudemire, Wade, Bosh, Dirk, Joe Johnson, Redd, Manu, McGrady, Rip, Ray, Stephen Jackson, Chandler, Josh Howard, Jermaine O'Neal, TJ Ford, and more. Better clear some cap space for the Summer of Lebron, whole leagues gettin flipped.

I flip on Sportscenter tonight and see Howard and Durant just crushing it. Think about the Darko draft being about 5 and a half years ago so those cats are in their prime. Lebron went first and rightfully so as his potential knows no limits. Darko 2nd to Detroit which is that much worse when you see the next 3 selections are all franchise players. Melo is a beast. Bosh made the leap to a top 10 player this year. Wade is being overshadowed by Kobe/Bron but he is the third or fourth best player in the NBA.

Im not sure if you've heard of PER, or player efficiency rating, but its a stat that John Hollinger came up with to show how good a player is on a per minute basis. "PER takes into account positive accomplishments, such as field goals, free throws, 3-pointers, assists, rebounds, blocks and steals, and negative ones, such as missed shots, turnovers and personal fouls. The formula adds positive stats and subtracts negative ones through a statistical point value system. The rating for each player is then adjusted to a per-minute basis so that, for example, substitutes can be compared with starters in playing time debates. It is also adjusted for the team's pace. In the end, one number sums up the players' statistical accomplishments for that season." I don't buy into it as the be all and end all because it falls short on defense, but it is pretty impressive. The score is based on 15.00 as league average. It gets a lot of attention as the best measure of a players performance, and some of this years numbers are off the charts. The top 4 are James, CP, Wade, and Howard (young blood). Lebron James PER of 32 is the best of the last 30 years and only matched by a couple of Jordan's seasons. Same thing with CP3's 30. Its one of the best PER's of all time for a point guard.

The NBA is stacked with young talent. Lets hope the Celts can steal another one before LeBron puts on more muscle and the big three get arthritis.

Fun Fact: 24 year old LeBron James is criticized for his outside shot that manages to go in 32% of the time. Well when Michael Jordan was 24 years old he had played 4 years in the NBA and attempted 189 three pointers and only 16% of them went in. So Michael Jordan scored 31 three pointers through age 24 while LeBron is at 580 and counting.

-Wolfie

NBA Stuff - Dunk Contest Edition

The NBA All Star game, like all AS games, are pretty hard to get into. Still, I like seeing the best in the business mess around with each other and crunk some alley oops. Tonight wasn't bad. I am more of a fan of the three point and dunk contest though.



I liked how King James was getting interviewed and announced that he is entering the 2010 dunk contest. I really miss the big names from throwing their names in. Dwight Howard is one of the best players in the game and I think that him being involved as the main attraction has brought the contest's popularity back from the catatonic state its been in since Richardson last won it.

The video below is Lebron, Melo, Pierce, and VC at the high school dunk contests, pretty cool. Its too bad that Melo and Pierce packed on a good 30 pounds and dont have the ups that they used to (no big deal, just sayin check the air).



Its hard for a tall guy to look that good in a dunk contest just because dunking 10 feet seems too easy. Dwight Howard is freakish enough that he can pull it off. Howard once dunked on a hoop that was 12ft 3in. He would be in my handpicked dunk contest for sure, but who would the others be if I could pick the 2010 lineup? Give me Lebron, James White, Howard, and Josh Smith.

Kobe can throw down pretty hard but hes so good in real games that his dunking could only be disappointing. Kobe And the Nate Robinson thing was kinda cool but it was too much of a novelty, and novelties get dull fast. VC might have been the best but hes well past his prime, so is Jason Richardson's knee. An honorable mention would be Andre Iguodala. I like seeing him glide and slam. A thing to remember when trying to decide who would be the best is that there are probably 10 or 15 guys with verticals approaching 50 inches, so a lot does come down to creativity, fluidity, and showmanship.

Look at Lebron in warmups man. His ups are just spectacular. Im pretty sure he isn't even going all out here. Its crazy how he has put on so much muscle since coming into the league and hasn't lost any speed or ups.



This is James White. He is still in the D-League but I watched him in the college dunk contest a few years back and was blown away. A lot of the players say hes the best dunker in the game right now. Too bad thats pretty much all he can do because you need to be able to dribble to graduate from the D-League. Still, this is my custom picked contest so I'll pick who I want.



I already talked about him above, and this is the last youtube (or ill get called into Perk's office and be reemed out), but here is Howard practicing for last year's contest. The sheer size and power makes this maybe my favorite video out of all of these. He should get a car on the court next year and sky over that. (Edit: kinda been done before I guess)



Lastly I would go with Josh Smith. This kid is a decorated veteran and I love watching him throw it down. Thats him in the picture at the top of this post. His nickname is J-Smoove which is incredibly ghetto, but when hes air-born he actually is smoother than a babys butt. Smoovy reminds me of Larry Nance, Julius Erving, or even Dominique. A long explosive leaper that likes the windmill type stuff to show the hang time and power.

