After a huge game last night in game 3 of the NBA Finals, a buddy pointed me to some video blogs "created by" Sasha Vujacic. Nicknamed 'The Machine', Vujacic scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting to help lead the Lakers to victory over the Boston Celtics. So far there are three entries in the Sasha Vujacic video blog saga, and I can't wait for an entry talking about last night's performance.
Sasha Vujacic Video Blog 1
You'll find the rest of the videos after the jump.
Curt Schilling managed to score some choice tickets for Game 2 of the NBA Finals, allowing him to sit within earshot of the Laker bench. By his own admission, Curt had never sat so close to an NBA game and this fantastic view gave him new insight into the sport. What he saw surprised him, from the intense physicality to Kobe's ranting and bitching during timeouts.
Curt documented all of his observations at his blog, where you'll find a pretty lengthy and interesting post. Granted, you won't find much Laker love here, which may have a lot to do with the Celtic jersey Curt wore to the game.
5) Kobe. This one stunned me a little bit. Who doesn’t know Kobe Bryant right? I only know what I have heard, starting awhile back with the entire Shaq debacle. I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other on or about him other than to know that people feel he might be one of the 4-5 greatest players to ever lace it up. What I do know is what I got to see up close and hear, was unexpected. From the first tip until about 4 minutes left in the game I saw and heard this guy bitch at his teammates. Every TO he came to the bench pissed, and a few of them he went to other guys and yelled about something they weren’t doing, or something they did wrong. No dialog about “hey let’s go, let’s get after it” or whatever. He spent the better part of 3.5 quarters pissed off and ranting at the non-execution or lack of, of his team. Then when they made what almost was a historic run in the 4th, during a TO, he got down on the floor and basically said ‘Let’s f’ing go, right now, right here” or something to that affect. I am not making this observation in a good or bad way, I have no idea how the guys in the NBA play or do things like this, but I thought it was a fascinating bit of insight for me to watch someone in another sport who is in the position of a team leader and how he interacted with his team and teammates. Watching the other 11 guys, every time out it was high fives and “Hey nice work, let’s get after it” or something to that affect. He walked off the floor, obligatory skin contact on the high five, and sat on the bench stone faced or pissed off, the whole game. Just weird to see another sport and how it all works. I would assume that’s his style and how he plays and what works for him because when I saw the leader board for scoring in the post season his name sat up top at 31+ a game, can’t argue with that. But as a fan I was watching the whole thing, Kobe, his teammates and then the after effects of conversations. He’d yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a ‘whatever dude’ look.
Ever wanted an NBA championship ring without going through all the trouble of actually playing for a winning team? Today's your lucky day then, as an authentic championship ring from the Los Angeles Lakers 1999-2000 season has popped up on eBay, for the small starting sum of $22,500. Keep reading for more information on the auction and photos of the ring.
Inside the NBA is one of my favorite programs, and I love when the NBA playoffs roll around and we get more Chuck, Ernie, and Kenny than we can handle. Most of the time, Inside the NBA is actually more entertaining than the games they're covering, so I end up watching even on nights when my teams aren't playing. This week, Ernie played a great prank on poor Charles Barkley that had me nearly dying of laughter.
Poor Chuck. I hope these guys are around covering the NBA for many more years. Hit the jump for more of my favorite Inside the NBA moments.
I realize this is now a couple of months old, but I must have missed it the first time around. I found it linked on one of my favorite forums earlier today, and it made me laugh so hard that I had to share it. It just makes me glad that my Lakers don't have a mascot, unless you count Jack Nicholson.
Kids, don't aspire to be a mascot when you grow up.
If you're like me and are frequently at the office, in class, or otherwise away from a TV when your favorite program is on but always have a laptop with you, then www.channelsurfing.net is about to become your new best friend. They provide daily feeds of most sporting events, as well as some of the most popular television shows like The Office, Lost, and Celebrity Apprentice. As long as you've got a computer and an internet connection you can keep up on your TV from where ever you may be. Some of the streams only work in Internet Explorer, and others might require third party software, but for the most part many will play as-is in Windows Media Player. I won't go into the copyright issue, but be sure to read their Terms of Use as I get the feeling their services would be considered less than legal in some places.
Now you can enjoy March Madness from the comfort of your...er...desk.
