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A Hall of Fame YouTube description right here:
Armed with a 40 pound Curling Stone, Metta World Peace transforms into Metta Man™ to complete a backboard shattering triple slam dunk after a wild free fall skateboard ride through the skyline of New York to promote Mental Health Awareness ...
Obviously.
Midway through the second quarter of the Heat-Celtics Game 1, the refs just started calling technicals on everyone. Or everyone on the Celtics, to be exact. First on Ray Allen, then on Kevin Garnett, then on Doc Rivers.
This was so stupid.
Welcome back from Memorial Day Weekend! The NBA Draft Lottery is Wednesday, and thanks to a benevolent coin flip, the Golden State Warriors have 72 percent odds of keeping their pick. In the event that a team in the No. 8 position or lower leaps into the top three, the Warriors would lose the pick to the Utah Jazz.
The Warriors do not really like those odds, and according to ESPN's Marc Stein, have engaged in trade talks with the Jazz to ensure Golden State keeps the pick. Yes, the Warriors are going to potentially give up an asset to eliminate the 1-in-4 chance they lose the No. 8 pick in the draft.
It's a brilliant decision for both sides.
Ricky Rubio is possibly the most instantly-endearing sports figure since an apple-cheeked Jim Thome first dingered his way into our hearts. Science has proven that the three most squeal-inducing things known to humankind are kittens, this dog and Ricky Rubio. With that in mind, hit the jump to see the most endearing photo of Rubio that you've seen in, like, 20 minutes at least.
We're all friends here. We can talk. For as much crap as Shaquille O'Neal has always gotten for all of his ill-fated and highly cheeseball endeavors, from Kazaam to "Shaq-Fu" to verses with Fu-Schnickens to being bested in one-on-one by a (probably juicing) Aaron Carter, the insanely goofball nature of Shaq is precisely why we all love him. The advertising geniuses behind a new ad for a Chinese beer company understand this. Boy, do they ever understand it.
Tom Haberstroh's superb profile of injured Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh has a lot of insight on what it is like to be Chris Bosh and injured in the playoffs, but the best quote has more to do with Bosh's reaction to Miami's loss in the 2011 NBA Finals.
"What are your dreams?" Bosh asks. "What do you want the most out of anything in this world? Dangle it in front of you, work hard as hell to get it, and then take it away. Gone."
Call Chris Bosh soft if you want. But don't say he doesn't get it.
Happy labor day....Enjoy it
— Metta WorldPeace (@MettaWorldPeace) May 28, 2012
I can't. Metta World Peace is beyond words.
Update: World Peace admits his mistake, offers a rational explanation:
Hey , it's not Labor Day.. Enough.. I partied like three rockstars yesterday.... Woke so twisted I thought I was labor day..Mistake.move on
— Metta WorldPeace (@MettaWorldPeace) May 28, 2012
The NBA Conference Finals got started on Sunday with a fun one in San Antonio. While it's normal for folks to get caught up in the moment, there's got to be something to the frequent comments on Twitter that Spurs-Thunder is the best playoff series in years. We'll see about that.
In the East, there's no question that defense is the name of the game. We'll be lucky if either the Boston Celtics or Miami Heat manage to score 90 points on the other. Likely, it will be less.
Our writers from Celtics Blog and Peninsula is Mightier break down the challenges each of their teams will face in this series.
The San Antonio Spurs were lauded as being a rather boring team for the majority of their dynasty seasons, but that isn't the case anymore. The team is aging, certainly, but they're also getting more exciting.
The "no longer boring" label doesn't only apply to the innovative offense and on-court product, however -- even the team's off-court incidents have become more entertaining. The latest example came Sunday night, via Stephen Jackson, following the now-famous "nasty" speech from head coach Gregg Popovich.
Kevin Seraphin's successful trip to Six Flags concluded with a trunk full of stuffed animals, including a red pirate dog with a cigar in its mouth. The offseason is the best, you guys.
via @kevin_seraphin, of course.
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