HotGritz said:

SCNDLS said:

Yeah, Jason is sans ring. But actually we older than a mug too. JKidd, Dirk, Peja, and Jason Terry been playing 12 years or more. Hell, I was a fresh young thang when Jason Kidd was drafted by Dallas. Everytime I see him we play, "Remember when . . ."

ahahahaha!!!!! datz cold!

Hmmm I ued to think Peja was so foine. Jason cute too but he'd be a whole lot cuter with that championship ring.

I will be laufhin for days over that neck knockdown Artest pulled. Classic! Classic Dirty Sore loserish!

Jason was drafted the year I graduated from college 1994. I was waitressing at all the hotspots and he was dating my homegirl so we used to kick it HARD at his place. His daddy used to be all up in the mix too. I remember when he dated Robin Givens and had her babysitting his son by another chick while he was in the clubs. Chile the madness I witnessed would be great tv.

Lucky for me, I never thought he was cute. I done told you bout my aversion to pink willies. Plus he look like Sam the Eagle. But he's a sweetie and I love him like a play cousin.

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OH MY LAWD!!!

SCNDLS how in da hell???

he sho nuff look like him too.

That's uncanny. Can't say I've seen such a frightening resemblance since....I dunno..... Miss Piggy and Tiny!

HotGritz said:

OH MY LAWD!!!

SCNDLS how in da hell???

he sho nuff look like him too.

That's uncanny. Can't say I've seen such a frightening resemblance since....I dunno..... Miss Piggy and Tiny!

I have said this from Day 1. Can't look at him with a straight face.

1994 was a good year for the Mavericks cuz that year we drafted my other baby daddy Jim Jackson. Now, that thang was RIGHT!

Unfortunately, my same homegirl who was dating Jason dated Jim too which led to a brouhaha in the locker room that made the news. Yeah, she was kinda ho-ish.

Ooooowwweeeeee! Jim was and still IS foine!!!

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^ Who he seedin' up now? Shit if he still single, I might have to go huntin'! He looks all kinds of fuckable.

HotGritz said:

^ Who he seedin' up now? Shit if he still single, I might have to go huntin'! He looks all kinds of fuckable.

He married the girl he was with since college. But ummmmm, trust me you don't want no parts of that.

SCNDLS said:

HotGritz said:

^ Who he seedin' up now? Shit if he still single, I might have to go huntin'! He looks all kinds of fuckable.

He married the girl he was with since college. But ummmmm, trust me you don't want no parts of that.

Eitha 1) wifey crazy and will cut a bitch OR

2) Dude gots da itus!

I aint fraid of no bitch so it must be numba 2 right?

HotGritz said:

SCNDLS said:

He married the girl he was with since college. But ummmmm, trust me you don't want no parts of that.

Eitha 1) wifey crazy and will cut a bitch OR

2) Dude gots da itus!

I aint fraid of no bitch so it must be numba 2 right?

Or 3 can a sista get a 3????

that's what I call a BOOTLEG MAN! Ya heard me? BOOT>>>>>>>LEG!!!!!

HotGritz said:

that's what I call a BOOTLEG MAN! Ya heard me? BOOT>>>>>>>LEG!!!!!

Bill Plaschke Casually Mentions That Kobe Bryant’s Wife Contributed to the Downfall of Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol had been dating che...opez Castro for well over a year, and by all accounts, things were going swimmingly. But following Gasol’s uncharacteristically awful 2011 postseason, Bill Plaschke of the LA Times casually (blog-like? How irresponsible of him!) floated this today:

“I have to learn from this,” Gasol said. ”I have to learn that when something happens off the court, you have to keep it off the court.”

He was referring to the report that he stopped talking to Bryant during the postseason because Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, had contributed to the breakup of Gasol and his longtime girlfriend. Lakers fans will remember that Karl Malone once publicly accused Vanessa of interfering with his personal life in a similar fashion.

What happened off the court? That’s a mystery. Kobe Bryant told Kevin Di...C Register, “They [the wives] barely know each other.” But as Plaschke noted, it wouldn’t be the first time Kobe’s meddling wife wa...f friction on the Lakers.

I wonder if anyone in Boston will try and get Shaq’s reaction about the Kobe-Gasol mess. Remember this story from 2004? Report: Kobe Said Shaq Pa...Hush Money.

If the Lakers end up trading Gasol this summer – I doubt it, but you get a sense something is coming – that’ll make two high quality big men Kobe will have run out of LA. He’d have no titles without them.

SCNDLS said:

HotGritz said:

OH MY LAWD!!!

SCNDLS how in da hell???

he sho nuff look like him too.

That's uncanny. Can't say I've seen such a frightening resemblance since....I dunno..... Miss Piggy and Tiny!

