Theo Smalling a captain for the Hampton University basketball team has died from a reported accidental shooting outside a nightclub over the weekend. Smalling was a 22-year-old Tampa, Florida native who played forward for the Pirates and started 76 games over the last three years. Police have charged 21-year-old Dominique Devon Smith with reckless handling of a firearm because he mishandled his gun and shot Smalling in the parking lot early Saturday morning. This happens just a little over a week after Connecticut football cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death at a school function. It’s such a shame to see these young men leave the world so early.
Lamar Odom Locks in Prenup
October 22, 2009 by
Word on the Hollywood streets is Lamar Odom and reality hack Khloe Kardashian has now signed their prenup. The interesting thing is the official marriage license won’t be filed for a few more days. The specifics have not been released on the prenuptial agreement, but rumors indicate the fugly Kardashian girl wants a cool half a million each year they are married plus a $5 million home in case the two were to get divorced down the road. That being said, Khloe won’t be able to get her greedy little hands on his latest $33 million contract with the Lakers. It isn’t very surprising she is making these demands because let’s face it this marriage might not last longer than it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
Happy Birthday Mr. John Wooden
October 14, 2009 by
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to the Wizard of Westwood. John Wooden quite possible the best college basketball coach of all-time turns an impressive 99 years old today. It can be argued for days on what is the best college basketball program of all-time, but is there really any debate on who is the elite college basketball coach ever? I know the college basketball scene was a little different back in the day, but Wooden and his Bruins won seven consecutive national titles from 1967-73. UCLA and Wooden won 10 national championships in his last 12 years and during that time won 88 consecutive games at one point and also 38 straight NCAA tournament games. Unreal!
Happy Birthday John Wooden!!
Things Are Getting Sloppy in Lawrence
October 9, 2009 by
The upcoming 2009-10 college basketball season started off with so much promise for the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich both decided to stay in Lawrence, Kansas and the Rock Chalk Jayhawks were appointed as the number one team in the country. Then things started to go awry and the players started to get loco almost in consecutive order. Their conduct over the last month has been piss poor and it has casted an ugly haze around the program.
1. Sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor threw a punch at a Kansas football player which hurt his thumb and led to two separate fights between the basketball and football programs.
2. Junior guard Brady Morningstar was suspended from the team for the first semester after getting a DWI.
3. Sherron Collins showed up to preseason workouts at a whopping 229 pounds. Coach Self slammed Collins publicly and stated he will need to lose 20-30 pounds in the coming weeks.
4. Sophomore center Markieff Morris was in a car accident in a car registered to former Jayhawk Scott Pollard. Hmmm?
Even with all the problems swirling around Self and his team they are still the overwhelming favorite to win the National Championship. Self’s arrogance is staggering and it seems to be rubbing off on his basketball team in bad bad way. If you ask me Self needs to get this ship back on course and quick or things won’t be so promising come March.
World’s Longest Basketball Shot?
September 22, 2009 by
We have two different angles of video of what is being called the world’s longest basketball shot. It is very hard to believe this recording can actually be true, but check it out and let us know your thoughts.
World’s Longest Basketball Shot Videos:
Ron Artest Just Screwed Up
September 22, 2009 by
I’m sure the title comes as no surprise to anyone considering we are talking about Ron Artest, but this blunder could be even worse than his rap CD. Artest was recently acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers and wants the fans to know if they don’t repeat as NBA Champions they can point their fingers at him. I thought playas would have learned by now you never, and I do mean never, come out and make bold statements and predictions because the chance of them blowing up in your face is extremely high. Artest stated, “They should. That’s exactly what should happen if we don’t repeat,” while promoting an exhibition game in late October at the San Diego Sports Arena. “They won last year, and I’m the new addition. The fans expect to repeat. Everybody in L.A. expects a second ring. And if we don’t then yeah, they should point it right at me, throwing tomatoes and everything.” I’m sure Lakers fans are smart enough to not take the throwing tomatoes statement literally because Ron would not hesitate to jump in the stands and beat your a$$.
