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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Hedo Turkoglu, Dancing Machine

Recently, Toronto Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu sat out a game due to a stomach virus which stemmed from a possible night out of partying in Toronto.

Well, we know that Hedo loves to party but who knew that he would taking his partying out to the street by dancing in broad daylight and grinding on some stuff.

Wait, it's just The Basketball Jones Tas Melas in a Hedo Turkoglu ensemble. Eh, it's still worth a view in my opinion.

Grind Tas! Grind!



(Courtesy of The Basketball Jones)

Sacramento Kings CRIBS: Jason Thompson Edition

When MTV created a television show like, "MTV CRIBS", I thought to myself who would watch this sort of show. Well, it's last for over 16 seasons and still going strong.

The Sacramento Kings decided to do their own version of "MTV CRIBS" and called it, "At Home with...(Insert Name of Sacramento Kings Player Here)".

In the below video, we get to take a tour of forward Jason Thompson's humble abode.



(Courtesy of Cowbell Kingdom)

The Steve Blake/Andrew Bogut Brewhaha

During last night's Bucks-Clippers game, Clippers guard Steve Blake stole a pass from Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova for a basket.

Many people including some Bucks players thought that Blake should have been called for a foul. Well on the next play, Bucks center Andrew Bogut set a hard screen against Blake which he took exception to.

Then we had a mini-tussle between Bogut-Blake which eventually merged into Brandon Jennings vs. Steve Blake and Bogut vs. Travis Outlaw.

After the end of all that, only three technical fouls were issued.





(Courtesy of Clippers Blog and You Been Blinded)

Flip Murray's Insane Near Buzzer-Beater

During last night's Suns-Bulls affair nearing the end of a third quarter, Chicago Bulls guard Flip Murray was trying to recover a bad pass thrown by Derrick Rose.

Murray then launched a shot near the basket that somehow went in.

The only problem for Flip was that the shot didn't count since he released it a couple milliseconds late. Despite that, it's still an impressive shot.



(Courtesy of The Sports Geeks)

Ladies Look at Your Man, Now at Caron Butler

Usually, I'm not a fan of these NBA arena parody clips mainly because most of the time they are not really funny.

However this clip featuring the Mavs Caron Butler takes the cake as he does a parody commercial spot for "Mavs Musk" which uses this classic Old Spice commercial.



"Those Mavericks playoff tickets are now diamonds"

(Courtesy of Land O' Lakers)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Nets Avoid Record for NBA Futility...Lame with a Capital "L"


Last night, the New Jersey Nets beat the San Antonio Spurs to clinch their 10th win of the season to prevent tying the NBA's worst record in it's history by the 1972-1973 Philadelphia 76ers at 9-73.

For Nets fans it was a relief that their team will not be mentioned as the worst of all-time and will only have to share one of the worst marks in NBA history with the Los Angeles Clippers/any incarnation of the Grizzlies/Dallas Mavericks.

However, they spoiled a chance at a record that most people thought was impossible to even get to. For non-NBA fans, most teams average between 28-35 wins per season which makes it almost impossible to even get close to a single digit winning season. Most of you are probably asking, why is it so tough to lose that many games? Well, there are some games you win based on luck, your teammates putting in the effort, and due to the grueling/massive schedule of the NBA. That's why there have only been a handful of teams to even sniff single-digit wins.

The Nets were that one team that had a chance to break that record due to their injuries, front-office turnovers, and mediocre bench. The Nets had a possible legacy moment that would have be remembered forever. Well, that's now gone and they will be forgetten for having a terrible season.

There isn't even a positive for the Nets to gain a couple of wins since due to the NBA Lottery, the Nets are not even guaranteed of the overall #1 pick. If you going to be one of the worst of all-time, you have to gain something out of it.

I have some sinking suspicion that the basketball gods might not look favorably on the Nets with winning their 10th game of the season with a shot at immortality on the line.

(You can start printing your "John Wall 2010" t-shirts Minnesota Timberwolves Fans. You are going to win the 2010 NBA Draft Lottery! Now you can have a trio of young point guards to play next season.)

In the end, the Nets are losers even when they win.

