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I love this SI feature on the fine art of the free throw distraction, but where’s the Delonte West-Gloria James pic that made me feel guilty for laughing?
Old Timey Photo: Magic Johnson kicking it with the OG MJ, Michael Jackson, from SI’s Photo Vault. Can anyone spot another famous person?
One of my best friends is a Wu-Tang head. We spent many a night together in college mimicking the onomatopoeia clap-trap of ODB and the rest of the Staten Island crew while blazing blunts and laughing at Redman’s MTV Cribs episode [please note Redman is NOT in the Wu-Tang]. Unfortunately for me, my friend is busy devising solar-powered instrumentation around Africa and Europe to facilitate potable water. He is not in the U.S., but we talk frequently via email and on the occasional phone call when he can afford the long-distance charges. He has a PhD, but he might as well have a second PhD in Wu-Tang. Recently, he sent me an email that blew my mind because I thought I had seen every Lin pun on record. To wit:
ShaoLIN shadowboxing, and the Wu-Tang sword style.
If what you say is true, the ShaoLIN and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous. Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?
So, to commemorate his email, here is a little Wu-Tang music, and a couple Lin articles I’ve enjoyed today.
- Beckly Mason on playing pick-up ball with Lin for HoopSpeak.
- Eric Maroun goes LINside the Numbers at Hardwood Paroxysm.
I miss my buddy a lot, but he’s doing amazing work.
The Miami Heat have the best record in the NBA and they’ve won 7 straight including a 5-1 record on a recent road trip (there only loss was to Orlando way back on February 8th). During this abbreviated season, their ability to get out to large leads through the first 3 quarters, allows them to rest their starters. Regardless of LeBron’s selfish disdain for this practice, it will help them come playoff time when other starters are exhausted after the NBA’s unfair sprint to the finish line in June.
According to HoopData, Miami is first in the league in offensive efficiency, and 5th in the league in defensive efficiency. They’re a juggernaut, and with LeBron as the frontrunner for league MVP, it could be an all-Heat year at the top of the standings and awards. Just scope LeBron’s numbers, and notice Wade is second in their rankings for Alternate PER.
For more LeBron MVP talk, check out:
- SB Nation where Tom Ziller continues to have LeBron in the top spot.
- Sun-Sentinel where Ira Winderman’s oeuvre continues to be ‘Bron-heavy.
- Sheridan Hoops where Chris Bernucca argues in favor of ‘Bron even as his boss thinks Kevin Love deserves some consideration.
- NBA Hangtime blog roundtable all agree it’s James.
When LeBron made his decision to go to Miami, this is what everyone feared. The Heat’s dominion on the Larry O’Brien trophy seems have started its reign. But, again, we’re all waiting until June. Anything is possible.
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![Continuing the Carmelo - Lin combination and whether it will work in New York, here’s what Carmelo Anthony thinks about him and Lin.
“‘I want Jeremy to have the ball,’ Anthony said. ‘Hands down, I want him to have the ball. I want him to create for me, create for Amar’e, create for everybody and still be as aggressive as he’s been in the past two weeks.
I want that. There’s going to be times I have the ball in the pick-and-roll situation, being a distributor and trying to be aggressive. But for the most part I want Jeremy to have the ball in his hands.’”
-Frank Isola
Also, it should be noted it was the Garden that leaked a story Carmelo told D’Antoni Lin should be getting time at the point. The clusterfuck and doublespeak in New York continues even as Lin continues to grace every periodical on the planet.
As the New York media salivates over Lin, I wish Charles P. Pierce had consulted me before his piece about the trevails of Internet hype for Lin during LinSanity.
[New York Daily News; h/t I Am a GM; Pic via BR]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/fuckyeanba/18088552452/1/tumblr_lztbd8YPXU1qbcs46)
Continuing the Carmelo - Lin combination and whether it will work in New York, here’s what Carmelo Anthony thinks about him and Lin.
“‘I want Jeremy to have the ball,’ Anthony said. ‘Hands down, I want him to have the ball. I want him to create for me, create for Amar’e, create for everybody and still be as aggressive as he’s been in the past two weeks.
I want that. There’s going to be times I have the ball in the pick-and-roll situation, being a distributor and trying to be aggressive. But for the most part I want Jeremy to have the ball in his hands.’”
Also, it should be noted it was the Garden that leaked a story Carmelo told D’Antoni Lin should be getting time at the point. The clusterfuck and doublespeak in New York continues even as Lin continues to grace every periodical on the planet.
As the New York media salivates over Lin, I wish Charles P. Pierce had consulted me before his piece about the trevails of Internet hype for Lin during LinSanity.
[New York Daily News; h/t I Am a GM; Pic via BR]
![I wonder why Colorado doesn’t think Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony will ever gel. Oh, right.
In other news on the Colorado/New York front, George Karl doesn’t think the Knicks will make it out of the first round.
I’m not usually of the same mind as Kenyon Martin (except I have some body art of my own), but he’s right about Karl. Dude needs to shut up about Carmelo and the Knicks and focus on the Nuggets.
[ESPN SportsNation Poll; Sports Ilustrated; Larry Brown Sports]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/fuckyeanba/18084854134/1/tumblr_lzt8wlTfHf1qbcs46)
I wonder why Colorado doesn’t think Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony will ever gel. Oh, right.
In other news on the Colorado/New York front, George Karl doesn’t think the Knicks will make it out of the first round.
I’m not usually of the same mind as Kenyon Martin (except I have some body art of my own), but he’s right about Karl. Dude needs to shut up about Carmelo and the Knicks and focus on the Nuggets.
[ESPN SportsNation Poll; Sports Ilustrated; Larry Brown Sports]
Dave Chappelle inside the Golden State Warriors locker room. Remember Chappelle Show? Yeah, it was mandatory viewing after an L* in college. You can hear various Warriors players riffing off his old sketches in the background as he talks with Stephen Curry.
*This is a sneaky way of saying, I’m was quite talented at cracking a Philly in the car with no lights.
h/t Hooped Up Online