-If you're into the NBA at all, I would recommend checking out Bill Simmons annual Trade Value Column. I am a huge fan of Simmons anyway, but his NBA knowledge is actually his strongest subject in my opinion.

-Simmons has been saying for a couple years that they should add horse to all star weekend and they finally did this year. He was criticizing it though because of the fact that they put young guys out there for it who aren't super confident and have the necessary swag and experience to talk trash and take it serious. Picture Kobe, Pierce, Garnett, Iverson types out there mic'ed up. That would be unreal to me.

-I have a lot more NBA stuff I want to talk about but this is getting a little long. Ill come back to some things soon. Hope you enjoyed some of the dunk clips. Leave some NBA thoughts in the comments if you'd like. I think I'll do a post on Amare tomorrow too.

-Sir Blogalot

NBA All-Star Weekend

I would say all around NBA All-Star weekend is my favorite. I just think it has more depth than Baseball which is a close second to me.



^^^This video never gets old to me, Shaq is the man^^^^


- J Perk

Wolfie's Rundown

-I was surprised to see ESPN and a lot of media members and fans alike not understand Santonio Holmes TD celebration. He was doing the LeBron. Powdering the hands then throwin it up like the King does pregame, and in the Browns commercial. Stuart Scott thought it was hot sauce or something. The dudes I was watching the game were on it immediately, but sometimes I forget that a lot of my crew is made up of fantasy sports monsters and degenerate gamblers. Which, when put together, makes one of the most potent sports fans known to man. Not only do they watch every game like something is on the line, they know all the numbers behind it, deadly stuff and very awesome.

-Damn it, I just got home and was going to write the same post Perkins just did. I was thinking about it today and to me, this is probably a good thing for Phelps. I hated that guy a couple weeks ago. You got to be an enormous ted to win 8 golds and have me hate you, for real. Is Phelpsie (I picture his yes-men entourage calling him that) still a tool? I say yes. But, today he is a little less of one. Today Michael Phelps is a little more human. Today I know Michael Phelps is young man who likes to get high once in a while (even if hes holding the bong like a rook, read Gambees comment). The person that turned this picture in was probably a tattle tale. Or that person might have been insightful enough to know that this is just what the doctor ordered.

-Shannon Sharpe didn't get in to the hall of fame on the first ballot. What the eff? I don't really care for that talking horse but hes the best tight end of all time. Its not even worth ranting or arguing about because its just ridiculous. He should have been a first ballot hall of famer no sweat.

-This is a brag but I think its relevant. Remember when I brought up that the winning team is gonna love going to meet Obama in the recap? Well I heard that was the theme at the celebration after the win on Sunday night. Almost all of the players were saying that the best part of winning it is going to be visiting the white house. Remember Tomlin is African American too so that must be ill for him. Couple other things I heard about post game were that the Steelers all got championship robes, Ric Flair style, which is awesome to me. And I also heard that Tomlin didn't even touch the trophy because he said he sees 5 of them when he comes to work everyday and its not a big deal. What a beast. Oh yea one more thing, Snoop showed up at the celebration too and fired off a freestyle that everyone loved. That guy is universally loved, very sweet.



Above: Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding) was also on the loose in Tampa. I stole the pic from another blog but so what.

-Someone blogs about the ESPN SB party, pretty cool. Im doing the same thing some day and I dont care if you believe me or not.

- J. Wolfe

Week 3 Recap: The Bridge

The day of the recaps huh. I know you were all wondering what happened today in my basketball game. The Bridge once again took home a W in a nice slopfest 52-50. Big team effort here, with Chris Hall and James Smith carrying the load offensively.

As far as my drunk/hungover ass goes, I missed a sweet breakaway layup with like 1:30 left but then hit an uncontested layup that ended up sealing the victory....I still suck, but I will get it together soon (Sounds like what I've said the last two weeks huh). The Bridge goes for 4-0 next week...I might not party all night this time.


- JPerk

Williams' World

It’s about time for an info-style post:

-When’s it time to call it quits playing video games? Is it just one of those things like rap music where your generation grows up with it so it’s fine to just keep doing it? I don’t know the right answer, but I’m 23 and I’m still swearing my ass off trying to beat bosses.

-What’s with those DVD cases with the two flaps that click in to secure it shut? The other way wasn’t working? I’m not too sure why this is necessary. Where DVDs spilling out all over the place? I’m pretty sure it just prevents me from opening it the very first time I try. But maybe I’m just a caveman.

-I would love to know the people who make the YouTube clips with songs that don’t have music videos and then add various pictures of the artists. Who the hell makes this things? I won’t say anything bad about them because it’s awesome to just Google a new song and have it always be right there on YouTube, but I just can’t picture the type of person who does it. Especially the people who match up pictures with lyrics. Like the guy will say “locked up” and there will be a picture of steel bars. Who’s gangster enough to love this music but nerdy enough to make these vids?

