I'm normally more of an underground hip hop head, but I stumbled across a few tracks that should probably be considered for the Staples playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzxtoUYhmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ia3thVmqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLIigGeI-lI

Imagine a different Blake Griffin song playing after every dunk...  he could have his own separate playlist!  I started off hearing one of them on the radio, then found the other two looking for the first one.  This is insanity...  and I love it.

Anyone else here think we should sign Taylor Griffin?  We need to keep Blake happy at all costs so that he'll spend his career here.  The older Griffin would make a great locker room influence.  It's also within the realm of possibility that he eventually proves to be a decent rotation player.


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I know they say bigs usually ain't marketable, but Blake is somethin special.  I know I'm not the only one who would cop his shoes.  Many less deserving players have gotten their own sneakers.

Word limit...  how did Nike get Blake for so cheap anyway?  John Wall got a ridiculous contract from Reebok.  Bigs like Yao or Tim Duncan can't sell sneakers because they're big, slow, and don't have ridiculous hops.  Blake may be big, but he ain't slow and definately ain't bound to the ground.  Is that 75 words yet?

The Wiz had to renounce Jumpin James' rights...  We should swoop in and make an offer.  Our pitch:

1) He only has to beat out Ryan Gomes and AFA for the starting spot.

2) Clipper Nation loved him the last time around.  Anyone remember the Free James Singleton shirts?  Which leads us to...

3) Dunleavy's gone!

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68449/20100730/wizards_renounce_rights_to_singleton/

75 word minimum...  picture a James Singleton putback dunk off a Baron Davis brick.  Go Clips!

Good to see my favorite ex-Clip of all time finally getting minutes in DC.  19 points 8/13 shooting 21 boards tonight.  Had 16 boards a couple games ago, and is playing well overall.  James Singleton was one of Dunleavy's best finds as a GM (unofficially), and burying him in the bench was one of Dunleavy's worst decisions coaching.

75 words...  Go clips!  Can't wait til free agency!  Damn word count...

Elton Brand isn't happy coming off the bench for the 76ers.

Philadelphia coach Eddie Jordan is set on Brand coming off the bench even though the club doesn't know if Allen Iverson, who is set to make his debut on Monday, will start or not.

Brand has come off the bench in the team's last two games after he missed three contests with a hamstring injury.

rest of the article here:

haha sucka!  he deserves it.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/news-rumors/other-news/2009/10/greek-team-players-ill-with-swine-flu/

Greek Team Players ill With Swine Flu

The team of Olympiacos released an announcement via their official website regarding the medical condition of 2 of their players (Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Kostas Papanikolaou) that have been found ill with H1N1.

hope this is just a false alarm...  not to feed the swine flu hysteria or anything.

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