Random News Shit: All-Star Weekend & Other NBA Headlines Edition

1) 2012 Slam Dunk Contest Contestants Set

Derrick Williams vs. Paul George vs. Iman Shumpert vs. Chase Budinger. I know you're excited!

Seriously, this line-up has to be the worst thing to happen to the Dunk Contest since that retarded wheel shit in 2002. And really, Chase Budinger? He very well might be the whitest person to ever participate in the Slam Dunk Contest. The NBA couldn't outsource and get Jacob Tucker and/or Terrico White to be in the Dunk Contest? At least we know what they can do.

I don't know, it could turn out to be a great Dunk Contest, but I won't come in with my usual excitement. Then again, maybe that's a good thing? Usually we're all amped and it slightly disappoints. This year no one will be expecting anything. Oh well, we'll see next weekend.

2) Rising Stars Line-Ups Picked
Is it the NBA's goal to fuck with the Rookie game every time there's a lockout? This game used to only be for rookies, then the '99 lockout happened and it become the Rookies vs. Sophomores. Now after the 2011 lockout, they've changed it to the Rising Stars Challenge where there's a field of rookies and sophomores that get drafted onto teams. If we've learned anything from the 2002 Dunk Contest wheel tragedy, it's that the NBA should stop fucking with their All-Star Weekend events.

Issue #2 with this event: Why are the teams lazily named "Team Shaq" and "Team Chuck"? They couldn't have had them come out with cool names like you would for your fantasy football team? Is it a must that we keep retarding our creativity by naming teams "Team [insert name of whoever's team it is]"?? Getting uniforms with the crazy team names should be the biggest problem, but even that could be solved by just letting them wear their team uniforms like they've done it the past.I just don't get it.

Anyway, Shaq's team is Blake Griffin, Jeremy Lin, Ricky Rubio, Markieff Morris, Kemba Walker, Landry Fields, Norris Cole, Brandon Knight, Tristan Thompson, and Greg Monroe. Chuck's team is Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Williams, Paul George, MarShon Brooks, John Wall, Tiago Splitter, Evan Turner, Gordon Heyward, and Kawhi Leonard. My only question is how in the heck did the 2010 #1 overall draft pick, John Wall, fall to the 12th pick in this draft?? Did they forget how he and DeMarcus Cousins dominated this game last year?

And with that being said, I've got to give the edge to Chuck's squad, though I will be rooting for Shaq's because he has the Heat's Norris Cole, Ft. Lauderdale's Brandon Knight, and the media's Linsanity. Oh yeah, and then there's these guys Blake Griffin and Ricky Rubio. That combo is a highlight reel waiting to happen.

3) J.R. Smith To Join The Knicks
This is great news for Eastern Conference teams because I can't think of anything the Knicks needed more than another high volume shooter that will take shots away from Jeremy Lin. Sweet!

4) Seattle Announces Plans For New Sports Arena
Too this won't bring them their Super Sonics. I mean, it could bring back they're name and uniforms, but it wouldn't bring back their actual team. You know, the one starring Kevin Durant that was stolen a few years back? Yeah, that team. If anything, they'll have to start from scratch like when the Cleveland Browns came back and watch their actual team ball out elsewhere. Bad times.

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Kevin Hart On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

You gotta love Kevin Hart! I'm glad he was able to recovery after that failed opening Wayne Brady/NSYNC joke. That shit was awful. Anyway, part 2 is after the jump.



And as a little bonus, here's K. Hart on Jermaine Dupri's Living The Life YouTube show, just fast forward to 1:24.

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Shaq Retires

Shaq tweeted this video earlier today and just like that his career is over. I don't keep stats of this, but he's the first pro athlete to retire via Twitter, right? Damn, things done changed.

Anyway, I'm glad Shaq finally called it quits because 1) it was terrible seeing him struggle to get up and down the court and 2) it was fucking weird that he was the oldest player in the league. I was 7 when Shaq came into the league, now I'm 26! That's insane to me.