-I’ve tried to keep a personal calendar to keep me organized, but found that it’s more work to update the friggin calendar than it is to remember stuff. I remember in college, sitting next to girls and they would literally have their entire weeks planned out by the hour. Oh, you need to make a note for lunch? How about this: JUST EAST WHEN YOUR HUNGRY. Don’t need to plan that shit. Or even better, the 6PM-10PM “Study for Anthropology Test” or something similar. What the hell? If the test is the next day you better know automatically to study for it. And if you’re studying for four hours, you better get a fuckin A+.

Other things you should know:

-Alex Cora is about to sign with the Mets.

-Dave Meggett (and NFL ’95 favorite of mine) is being charged with rape. Wonder what the former Pats RB/KR has been up to? Here:

“The woman told police she woke up at 1 a.m. Tuesday and found a man she knew as "Mike" sitting on her bed, according to an incident report. The man demanded that she repay $200 she owed him and raped her when she said she didn't have the money, police said.

“Afterward, the man told her he was sorry and that she didn't have to repay him. The woman drove herself to the hospital, where Meggett later met her and was arrested, according to police records”

-You NEED to see this Lebron James shot from last night if you haven’t yet. Was there any doubt it wasn’t going in? The announcing team must be from Memphis though, because they remain comatose throughout the whole thing.

A Tribute to....The Weekend.

Finally it is here....and what does it bring with it??? Well for me it brings F*ing work, and then snow plowing/shoveling so I can make a couple bucks under the table to buy more things that I do not need.

But for the rest of you...I hope it brings lots of partying, and blackout momemnts like this one below.



So go out there and touch some bums, embarass yourself, and get kicked out of your favorite drinking establishment. Why....because I told you to.


....And by the way, AJ, these Cavs jerseys ARE ass ugly. The worst part is not only do the colors suck, but the shooting shirts didn't even match the uni's. How are you going to wear royal blue and still have that white and maroonish color shooting jacket?

Too bad the Cavs waxed the Celts huh, maybe then I wouldn't be on here bitching about colors of Jerseys and shit...Lebron isn't even human.

WEKEEENDDD PARTTYYY WOOOOOO.

- J-Perk

Visiting The King

I'm kicking myself for not making some money last night. I loved the Cavs only laying 4 at home. I was even writing up the pick of the night post when two of my places I check for handicapping advice had the Celts as their lock so I layed off. Oh well, you always seem like a better gambler when you don't actually bet. There aren't many worse things then listening to stories about gambling losses though. Well unless its really amazing like the time my buddy lost a grand when he had the over in the Pacers/Pistons Brawl game. He needed 2 more points with 45 seconds to go for the over to hit. Then Artest charged the stands, the last 45 seconds never got played, and it stayed under. Anyway, back to the Cavs/Celts.

In terms of how the game played out, it was all about The King. Lebron is on another planet. The MVP this year should probably be unanimous. I had to write a little bit about him after seeing that.

"James scored 38 points, 23 in the second half. He added seven rebounds, six assists, four steals, three blocks and made Pierce's life miserable for 35 minutes." - AP

The King's evolution from average defender to one of the best in the world is frightening (for the Celts). On the perimeter he is shutting people down. I heard Steve Kerr say in an interview that this year Lebron has turned himself into the best perimeter defender since Scottie Pippen in his prime. Thats what happens when the best athlete on the planet applies some technique and effort to that end of the court.

The aspect of James' freakish athleticism that allows him to do a lot of the superhuman things he does is his lateral quickness and agility. He can play tight on guys out on the perimeter with his huge frame and wingspan, while at the same time not be worried about getting beat to the hoop because of his shuffle prowess. You can also really see that lateral explosion in action when he is driving to the hoop and takes gazelle angles to get there. Its to the point where defenders can't attempt to draw a charge because when he sees them set their feet he just power hops to the left or right, blows right by them, and still somehow has enough speed to crunk a dunk with one more jump.

Lebron has officially passed Kobe as the best player individual player in the game now. Lebron's talent has finally caught up to Kobe's polish and work ethic. In that debate before this year, you could always point to Kobe's defense and scoring. And now Lebron might be playing better defense than Kobe and they both can score for days. The reality of the situation is that Lebron has more potential than anyone in the history of the game. Kobe is a hall of famer, an all time great even, but he is Jordan Lite. Lebron is different. He is a hybrid of all the all time greats, a frankenstein, a perfect storm. He could be the G.O.A.T., its atleast possible. And thats enough to keep me watching...

-This Celts slide is ugly but they will get it together and make it to the Eastern Conf Finals. Can they beat Cleveland though? I was petrified of that matchup when the Celts had 2 losses all year and had won 20 in a row. So at this point, with Cleveland looking like they have a good chance to get home court after Boston just ripped off 7 losses, I don't like their chances. We can't count out a KG led team though. If Boston and Cleveland are both playing their best basketball, that playoff series will be gold.