Bruce Willis Weird Interview at Hornets/Lakers Game

During Monday Night's telecast of the New Orleans Hornets/Los Angeles Lakers game, Cox Sports Victor Howell thought he got a great interview with movie star Bruce Willis.

Willis is in New Orleans making a movie called "Red" where he plays a former black-ops agent trying to re-assemble his old team to survive an assasins hit.

Well, the interview itself is rather interesting to say the least since it appears that Willis mind appears to be elsewhere when doing the interview.



Victor Howell: "What do you think of the game here so far?"

Bruce Willis: "Hard to say. What do you think? It's tight, right?"

Classic.

(Courtesy of Ball Don't Kerby)

Mark Cuban's Just Making Words Up Now....UPDATED



UPDATE- It's come to my attention that discombobulated is the correct spelling of the word. The original joke of the post was supposed to be about his language use. Whoops on our part, we regret any mistakes that this might have assumed towards the language constructs of Mr. Cuban. To note, discombobulated is still a funny word and this post have been updated to reflect that

Although this may surprise you, I actually am a fan of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. I know this comes as a shock to many of you but I guess there is still a part of me that wants to be a billionaire owner of an NBA team.

Well, he recently did an interview with The Ticket 1310 AM in Dallas about an upcoming matchup with the Denver Nuggets and Cuban got to use a funny word.

We get more from the Dallas Morning News:

Mark Cuban had an afternoon visit with our friends at The Ticket (1310 AM), and he said that the Denver Nuggets who visit AAC tonight are "discombobulated right now.''

It's true. The Nuggets have lost four of five, including three of four on the road trip that ends tonight.

It's been tough without Kenyon Martin. The Nuggets have at times had trouble rebounding and they certainly aren't as physically imposing, even with 7-footerJohan Petro starting in place of Martin.
Man, I haven't heard the word discombobulated in awhile. It's a real word, right?

(Double-checks dictionary)

Yep, it is. Crap, that just voided the entire title of the post. Someone, cue keyboard cat.



(Courtesy of The Dallas Morning News)

Beavis and Butthead Diss Shaquille O'Neal and Fu-Schnickens

Remember Beavis and Butthead? It's been awhile since I have personally seen an episode but this below clip is defintely a classic.

For those of you that don't remember, Beavis and Butthead would watch music videos and then make fun of them.

Below is a clip of them dissing the Fu-Schnickens music video featuring Shaquille O'Neal called, "What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock?)"



(Courtesy of NESW Sports)

Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Can Do Some Awesome Jet Ski Stunts

Recently, CBS's 60 Minutes aired an interview with Nets Billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov which touched on a variety of subjects from his wealthy lifestyle and his plan to buy the New Jersey Nets.

One of the more interesting subjects that was touched on in the interview was his love of jet-skiing. Well, I came across this clip of Mikhail jet-skiing in the Maldives back in 2009 and he can do some pretty wicked things on a jet-ski.



I'm just saying Mark Cuban better brush-up on his jet-skis skills now before Mikhail Prokhorov becomes the most popular owner in the NBA.

(Courtesy of The Big Lead)

Monday, March 29, 2010

The Rules of Gravity Do Not Apply to JJ Barea's Shot

The one thing that I did learn from science class was that if an object is thrown up into the air based on the laws of gravity, it must come down.

However that law doesn't seem to apply to Mavericks guard Jose Juan Barea during last Thursday's Portland Trail Blazers/Dallas Mavericks affair when his shot got stuck on the back of the rim.

The Lunch Heard Round New Jersey - Nets CEO to Have Lunch with Paper-Bag Wearing Fan


Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we mentioned a story about New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark yelling a fan wearing a paper-bag over his head during a Nets loss to the Miami Heat last week.

Well, Yormark and the paper-bag guy (named Chris Lisi) are burying the hatchet in the term of good public relations for the Nets. They will meet for a televised lunch to discuss the fate of the Nets franchise tomorrow at 12pm on the New Jersey Nets website. Seriously, I'm not kidding.

We get more from New Jersey.com:

The chief executive of the Nets will have lunch with a fan who recently wore a brown bag over his head to protest the team's woeful season.

