Hoop Sking: New Totally Awesome Videos!

A basketball player can amuse themselves on the Hoop Sking website all day long!  (By The Way: they spelled "sking" wrong.  It's "skiing".  By The Way II: why did they combine "Hoop" and "Sking" to form their website/company name?  I don't get it.)

You may remember a post on this fantastic blog about all of the incredible basketball aid products from Hoop Sking in early 2010.  Well, now they have video to back it up.  Get you credit card ready because you're not going to be able to resist purchasing "Pivitology" once you see this teaser:



Awesome footwork dude!  Those drills will totally help a baller in the post and probably at the ski resort.  Now get ready for some extreme jump rope:



I don't know about you but I'm totally down to purchase all Hoop Sking training aids and training videos and go into debt.

Like a Boss - The Remix

Those of us who drafted Chris Bosh this year in fantasy hoops know what kind of anchor he has been. What happened to the nightly 20/10 this self-proclaimed 'superstar' has put up for the past seven years? Anybody who has watched the Miami Heat play surely noticed this raptor-like skinny dude moping around the court, getting posterized by point guards (WTF is he thinking in that pic "Rajon don't worry I will catch you if you fall!"). He is playing with no emotion, no energy - frankly it looks like he is playing scared.

He is most definitely not playing LIKE A BOSS, a phrase which has surprisingly stuck in my head since I witnessed this memorable lonely island skit:

Until now, I've associated this skit only with New York Giants football tight end Kevin Boss. But thanks to some doudes at the Basketball Jones, I now have a new phrase and new player to associate with this witty ditty. When something is supposed to be good and stinks, its now LIKE A BOSH! Or you can follow the official definition per TBJ, which is

“Like a Bosh” [idiom, ~2010]: When someone or something desires the limelight only to wilt under the newfound pressure.

Peep and love the video:

TBJ exclusive: Like A Bosh from The Basketball Jones on Vimeo.

Warriors Ticket Promotion; Free Turkey

New Golden State Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Gruber have been making the rounds lately after the sale of the franchise was approved last Friday.  Monday's game had a "50% off everything" promotion (which was awesome b/c it included beer) and now new management has an even better ticket-selling idea:  go to the Nuggets at Warriors game next Monday 11/22, purchase 4 tickets, and get a FREE Turkey.

I'm really confused.  These guys sound good in the media but the email promotions coming from the organization they now officially own are really wacked out.  What type of NBA fan gets excited about a free turkey?  My mom sure as heck isn't going to the Warriors game for a free turkey.  I would know what to do with a "Free Turkey" voucher from Lucky other than try and donate it to one of the guys on the walkway between the Oracle and BART.  More to come on promo-gate as the emails keep pouring into my inbox.

Pat Riley's Facebook Status Update

As we all know it is only matter of time, or losses, before that spunky coach of the Miami Heat Erik Spolestra, goes on a fishing trip with the club President and doesn't come back. If you need to check on the status of this soap opera every day, I suggest you add to your internets favorites this simple world wide web page that Stan Van Gundy recently created*.

*allegedly

Kevin Love & Wesley Johnson's Low 5 Gone Wrong; Volume II

PEEP the startling reaction to the handshake gone terribly, terribly wrong. Kevin Love and Wesley Johnson have tried their best to remedy the situation and it looks like it's still a work in progress.

THE Nextians brough you the original reporting of the handshake a few weeks back. Thanks to True Hoop for the links.

New Warriors Owners are Very Happy

Now that Joe Lacob and Peter Gruber have been officially made owners of the Golden State Warriors, they would like to say "thank you" to the loyal Dubs fans with a ticket promotion.  No longer are players being used to market the team.  And thankfully, the Warriors aren't using LeBron and Kobe as marketing tools with the message of "we suck, but check out these really good players who are going to whoop us!"  But plaster the faces of the new owners on an email campaign?  This is weird and slightly funny.  Enjoy their mugs:

Just Say No To Drugs; 1987 Lakers

This has been posted to The Nextians blog of what's Next before.  I recently saw this posted on Deadspin's "Hunt For The Worst 80's Team Song" and wanted to put it up here again.  Remember, just say no to drugs: