Top 10 hits you'll never find on LeBron's IPod

Do you remember the NBA commercials with the funny dude, taking bus tours to different players? They were pretty funny, and I recall especially one with LeBron listening to the music for his 'warrior-like attitude'.



Although he was found listening to such a non-warrior-like song, there are still some hits he will never add to his IPod:

1. Katy Perry - I kissed the rim
2. Dire Straits - Brothers in slams
3. Chamillionaire - They see me dunkin', they hatin'
4. Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss the tape
5. Phil Collins - Another day in posterized
6. Queen - Another tape bites the dust
7. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of dunk
8. Rage Against The Machine - Dunkin' in the name of
9. Led Zeppelin - House of the rising slam
10. Evanscence - Bring tapes to life

Did I mention that Summer League basketball is pretty boring? There's not much to write about, but I will post something later.

The new CBA by Tigercub

So, DeMar DeRozan signed his name under his first NBA contract and we have our Pizza-man in T-Dot, also. We knew that already, but how we got Hedo is another thing. Bryan Colangelo with help of other executives created rather complicated deal. Like 'I didn't sleep 5 nights in a row, to figure it out' complicated deal. It includes 4 teams and basically looks like that:

Raptors get Hedo Turkoglu, Antoine Wright, Devean George and bunch of salary cap exceptions.

Mavericks get Kris Humphries, Shawn Marion and Nathan Jawai.

Grizzlies get our second round pick, dollars and Jerry Stackhouse.

Magic get dollars and trade exception.

Why make it so complicated, when BC could have offered Hedo a contract, saving himself some sleepless nights? I'll give you the clue: it's not because we wanted Wright and George so hard. The answer lies in the magical word 'exception'. Yeah, this is what we were losing by just signing Hedo Turkoglu. But the CBA is obviously written by somebody who loves the word 'loopholes'. Before you understand it, the new CBA comes and it starts allover again. We're waiting for another ankle breaking set of rules in 2011. Why not make it simple and honor the players of 2000's in the same time, by this understandable and straight-forward set of exceptions:

The Anderson Varejao exception. Salary: the yearly income of an average wig producer.

The Eddy Curry exception. Salary: the yearly income of your local McDonalds restaurant.

The Allen Iverson exception. Salary: yearly number of sold benches.

The Ron Artest exception. Salary: the number of sold out rap albums by a player in discussion.

The Kevin Garnet exception. Salary: yearly income of an ear-plug store.

The Glen Davis exception. Salary: number of yearly sold Pampers packs.

The Baron Davis exception. Salary: money made by the movie '300' in the first month.

The LeBron James exception. Salary: yearly income of a local video store.

The Nuggets exception. Salary: the average price of tattooing a whole basketball team (coaches, trainers, execs included).

The list can go on and on. It doesn't use the complicated language of lawyers. But it still lets you spend more than you're allowed. Like when you're a girl using your husbands Master Card.

The Hedo-gate in T Dot & LeBron's big mouth

The Hedo-gate is reaching dangerous levels in Toronto. Soon Bryan Colangelo will have to make his decision about renouncing (or not) the rights to the free agents: Shawn Marion, Carlos Delfino and Anthony Parker. Soon we will learn.

Are we gonna have Hedo and none of 3 above? Are we gonna sign & trade any of them? Are we gonna send an apologize card to Hassan Adams begging him to come back?

There is an interesting rumor about sign & trade Shawn Marion with the Mavericks, which will give us Jerry Stackhouse and our MLE back (or not). Yeah, don't ask me. 'The CBA is really fucking complicated', by the words of @scottcarefoot. I completely agree. As soon as I understand it, the new, more complicated CBA will come. It's like deja vu allover again. If I was capable of catching up with CBA on the first read, I'd apply for a job of a first female GM in NBA.


Hence, I hope our man Bryan Colangelo gets what it needs to be a good GM, understands the rules and has a huge ace to pull out of his sleeve. He looks clever, no?



While BC is tactfully silent and let our minds wonder, LeBron just wouldn't shut the fuck up. About year ago, he told to the media, that he will be playing in New York. Now, he tries to lure Trevor Ariza to Cleveland, promising him, that he's an Ohio man through an through. Surprisingly, when asked, the King calls Ariza a liar. How will he shake Trevor's hand after this? Oh, I forgot. He's a witness. I mean a winner. Winners don't shake hands.


