Dwight Howard doing Dwight Howard stuff.

PRESENTING: OFFICIAL NBA-OFFSEASON MERCH!

For all the hoops nerds out there, we have decided to launch an official storefront (powered by Spreadshirt) featuring our original designs.

Our first tee is an homage to a fallen NBA franchise (and also one of my favorite teams growing up), as well as one of the sport’s all-time classic logos. This one’s for you: bitter Sonics fan. Now you can support OKC (which after their playoff performance and with Durant being the future of the NBA, how can you not?) while still holdin it down for Detlef, Gary, and Shawn. Even comes in the classic green/yellow for all you Sonicsgaters.

Special shoutout to twoeightnine for the inspiration.

Visit: http://nbaoffseason.spreadshirt.com/ to purchase

(waxandmilk)

Now you have to play in those shitty, sateen Heat jerseys…

Seriously, LeBron?

Good Read Round-Up:

Hardly a King by Michael Rosenberg

LeBron Sound-Off by William J. Simmons

The New Underdogs by Scott Carefoot

Easy Come, Easy Go by Adrian Wojnarowski

Neither Royal, Nor Loyal by Bill Plaschke

And one parting thought of my own on the last month:

This offseason, replete with the LeBron circus and Chris Bosh acting like he’s a top 20 player in the league, following a year in which multiple teams gave away players for pennies on the dollar to their competition, combined with the upcoming lockout after owners dumped egregious amounts of cash into HORRIBLE players (Amir Johnson, I’m looking at you), all in the shadow of a recent referee scandal that should have rocked the league to it’s core, has me just a little bit nervous that the NBA is circling the drain.

Everyone’s talking about it, but everyone talks about Lindsay Lohan too.  I don’t think any of this has been good for the league.

I wasn’t much of a hockey fan, but I watched the NHL crush my brother and his love for the Toronto Maple Leafs. If the NBA tries to separate me from the Lakers, I’ll fight and scream.

I’m just worried no one will be listening.

(photo credit to NYTimes)

(brainworks)

Derrick Rose, in a cloud of smoke and gang signs.