The Beauty of Team

Great video here.

Kevin Durant's MVP Speech

Everyone has been raving about this.  If you have not seen it, watch it.

Best Dunks of 2013

Greatest NBA Commercial Ever

Wow.  Even secular man longs for immortality.  Death looms and age catches up to us all.  The Risen One shows the way to life beyond nostalgia.




(HT: Barnabas)

If This Won't Get You Hype, I Don't Know What Will

The Best Highlight from Game 2 of the NBA Finals

Get out of here.

Ode to Tim Duncan

Great sports video.  RSS viewers, click through to view.




(HT: Pure Church)

Play of the Day

Humbling.

Charles Barkley and Shaq Wash Feet

Powerful segment.  Didn't expect to see this.

This Happened 25 Years Ago Today

Oscar Worthy NBA Performances

The fakery here is quite dramatic.

Dunk of the Day

Oh my word.  This is yummy.

Best Line Ever From a NBA Analyst

"And the Lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants!!!"

Wow.

Worst Free Throw Attempt Ever

I kind of feel bad for the guy...

 

"Just an Avatar For His Own Fame"

Owen Strachan:

The most recent issue of the New York Times magazine features an engrossing profile of Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder by Sam Anderson. It touches on an issue that I mull over sometimes: the effect of celebrity on a person. Here’s a swatch from the long-form profile that illuminates the incredible pressures of massive fame.

Read the rest.  

Fun New Blake Griffin Commercial

Jeremy Lin Shows Up and Plays Pick-Up Basketball in Taiwan

NBA Prank of the Day

I would've pee'd my pants.

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Why We Hate LeBron

Awesome.

The Onion:

No one denies that LeBron James is a phenomenal young talent who has turned in some almost supernaturally good performances, but he's still generally unloved by fans. Here's why:

• Skills second only to Kobe, touch second only to Bird, vision second only to Magic, and strength second only to Russell; therefore, pretty much a worthless second-rater
• Was supposed to be the next Jordan, but chose friendship over a monomaniacal obsession with winning bordering on mental illness
• Does this really annoying thing where he isn't always playing on Team USA and is instead playing for the Heat so then you have to root against him
• Significant percentage of sports fans are jealous of his high school diploma
• Abandoned and gave up on Cleveland, albeit decades after the rest of us did
• Makes us feel guilty for never doing anything to make Cleveland better ourselves
• Dunked over the pope at last year’s St. Peter's Basketbasilica Jamfest, even though the game was already out of hand
• Televising The Decision repelled and frightened the American public, most of whom have spent their whole lives trying to avoid making decisions
• Basically, it's easier not to really think about it

Dunk of the Day

Kevin Durant is a condor.




Can we at least cease with the "Lebron can't hit the big shot" talk? This shot was HUGE. He doesn't make this shot and they lose the game.