I have said this from Day 1. Can't look at him with a straight face.

1994 was a good year for the Mavericks cuz that year we drafted my other baby daddy Jim Jackson. Now, that thang was RIGHT!

Unfortunately, my same homegirl who was dating Jason dated Jim too which led to a brouhaha in the locker room that made the news. Yeah, she was kinda ho-ish.

Ooooowwweeeeee! Jim was and still IS foine!!!

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Oh shit the Rolando Blackmon era Mavs jerseys

Nahh the Kidd/Jackson feud was over Toni Braxton. I uh'member that shit!

crazylegs said:

Nahh the Kidd/Jackson feud was over Toni Braxton. I uh'member that shit!

That was ONE of their feuds they had several.

phunkdaddy said:

SCNDLS said:

I have said this from Day 1. Can't look at him with a straight face.

1994 was a good year for the Mavericks cuz that year we drafted my other baby daddy Jim Jackson. Now, that thang was RIGHT!

Unfortunately, my same homegirl who was dating Jason dated Jim too which led to a brouhaha in the locker room that made the news. Yeah, she was kinda ho-ish.

Ooooowwweeeeee! Jim was and still IS foine!!!

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Oh shit the Rolando Blackmon era Mavs jerseys

What happened to Jamal Mashburn??

Fauxie said:

phunkdaddy said:

Oh shit the Rolando Blackmon era Mavs jerseys

What happened to Jamal Mashburn??

He's an analyst on ESPN sometimes

phunkdaddy said:

SCNDLS said:

I have said this from Day 1. Can't look at him with a straight face.

1994 was a good year for the Mavericks cuz that year we drafted my other baby daddy Jim Jackson. Now, that thang was RIGHT!

Unfortunately, my same homegirl who was dating Jason dated Jim too which led to a brouhaha in the locker room that made the news. Yeah, she was kinda ho-ish.

Ooooowwweeeeee! Jim was and still IS foine!!!

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Oh shit the Rolando Blackmon era Mavs jerseys

I call Rolando my "uncle" cuz he's Panamanian too and my uncle's name is Rolando

SCNDLS said:

Fauxie said:

What happened to Jamal Mashburn??

He's an analyst on ESPN sometimes

I just remembered that I'd seen him on TV. I was thinking about his career. I was kinda out of touch with the NBA for a few years though. Seems he had a decent career, but cut short by injuries.

SCNDLS said:

crazylegs said:

Nahh the Kidd/Jackson feud was over Toni Braxton. I uh'member that shit!

That was ONE of their feuds they had several.

Yyeah cuz that was the one that Kidd got management to send Jackson packin!

crazylegs said:

SCNDLS said:

That was ONE of their feuds they had several.

Yyeah cuz that was the one that Kidd got management to send Jackson packin!

They were both really immature with the diva behavior and having too much fun in Dallas. They were too busy acting like Evelyn and Royce to get shit together. We coulda prolly done some things back then if they'd acted right cuz we actually had some really good players during Jkidd's first run here.

SCNDLS said:

crazylegs said:

Yyeah cuz that was the one that Kidd got management to send Jackson packin!

They were both really immature with the diva behavior and having too much fun in Dallas. They were too busy acting like Evelyn and Royce to get shit together. We coulda prolly done some things back then if they'd acted right cuz we actually had some really good players during Jkidd's first run here.

Yeah that was a nice squad back then.

Question...why the fuck do these guys get married?

StonedImmaculate said:

Question...why the fuck do these guys get married?

Makes ZERO sense

HotGritz said:

nd33 said:

HotGritz said:

I was disappointed when the Laker's got swept. I thought at least they would tie with the Mavs but the bottom line is Dallas has younger and hungrier players. Am I correct in stating that Jason Kidd has never won an NBA championship? Surely he was ready to set Kobe's ass on fire!

I heard someone saying that the MAVS were the oldest team in the league!

Probably those in the starting lineup but the bench definitely has some younger players.

crazylegs said:

Nahh the Kidd/Jackson feud was over Toni Braxton. I uh'member that shit!

I remember that mess. Lawdy these athletes and celebs sho love spreading the juice. Nasty asses.

SCNDLS said:

StonedImmaculate said:

Question...why the fuck do these guys get married?

Makes ZERO sense

Five reasons:

1) public image....the family man image is very lucrative.

2) cock blocking....if they don't lock the pussy down then other hounds will come a sniffin'

3) beards.....this requires no explanation

4) kids....being and NBA baller and a random baby daddy is not a good look

5) everybody does it.....when one or two marry then the rest feel the need to follow suit

honorable mention:

a very small percent of these men may actually like their women enough to want to wed them and we all are apt to do crazy things when we're in love or something like it.

