Even though he can be a punk, the kid has some serious talent. He's always good for at least one highlight a game. If he could get his head straight, he could possibly be an All-Star someday but whether or not he can do that remains to be seen.
It will never happen but J.R. Smith could actually be the first ever "Bo Jackson" of NBA All Star Weekend by entering and possibly winning both the Slam Dunk and 3 Point Contests. Why the hell not? Dude would be a legend if he pulled it off.
Thanks to everyone who entered the TuneUp Giveaway Contest. I was able to get some ideas for a new Old School Hip Hop Mix and three people were able to land a copy of TuneUp's great iTune's clean up software. Ain't nothing wrong with that! Here's a look at the winners and their Tracklists:
Doc Strange:
1) Eric B & Rakim - Know the Ledge
2) A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
3) Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
4) Lil Kim - Crush on You
5) EPMD - Never Seen Before
6) De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
7) Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
8) The Roots - What They Do
9) Gang Starr - You know my Steez
10)Pharcyde - Passing Me By
Jeremy Office:
1. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
2. Big Daddy Kane - I Get The Job Done
3. Young M.C. - Know How
4. Heavy D - Now That We Found Love
5. Beastie Boys - Egg Man
6. LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl
7. Black Sheep - Similak Child
8. Ice Cube - No Vaseline
9. Notorious BIG - The World is Filled
10. Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike
Shadoe Haze:
Whodini - Five Minutes of Funk
L.A. Dream Team - Rockberry Jam
Newcleus - Jam On It
Kurtis Blow - Basketball
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Yezzir!!! 2010 is going to be a good year. I need to start saving some more money because Jordan Brand is going to be killing me with all of the sick retros that will be releasing this year. Word on the street is that the Air Jordan 3 White/Cement Grey will be retro'd later this year. No other details are available but you can bet your ass that I will be filling you in as soon as I know more.
I feel like I say this all the time but these are one of if not THE BEST of the entire Air Jordan collection. It was the first for many things and it was the design that truly took the Air Jordan line to the next level.
The Air Jordan III was the first designed by Tinker Hatfield. It was the first Air Jordan to feature a visible air unit on the heel, the new Jumpman logo and an elephant print trim. They were also the first Jordans to feature the "NIKE AIR" logo on the back. Jordan also wore the Air Jordan III during the now famous 1988 NBA Dunk Contest in Chicago when he beat Dominique Wilkins in one of the best head to head dunk matchups ever.
Pee Wee Herman and his Playhouse peeps breaking down the new Apple iPad might seem a little strange and completely random but I actually kind of enjoyed it. It wasn't necessarily that funny but it did have it's moments. I defintiely had some flashbacks to the good old days when I would watch Pee Wee's Playhouse with a bowl of Fruity Pebbles on a Saturday morning. I used to love that freakin' show!
Now that I've seen this video, I think I'd rather have Globey than the iPad. He can provide maps and music at the same time. The iPad can't do that. Globey rocks!
"Aruba! That's over heeeyah! Jamaica! That's over heeeyah!"
The crew at College Humor also took a swipe at the new iPad. This was pretty funny too:
WOW! That was some over the top type shit. Jamie Foxx never disappoints with his live performances. I have no idea what the intro with opera singers was all about, why he was wearing that crazy outfit or what it had to to do with alcohol but for some reason, it just worked. The actual performance of the song was pretty damn good too considering Jamie Foxx and T-Pain were both using heavy auto-tune which I have seen fail miserably in the past. That sounded so much better than I expected with the band and back up singers too.
I'm not really sure why Dougie Fresh was there since he only got about 10 seconds to shine with his beatboxing skills but it was still cool to see one of the "old timers" getting some love. They took it to the next level on some other shit when Slash came out and started thrashing on his guitar. Even though it probably sounded like a good idea at the time, it just didn't work. The guitar was way too loud so it drained out the beat and it just made no sense. Overall, that was solid though. Good shit!
I only caught a few minutes here and there of the Grammy Awards last night but it seemed like there were a lot of good performances representing Hip Hop and R&B. This one above from Lil Wayne, Eminem, Drake and Travis Barker was by far the best one (in my opinion). Unfortunately, the censors molested both songs with 3-5 second gaps. I'm not even sure what they were censoring because the lines they blocked weren't even bad.
Even with that madness, everyone represented their verses hard and Barker killed it on the drums as usual but I think Eminem stole the show because of his two killer verses from "Drop the World" and "Forever". Sick shit!
I might need to stop going to Celtics games for the rest of the season because they lose almost every time I have tickets. I've probably seen most of their 8 home losses and I don't think I've seen a win in at least 4 games. WTF is going on?
That was another tough loss for the C's considering they started off down 13 in the first quarter but fought there way back to take control of the game through the 2nd and 3rd quarters. They were up by 10 points in the 4th quarter but let the game slip away. Unfortunately, this has become more of a trend than a random occurrence and things are not looking so good. I thought the Celtics looked much better than expected against the Lakers but letting them win that game is not good for their confidence moving forward. Not only does it let the Lakers think they can beat the Celitcs at home but it also took away some potential momentum for the C's that would have been gained by the win.
I don't know that there is anyone to truly blame for the loss since it was a collaborative effort but I always look at Doc because he is the one running the show. His substitution pattern was all over the place again and he didn't have the starters all together until midway through the 4th when the Lakers were already going on their run to erase the 10 point lead. One of his assistants really needs to just tell him when it's time to make substitutions because he is not capable of doing it himself. He always leaves people in too long to the point that they are ineffective and he also let's his hot players sit on the bench too long and when they come back in, they are as cold as ice. I think Doc's new nickname should be "The Cooler".
The one play that pissed me off more than Kobe's winning shot was the play prior when Pierce was called for an offensive foul on the push-off. Yes, he definitely pushed off a bit but that is a play that is rarely called at the end of a close game, yet alone on your home court. Artest did a good job of acting and he sold it hard to the refs. It looked like Artest was already off balance but I guess you can't make any excuses. It just sucks since Pierce hit the shot and that would have completely changed the game. It really was a tough call to make with 10 seconds left in a close game. Whatever happened to letting them play during the last 2 minutes? It seems like those days might be gone.
On top of it all, the TD Garden REFUSED to show the replay of the controversial offensive foul call on the Jumbotron so the fans had no idea what the hell happened and we were completely stunned by the call. Way to go, Jumbotron operators. You just took a way a perfect opportunity to get the fans fired up to possibly help the Celtics get energized for the last play of the game. Instead, everyone was flat because they had no idea what just happened. Ridiculous.