Whatever, thanks for helping bring that first title to South Florida, you will be missed (until you find a way to get back on our TV screens again a la Charles Barkley).

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Random News Shit: NBA Playoff Preparation Edition

1) Manu Ginobili Hurts Elbow
Why in the FUCK was Manu playing in that game last night anyway?? If the starters were gonna play in the season finale, what was the point of them sitting out the Lakers game the night before? That’s completely retarded and I’m glad it happened because the Spurs were practically begging for this outcome with their old ass.

Good thing for them the X-rays were negative, but I’m happy with them at least getting a little scare for making such a dumb decision.

2) Jalen Rose Back On ESPN Saturday
If you were wondering where the hell Jalen Rose has been during the NBA coverage the past few weeks, he was serving a suspension for getting a DUI back home in Detroit. This Saturday he will be back in studio and ready for the playoffs. Good for him.

I’ll tell you what though, it’s a good thing he didn’t call any ladies sweet baby or an asshole like Ron Franklin or his ass would’ve been fired.

3) Shaq Back At Practice
Welp, I guess we’ll see how long this return from injury lasts for the Diesel because his last comeback was over within 6 minutes. It’s still unsure if he’ll be ready for the Celtics first 2011 playoff game against New York this Sunday, and if he isn’t, look the fuck out!

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Random News Shit: SportsCenter Edition

1) A-Rod Finally Blasts 600th Career Homer
I don't care what anybody says, this is quite monumental. Yeah, he's an admitted steroid users, but fuck it. He played through the steroid era, big whup, shit happens. And yes, I am just blabbing along because this is a baseball story and I have nothing of importance to say pertaining to it.

Only 162 more to catch Bonds!

2) Brett Favre: Back Already. Shocker.
Wow, just look at the shock on everybody face. Remarkable.

I like how today Brett says he never sent any text messages saying he was retiring, but conveniently didn't bother making a statement to refute the stories. One phone call to ESPN from his agent and story dead. Oh well, like I said yesterday, there was no way the NFL was going to let him retire so they can open the season with Drew Bress and the Saints vs. Tarvaris Jackson and the Vikings.

3) Shaq Signs With The Celtics
Good for Shaq and good for the Celtics. Their quest to re-form an early 2000's All-Star team is almost complete. So far they have Shaq, KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Jermaine O'Neal, and they own the rights to Rasheed Wallace. I say they add Allen Iverson, and re-add Stephon Marbury and Antoine Walker then BOOM! All of a sudden they have the most formidable team in the league if this were 2001.

That is the goal, right?? Oh okay, just checking.

Oh, and this just in, the Celtics will now offer rice pudding and prune juice at home games. And urinals will be installed behind both baskets. Oh yeah, and instead of risking injury playing during the preseason, the Celtics will instead be auditioning to be the next Viva Viagra band.

(Side note: So what's Shaq's new nickname gonna be?? The Big Shamrock? The Big Clover? Welp, being the racist city that Boston is, I'm sure the local will refer to him simply as "The Big Nigger.")

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Random News Shit

1) Lil Boosie Prison Sentence Doubled For Probation Violation
He was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and now he'll be doing for. Tough break.

Shout out to all the people saying "fuck the police" and all that. The police didn't sentence him and the police didn't make him violate the terms of his release. They're an easy scapegoat, but at some point people are gonna have to take accountability for their actions. Do I think the 2 year sentence was harsh for his crime?? Yes, of course, but don't give them a reason to give you more time. Especially when there was a possibility he'd only have to serve 1 year if he had good behavior. Niggas.

Anyway, speaking of niggas and prison...

2) DMX Owes IRS $1.5 Million In Back Taxes
You know the secretly saddest part about all these niggas that owe back taxes?? They, and DMX especially, made so much more money while they were hot than they actually owe the IRS. If you told me in 2000 that DMX would owe $1.5 million in back taxes in 2009, I would've probably laughed and said he could write a check and take care of that in a few minutes. Sadly that isn't the case for him at this point. He's not only fallen off, but he's fallen ALL the way off. Very sad.

