Tag Archives: all-star weekend
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Picture Of The Day: NBA All-Star Weekend, a.k.a. Black Thanksgiving?
So does this mean I spent my “Black Thanksgiving” watching Blake Griffin dunk over a Kia Optima and Kobe Bryant dominate the Eastern Conference in front of a sellout crowd at the Staples Center? No Turkey? No stuffing? No cranberry sauce and sweet potato pie? Am I the only one who was unaware of this [...]
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9 Things Blake Griffin Should Jump Over At Next Year’s Dunk Contest
Jumping over a car ain’t so great. Don’t misunderstand though: Blake Griffin is great. In what’s essentially his rookie year, he has been the poster boy for excitement in a league that offers a lot of excitement to begin with. So what’s so exciting about hurdling a compact(ish) car? A Kia, nonetheless? Nothing. There’s nothing [...]
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Vote Matt Bonner For The Three-Point Competition (Video)
The contestants for the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend have yet to be determined. That means there is still time for the guys at The Basketball Jones to convince commissioner David Stern that the San Antonio Spurs’ Matt Bonner should be there. Bonner is currently hitting 50.4 percent of his three-point [...]
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Kobe Bryant To Star In 8 Minute Robert Rodriguez Film Titled “The Black Mamba” (Videos)
After seeing how successful their epic three-minute “Write the Future” commercial for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was, Nike has decided to give it another go with the short advertising films, this time turning to famed director Robert Rodriguez and basketball great Kobe Bryant. The eight minute film titled “The Black Mamba” is [...]
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Shaq Turned Down By Shakira (Video)
Judging by their names, you would think Shaq and Shakira would make a perfect couple. The Cleveland Cavaliers center thought the same. Unfortunately, Shakira did not. The whole scenario took place on NBA All-Star Weekend, which also happened to fall on the same weekend as Valentine’s Day. Shaq thought he’d take advantage of such perfect [...]
