NBYAY!
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You might not think so now, but I took a lot of slack from other kids when I was growing up. I was nearly six feet tall by the time I was nine years old and other kids teased me about my height, spreading rumors that I got held back and was older than I said. It’s rough getting picked on, but – at the risk of sounding like a mama’s boy – I was lucky that my mom was always there to lift me up. She gave me the courage to be myself and not worry about what others think. Without her guidance and support, I don’t think I would have grown into the man I am today.
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I humbly propose we rename this day Tyson Chandler Day. Just a thought.
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Alan Hahn: I once asked Novak if he could dunk just once in a game. He said, ‘Why would I? It only counts for two points.”
I’m pretty sure a Novak dunk (or lay-up) is worth more than 2 points.
Yup.
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Iman Shumpert at the Yankees vs Angels game 4.15.2012
Miss him already. Get well, Shump.
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Reality-TV star and NBA wife La La Anthony makes fame look as effortless as a layup.
- La La Anthony: She’s Got Game (Vogue: by Robert Sullivan, photographed by Annie Leibovitz)
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The 'Odd Couple' combines for 15 treys One is a Midwestern white guy who is outgoing and has no tattoos. The other is a laid-back black dude from inner-city New Jersey who has plenty of tattoos.
While they are complete opposites in person, they share a bond from the practice court to NBA arenas. For Steve Novak and J.R. Smith, they’re all about the 3-point shot — the shot that completely derailed the Celtics Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
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Q: What do you like to say on the court to get in guys’ heads?
A: I’d rather hold that back (smile). It’s really not for the newspapers or for TV.
Q: Do you have a game plan though?
A: To tell you the truth, I don’t really know what I’m gonna say. … Maybe I was growing up watching you play and you did something that just made me mad back then? I might say, “You made me lose a bet when I was in seventh grade. I still don’t like you!”
- Serby’s Sunday Q&A with Iman Shumpert (click for the full interview. the whole thing is golden.)
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Knicks Center Tyson Chandler Is Probably Better Than You Think, No Matter What You Think Honestly, there’s no better time to start appreciating one of the NBA’s best centers than right now. The subtlety of his impact creates an atmosphere where his game can easily be obfuscated by those old, trusty basketball tropes and idioms. He “does all the little things.” He’s “a consummate team player.” The Knicks “couldn’t survive without him.” All of that is absolutely true, by the way, but none of it can quite capture what Chandler does on the court. If every NBA GM had an opportunity to reprogram the undisciplined, ultra-athletic seven-footer hanging around on their roster, they would use Chandler as the blueprint for a successful rebirth.
Hit the link for some nice graphs and tables and statistical things. Empirical evidence is hot. And empirical.
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This came up on one of the tennis blogs I follow. Weird, but I’ll take it. Hey Melo!
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Three reactions:
1) ‘This is my house!’ “It was mine tonight,” he said afterward with a smile.”
2) “If Anthony wanted to be The Man, he’s got it. If he wanted the chance to win over the city, it’s here.”
3) “In the seemingly eternal debate over Carmelo Anthony’s basketball soul, this is the type of performance believers stake their claim upon.”
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Jeremy Lin Holds Post-Surgery Q&A With Facebook Fans
Go to the article for the full text of the Q&A, if you haven’t read it already. The article also includes some handy/hilarious info such as:
A friend of mine, MIT engineering grad student Ryan Ko, compiled a quick script to analyze the 8,300-plus questions asked by Jeremy’s fans during his epic Q&A.
In addition to a dozen requests to go to prom, he received 43 unique marriage proposals (several individuals asked him multiple times, including a particularly persistent fan named Danna who asked him 45 times).
Proposal formats included exploratory (“Would you ever marry a black girl?”); sneaky (“Do you think you will be in good condition for the playoffs? And will you marry me?”); logical (“I hope you’re feeling well! & sorry to all the other ladies, but I think it’s only right that we get married, since we’re both from Cali and now live in NY…obviously?”); illogical (“I saw our names next to each other! It’s fate — let’s get married!”); patient (“Hey, I waited since you tweeted about the Q&A. Will you marry me?”); impatient (“Can we get married today or tomorrow?”; polite (“Jeremy can we get married? Please?”); poetic (“Will you marry me, Jeremy? LOL it rhymes”); demanding (“Jeremy Lin: I love Asian men. Marry me…now!”); and proxy-propositioned (“Will you marry my sister?”). One woman was aware that the path to a baller’s heart is through his stomach: “If we got married i’d make you lobster, your favorite!” And another was more concerned about her boyfriend’s mancrush: “All the girls are asking you to marry them, but I’m going to ask you to say no to my BF when he asks you, kthanks.”
About 100 people asked him about videogames (97 of them male) — around half of them challenging him with various levels of aggressiveness: “Play me in Dota scrub!” “NO MORE Q&A, START WRECKING US IN VIDEO GAMES!” “I shall teach you the ways of Smash Bros. Brawl!” “Me, you, Starcraft, now.”
We hope you do another Q&A soon, Jeremy! And message us your gamertag!