3) Shaunie O'Neal Files For Divorce From Shaq
Wait a minute, didn't this already happen like 2 years ago?? You know what?? I think it did, but instead of Shaunie divorcing Shaq, Shaq was divorcing Shaunie. Yeah, I remember that because I did a celebritory Somebody's Gonna Get Pregnant piece on her sexy ass being single in 2007!

Whatever, this sucks for Shaq because he's gonna probably lose half of his shit, but I feel most sorry for Lebron. If he thought Shaq slowed down their offense in these first 7 games, he ain't seen nothing yet. Ideally all that's going on should make Shaq angry and play better, but at 37, I don't think that's gonna happen.

(Side note: Did you know Shaunie's real name is Va'Shaundya?? Come on black people, we gotta do better!)

(Side note #2: Now that we see how instantly good the Suns are now that Shaq's gone, is it safe to say Steve Kerr's trade to bring him to Phoenix was one of the all-time worst trades??)

(Side note #3: I can't wait for LeBron vs. D-Wade this tomorrow night on TNT!)

4) 50 Says Game & Buck Are Still Signed To G-Unit & Mobb Deep Isn't
M.O.P. being gone isn't news, we already knew they left last year, but I had no idea he dropped Mobb Deep. Didn't them niggas get G-Unit tattoos?? Welp that sucks lol. I should've known they were gone because I was just watching this video of 50 yesterday talking about one of his biggest regrets musically was jumping on Mobb Deep's track Pearly Gates. Should of been a red flag for me, but I missed it.

Now on Game and Young Buck, 50 needs to come out and define "kicked out of G-Unit" because he said that about about both Buck and Game and now he's saying their both still signed to the label. I guess he meant that they were kicked out of G-Unit the rap group, but he should've clarified that when he made the announcements they were gone.

And this is the label Beanie Sigel was dying to get to??

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Random News Shit: NBA Free Agency Edition Pt. II

1) Artest Plans To Sign With Lakers; Ariza Plans To Sign With Rockets
In all the time I've been a fan of the NBA, I don't think I'd ever heard of a situation like this where two players swap teams on the same day and are not involved in a trade. Free agents can't officially sign with a team until July 8th, but Ron Artest's deal will be 3 years and worth about $18 million while Trevor Ariza's will be... exactly the same thing! This is getting freaky lol.

Anyway, though Ron Artest has the bigger name, I'm not sure who got that better of this arrangement?? I mean both Artest and Ariza are great defenders who are capable of knocking down threes when needed. The only difference is that Ariza won't be getting all those open looks like he did when he played with Kobe.

How about the Lakers now though?? Kobe, Pau, Odom, and Artest?? If they can get some better play out of Jordan Farmar I think you can pretty much pen L.A. in as the favorites to be the champs again next season. And just in case you were wondering, yes my "09 Ariza = 08 Posey, 09 Lakers = 08 Celtics" theory from yesterday has officially been tossed in the trash can. Had to be done.

2) Shaq Introduced In Cleveland
Shaq said that he wants to "win a ring for the King" in his introductory press conference. I'm not so sure how that's gonna go with Ron Artest now a Laker, but it should get interesting. The Magic really let the LeBrons off the hook by most likely letting Hedo walk in exchange for Vince Carter, but who knows.

Oh yeah, Shaq also made an appearance on PTI today and Michael Wilbon offered some new Cleveland nicknames and the one Shaq liked the best was "The Big Witness Protection." I must say, I really like that one too and I think its all but settled at this point.

3) Riley Contacts Iverson About Joining Heat??
Now this is according to "insiders" so don't take it as fact, but if there's any truth to it Pat Riley is on one. Don't get me wrong, I love Allen Iverson, but he isn't what the Heat need at all. The Heat don't need another scoring guard, they need some consistent big men. Plus, where is he gonna play?? Are they gonna stunt Mario Chalmers' growth and put him on the bench?? You KNOW Iverson isn't coming off the bench. This is just a bad idea if you ask me. I'd much rather hear about the Heat trying to pursue Iverson's team mate last year Rasheed Wallace. Speaking of 'Sheed...

