Ricky Ru-Bi-Ooooo with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists tonight.
I’d eat imaginary food with RU-BI-OOOO and The Love Boys if I had the chance.
photo via thespacejams
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Ricky Ru-Bi-Ooooo with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists tonight.
I’d eat imaginary food with RU-BI-OOOO and The Love Boys if I had the chance.
photo via thespacejams
Time to dance, Minnesota! The Timberwolves win again tonight, this time taking down the San Antonio Spurs.
The T-Pups have now won 6 of their last 9 games and sit just one game under .500. The Love-Rubio-Adelman era is off to a good start.
Photo via @TalkHoops
The Magic’s monumental implosion Thursday night in a contest in which they once held a 27-point lead, was, to say the least, responsible for inducing millions of facepalms across the land and all manner of fans’ skewering analysis. The scoreboard going into the half was 58-37, in favor of Orlando. But just how did the Magic end up in the hands of such an ugly fate, at the end of only 48 minutes? (I mean, it didn’t even go into O.T.!) NBA Playbook provides some video post-mortem.
Good read from Mike over at BuzzFeed:
On the first day of the season, TNT aired the “NBA Forever” commercial, and it was perfect. Since then, a few skilled fans created versions on YouTube showcasing the history of their teams. Are there enough NBA fans with video editing game out there so that every team can get a remix? Note: This is a thinly veiled call-to-action for basketball lovers to make more of these videos immediately.
I couldn’t agree with him more & it sure looks as though the gauntlet has been thrown down, especially when considering the tremendous quality we have seen in the first couple of editions made.
If you’ve created one of these videos, or know of one that has been made, pass a link along to our email at playoffsblog@gmail.com or in the reply box to this post. Let’s have one of these videos for every team by the All-Star break. If we can make this happen, I promise you we will not only link to your work, but maybe even have a tourney where we let your fellow NBA fans decide which one they like the most.
So, if you had the ability to green light just one of these tributes, what team would it be for? Lakers? Celtics? Knicks? How about the Sonics?
ESPN’s Chris Broussard and his “sources” are reporting that five teams will pursue Kenyon Martin afterhis team’s Chinese Basketball Association season. The CBA has a rule that prevents a player from signing with a different league until the completion of the season (regular and playoff). In the article, Broussard believes that Martin wouldn’t be able to sign with a team until mid February.
Teams in the hunt for Martin’s services are:
While Martin’s career may be in the decline, the Clippers could desperately use him off the bench to fill in for Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan. That same logic could be applied to the four other teams in the hunt for Martin.
As their respective CBA seasons comes to an end, Aaron Brooks, Wilson Chandler, and, J.R. Smith should be able to rejoin the NBA again.
Friday Night Flavors!
Who wins tonight?
Dear NBA, thanks for honoring the ABA. Now please burn these jerseys and leave no evidence.
For those that don’t know, the Clippers and the Girzz wore these atrocious uniforms to help celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the ABA. The Clippers were representing the Los Angeles Stars and the Grizzlies were in the colorway of the Memphis Tams.
Thanks but no thanks, NBA.
Shaq sports a Speedo. Shaqtacular stuff!
via nbamusings
The #KobeSystem spots have been hilarious. Not sure if that was their intent, but I’m loving their sarcastic-grandiose plots. Here’s all 5 of them.
You’re welcome.
Look at this basketball fan.
KEVIN GARNETT ENJOYS BAR FIGHTS…OR BALL FIGHTS
(h/t @tasmelas)
You guys, Stephen Jackson’s new Twitter avatar is awesome. (shoutout @cardboardgerald)
What did you guys think of the ABA throwbacks the Grizzlies and Clippers wore? I am personally digging these cardigan warmups though.
