bill simmons at it again with bulls celts

i think this dude has my dream job...writing about sports but tying in pop culture....
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090501&sportCat=nba

anyway more good points

"Two and a half minutes left and we have the ball. Again, they can't stop us. So Doc brings in our worst player -- our least intelligent player, our most ineffective player, the master of the fantastic drive/missed layup -- and takes out Big Baby when he was our second-best player tonight? And all because Chicago went small? SO WE'RE REACTING TO A DESPERATION COACHING MOVE BY VINNY DEL NEGRO!!!!! REALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE DID?????????"

i like tony allen....he was money before he dunked the ball after the whistle and blew out his knee to further reiterate his 'our least intelligent player' point "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le8rMnL56w8&feature=related. very unfortunate...dude was on his way

"The great Ray Allen became a minus-130 favorite in the "Reggie Miller versus Ray Allen" argument and might have to change his name to "The Great Ray Allen."

dude i was just having this argument at lunch....i don't know....i like to think reggie is the second best SG I HAVE SEEN PLAY. but i like ray allen more off the dribble....i still would go to reggie down three before ray but it is very, very, very, very close....its a toss up.

"then a WNBA player dunked on Paul Pierce"
"When Noah stole the ball from Pierce and dunked on him, I threw a tantrum like a little kid. I screamed out a slew of F-bombs. I ran outside my house and screamed some more. How could the 2008 Finals MVP commit such a dumb foul? He had five! Didn't he know he had five???? And what's worse than a Jo-No celebration at the expense of your own team? I screamed and screamed and screamed. That play ripped my heart out."

this is why i love noah....he is probably the most annoying guy ever but i would have him on my team any day....he knows how to win and how to lead (UF will do that for you...ask TIM TEBOW another annnoying WINNER and leader that does not necessarily have stellar skills)....i recall peopl getting mad with him a year back win he was a rookie demanding that his team was a soft bunch of quitters that didn't knwo how to win and then said basically i am not use to being a loser...peopl thought he was out of line because he was a rookie....well where are those peopl at now after he straight humiliated the 2008 championship MVP (kinda reminds me of horford last year barking at pierce after hitting that jumper to force game 5 or 7 in boston i think...even though he lost and noah may lose i would love to see that out of my teammates) . noah will never be great (maybe good is within reach) but there is a difference (not tangibly but intangibly) between he and verajoa....i would take the side show bob version in chicago..... paul was hoping that noah as a lanky big man would kicked the ball off his foot only to end up with it on his dome piece....he used to do this all the time at UF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOowP3BSeQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouTOQloka_0&feature=related

Who Else Is Tired of Kona?

I am tired of going to Kona for happy hour. I know it's close to the office and some of us (really just Emeka) know the bartenders so we get good deals. But even as an extreme creature of habit I recognize it's time to branch out.

Pros
Proximity to work
Proximity to the office
Relationship with Bartenders
Proximity to Z Tejas

Cons
Proximity to work (I like to leave most work relationships at work)
Scenery (nonexistant lately)
It's at the mall
There happy hour menu isn't even good

Suggestions
Tempe Marketplace
North Scottsdale
The "Canal" (whatever they call that strip of man-made water in Old Town)

The Contra code...

Looks like somebody planted a trick on the ESPN page yesterday (Kotaku)


Input the contra code onto this cache'd page [here], press enter a bunch of times and magic happens

This made my day, i wish i'd thought of doing that yesterday.

This was pretty dope!

Recorded on 1 take, NYU students creating a live version of Weezy's Let The Beat Build. Fresh.......

Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.

Pineapple Express Funniest Scene (watch him bench press it out)

Booyakasha, respect, check it

i's can't understand what you's saying cuz you's speaking in canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5hKCOoZi7Q&feature=related

we was just discussing this dude this weekend....he is hilarious....

my all time favorite interview is below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRGC-5LjJ2M&feature=PlayList&p=CB719C18344FA977&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9goLXFJzSik&feature=PlayList&p=CB719C18344FA977&index=57&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

ain't god nothing more than an overhyped david blaine....

Ron Artest is Tripping

If you missed Inside the NBA last night, the interview with Ron Artest was hilarious. See link. Basically, Artest said that Brandon Roy was the best player he's ever played against (except for some guy who is now in jail)... better than Kobe and Lebron. Then he said that Charles Barkley was overrated and that Michael Jordan said he wished he coulda played against Artest when MJ was in his prime. Barkley, Kenny and CWebb's reactions were priceless...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4YlrkkP9SA


Here's the whole show in better quality... it's towards the end (forward to 23:30). Has more reaction. http://www.nba.com/video/channels/tnt_overtime/2009/04/29/nba_20090429_insidenba.nba/index.html