Shenanigans....Chicanery

Feb 24

Greg Monroe for President

Funniest thing ever in a basketball game? Funniest thing ever in a basketball game. Good looking out SBNation

Feb 9

A play-by-play of Harvard grad Jeremy Lin and Stanford grad Landry Fields’ new handshake:

Two quick high fives on opposite hands.

Landry Fields presents his hands to Jeremy Lin as though they are a book.

Lin “pages” through the book.

Fields closes the book.

Both Lin and Fields put their hands to their eyes as though they are glasses.

Both players “remove” their glasses and put them into an invisible shirt pocket.

As a self-proclaimed gratuitous handshake connoisseur I love this. These nerds handshake game is on point. Well done smartbballbros

Jan 6

craigsagerssuits:

1/5/2012 - Heat @ Hawks

Craig Sager 1st quarter sideline report (close-up)

Everyone should be following this blog.

Dec 25

This is amazing TNT. I’m so so so so so glad the NBA is back. Some of the matchups in this video would be so amazing. I have no clue how they made this so seamless, but it’s epic. Just an awesome intro.

(via: jose3030)

Dec 17

Very glad basketball is back for many reasons, including Doc Funk’s captions

Nov 26

BASKETBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nov 21

Programming Note

This should come as no surprised, but I’ve quit the Spurs NBA2k12 thing. The lockout just made me angry, and we all knew I wasn’t gonna keep up with it from the get go. Plus, I don’t think anyone read them anyway. Carry on. miss u NBA

Nov 14

SWAG bomb.: What my agent had to say about the lockout back in July.

therodbenson:

“Rod: Right now, the lockout has no meaning because no one is feeling any pain. The two sides are so far apart but there is no urgency now. The NBA, as it always does, proposed to change rules on ‘blood’ issues such as guaranteed contracts, a hard cap and getting back escrow money which the…

Good read from the Boom Tho king

Nov 7

Eddie Mac’s Spurs 2k12: 11/7

San Antonio Spurs: 98 @
Golden State Warriors: 95

Record: 1-2

The Spurs are finally starting to figure things out (like icon passing only) as they pick up their first win of the year. Manu took home player of the game with 29-4-4 and Tim Duncan put up a big 20 and 8 game. Monta Ellis did all he could, putting up 38 points and 9 dimes, but it just wasn’t enough. The Spurs shot 52% from the floor, including 11 of 20 from 3, making it tough for the Warriors to come back.

Random Headlines:

Both Brandon Rush (IND) and Shane Battier (MEM) signed 2 year deals.
Caron Butler got a 5 year/$59 Mil deal from the Mavs.
4 unbeatens remain: Milwaukee (4-0), Orlando (4-0), Boston (3-0), and Phoenix (3-0)
Meanwhile 5 are 0-for: Indiana, Charlotte, NJ, Toronto, and Houston.

Nov 6

Eddie Mac’s Spurs 2k12: 11/4

Dallas Mavericks: 101 @

San Antonio Spurs:76

Record: 0-2

Sorry this is late, I played the game on Friday but I didn’t get a chance to post this before I went out. This will not be the last time this happens during this exercise. My bad.

San Antonio hosted the (grumble) defending champs on Friday Night, and their leader was miserable. Turnovers killed the Spurs in this game. 17 turnovers ended the Spurs in this one. Dallas led points n the paint 46-20 and Jason Terry was a beast with 22 points in as many minutes. Starting to think I should turn down the difficulty.

Random NBA Headlines:

Miami off to a surprising 0-2 start just like the Spurs.

Nov 2

Eddie Mac’s Spurs 2k12: 11/2

Game 1:

Milwaukee Bucks: 89 @
San Antonio Spurs: 82

Record: 0-1

I’ve decided to, as long as I remember to, play through the Spurs season on the days when they should be actually playing. Sadly, there is no real season for the foreseeable future, so this may be amusing. It’s also worth noting that since I typically only play My Player, I’m horrible at full team games. Anyway, let’s get to it.

Manu led the Spurs with 29 points but the Bucks got 28 from Steven Jackson to take the win. A fairly close game, but Milwaukee won points in the paint 26-11 which ultimately led to their victory.

Random Headlines:

Antonio McDyess states he will retire at the end of the year
David West signed a 4 year/$25 million deal with the Hornets
Nene signed a 5 year/$52.5 million deal with the Nuggets

LOOK WHAT YOU’VE MADE ME DO NBA PEOPLE! SAVE ME FROM MYSELF

Oct 10

Damnit NBA

This is absurd. I’m tired of listening to millionaires fight billionaires. I don’t blame the players for saying “fuck you” to being told they have to take a 45% paycut, but…come on, just figure this shit out. I don’t care about your business affairs, I just want more shooty hoops.

Jun 23

Seriously NBA teams….

Chris Quinn has a job right now and Ben Hansborough doesnt…fuck yall

With the 7th pick in the NBA draft….

I don’t know what a Bismack Biyombo is, but he’s from the Congo. Here’s how I wish his post pick interview went:

Mark Jones: “So how does it feel to be drafted here in the first round”

BB: “WHO WANTS TO SEX BIYOMMMMMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!?”