….if the Loafs can lose in LA, the Raps can lose in New York.

I think it has taken at least a day for me to get over the sheer ugliness of the new Jordan shoe. They are almost Gheorghe Muresan ugly.

Speaking of ugly, how about Jermaine O’Neals club closing it’s doors in Indianapolis with plans to re-open as a….country & western bar? No doubt it will be THE hotspot for visiting teams.

When it comes to cars, when you think NBA, don’t you immediately think about driving a Kia? No? Well, you might now.

You ever watch Pros vs Joes? It is a show that pits real athletes against people like you and I. I’ve never been interested, really, although the two or three times I watched it, it left me thinking of one person I’d love to see on it. Well, next season my wish is fulfilled. Ladies and gentlemen, Charles Oakley.

I was ecstatic to hear about the extension of the arena lease in New Orleans. It is by far my favourite place to see an NBA game (sorry Winnipeg) and the city deserves to have them stick around.

What isn’t wrong with the Heat? Maybe they should bring in Ron Artest to ref their scrimmages like he has been doing in Sactown, just to bring some levity to life.

You know, back when I was knee high to Spud Webb, posters referred to things you hung on your wall. Here is a great piece looking back at that long lost art of making your walls look better than your buddies.

The Bosh video continues to garner good and bad press. I linked to his appearance on The Best Damn Sports Show in the Altraps news feed. They seemed to like it. Dude over at SLAM thinks players should re-think the whole idea. Man, can’t the Raptors and their fans ever get along??

Anybody else find it strange that Bargnani sits out an eternity after his appendectomy and the 87-year old Grant Hill will only be gone 2-3 weeks?

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