Dirk: 33, But Still Getting Better

Dirk Nowitzki will soon be 33. A former league MVP, he already holds practically every meaningful record in the history of the Dallas Mavericks. He's rising in the ranking of greatest players in NBA history, boosted by career playoff stats that are near the top of the charts.

And, get this: He's still getting better.

In leading the Mavericks to the Western Conference finals for the first time in five seasons, Nowitzki has shown off the latest innovations to his already extensive "toolbox" of skills -- a one-legged, step-back jumper that's almost impossible to block and a left-handed hook shot.

Throw in his consistently improving defense, and perhaps this will be the season Nowitzki and the Mavs discover the thing they are missing most, a championship.

"It's the best I've seen him play in his career," said Pau Gasol, the Lakers' big man who struggled to keep pace with Nowitzki last round. "He's in a great rhythm. He's shooting extremely well and confidently. You can't take anything away from him."

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Gasol wasn't using a figure of speech. He really wasn't able to take away any of Nowitzki's favorite spots on the court during their series, a key reason why Dallas swept the two-time NBA champions.

When Gasol crowded Nowitzki at the edge of the free throw line, the German created space by leaning back on one leg, putting up the other knee and flicking in a rainbow jumper. He seemed to hardly ever miss this unorthodox-looking shot, quickly turning it into a fan favorite.

"When I see it, I still get caught up like, `Dang!"' teammate Jason Terry said. "I know it has to be demoralizing to the other team."

Nowitzki built his game on the unorthodox, making it from Germany to the NBA at age 20 because he was a 7-footer who could make 3-pointers. His guru, Holger Geschwindner, figured that would be the best way to break into the big time, and planned to build the other elements of Nowitzki's game as he got older.

They have, with spectacular results. He's the 23rd-leading scorer in NBA history and has plenty of time to move way up on that list. In the playoffs, he's among four players who have averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds; his 25.6 points per game are 10th-best.

"The great ones come back every year with a new weapon or a new counter to one of the things that's an important weapon to their game because teams are constantly adjusting to them," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "I've seen more unique defensive coverages on him than any player I've ever been around because he's so unique with his ability to be a great one-on-one player."

Funny thing is, Nowitzki didn't intentionally learn the new step-back.

"I don't know where the one-leg thing came from," he said, smiling. "It just developed. It was really just creating a little separation for me to get the shot up."

His ability to maintain the proper form while off-balance stems from all his other work with Geschwindner, who is in Dallas for the postseason, as usual.

"Our goal was always from the beginning that there is not one shot in the game that you can't make," Nowitzki said. "So we practice all sorts of shots. In practice, we shoot left-handed free throws, we shoot left-handed bank shots outside the paint, we shoot runners, we shoot hooks, all sorts of turnarounds. ... We always practiced a little bit of everything so I'm in position to succeed."

The left-handed hook is another example.

Terry said he's seen Nowitzki hit 25 in a row in warmups. And while he uses it in the regular season, he doesn't do it much.

But with about a minute left in Game 3 against the Lakers, with Gasol having pushed Nowitzki way left of the basket and with another defender charging at him, Nowitzki gave it a try.

"I was stuck a little bit, and I slung something up there," he said. "And it went in."

Nowitzki's amazing combination of shots have long earned him credit as a great scorer. But his reputation is a bit hollow because he and Dallas have never won it all, despite being on a run of 11 straight 50-win seasons.

The Mavs have only reached the NBA finals only once, in 2006. They were up 2-0 and leading by 13 points in Game 3 but couldn't close it out. They won 67 games the next season and Nowitzki was the MVP, only to get eliminated in the first round. Both the franchise and its star player have been trying to overcome those flops ever since, with little success.

Until now.

Nowitzki said Wednesday this is the best he's played since leading Dallas to the '06 finals. It shows in the fact the Mavs have won a franchise-record six straight playoff games. He's leading the way, of course, averaging 26.5 points and 8.4 rebounds.

"I want to win a championship before I retire, that's my goal," he said. "I don't play for nothing else. That's really all that's left in my career. We've got a great shot this year and we've got to go for it."

Dallas will host the first two games of the Western Conference finals starting either Sunday or Tuesday, depending on when the series between Oklahoma City and Memphis wraps up. The Thunder and Grizzlies were tied at 2 going into Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Two days later? Bitch please

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Andrew Bynum Apologizes

Lakers center Andrew Bynum apologized for his flagrant foul on the Mavericks J.J. Berea during Sunday's loss in Dallas. The NBA has suspended Bynum five games and fined him $25,000 for removing his jersey while walking off the court.