4) Celtics Bring Out Big Guns To Woo Wallace
"Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck, team president Danny Ainge, coach Doc Rivers and All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, all met with Wallace for three hours in Detroit"

Damn! The Heat need to do the same thing, but instead of coaches and team execs they should bring along the Miami Caliente. If you don't know who the Miami Caliente's are, they're Miami's team in the Lingerie Football League! More on them later, but I think that would definitely do the trick.

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Shaq To Rock No. 33 In Cleveland

As of right now, the Diesel is planning on going back to his college days and wear the number 33 when he suits up for the LeBron next season. That's right, soon that blank space will be filled by the double-3's. I guess he's gonna try to channel his old LSU self, but its still TBD on how that's gonna turn out. I mean, he couldn't just make Joe Smith give up that #32 jersey?? Joe probably won't even be on the roster opening night so it shouldn't be too hard lol.

Last but not least, have we come up with a new Cleveland-based nickname for Shaq yet?? "The Big Erie" doesn't do anything for me so its gonna have to be something associated with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Suns Trade Shaq To The LeBrons

Lets take a look at the trade specifics before I get into my opinion on it:

So the the LeBrons are getting Shaq and sending Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic's expiring contract to Phoenix along with the #46 overall pick in this year's draft and $500,000 in cash.

Okay, now put the spotlight back on me. Though this is actually not a bad deal for either team, it will NOT work for the simple fact that it doesn't help them beat the Magic. Hell, I'm not even sure if it helps them beat the Celtics (but lets hold off on them since we don't know about 1) KG's knee and 2) if Rondo and Ray-Ray will be there next season). If the goal is winning a title, this trade doesn't help them get passed the Magic. How does Shaq help you control 'Shard and Hedo?? The LeBrons aren't going anywhere if 'Shard and Hedo are at the 3-point line shooting wide open J's like they were in the Eastern Finals.

I don't think its physically possible for LeBron to play any better than he did this season. The only thing he could improve on is not taking all those long jumpers that earned him his "LeBrick James" title from Skip Bayless (speaking of Skip, damn I'm pissed off that Wimbledon is on and we can't get his reaction to this trade or T.O. getting cursed out on "Superstars" Monday). Shaq in the post clogging the lane is just gonna force LeBron to take more bad jumpers and not drive the ball to the hoop, which he's incredible at.

I mean, maybe if this was a few years back it would've worked, but not now. Not at 37. Don't get me wrong, Shaq had a nice little season last year, but 18 and 8 isn't the dominance in the low post that forced teams to make adjustments in the past. Like Bill Simmons said, "Cleveland's trade for Shaq was like someone buying homeowner's insurance 4 weeks after losing everything in a house robbery."And also, what do you do with Big Z?? Them on the floor at the same time would be an absolute disaster! I think they have to trade Z and someone else for another piece. They just have to.

The other part of this deal that's a problem for me is that it doesn't really help LeBron stay in Cleveland when he's a free agent after next season. Shaq is NOT bringing a title to Cleveland so this is really a one-year plan. They should have been building a long term team around LeBron all this time. I guess they can make a run at Chris Bosh after Shaq walks, but is Bosh gonna wanna live in Cleveland or down on South Beach?? I mean they'll have the money to pay him, but so will the Heat when they shed Jermaine O'Neal's contract next year. I know if I was playing in Toronto I'd much rather move to Miami than Cleveland. No question. Not even close.

Aight now the only thing left to be determined is what will Shaq's new Cleveland-based nickname be?? It'll definitely have something to do with either Lake Erie or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I guess we'll have to stay glued to his Twitter account to find out.