Greatness Turns to Bitterness
September 12, 2009 by
If you saw the NBA Hall Of Fame induction ceremony last night you arguably witnessed the best class ever to be inducted at one time. You had the classiest of class Jerry Sloan, David Robinson, John Stockton and C. Vivian Stringer receiving their accolades and induction into the Hall of Fame. All the while the drama of this 3 hour celebration was building up to when they announced, “the Greatest of all time” Michael Jordan.
Here is where a celebration went off the rails and turned into Michael’s personal diatribe. Not that he schooled everyone on the court, won rings and MVP’s and became the top money earner for endorsements ever. He decided to let the world know he was mad and he wasn’t going to take it anymore.
He started off by going after the coach who cut him from the varsity as a North Carolina schoolboy and even brought in the man Leroy Smith who made the team just to call him out.
Jordan then proceeded to call out Isiah Thomas, who allegedly orchestrated a “freeze out” of Jordan in his first All-Star game. He stated in his speech, “I wanted to prove to you, Magic [Johnson], Larry [Bird], George [Gervin], everybody that I deserved [to be there] just as much as anybody else, and I hope over the period of my career I’ve done that without a doubt.”
He then transitioned into bringing in old Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy and Jordan called him, Pat Riley’s “little guy,” who accused Jordan of “conning” players by acting friendly toward them, then attacking them in games.
Jerry Krause was not there because he was boycotting Tex Winter not being inducted, so he says, but Michael took a dig at him while thanking the ownership past and present and saying, “Jerry Krause, uhem, I know I didn’t invite him here.”
Lastly, Utah’s Bryon Russell was on Jordan’s list. Jordan recalled meeting Russell while he was retired and playing minor league baseball in 1994. Michael spoke of how Russell insisted he could have covered him if Jordan was still playing which obviously bothered the greatest of all time. Russell later in his career got two cracks at Jordan in the NBA finals and he was the defender when Jordan hit the clinching shot to win the 1998 title which Jordan said he relished this even today.
On a side note Michael, why not start off your speech by acknowledging your former business partner from the Charlotte Bobcats who had just died in a plane crash earlier that day. I thought for the “Greatest of All Time” it might go down as “One of the Worst All Time” speeches.
Michael Jordan NBA Hall of Fame Speech Video:
Top Ten Things God Has Told Allen Iverson
September 9, 2009 by
Allen Iverson informed everyone today via Twitter that he has accepted a contract offer to play with the Memphis Grizzlies by stating, “God Chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career.” Iverson will reportedly earn $3.5 million and the Grizzlies have scheduled a press conference for Thursday morning to make a major announcement so it sounds like a done deal. We thought this would be a good time to provide our top ten list of the other things God has told Allen Iverson over the years.
10. Rapping just isn’t your thing Allen.
9. Neck tattoos aren’t cool.
8. Talking about your one MVP season is about as interesting as reading the Dead Sea Scrolls.
7. What were you “The Answer” to?
6. Don’t hate on Mello he is just better than you are now.
5. You will never win an NBA tilte. Isn’t karma a beast!
4. You should never give up even if you are playing for the washed up Pistons.
3. Heaven isn’t 420 friendly.
2. $21 million will never be your annual salary again.
1. Yes Allen, we are talking about practice.
Guy Dupuy Gets Ridunkulous
September 9, 2009 by
Kadour Ziani is a member of the group Slam Nation that tours the world showing off their amazing dunking skills which are impressive to say the least. After watching the video below we have another dunking indvidual and group we would like to recognize. Check out this video of Guy Dupuy of Team Flight Brothers performing an off-the-bounce, over someone standing, between the legs dunk!
Kenny Rogers Got Game
August 29, 2009 by
Kenny “The Gambler” Rogers has a pretty impressive country singing career, but did you know he is also an outstanding basketball player? This video from 1988 taken at a basketball event during Kenny Rogers Classic Weekend displays just how much game Kenny Rogers has after he head fakes Michael Jordan out of his shoes and bangs home a 15-footer. It’s hard to believe just 20 years ago NBA players were content wearing daisy dukes on the basketball court.