Video: Vintage MJ--Lesson from his Mama

Michael Jordan

Remember this?
"Concentrate on the rim" -Deloris


Just for fun...while you wait for the season to start!

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Love: Dwight Howard vs Royce Reed and the Baby

D Howard and baby

Dwight Howard and the mother of his son Royce Reed got into another battle and this time the police were called. Dwight went to pick up their two year old son from a daycare facility and Royce went crazy and called the police because it wasn't Dwight's day to pick up his son.

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Video: Chris Bosh's Miami

Get to know the happier, lighter side of Chris Bosh.  (It may just be me, but he seemed always a little testy in Toronto.) But now...he's on a boat!

Chris Bosh

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Off Season: LeBron's School Pictures

This is cute. LeBron's family portrait...it looks like at Walmart. Just kidding? Maybe...

LeBron and the boys

He twitpic'd this photo with this caption: My inspiration equals My Next Generation. Father&Role Model

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Tweet: Heat's Da'Sean Butler's Children's Story.

Da'Sean Butler

Uh...
this is a little wierd.
It's about a purple dinosaur.

Barney

Once upon a time there was a young boy named Da'Sean. Da'Sean was 22 years old and lived in Newark, NJ. While walking home from school one day, a Purple Dinosaur jumped out from behind a Brick Wall and tackled Da'Sean to the ground. But just when he was about to let out a scream for help, Da'Sean realized that the Purple Dinosaur was only licking his face, not trying to bite it off. At that moment, Da'Sean decided to keep the Purple Dinosaur as a pet. And on the way home he decided to name his pet Purple Dinosaur "Barney."

When Da'Sean and his new pet finally got home, guess who was standing on the front porch? That's right, it was Da'Sean's mother, Koreena. And boy was she surprised to see a Purple Dinosaur following Da'Sean into the yard! "What in world is that?" shouted Koreena. "It's a Purple Dinosaur," answered Da'Sean. "Dah, I can see that, Da'Sean, but what on earth is it doing here?" said Koreena. "It's my new pet!" answered Da'Sean. "Oh you think so do you?" remarked Koreena. "I wouldn't get your hopes up. You know how your father hates Purple Dinosaurs. But, well, I suppose you can keep him until your father comes home." And with that Da'Sean grabbed Barney by the scruff of the neck and led his new pet into the house-even though he knew his father was probably going to disapprove.

Once in the house, Da'Sean and Barney played and played, that is until Da'Sean's favorite television show, "Family Guy," started. At that point Da'Sean forgot all about Barney having an unsupervised run of the house. That is until half way through "Family Guy," when Da'Sean was brought back to reality when he heard his father shout, "OMG!! Da'Sean! Get your whoopie cakes in the Kitchen...NOW!!" With that Da'Sean rushed into the Kitchen to see what all the fuss was about. When he entered the Kitchen, there stood his father, Da'Sean Butler, pointing toward the Table. "Will someone please explain that?" asked his father. Then, as Da'Sean followed his father's finger to where it was pointing, he instantly knew what his father was so upset about. There, smack dab in the middle of the Table, the biggest pile of Dinosaur doo-doo he had ever seen! "I don't EVEN want to know how that got there," said Da'Sean Butler. "But you had better get it cleaned up now! And you had better get rid of whatever it is that could have done such a thing!"

Well, knowing his father as well as he did, Da'Sean knew there was no sense even asking his father if he could keep Barney for a pet. So without hesitation, Da'Sean set out to find where Barney was hiding. After a few minutes of looking, Da'Sean discovered Barney crouched beneath the table that Da'Sean did his Playing X-Box and reading books.
"Come on, Barney, it's time to find you a new home. And hey, don't look at me that way, I'm not the one who did the dirty deed on the Table!" scolded Da'Sean. "Thanks to you I'll never get to have my own pet Dinosaur!! And with that Da'Sean led Barney out of the house and down to the local Game Stop. They had a pet section and Da'Sean knew the owner would find Barney a good home. Da'Sean cried a deep cry. He had lost his only friend in the world.

So after saying good-bye to Barney, and thanking the owner of Game Stop, Da'Sean walked backed home and attempted to drowned his sorrows by slamming down a half dozen Root Beers. But Da'Sean's pity party came to an abrupt end when his father reminded him about the mess he had neglected to clean up. And low and behold, midway through the clean-up, Da'Sean suddenly became thankful that someone else was going to have to do it from now on.

The End.

Moral of the story: Sometimes you best friends can get your "whoopee cakes" n a lot of trouble be sure to listen to your parents they know what's best.

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Tweet: Complex Magazine's List of NBA Twitter Fails

If you want a good recap of all the tweets this and last year that have cost NBA public figures either money or dignity, well check out Complex.com's list of twitter fails.
It's quite entertaining.
http://www.complex.com/blogs/2010/08/31/log-off-a-history-of-nba-twitter-fails/

complex.com

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Off Season: Ron Artest Will Speak to Children About Mental Health

Ron Ron

This one is almost too good to be real.


