Scrubs went to see Michael Jordan, Video. I never got that into Scrubs, but I could tell it was my kind of show. The random humor and well timed jokes are right up my alley. This is an old clip of the boys going to see MJ.
Turk never loses his cool.
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The Chevron: The No-Look Pass celebrates the one-year anniversary of “The Chronicles of Crotty” with an interview with their namesake, Mr. John Crotty. [The No-Look Pass]
The Dali: Pardeep Toor considers the Dunk Contest a step towards immortality for its legendary performances. [SLAM Online]
The English: Xiane shares about his conversation with Dork Elvis himself, Rockets GM Daryl Morey. [The Dream Shake]
The Fu Manchu: In the wake of the Gilbert Arenas/Javaris Crittenton drama, Mookie lists off 10 gun/weapon-related NBA nicknames. [A Stern Warning]
The Handlebar: A main point in the new collective bargaining agreement will be to “compress the difference” between the rich and poor in the NBA. [NBA Fanhouse]
The Horseshoe: A look at usage and efficiency statistics suggest that the Bobcats are better off with Gerald Wallace leading the team rather than Lebron James. [Queen City Hoops]
The Imperial: Sebastian Pruiti revisits how well the Nets have been playing under Kiki Vandeweghe’s drastically different style. [Nets Are Scorching]
The Lampshade: Dave Berri asks if the 2009-2010 Nets are the worst team ever. [Wages of Wins]
The Painter’s Brush: These days, Andre Iguodala is a hot commodity, and, according to Brendan Jackson, the only one that the Celtics should trade Ray Allen for. [Celtics Hub]
The Pyramidal: Zachariah Blott outlines 5 D-League players that are ready to step in and help teams in need. [Empty the Bench]
The Toothbrush: A study based on home attendance and winning percentage shows that the Clippers have the most loyal fan base in the NBA. Who would have thunk? [Wall Street Journal]
The Walrus: We know that Gilbert Arenas and Rod Benson are in the NBA Blogger Hall of Fame, but Rob Mahoney thinks you should also consider Tyson Chandler for his humanizing touch. [Hardwood Paroxysm]
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The Chevron: Peter Robert Casey compiles an additional 100 (to add to his original list of 150) reasons to love the game of basketball. [Peter Robert Casey]
The Dali: Zachariah Blott examines the trend towards using defensive stoppers at the wing rather than scorers. [Empty the Bench]
The English: Jon Krolik discusses the feasibility of a trade sending Andre Iguodala to the Cavs, and the ramifications such a trade would have. [Cavs: The Blog]
The Fu Manchu: Mark Ginocchio looks at how recent additions have bolstered the Nets’ bench. [Nets Are Scorching]
The Handlebar: Clark Matthews tries to understand why DJ White has not been receiving much playing time for the OKC Thunder. [Daily Thunder]
The Horseshoe: It’s no secret that the Lakers offense has not lived up to expectations this season, and here’s why. [Forum Blue and Gold]
The Imperial: According to Eric Freeman, Boston’s Big Three does not have much time left in the Elite. [The Baseline]
The Lampshade: Tom Haberstroh of HoopData takes a closer look at field goal percentage from different shot locations. [Hardwood Paroxysm]
The Painter’s Brush: In the latest “Waiting for Godunk,” Kevin Owens tells about his issues with a language barrier during his time spent playing in Korea. [SLAM Online]
The Pyramidal: Matt Hubert gives a primer on the 2010 D-League All-Stars and compares each to a current NBA player. [D-LeagueDigest]
The Toothbrush: Trey Kerby takes issue with the Thunder fans replacing Kevin Durant’s arms with Thundersticks. [The Blowtorch]
The Walrus: Rob Mahoney chronicles the Mavericks’ 4th quarter collapse against the Utah Jazz in the newest installment of “Moving Pictures.” [The Two Man Game]
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This commercial is fairly recent. Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter dunking… and dunking… and dunking…
It’s pretty funny looking at this since they’re not having very good seasons this year. I’m sure San Antonio and Orlando both wish they acquired THOSE versions.
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The Chevron: Continuing an ongoing series, here are the Rockets as characters from one of my favorite running comedies, Community. [The Dream Shake]
The Dali: Ben from BlazersEdge breaks down Nicolas Batum’s great defense against Dirk Nowitzki. [BlazersEdge]
The English: Jon Krolik tries to understand the reasons behind the Cavs’ seeming plodding, “methodical” offense. [Cavs: The Blog]
The Fu Manchu: Roger Pimental makes a rebuttal against Zachariah Blott’s article claiming that the statistics show Lebron is receiving preferential treatment from the officials. Very solid stat work here. [How To Watch Sports]
The Handlebar: Nothing against Blott though, here he is underlining the uncanny similarities between Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol. [Empty The Bench]
The Horseshoe: Timothy Varner makes the case that the Spurs sub-par play against the elite teams necessitate a drastic move at the trading deadline. [48 MoH]
The Imperial: While the Celtics might be searching for suitors for Ray Allen, trading the aging star might not be as easy as it seems. [Celtics Hub]
The Lampshade: Using Dean Oliver’s “Four Factors” model, Tom Haberstroh presents his “bi-weekly color bomb” of the “NBA in Polychromatic Form”, in which teams can be easily compared based on how well they rate on each of the factors. [Hoopdata]
The Painter’s Brush: The thrilling conclusion to the broadband feature film Who Shot Mamba? has finally arrived. [Who Shot Mamba?]
