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a basketball nerd who has nothing important to say

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Happy Nets Fan Is Happy.

Impressive 5-game win streak for the Nyets. Especially impressive since win 5 was a great game against the Celts.

And you know what that means for the Bulls, right?

(h/t reddit)

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365daysofmj:

The glory. O the glory. The glory of a Michael Jordan Birthday Cake.

This is my baby. Two-tiered cheesecake with buttery graham cracker crust and red velvet cake with red fondant and black cream cheese frosting. Every single thing made from scratch.

And I couldn’t have done it without the help of my cousins Kim and Ryan. And my dad for getting us recipes and helping out in the kitchen. Keep in mind we have little-to-no pastry experience. But I’m extremely happy with the way it turned out.

This cake is chock-full with MJ references:

10 1/2” diameter of cheesecake +   8 1/2” diameter of red velvet +   4” height of entire cake = 23

Cake was cut into 23 pieces

Including test runs, it took (approximately) 12 hours and 23 minutes to make. (12 being the only number aside from 23 and 45 Jordan has worn in an NBA game)

There are 9 Michael Jordan pogs on the cake: his number on the Dream Team.

Note the Siamese Jordans. They are awesome.

Fondant dried out a little so its texture resembled the leather of a Jordan shoe. Booya.

(Note: Just to explain, I had to postpone my cake til the weekend after my birthday so I would be off crutches…)

DAY9 | 022711

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365daysofmj:

DAY2 “23 Greatest Moments of MJ”

Compiled by ESPN a few years back for His Airness’ birthday. His iconic moments are ridiculous.

I’d do the same for my life but it would probably not be as exciting.

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Today I turned Michael Jordan Years old. And 365daysofmj will be my celebration of what needs to be as awesome of a year as Jordan was a baller. Let's goooooo!

365daysofmj:

Day 1: Birthday Candles

Taken around midnight at Sanamluang’s: the illest late-nite Asian place in LA.

Plan was to originally have Birthday Shrimp Cakes, but were forced to resort to birthday crab cakes. Not even close. I’m getting a do-over with those candles soon enough…

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If Lebron James is healthy, he may give it a shot

-NBATV's Steve Smith asking Lebron about his participation in the 2012 Dunk Contest

And the question remains unanswered... I'm putting money on him not doing it unless Blake issues a direct challenge.

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FTW021511

"Bill Russell is in Washington DC today to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama" -@NBA

My hat goes off to the greatest winner the sport has ever seen.

11 Rings, 5 MVPs, 12 All-Star Games, great character, & the consummate team player. FTW material all the way.

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"Kwame Brown has led the NBA in times mumbling "My bad" on-court for five consecutive seasons"

From The Onion's "Sportsdome" on Comedy Central.

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Corner3FTW is starting to develop an identity...

Here at Corner3FTW, we don't know what the hell we're doing. Seriously. We don't. To the point that I am referring to myself as the "Royal We" to give myself more credibility (I guess?).

So here's something (we/I) (are/am) going to start doing: documenting FTW's like Arron Afflalo's versus the Mavs last night. That sounds like a cool feature right?

Wait, what's a FTW? An acronym for "for the win"... Still don't get it? The best way for me to explain it is a nerdy way of expressing enthusiasm for something. Except here it has a literal meaning as well.

It also makes too much sense with the blog's title...

P.S. Keep an eye out for more "REAL TALK" postings. I've got some pieces I'm working on that should be worth something to somebody.

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"ARRON AFFLALO IS AN ASSASSIN!" -Kevin Harlan

In case you missed it, Afflalo Creed knocks down the buzzer-beater after a huge late in the 4th rally versus the Mavs. 121-120.

HONORABLE MENTION: Ray Allen for becoming the All-Time 3-Point shot leader. He'd tie with Afflalo Creed but they didn't pull of the W.

[gotemcoach]

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Man, all these years I've always been able to overlook the absolute skeeziness that DWill's hair decisions exude because of his game... But, dammit, I can't look past it now. Thanks for that, Got 'Em...

gotemcoach:The real reason Jerry Sloan is resigning…

That goddamn haircut.  Get rid of it, Deron.  The beard too.  We’re begging you.

(REPORT:  Sloan and Williams clash)

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"What AK47 said to Sloan after last night's game" -@KneeJerkNBA

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Thanks, @JESkeets.

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amazia. what i would give for one of these...

allypoo:

Inspired by my last reblog, I did an Internet scavenger hunt for every championship ring since 1950. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the ‘77 ring anywhere, which depressed me too much to allow me to continue. If you know of a better picture of the Lakers’ 1981 ring, I’d love to change it.

Major props to Chicago for starting the bling trend.

Best three:

1. ‘93 Bulls

2. ‘02 Lakers

3. ‘08 Celtics

Honorable mentions: ‘04 Pistons, ‘10 Lakers

Worst three:

1. ‘03 Spurs (I can’t see the logo in the sea of diamonds.)

2. ‘06 Heat (There’s no way of telling that’s the Heat ring.)

3. ‘86 Celtics (Look at the clover. Its shape upsets me.)

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so sad...

mattjames:

Hopeless Cavs Fall to Washington Generals 97 - 85

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Too good.

For @sportsguy33

Bill Simmons tweeted that he needed Shawn Bradley getting housed by Milkshake Griffin, and you know how I like to get my Photoshop on…

gotemcoach

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REAL TALK: Jon Brockman Is Smarter Than You

In case you didn't catch it last night, Jonathan Brockman of the Milwaukee Bucks got Mozgov'd/emasculated/posterized in a Dunk Porn Production by Deandre Jordan of the LA Clippers. The Filthy McNasty was strong with Jordan that night...

And I have a pretty strong hunch that Brockman pre-empted it... With his beard.

L: Official 2010-11 NBA Player Photo R: 1/31/11 @ Staples, seconds after getting emasculated

That beard that Deandre almost dunked off of Brockman's face? That was not present at the beginning of the season. As you can see in this official player photo, Brockman sported the clean face on a big goofy white guy look. The 6'7" sophomore power forward from Washington still flaunted his boyish looks.

There's a number of reasons he may have opted for the militaristic, Justin-Vernon-winter-exiled-in-a-Wisconsin-cabin look:

A bad breakup

A bet with a teammate

No time to pick up a new razor for the past month

An attempt to live up more to his nickname - "The Brockness Monster"

Soup reservoir

All valid reasons. My guess though, is that he KNEW he'd get posterized. How you ask?

The Brock Mamba is a sophomore, under-sized, white, marginal, rotation big man in the League, where hard work is how you pay your dues if you fit that description. The prospect of getting violated by a high-flyer is a foregone conclusion for someone of his mold. And he knew that (especially when playing against the high-flying Buddy System of Blake Griffin & Deandre Jordan). Henceforth, the acquisition of a super identifying physical feature that would let him fade back into the shroud of NBA journeymanship is a smart move.

Don't tell me that Mozgov shaving his head and growing a beard wouldn't help you forget the baptism Blake gave him?

Or that Frederic Weis wouldn't have been forced into exile if he gauges his ears, grows cornrows, and a fu manchu after Le Dunk de la Mort?

Watch. I predict Brockman will have shaved his beard by All-Star weekend at the latest. It's just too shameful to wear it around now...

Now, just how this justifies my claim that Brockman is smarter than you... I have no idea. But it sounds cool, right?

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THIS IS IMPORTANT

If you have no idea what this is, you MUST WATCH this fan video from the Grizzlies/Raptors game earlier this week. 

GotEmCoach.com

The dude in this fan video should look into being a color commentator.