Ron Artest is one of the most loveable players in the league. But he always throws people off every few months or so...he likes to keep us on our toes. We know he's just messing with us.
The last one was when he had everyone talking after the championship game when he gave his psychiatrist a shoutout in his amazing post game speech. The latest is the community work he'll be doing in Montebello, CA, next week. From Daniel Tedford of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune:

OK, maybe you need like a time and place, oh and the reason world champion Los Angeles Laker and game 7 hero Ron Artest is going to be in Montebello tomorrow.
Apparently, he has teamed up with Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (no, really, I'm serious) to raise awareness about mental health stigma's and advocate for the Mental Health in Schools Act, a.k.a. HR 2531.

That's right — Ron Artest is going to be speaking to kids in school about mental health. Oh yeah!

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Craziness: Prisoner Sues NBA Players

Melo and D-Wade

Ever wonder what goes on in a typical day for these guys? How about being sued by a looney toon that's already locked up?

Jonathan Lee Riches, in prison for wire fraud, spends all of his free time filing lawsuits against public figures. This week sees a new one, involving a number of prominent sports stars, and it is a doozy.

The Dallas Observer has the full text, but here's some choice allegations for you.

Carmelo Anthony told me he is going to kill me...I was his former boyfriend and we were in a sexual relationship in 2000...I used stolen credit cards to get him GNC vitamins and enemas to flush out his toxins.

Anthony melt my Popsicle. Anthony gave me a STD in 2001. Carmelo Anthony worked as a undercover narcotic cop in Baltimore and was snitchin.

Carmelo Anthony cheated on his wife LaLa with Dwyane Wade's ex-wife who gave Anthony fellatio in I-95 traffic.

Mark Cuban stole my credit cards and tried to buy the Texas Rangers with my money. Mark Cuban assaulted me serving ice cream at Dairy Queen.

Nolan Ryan threw 100 mph fastballs at my head and he and Robin Ventura beat me up at the Church of Jesus Christ.

Jerry Buss accused me of raping him and Kobe Bryant in Boulder at JonBenet Ramsey's house. Jerry Buss sold me Jeannie Buss on eBay and I was promised a Lakers janitor job when I get out of prison for less than minimum wage.

When I listen to ESPN Radio I get goosebumps and shivers because of the fear defendants caused me.

He also has one that  mentions Mark Cuban, Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura [Dallas Observer]

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Beef: A Former Short Players Jealousy

Tweet

Noted short person and former NBA player Muggsy Bogues confessed for some reason that he was jealous of Spud Webb's ability to dunk. [@muggsybogues]

Twitter is a funny thing man.

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Video: Jason Kid and some blogger

Wanna know what J.Kidd's been up to?

Jason Kidd

Of Course you do!

Here's the situation:

Stephanie Wei, who writes for the golf blog Wei Under Par, challenged Dallas Mavericks player Jason Kidd to a game of golf.


They both made some friendly wagers. It was decided that the loser must admit defeat via video at the end of the match. And if Jason won, Wei had to start every blog post for a week praising Kidd for being wonderful. And when the Mavericks come to New York to play the Knicks, Wei has to wear a Jason Kidd jersey as a dress. If Stephanie were to win, Jason would have to give a shout-out to her blog during an interview on TV, and he’d have to throw in court-side seats for the Mavericks/Knicks game.
Wei had time to ask Kidd some questions during their game, including what he thought of the Miami threesome. He said, “Man, they’ll be the team to beat, but you know, I just want to beat the Lakers. That’s all.” In the end, Jason Kidd was the victor so we’ve included her admission to defeat video below.



My Announcement of Defeat to Jason Kidd from Stephanie Wei on Vimeo.

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Spotted: Joakim Noah does Golf

Joakim Noah

Of all the shenanigans we've seen this offseason...I'm not even mad at this one.

Joakim Noah showed up for the annual Chicago Bulls charity golf tournament.

Is this outfit PGA approved?

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Hollywood: Shaq Goes Back to Acting

Kazaam

 

Finally! Shaquille O'Neal is taking his talents back to Hollywood.

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Video: Brandon Jennings Goes Gaga

Brandon Jennings

Dag-nam-it! I told you these guys have too much time in the off-season.


Check out Brandon Jennings dancing in front of his computer. *sigh*


Seriously, they need a hobby other than basketball.

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Love: Chris Bosh Engaged

Chris Bosh and Adrienne Williams

Now that the sun shines on him from South Beach, life is perfect so Chris Bosh proposed to his girl.

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Tweet: Carmelo Anthony Gets Testy

Carmelo Anthony

Denver's Carmelo Anthony finds himself in a lot of twitter beef lately. Didn't he just get married? You'd think he'd be busy...

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