Nets CEO Brett Yormark and Chris Lisi of Middletown will sit down for lunch Tuesday at the Nets' headquarters.

Lunch, of course, will be brown-bag style.

Yormark had a brief heated exchange with Lisi a week ago after seeing him with the brown bag on his head during a game.

The meeting will be streamed live at www.njnets.com. Yormark and Lisi will be joined by Nets radio broadcasters Chris Carrino and Tim Capstraw.
To be honest, I'm not one of those people who think sthat ownership should have to listen to the common fan when it comes to running their franchise but I am a fan of good public relations.

It's nice to see the Nets turn a negative into a positive for once this season and I will commend them for doing something with this strange situation.

Maybe at least now, the Nets can focus on other things like the clean-up on aisle five.

(Courtesy of New Jersey.com)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Dwayne Wade vs. Andy Roddick: Tennis Court and Basketball Court

We all know that Miami Heat superstar Dwayne Wade is king on the basketball court but I have a sinking suspicion that he doesn't spent alot of time on the tennis courts.

Recently, Wade was making an appearance at the ATP Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and got to hit the tennis ball around with tennis superstar Andy Roddick.

After Wade's failure on the tennis court, he and Andy got into a little game called HORSE.



I think Andy Roddick missed out on his calling in life, being the 11th man on the New Jersey Nets bench.

(Courtesy of The Sporting Blog )

Steve Nash High-Fives his Teammates....Alot

In my opinion, there are many useless statistics that people use to quantify winning in the National Basketball Association but this might be a stat that I could wrap my head around.

Recently, the Phoenix Suns sent out an intern to watch how many times that Steve Nash high-fived a teammate during a home game.

The number itself may shock you.....



239 hand-slaps during an NBA game; that's pretty impressive to say the least but you have to love the reaction that Amar'e Stoudamire gives the intern after receiving the award for most slaps on the rear-end.

I'm willing to be Amar'e was thinking along the terms of "Pause...No Homo".

(Courtesy of Both Teams Played Hard)

Friday, March 26, 2010

Scout Taylor-Compton







Here are some photos of actress Scout Taylor-Compton with her friends and fans.

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The Best of Ernie, Kenny, and Charles in Chicago

I figured that most of you were more worried about the college basketball betting from last night than the first game of the NBA on TNT doubleheader between the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat.

Well, Ernie Johnson/Kenny Smith/Charles Barkley from Inside the NBA were broadcasting the game in Chicago and here were some of their best moments.



Man, I didn't know that Charles cared so much about "The Mentalist".

UPDATE-I'd figure that I would also attach the Neat-O Stat of the Night where the substitute guys in the studio: Matt Winer, "El Luchador" Kevin McHale, and Chris Webber decided on a number grade for the performances of EJ/Kenny/and Charles.



That clearly did not surprise me that Charles in regards to sports betting would bet against himself.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Random Shaq Cameo in Music Video - Owl City's "Vanilla Twilight"

Before I saw this music video, you probably could have convinced me that Owl City was the title for the latest tween reading material.

However, they are a synthpop music group from Minnesota and this is the latest video for their song, "Vanilla Twilight."

Dispersed throughout the video are shots of Shaquille O'Neal just staring at the sky in wonderment and witnessing the power of it.



I'll be the first to say it, I think we need more random cameos of Shaquille O'Neal in music videos.

(Courtesy of FilmDrunk)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Inside the NBA Crew does The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

On Monday's edition of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, TNT's Inside the NBA crew over Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley decided to partake in a interview session with Jay Leno.

In the interview, they touch on a myriad of topics from playing pranks on Charles Barkley to the NCAA Tournament. I have also included the cold open to the show which features Jay Leno, Charles Barkley, and Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir.





Stephon Marbury's Back to Back to Back Three-Pointers in Chinese All-Star Game

The last time we talked about former NBA player Stephon Marbury here on That NBA Lottery Pick, he recently signed a contract to play with a Chinese Basketball team and had played in his first professional game in China.

Now, this video of Marbury is making the rounds as he played in their All-Star Game and hits three consecutive three pointers from distances somewhere near the Yangtze River.