The Pyramidal: Former WVU star and current D-League player, Mike Gansey, is the newest contributor to Ridiculous Upside. [Ridiculous Upside]
The Toothbrush: Step into the Wayback Machine, and remember simpler times when Toni Kukoc won the 1991 Euro-something Dunk Contest in Sarajevo. [A Stern Warning]
The Walrus: Bethlehem Shoals pens a brilliant article about how Daryl Morey’s experiment with Trevor Ariza has gone horribly awry. (Note: I’ll probably link any article that claims that Ariza is terrible, but this one is genuinely good.) [NBA Fanhouse]
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The Chevron: The writers at 48oH are putting together a 4-part series detailing the pros and cons of different trade scenarios and ideologies for the San Antonio Spurs. [48 MoH]
The Dali: Brett LaGree checks back in with his season-long look at the Hawks’ backcourt defense. [Hoopinion]
The English: Though it may not look like it, the Nets are figuring out how to win. [Nets Are Scorching]
The Fu Manchu: Royce Young looks at some film and tries to figure out how the Thunder can play within their offense. [Daily Thunder]
The Handlebar: Brian Spencer lists off the NBA’s most “consistent inconsistent” players. Notably absent, Trevor Ariza. [Empty the Bench]
The Horseshoe: Ryan McNeill explains how Chris Bosh was able to adjust to the defense played on him by the Indiana Pacers and exploit it to secure a win. [Hoops Addict]
The Imperial: Tim Donahue attempts to predict where the Pacers will finish this season. [Eight Points, Nine Seconds]
The Lampshade: Dave Berri uses Win Shares to figure out who has been the best sixth man so far this season. [Wages of Wins]
The Painter’s Brush: Here’s a look at statistical +/- for the Rockets. Not really sure what this stat measures, but it seems to do a good job. [Red 94]
The Pyramidal: Sebastian Pruiti goes to the gametape to show how both the Celtics and the Lakers made their plays perfectly in a single possession. [NBA Playbook]
The Toothbrush: Jared Wade interviews Josh Smith, who seems to only speak using T.I. lyrics (NSFW language). [Both Teams Played Hard]
The Walrus: Rob Mahoney asks us to look at the big picture and see that despite allowing 52 points to Andre Miller, the Mavs defense as a whole was not actually that bad on Saturday. [The Two Man Game]
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The Chevron: Bruce Chu passes along this account of the day in the life of an NBA referee and shares about his own experience as a basketball official. [The X's and O's]
The Dali: John Krolik continues his list of the 8 “most ridiculous” rotation members for the Cavs during the Lebron Era. [Cavs: The Blog]
The English: Tom Ziller delves into a Specer Hawes interview and explains why it makes him optimistic for things to come. [Sactown Royalty]
The Fu Manchu: Following their devastating loss to the Magic, Brendan Jackson is left with a slew of questions about this Celtics squad. [Celtics Hub]
The Handlebar: According to Michael Pina, Craig Smith is “the most offensively gifted reserve forward in the league.” [Hardwood Paroxysm]
The Horseshoe: Xiane proposes a novel theory: “McGrady and The Rockets are, in fact, quite fond of one another and would do the other a good turn if they could.” [The Dream Shake]
The Imperial: Peter Kim gives his thoughts on the All-Star reserves, snubs, and the ballot he would have picked. [The No-Look Pass]
The Lampshade: Henry Abbott deconstructs a terrible night for Vince Carter. [TrueHoop]
The Painter’s Brush: Rahat Huq agrees with Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle in saying that the Rockets should not be desperate in attempting to make a trade. [Red 94]
The Pyramidal: Os Davis assembles an All-Star team of the Europeans in the NBA. [Ball in Europe]
The Toothbrush: Congratulations are in order for Kurt from FB&G, as he has moved on to greener pastures with a new gig at NBC Sports. [Forum Blue and Gold]
The Walrus: Mookie and Daniel Gaze team up to discuss a huge series of possible trade scenarios that the Phoenix Suns could use to completely demolish and simultaneously rebuild their team. [A Stern Warning]
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[I'm bringing back the And Now For Something Completely Different column idea, hopefully to run every Thursday afternoon. The focus each week will be on a different unconventional player, coach, team or strategy. Want to suggest a subject, or give me other feedback? Talk to me on Twitter or by e-mail.]
This week’s subject? Nene, of the Denver Nuggets. Interestingly enough, Nene wasn’t originally his name; that was Maybyner Rodney Hilário. He picked up the nickname “Nene” (baby in Portuguese) when he was a child, supposedly because he was the youngest in his family and in his group of friends. He started playing soccer growing up in Brazil, and apparently didn’t take up basketball until he was 14. Since then, he’s rose through the ranks, playing for the Brazilian national team in the 2001 Goodwill Games and playing club ball with CR Vasco da Gama. He was drafted seventh overall by the Knicks in 2002, but was immediately traded to Denver with Marcus Camby and Mark Jackson for Antonio McDyess, Frank Williams and a second-round pick.*
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