The Warriors blew out The Clippers by 40 points in hot pre-seaon NBA action last Friday. After their win on Monday 10/11, the Dubs sit at 2-0 in the season before the real season. Across the bay in San Francisco, the 49ers went 4-0 in pre-season and have yet to win a real game now sitting at 0-5. So obviously lame pre-records don't mean anything (so why do they even keep them?)
One has to have an eye for detail to learn something during pre-season games. And one thing I've picked up so far is Monta's new Judo Kick Jumper. The flying right leg creates space from taller defenders and presents a potential to pick up a shooting foul. Ryan Gomes had no chance defending Monta's Judo Kick J in last Friday's Clip destruction.
Things are happy in Warrior land. I've read few "experts" predict 49 and 50 wins for the Dubs this year. I've also read a few who said 19 to 25 wins but I don't listen to those guys. A new owner, a new coach, and a rebuilt roster have put smiles on people's pre-season faces. Can't you just feel the good karma in the air?
The annual rookie right of passage took place after open practice last night. Warrior Rookies had to dance the Dougie, sing happy birthday to Brandan Wright, and were presented with their season backpacks and lunchboxes as apart of the hazing ritual for first years. Enjoy the video below:
A few other things I'm digging from the Open Practice. 1) I like how Monta is MC'ing the rookie hazing. That shows some leadership. 2) David Lee totally doesn't want to be there. 3) Curry was too busy to participate because he was signing autographs. 4) Reggie Williams is still considered a rookie?
Man, the great content keeps coming from sponsors, teams, and media outlets as the NBA pre-season is getting revved up. After months of "Big 3" breakdowns and Amare studying Judaism we now have some fun stuff to enjoy as evident in the many Nextians posts the past few days.
So I present to you Carlos Boozer losing a game of HORSE to a high school kid. Of course they just shot a barrage of 3's which isn't exactly Boozer's specialty and once C-Los dunked the shooter got to tag in his taller dunking teammate. Also, when Boozhound lost it meant that the school got some money from Gatorade. So this isn't on the same level of some balding CEO beating Michael Jordan in one-on-one at a Jordan camp or a Brit in jeans and a v-neck sweater schooling Devin Harris on a drive to the hole. This is all good fun. Enjoy the last Boozer footage before he comes back from a broken hand in 2 months:
This could be one of the weirder NBA things I've seen in a while. When Andre, Russell, and Josh visited Varney & Co. studios to talk about NBA 2K11 they never imagined having to defend themselves from this barrage. I guess that's what you get when you go on Fox News.
Although it was tough for these guys to slip the question, I was impressed by Iggy's ability to drop a little knowledge on the viewers and not be taken for a fool. The other guys did OK too.
There's good reason to believe that D-How spent three days with Hakeem only because Adidas told him that it would be great for his image. But the video below is still a lot of fun to spend nearly 9 minutes of your life.
I just love Hakeem's teaching style a passion for the game. Didn't we see this same type of video last year with Kobe getting some schooling from The Dream? If I remember correctly things seemed to work out pretty well for Kobe last year.
Booblehead technology has taken quite a leap in this new NBA TV commercial. This has heightened my anticipation for one of the most anticipated seasons in NBA history. So stop anticipating and watch this hilarious commercial already:
The official NBA basketball shoe has been released just in time for you to get your pair before the season begins! At the price of $29.99 it's almost impossible to pass up this terrific value. The NBA only puts its name and Jerry West logo on the finest quality of apparel. Therefore I have little hesitation in recommending these kicks for your basket balling efforts