(Courtesy of With Leather)

Nets Sink to New Low: Nets CEO yells at Fan Wearing A Paper Bag on his Head


Just when you thought that things couldn't get worse for the New Jersey Nets, they find a way to sink to a new low.

During last night's loss against the Miami Heat, Nets CEO Brett Yormark yelled at a fan for wearing a paper bag on his head. Yep, he yelled at him for wearing a paper bag on his head.

We get more from the New York Daily News:

One of the Nets' top executives showed more fight Monday night than most of their players have all season.

CEO Brett Yormark, usually one of the most fan-friendly executives in the league, got into a heated confrontation with a spectator during the Nets' 99-89 loss to the Heat at the Meadowlands. The loss - the team's 14th straight at home and eighth straight overall - put the Nets at 7-63 and kept them on pace to break the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers' record of 73 losses in a season.

With the Nets trailing 79-67 between the third and fourth quarters, Yormark left his courtside seat and passed Chris Lisi of Middletown, N.J., who was sitting in the second row and wearing a paper bag over his head. Yormark then walked back toward Lisi, and in full view of reporters and photographers got into a shouting match with Lisi and a pal.

As Yormark jabbed his finger toward Lisi as he shouted something, Lisi pulled out a pair of tickets and waved them back at the CEO, who then stomped away as security personnel approached.
Hey, I can understand that's it's been a tough season for the New Jersey Nets this year but there is a line that people within the organization shouldn't cross when dealing with unruly fans.

The one positive that you can say came from this, someone associated with the Nets actually showed some fight this season.

(Picture and Information for this story provided by The New York Daily News)

Monday, March 22, 2010

New York Knicks Cheerleader FAIL

If I know anything about the laws of gravity, it is that a body suspended upside-down it needs to flip over to return to it's original state of being.

One of the members of the New York Knicks City Dancers learned that the hard way as she fell during a routine at Madison Square Garden.



I think it's certain that Isaac Newton would have approved of that clip.

(Courtesy of Bob's Blitz)

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Ladies of Friends Love This Game and John Stockton's Short Shorts

Remember when we all watched Friends? Okay, I was probably not one of those who did but back in the 1990's, it was a ratings hit for NBC.

Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow were the female leads on that show and below is the commercial they did for the NBA's, "I Love This Game" campaign where they discuss the important topic of John Stockton's short shorts.



I still think John Stockton is still proud of this moment.

(Courtesy of A Stern Warning)

Deron Williams Does The Chicken Dance

Usually, when I write titles for That NBA Lottery Pick, I try my best to come up with some creative or interesting title that could drag the reader in.

Essentially with this clip, I couldn't come up with one. To be honest, it's pretty self-explanatory.

So I present to you, Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams doing the chicken dance in a win against the New Orleans Hornets.



(Courtesy of SLC Dunk)

Andrea Parker












Here are some photos of actress Andrea Parker.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Andrea Parker










Here are some photos of Actress Andrea Parker, best known as the sexy Miss Parker on the show: The Pretender with Michael T. Weiss, who plays the main character Jarod.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

So Mark Jackson and Michael Clarke Duncan are in a Restaurant...

For some reason, I have a sinking feeling that most of you did not tune into watch the second part of this week's NBA on ESPN Wednesday Night Doubleheader between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Well, ESPN color commentator Mark Jackson made it interesting by deciding to rip on actor Michael Clarke Duncan during the telecast by telling this story about the time Duncan forgot to pay his check at a restaurant.



Wait, a second. I thought Michael Clarke Duncan was a Lakers fan. Man, The economy is even taking it's toll on Hollywood actors, whose next, bloggers?

(Courtesy of With Leather and You Been Blinded)

Kenny Smith's "March Madness Yeast Infection"

With the start of NCAA March Madness occuring today, I think it was a good time to replay this classic clip from Inside the NBA.

Back in March of 2009, Kenny took a day to watch the NCAA tournament and the crew had a little fun at his expense.

Charles decided that Kenny took the time off to deal with another ailment.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Maybe I Should Join the "Rick Fox Basketball School of Acting"

Former Boston Celtic/Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox was trying to expand his mind back in October of 2009 when did a couple of skits with the Los Angeles-based Improv group called, "ACME Company".