Oh yeah, and If you thought Kobe/LeBron was overhyped this past season, add Shaq to the equation and you ain't seen shit yet.

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Random News Shit: Insignificant Sports News Edition

1) Shaq Wants Kobe Win His 4th Ring
Okay, here's the actual "tweet": "thats right i am saying it today and today only, i want kobe bryant to get number 4, spread da word."

Well that's no fun. It would've been better if he said, 'fuck kobe, im going with the magic! tell that nigga to tell me how my ass taste!' lol. Then again, that would mean he's have to root for the guy he called a master of panic a few months back in Stan Van Gundy so maybe him taking the Lakers isn't much of a surprise.

More insignificance after the jump as Obama picks the Finals, Pietrus changes his shoes, Madden pisses off D. Hall, and T.O. can't find a home.

2) Obama Takes Lakers In 6 Over Magic
These Presidential picks are becoming an annual thing, huh?? Anyway, it looks like Shaq isn't the only one rooting for the Lake Show in the Finals as Mr. President sided with Kobe Tuesday on his plane ride to Saudia Arabia. So For Pres. O is 2 for 2 with his Presidential picks, lets see if he can swing 3 for 3.

3) Mickael Pietrus Will Not Where His Kobes In Finals
He better not have! That's common sense. It would've been actually news worthy if he said he was gonna bust Kobe's ass while wearing his shoes. That would've been epic lol.

4) DeAngelo Hall Isn't Happy With His 'Madden 10' Rating
I don't blame him, he's dropping a whopping 25 points from a 93 on 09 to a 68 on 10! That's MAJOR! EA Sports didn't even consider that he played half the season for the Raiders and the other half trying to pick up the Redskins playbook. I'm not saying he should still be in the 90s, but mid-80s would be more appropriate.

5) T.O. Having Trouble Finding A Home In Buffalo
If I'm T.O. I'm paying a penthouse suite at the Trump in NYC and living out of a hotel room in Buffalo. Who wants to buy property in Buffalo?? lol.

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Random News Shit: SportsCenter Edition

1) All-NBA First Team Announced
LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, and Dirk Nowitzki are your All-NBA First Teamers. Question: How is LeBron the only unanimous selection?? Not saying he shouldn't be (he definitely should), but how don't Wade or Kobe get it too?? Who is voting for these things?? We need to get me a vote in this shit for next year lol.


2) Taylor Returns To The Dolphins
Jason Taylor is returning home to South Beach for a reported $1.1 million for the 2009 season. This automatically gives them a scapegoat for inevitably going no better than 8-8 this season. Then they can dump him and be ready to compete again when they don't have the hardest schedule in the league in the 2010 season lol.

3) New Stadium to be Called 'Cowboys Stadium'
Well I don't love it, but whatever, they're still gonna lose the home opener against the Giants Week 2.

4) Shaq Pop Lockin'
This obviously isn't news, but Shap dancing is always hilarious lol.

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Either/Or: Sicker Pre-Game Introduction

Shaq going bowling


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LeBron's photoshoot



I'm gonna have to go with LeBron here, that shit was nice. Both were great though and I appreciate the guys out there having FUN because at the end of the day this is a GAME. Reminds me of the good ol' days before the National Football League turned into the No Fun League. Sad.

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Shaq Moves To #5 On All-Time Scoring List, So Why Is Everyone Talking About Twitter??

Shaquille O'Neal moved past Moses Malone for 5th on the NBA's all-time scoring list last night, so why am I hearing all this shit about Shaq using Twitter at halftime?? Who the fuck cares?? Besides, all he wrote was, "Shhhhhhh." How is that newsworthy?? The women's NCAA tournament can barely get a spot on ESPN's front page, but somehow Shaq writing, "Shhhhhhh," on Twitter at halftime is headline story. Ridiculous!

What's with Twitter anyway?? Most people didn't even know what it was last month, and now its like the biggest shit on the internet. Its maybe the biggest epic fail for America as a whole since electing George W. Bush President... twice. The site is basically Facebook (that is if Facebook only had status updates and nothing else). If you ever see a twitter.com/fiyahmuzik, just know its not me, that site is pointless.