Other news:

The ugliest tattoo of NBA stays in Hotlanta.



Avery Johnson decided he doesn't want to take part in the Motown Experiment, without job security. Pistons will hire John Kuester as a coach. Kuester was an assistant coach in Cleveland. Cavaliers had an assistant coach? How many coaches do you exactly need to call one play: 'give the ball to LeBron 35 feet away from the basket and get the hell out of the way'?

No more cheating. A tribute to the Denver Nuggets

As I said in the previous post I'm a notorious cheater. I promised myself to do something useful during the few-days-break from the playoffs. List was long and included: working on my website, cleaning the house, emailing all these people... and all I do is: visit a hairdresser, book a cosmetician, ramble about my diet, ramble about Ben Gordon (again!).
On the other hand I bet that whatever was supposed to be said about the Conference Finals, (expected) Nuggets exit and (unexpected) Cavaliers exit was already said.
I actually like Lakers and during the regular season they appeared the best team to me and I believed they do deserve the championship. But during the playoffs something malicious woke up in me. It started with a disappointment that the Raptors didn't even make it to the first round. It got deeper with another disappointment that the Spurs didn't make it to the second round. It changed into fury over the LeBron vs Kobe hype. I just didn't want any of them to get the 'ship'. Any!
Then came the Houston team with so many injuries and huge huge heart. And Lakers got lazy. They didn't look like champions anymore. They finally won to the Rockets but it didn't look as good as it was supposed to do.
Next team for Lakers to face was Denver. Which raised a question: does anybody outside Denver actually cheer this team?
Can anybody like this guy?



or that?



Twitter had the answer. Of course we're gonna cheer these guys. The 'JR being JR' and the 'My IQ is as big as my jersey number' Kenyon. Thanks to @courtside who taught us all about greatness of JR Smith and to @jose3030 for documenting it (the gif of Dino-JR).
As much as Nuggets disappointed us with losing this series, they definitely provided loads of fun. Chauncey Billups with inbounding the ball of Kobe's back was the funniest moment in this playoffs so far.
It was fun cheering for the Nuggets. And yes, I am a freak. So when you meet somebody wearing sun-glasses in the middle of the night, it will probably be me.

Cavs are still alive

Whether it was LeBron James' triple-double, Mo Williams' wet jump-shot or Andy Varejao's acrobatic flops - the boys from Cleveland kept the Nike's puppets dream alive. And the fishing-rods sellers in Ohio have to wait at least another 2 days.
The first quarter belong to the Cavaliers completely, Magic decided to have a nap during this period. The twitter-land divided into 2 camps: 1. Magic are done, Cavaliers won it. 2. Magic will slowly come back, and Cavaliers will blow this 22-point lead. Well the second group was closer to the truth - if you call blowing the lead in just one quarter slow.
Second half was much more interesting with the lead going back and forth, both teams actually playing and Reggie Miller trying to be quotable: 'Varejao flopping allover the place.' Skip to my Lou awarded us with some drama everytime he touched the ball (1-7 from 3pt line).
Unluckily, French Revolution (Pietrus) and Polish Democracy (Gortat) didn't work on the reigning MVP. Even Courtney Lee didn't dunk on the King. Cavaliers won.
Who's gonna win the series? All of us know that there were only 8 teams that came back from 1-3 deficit (that was the Cavaliers record before the yesterday's game). By all I mean everybody besides Mo Williams who seems to be the most cocky about his team winning. I know, I know, if I dislike cockiness I should stop watching basketball and start reading poetry, cooking, etc... But back to the point.
I believe in teams working in the concept of a 'team work' more than 'having a super-star and a bunch of random dudes'. That's why I picked up Magic. More, I am sure if they had Jameer Nelson, they'd win in 4 games. Or if Rafer learnt to pass more. They also have much more offensive schemes. They have Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis who are versatile enough to give any team defensive-mismatch problems. And Dwight Howard in the middle. And even if LeBron is the best player in this series he needs some help and he doesn't get it often enough.