Dennis Rodman, basketball’s most famous Bad Boy and flamboyant Bull, entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night as probably the most recognizable member of the Class of 2011 inductees. Read the rest of this entry »

I grew up with Phil Jackson. Hell, both my mother and grandma love the guy simply because “he’s always so cool.” The Zen Master commanded the sidelines, winning 11 of the past 20 NBA championships and leaves the game as a living legend. And his prolific, previous success is the reason why the Lakers Game 4 backyard ass whooping felt so much like the end of an era. Read the rest of this entry »

The end is always ugly, but rarely has a team heard the death knell in such a complete fashion as the Lakers did this past week. Expected to easily dispatch of a Dallas team that didn’t seem particularly stronger than past iterations, the Lake Show may have had the curtains called on them instead. The finality of Game 4’s blowout, complete with the petulant acts of childishness from Bynum and Odom, belies this truth: the Lakers as we know it are done winning titles. Read the rest of this entry »

Foxy. Freak Something Saturday. That’s What’s Up.

My Most Memorable Gadgets, By Steve Wozniak [Gizmodo]

Teacher Gives Sex Tape To 5th Graders On DVD [CBS 13]

10 Possible Reasons for Palin’s Decision To Step Down From Gov. [Time]

Phil Jackson Will Coach in ‘09-’10 [Slam]

What Have You Done With Your CD Library? [Idolator]

Whatever Happened to Angela Simmons Music Career? [Mr. World Premiere]

Armed Intruder Pummeled By 72-Year-Old Retired Boxer [KTLA]

‘Endless’ Supply Of Music In Jackson’s Vaults [eNews]

Time For NCAA To Ban Facebook? [Coed]

Stussy x Tower Records “30th Anniversary” T-Shirt [Sneaker Maniac]

DJ Hero Taps Grandmaster Flash [Kotaku]

Police Use Taser On Pastor After Traffic Stop [CNN]

New TSS Gear In The Smoke Shop [TSS]

Diamond Coleman Brings The Thickness On Thursday

TV Everywhere Is Comcast And Time Warner’s Answer To Free Internet Video [Tech Crunch]

Remember When…People Wore FUBU? [Broken Cool]

Top Ten Songs to Fight To [Gunaxin]

Celebs Respond to Perez Getting Punched [Celeb Jihad]

Nike, NBA HOF, and Leroy Smith Sued Over Michael Jordan Products [Hoop Doctors]

Craigslist Pot Ad Leads To Pot Bust [AP]

How The Record Industry Committed Suicide [Hypebot]

Guru’s Policy on GangStarr: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell [TRU]

Man Stabbed at GZA Concert [The Boombox]

J.Lo’s Sweetface: Another Celebrity Clothing Line Nites The Dust [Sandra Rose]

Dean Cain Wards Off Puke and Porn With Internet Explorer 8 [Gizmodo]

Phil Jackson Might Go Halfsies In 2009-10 [With Leather]

Homeless Girl Is Going To Harvard [BoH]

The End of Flavored Blunts? [Coed]

And then there was one.  The pic pretty much says it all, but we’ll still throw in a few words for good measure. Read the rest of this entry »

Four. Congrats to Kobe & Kobes.

You know when a trend is on the “dump” side of hump/dump? Whenever the item starts to make appearances in variant colors. Case in point: Malcolm X hat. They were dead when you started seeing them in any color but black or white.

Phil’s trying to bring’em back…but don’t do it buddy.

Lastly, even in absence, Shaq’s name consistently came up during last night’s game. So of course, the world waited to see what the Big Tweet would have to say…

…and he did not disappoint.

Aside: 12 NBA Franchises That Deserve A Championship More Than The Lakers [HMJ]

Join as we watch would could potentially be the last NBA game of the season…unless you count the WNBA.

It’s now okay to don your jerseys, authentics only please.

Keep the chatter here folks. And no switch-siding lol.

No it isn’t Lakers versus Celtics. And no it isn’t LeBron versus Kobe. But this year’s finals still features two teams that play an entertaining style of basketball focused on offensive execution, team play and athleticism. There’s still plenty of star power with Kobe and Dwight Howard, even if The King has retreated to his summer palace. And arguably, these have been the best two teams over the grueling grind that is the NBA playoffs.

In preparation for a potentially epic Finals, The Crew’s Patrick M, Sam C and MZ are breaking down the match-ups and committing their predictions to cyberspace. Listen close and take notes.

The Breakdown:

Point Guard: Rafer Alston (12.7, 2.50, 4.4*) vs. Derek Fisher (7.1, 1.8, 2.4)

Jameer Nelson may give it a go, but I think the Magic would be wise to pull a Drew Bledsoe on his ass (for this year at least.) Skip To My Lou’s performance the last two rounds has been a hidden key to the Magic’s success. He played Rajon Rondo to a virtual draw and helped Read the rest of this entry »

The Nuggets have been on a roll so far. They’re 8-2 in the playoffs and team chemistry is at an all time high. Chauncey and Carmelo have led this healthy squad to this point, but let’s not forget the defensive contributions of Denver’s frontcourt in Kenyon Martin, Birdman and Nené. The team is tougher, more focused and just flat out better than last year’s squad. It wouldn’t be farfetched to say this is the best roster the franchise has ever seen.

All of this is fine and dandy, but is it enough to beat L.A.? Read the rest of this entry »