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Heat Top Suns In Shaq's Return To South Beach

No happy ending for Shaq and the Suns as D-Wade and the Heat take them down 135-129. Wade had another incredible game and poured in 35 points, 16 assists, and 6 boards while Shaq put up 22 and 8.

It was another good game by Miami, but the big difference between this win and the loss to the Cavs Monday was the help Wade got tonight. Michael Beasley hit 28 and Daequan Cook hit 27, career highs for both. That's 55 points combined! Beasley also chipped in 9 rebounds and reigning 3-point champ Cook went 6-8 for three. If the Heat could get this kinda of effort off the bench on a nightly basis they'd be a real problem come playoff time.

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Random News Shit: Night In The Association

1) Marbury Makes His Celtics Debut
^^That is the happy man in the world right now lol. Tonight Stephon Marbury made his debut with the C's in a 104-99 win over the Pacers in Boston. Steph came off the bench and turned in 8 points on 4-6 in 13 minutes of use. He also added in a rebound, 2 assists, and a steal. Not bad, if he can keep this up it may work out for the Celtics after all.

(Oh yeah, and no there is no other #3 on the Boston's roster, I'm assuming he's worrying #8 for the same reason KG rocks #5, his regular number was retired.)

2) Hamilton Returns To The Starting Line-Up, Pistons Return To Winning
With Allen Iverson out due to injury, Richard Hamilton regained his spot in the starting line-up tonight and scored 31 points while helping the Pistons snap their 8 game skid. Michael Curry needs to join Terry Porter in the unemployment line because this was a common sense move to start Rip. They were 4-12 wth him coming off the bench! Hello!

The sad thing is that when Iverson does come back he'll probably be coming off the bench. Curry should use his fuckin' commin sense and start both Rip AND Iverson at the same time. News flash Coach Curry, Rodney Stuckey ain't that good. He wasn't good enough for Joe Dumars to send Chauncey to Denver and he isn't good enough to start over either A.I. or Rip. The nigga averaged 7.9 points and 3 assists a game over the 8 game losing streak. He should clearly be the odd man out. (And yeah he hot 22 tonight, but he only had 1 assist and I need more than that from my starting point guard.)

3) President Obama Sits Courtside, See's His Bulls Get Spanked By Wizards
The first President in 10 years to go see the a Wizards play. Then again, I guess Bush was busy fuckin' shit up for when Obama got in office lol.

Anyway, the Bulls got shellacked at the hands of the now 14-44 Wizards 113-90. Maybe the Wiz would play better if Barack came by more often lol. Here's a pic of him sitting courtside.

4) Jason Williams Denied Reinstatement
I still don't know why he retired in the first place. Hell, I don't even know why he left the Heat to sign with the Clippers in the offseason. I mean its not like he got traded or somebody put a gun to his head lol.

5) Shaq Erupts For 45 In Suns Victory
Where was this last night against the Lakers?? Anyway, they say this is the most Shaq has scored in 6 years and the first time he's hit 40 in 4 years. He also added in 11 boards so good for Shaq.

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Random News Shit: NBA Back To Business Edition

Some news and notes around the Association last night.

1) McGrady Will Miss Remainder Of Season
T-Mac will have micro-fracture surgery on his knee and miss the rest of the season. I'm shocked! Welp, so much for those "McGracy to Nets for Vince Carter" trade talks. I wrote something in late '07 suggesting maybe it was time for Tracy to call it a career. I think he ought to at least be considering it.

2) Shaq's shoe makes big impression on President Obama
I wonder what Mr. Pres is gonna do with that big ass shoe?? lol.

3) Suns score 140 as in Gentry's debut
And that includes a season-high 81 in the first half. Just like that, are the old D'Antoni, run and gun Suns back?? It was against the Clippers, but still, 140 is quite impressive. I feel bad for Terry Porter, but I think this really just emphasizes how bad a job Steve Kerr has really done as GM seeing he is the one who canned D'Antoni. If the Suns wanna turn this thing around, they need to get rid of Kerr.

