Random News Shit: NBA Players Gettin' PAID Edition

1) James Harden Gets 5-Year/$80 Million Deal From Rockets
And if his performance last night (37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals) is any indicator, he's worth every dime. How crazy would it be if Harden kept this up and started over Russell Westbrook in the All-Star game or challenged Kevin Durant for the scoring title? OKC fans would be sooooo pissed and it would be hilarious!

2) Warriors Give Stephen Curry 4-Year/$44 Million Deal
If you've followed me for awhile, you know I'm a big Steph Curry fan, so I'm happy to hear this, I just hope his ankle holds up and he doesn't become the modern day Grant Hill.

3) Jrue Holiday Gets $41 Million Extension From Pistons
Seems like a lot, but the kid can ball, so I'm good with it.

4) DeMar DeRozan Signs $40 Million Extension With Raptors
Hopefully some of that money is for him getting robbed in the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest. Hey, does this mean he's now richer than his college teammate Lil Romeo? I think it might.

5) Bulls & Taj Gibson Agree On $38 Million Extension
What a steal! Taj is clearly better than Carlos Boozer, and he got a max deal. Taj might've wanted to consider testing free agency.

6) Knicks-Nets Game Postponed
Damn, now I guess I gotta watch that dreadful Chiefs-Chargers game. Fuck!

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Golden State Get "New" Logo & Jerseys

Welp, there they are, the jerseys Steph Curry and crew will be wearing for the 2010-11 season. We can only hope they look better in real life.

I very well could be wrong on this, but I'm going to venture to say no franchise in NBA/ABA history as had more jersey changes than the Warriors of Golden State. the Philly 76ers come to mind, but I don't think they've had 11 uniform changes under their belt. Again, I could be wrong.

You can check out pics of the Warriors jerseys through the years after the jump.

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A Few Thoughts On The NBA Draft

Obviously I was too busy celebrating Michael Jackson's legacy to pay much attention to the NBA Draft.

First off, I see Blake Griffin didn't heed Bill Simmons advice and run for the hills and away from the Clippers. That's a decision he'll regret in a few years. Hasheem Thabeet too. Thabeet is destined to be Stromile Swift 2.0 lol.

Anyway, how does Ricky Rubio fall to #5?? Nobody needed a super-talented point guard?? Well Minnesota needed just that. In fact, they needed it so much that they picked a 2nd point guard after him in Jonny Flynn...and then a 3rd in Ty Lawson with the 18th pick (though they traded Lawson to Denver for a future pick). Not choosing Bill Simmons is working out great for the T'Wolves lol.

The Knicks can pretty much say goodbye to ANY chance that LeBron might come there to play in 2010 when they weren't able to get Stephen Curry at #8. Golden State wisely choose him 7th overall. Going back to the T'Wolves, if they were gonna picked 2 PGs back-to-back wouldn't it have made sense of the 2nd one to be Steph Curry?? Rubio can't shoot but he's a great passer and floor general and you could move Curry to SG and have him be like Iverson in '00-'01. But that would've made too much sense for Minny and they took two players that can't play at the same time lol.

I gotta feel bad for Jordan Hill because 1) he's going to the Knicks, 2) he got booed something crazy last night, and 3) he's going to the Knicks! Add Brandon Jennings to the list of players I feel bad for too because he goes from playing in L.A. to playing in Rome to playing in Milwaukee. Tough break nigga lol.

I don't care to go any further because any draft that has Tyler Hansbrough going 13th overall is obviously not worth the words. No disrespect to him, but if he's the 13th best player in your NBA draft class, that's not saying much. Then again, with MJ passing, it was appropriate that we had a weak draft class because now I don't feel bad for missing the draft lol.

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Stephen Curry Enters The NBA Draft

No surprise here. If I had a NBA team, I'm trying to get this guy! I love his quickness, passing ability, and of course that pure jumpshot. I don't think he'll end up going high in the draft (he might even slip to the 2nd round), but a lot of teams could use a good shooter around their superstar.

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Dick Vitale To Call 1st NBA Game Since 1984 Tonight!

Yes, yes, y'all! Tonight's Heat/Nuggets game (9pm ET) will be called by none other than Dicky V himself, Dick Vitale! He hasn't called an NBA game since May 17, 1984! I can't wait.

Check out this video where ESPN actually shows old footage of the last NBA game Vitale called:



That's classic! How about that Milwaukee Bucks' logo! How wack was that shit?? Can't forget Greg Gumbel's sick 80s 'fro. That shit looks prime for a late-80s jheri curling lol.

Anyway, besides Dicky V and Dan Shulman calling the Heat/Nugget game at 9, ESPN's regular broadcast team of Mike Tirico, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, will be calling the Davidson/Duke game at 7. This shit be a good night of Hoops! I hope Stephen Curry drops 40. Its a shame Carmelo won't be playing tonight too.

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