Before The Conference Finals You Should Probably Watch This Video

Here's Pat Riley interviewing Michael Jordan 20 years ago in 1991. Can you imagine an NBA where Jordan never won a title? Where he decided against playing for the Dream Team?

This is a pretty awesome time capsule.

I'd never seen it before, and as the stakes get higher for guys like LeBron, KD, and Tim Duncan, MJ himself provides some pretty great perspective on what it all means.

For more context, check out Justin TInsley's piece at The Sports Fan's Journal.

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by Andrew Sharp • May 25, 2012 2:29 PM EDT

Everything You Need To Know About The NFL's Collusion Defense In Less Than 100 Words

From the NFLPA's press conference Thursday:

Reporter: "What would you say to the owners contention that you guys signed off on the reallocation letter, and that should basically render the lawsuit null and void?"

DeMaurice Smith: "I guess the first thing I would ask is, 'It doesn't sound like you're denying the existence of collusion, now does it?'"

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by Andrew Sharp • May 25, 2012 12:19 PM EDT

This Is How Bosses Talk Business

That's just Brian Orakpo eatin applesauce with Lil Rak. You know how Dons do.

HAPPY FRIDAY, Y'ALL.

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by Andrew Sharp • May 25, 2012 10:08 AM EDT

Why Can't We All Play In The NBA?

"There's a lot of sitting around and waiting because I don't really want to do anything on the day of the game in order to save energy. If you think about it, during a normal 82 game season including playoffs, preseason games, and two-a-day training camp days, I spend almost one-third of my year either in the gym or waiting at home or a hotel. I'm pretty much shut off from the rest of the world for one-third of the year. I'm just realizing this. I need to get out more... I'm watching Superbad on FX right now. McLovin just got punched at the liquor store."

Sure, Nick Collison takes some of the sex appeal out of the NBA lifestyle right there. But then think about how much of your life you spend in an office staring at a computer like some impotent zombie. Wouldn't you rather hang out in Five Star hotels all day taking naps and watching Superbad? Really, Nick Collison's description just stokes the flames of our burning jealousy toward him and every other pro athlete. This is just bulls**t. Why can't everybody play in the NBA? I want to go watch Superbad at the Four Seasons. RIGHT NOW.

(For more from the always-excellent Collison, check out this piece from GQ.)

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by Andrew Sharp • May 24, 2012 3:00 PM EDT

Kanye West Is Making A Movie

Cruel Summer is the story of a Lamborghini car thief who falls for a beautiful blind Arabic girl who’s father will let them marry if he can help her see. So he (Kid Cudi) does using strings that lead her around palace to play music. To make the film, he needed 20 camels, 100 extras, and around 20 Lambos. (via)

You how know we're gonna solve the problems in the Middle East? With a mummified Kid Cudi, and a genre-busting anthem called "20 Lambos/20 Camels". That's how. The movie's meant to be experienced on "7 screens, 3 on front wall, 2 on side walls, 1 on ceiling, 1 on floor." Which... God Bless Kanye West. For everything. It'd be weirder if his movie WASN'T about a Lamborghini car thief giving sight to a blind Arab girl.

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by Andrew Sharp • May 24, 2012 1:35 PM EDT

The Best Photo Of The Playoffs

At first you notice Lou Williams looking petrified and think, "Whoa wait a second, that is NOT how you play defense in the NBA Playoffs." But make sure you also pay attention to the girl behind Keyon Dooling who may or may not be a zombie. Whichever star you prefer, best photo of the playoffs, hands down.

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by Andrew Sharp • May 24, 2012 12:19 PM EDT

The Kobe That We Used To Know

You didn't have to taaaaaake that shot,
Just drive the lane and dump it off to either Pau or Bynummmm,
Those two guys are reeeeeeally tall,
And when you keep it for yourself we never score enough,
You didn't have to hogggg the ball,
You're triple teamed so kick it out to either Blake or Sessionnnns,
I know that they don't shooooot so well,
But you're really not the Kobe that we used to know,
You're really not the Kobe that we used to know

This Kobe video is the best Kobe video.

500,000 words of Henry Abbot's True Hoop criticisms finally make sense. Enjoy it:

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by Andrew Sharp • May 24, 2012 12:05 PM EDT

Never Forget Latrell Sprewell

From the New Yorker:

He had a Afro, was wire thin, and didn’t so much dunk the ball as attack the rim like some kind of velociraptor who wanted to tear it off and take it elsewhere to eat. I imagined him cackling as he ran back on defense. It was a bit frightening.

This tribute to Latrell Sprewell is fantastic for a lot of reasons, but most basically, it's great because we forget about his best years way too often. Everyone remembers the choking incident that terrified middle America at the turn of the century, but remember how awesome he was with the Knicks in the '99 playoffs?

THAT was some truly terrifying s**t.

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by Andrew Sharp • May 23, 2012 3:26 PM EDT

FYI, These Need To Be Made Immediately

I'd watch pretty much all of these -- from Hungry Hungry Hippos to Monopoly to Chutes and Ladders -- and they'd all be a thousand times better than Battleship. Just wish they'd have made a poster for the Steven Seagal thriller about an ice fisherman in Alaska fighting against environmental terrorists. Don't Break The Ice, y'all.

(via @Drewmagary)

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by Andrew Sharp • May 21, 2012 4:34 PM EDT