4) Howard scores career-high 45 in win over Bobcats
A man sized stat line for Dwight Howard last night! How does 45 points, 19 boards, and 8 blocks sound?? Grown man stats right there.

5) Hornets overcome Durant's career-high 47, nip Thunder
One last time, why wasn't he playing Sunday again??

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West Wins All-Star Game 146-117; Kobe, Shaq Co-MVPs

Man, I was waaay off on this one huh?? lol I mean on Saturday I did say this game wouldn't be close... unfortunately I had the East as the blowoutter and the West as the blowoutee (yeah, I made those words up, fuck you lol). At the same time, I didn't expect all those shooters on the East to be so ice cold last night, or for Mike Brown to put Rashard Lewis in to guard Shaq lol. Its all good, Shaq had a helluva game and Kobe definitely had a helluva game so I'm happy with the out come. Kinda makes you wonder how many championships they'd have if Shaq stayed in L.A.??

As far as my picks go I went 3 for 6 on this weekend's events. I had Nate Robinson over Dwight Howard, Daequan Cook in the 3-pont shootout and Kevin Durant in the H-O-R-S-E game. I did pretty decent, I'm not mad.

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All-Star Reserves Announced; Melo, Jefferson Snubbed

Hit continue to unveil who else made the team.

EAST:

Player (Team)	Position
Chris Bosh (Raptors)	F/C
Danny Granger (Pacers)	F
Devin Harris (Nets)	G
Joe Johnson (Hawks)	G
Rashard Lewis (Magic)	F
Jameer Nelson (Magic)	G
Paul Pierce (Celtics)	F

WEST:

Player (Team)	Position
Chauncey Billups (Nuggets)	G
Pau Gasol (Lakers)	F
Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks)	F
Shaquille O'Neal (Suns)	C
Tony Parker (Spurs)	G
Brandon Roy (Trail Blazers)	G
David West (Hornets)	F

Damn, Carmelo Anthony didn't make the team?? He went from being a possibly starter to not making the team all together. Sucks because he and David West had pretty similar stats...only he would still be good without his point guard. If you take away Chris Paul, West is average at best.

I can't think if any Eastern conference stubs, but 2 others in the West are Al Jefferson and Kevin Durant. Al Jefferson had better stats than both Melo and D. West and Durant has really stepped it up this year, but both play on dreadful teams. Then again, so does Danny Granger and he made it averaging a single point more than KD.

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Random News Shit: NBA Headlines Edition

Here's some of your top headlines from Friday hoops.

1) Iverson, Pistons give Lakers their first loss
Final score: Pistons 106, Lakers 95. Kobe hit 29, but it wasn't enough as both A.I. and Rashad bust 25. Welp, like Iverson said after the game, we knew they weren't going 82-0 lol.

2) Billups, Nuggets give Celtics first home loss of the season
I watched this game after the Heat game got out of hand and the C's really weren't fuckin' with Denver at all. The Nuggets look like a new team without Iverson and Camby. If they keep playing like this they might actually get out of the first round this year.

3) Nets hand Hawks their second straight loss
After winning their first 6, they just dropped their 2nd straight. I hope these niggas don't turn out to be frauds.

4) Greg Oden record his first career double-double
He's progressing along just fine. He had 11 point, 11 boards, and 4 blocks in 24 minutes off the bench. AND he didn't get hurt lol.

5) Shaq leads Suns in points, rebounds, and assist in OT win over Kings
Did he have a flashback to 2000?? With Steve Nash serving his one game suspension for his involvement in Wednesday's shoving match and Barbosa gone because of the passing of his mother, the Diesel finished with 29, 13, and 6. On top of that, Grant Hill must've had a flashback to '96 because he finished with 22, 9, 4, and 4 steals.

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