Well, this is my favorite improv bit that he did with them called, "The Rick Fox Basketball School of Acting."







(Courtesy of You Been Blinded)

Steve Nash Supports "Earth Hour"

It seems like everywhere you go around this world wide interweb, Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash keeps showing up.

In the below clip, Nash does a Public Service Announcement for the World Wildlife Federation for Earth Hour.

For those of you that don't know what Earth Hour is, click on this link.



For those of you playing at home, the date again is March 27th at 8:30pm local time.

Mike Bibby, Touched by Josh Smith

I'm not really sure what Atlanta Hawks game this clip comes from but more about the actions of one, Josh Smith that makes this video absolutely hilarious.

During a time-out, Josh Smith starts touching Mike Bibby on the shoulder for some reason and continue for a couple seconds.

Then all of a sudden, Bibby gives Smith the universal look of "stop touching me".



I think the term, "Pause...No Homo" was created for this clip.

(Courtesy of The Baseline)

Rooney Mara


Here are a couple photos of actress Rooney Mara.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Yvonne Strahovski


Here are sites related to austrailan actress Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Sarah Walker on Chuck. For more on Yvonne and her character, go to these sites:

2010 NBA All Stars and Boyz II Men "NBA Idol" Skit

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Our friends over at Stachketball recently found these clips that were shown during the 2010 NBA All Star Game in Dallas.

The famous pop group, "Boyz II Men" did a couple skits for NBATV where they tried to find the best voice in the NBA.

What they found out was that Pau Gasol can rock, "Time after Time".





(Courtesy of Stacheketball)

Chris Paul Parodies "Paranormal Activity"

For the record, I have not seen the horror movie, "Paranormal Activity" but I'm pretty sure that I will be able figure out the gist of the below clip.

In the below video, Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets parodies the movie with some surprisingly funny results.



(Courtesy of NBA Fanhouse)

Steve Nash's "Balls" and Robin Lopez...I Smell Sitcom

Unless you have been under the preverbial blogosphere rock, you have probably seen a clip created by Steve Nash's production company called, "Meathawk".

Below is the latest offering featuring Robin Lopez eating some sausage and well, Steve Nash making him as unconfortable as possible.



(Courtesy of Slam Online)

Monday, March 15, 2010

WOOOO! The NBA Jam on Wii Trailer is Out!

Recently, EA Sports announced that they would be making a current version of NBA Jam for the Nintendo Wii.

Well, below is the first high-definition trailer for the game from Gametrailers.com.



Finally, I'll be able to use "Boomshakalaka" on a regular basis again without the dirty looks from people.

(Courtesy of A Stern Warning)

Brandon Jennings Under Armour Commercial

One of the nice stories of this NBA season is the emergence of Bucks rookie guard Brandon Jennings.

Recently, he did a commercial for Under Armour which casted Jennings in the light of the underdog and the work he put in to make it to the NBA.



Props to Under Armour, that was a very well done commercial and "I Will".

Steve Francis Digs for Nose Gold

It's been awhile since we heard from former NBA player Steve Francis and I guess you can say that he has been busy spelunking....in his nose.

Recently Francis attended a game between the Orlando Magic-Washington Wizards in Washington D.C.

The people over at SunsSports decided to show him camera as a former Magic player but Francis was busy picking his nose.



Hey guys, give Steve a break. He ran some pretty good, "pick and roll" plays when he with the Magic.

(Courtesy of Detroit4Lyfe)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian Dish on George Lopez Tonight

Recently, Lakers forward Lamar Odom and his celebrity wife Khloe Kardashian appeared on the George Lopez Tonight to dish about a variety of subjects.

Some of those included Lamar's love of candy, meeting Barack Obama at the White House, and using IChat to well......how do I put this in the most creative way?

"Turn on each other's sprinklers"



(Courtesy of Hooped Up)

Andrea Parker








Here are some photos of Actress Andrea Parker, best known as the sexy Miss Parker on the show: The Pretender with Michael T. Weiss and Desperate Housewives's James Denton and the show Less Than Perfect with Sara Rue and Chuck star Zachary Levi. For more on Andi, go to these sites:
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