Archive for May, 2009
What game was this guy watching, and how is there no talk of him getting fined for his comments about the reffing? This was one of the better officiated games this series. Lakers shot 35 FTs, and the Nugs shot 30.
Yes, there were some questionable calls and non-calls, but at least it was happening on both ends of the court. Did he not notice that in less minutes, Carmelo shot more FTs than Kobe? Or maybe he didn’t notice that freakin Dahntay Jones shot more FTs than anyone on the Lakers not named Kobe Bryant? Whatever his excuse, quit your whining. You’re an NBA coach and you’re in the Conference Finals. There’s no room for whining like that in the press conferences.
Pretty much the entire press conference was Karl complaining about the refs. How about this, George? Complain about how your team missed crucial FTs. Or how they went for a good 5 minutes in the 4th without scoring? Or how about your team not stop the wrecking ball that is Lamar Odom.
Good job lobbying the refs, George. I look forward to your team shooting 15 more FTs than the Lakers… oh wait, that already happened in Game 4.
Everyone used to talk about how Bruce Bowen is a dirty player and he tries to injure people etc, and I’m not gonna argue that, but has anyone watched the last 2 games in the LA/Denver series? How the hell has Dahntay Jones not gotten suspended for the cheap shots he’s taken in this video? That’s 2 games in a row with plays meant to injure someone else.
Anyone who has ever played basketball know that you don’t push someone in the back, especially when they’re in mid air. That play alone ranks right up there, possibly higher than Bowen’s step under move. Pushing a player in the back like this can end a player’s career, and is absolutely uncalled for in this league. Something needs to be done… something OTHER than assessing a Flagrant 1 AFTER the game. Thanks again for hiring poor refs, Stern.
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Hey everyone,
This is the third time that PayPal has emailed me regarding the Raffle for Dwight Howard’s autographed shoes. I guess I was right when I said that they weren’t interested in raising money for Leukemia. Apparently, their rules are more important than helping children who have this life threatening disease.
If this is any sign of how they work as a company, I personally do not want them to be a part of this cause anyways. But seeing as how they pretty much have a monopoly on sending money online, I don’t really have any choice but to use them. Unfortunately, what this means is that the raffle will have to come to an end.
Thank you to all of the people who have participated and I will be randomly picking a winner for the shoes soon. I’d like to thank the following people for being so generous and helping this great cause. Hopefully this money can help not only find a cure, but find preventative measures.
- Mark Bautista
- Adeel Cochinwala
- Earl Bolson
- Phong Bui
- Sara Garrison
- Lisa Schramm and Justin Ecker
- Jim and Craig Stob
- Kenneth Johnson
- Gavin Burke
Again, thank you everyone for being a part of this cause. It is truly unfortunate that a company like PayPal does not have it’s priorities in order and would focus on shutting down a raffle for a good cause. Apparently, in the FOURTH email that I just got during the time that I’ve been writing this post, they consider this raffle to be gambling related. Here’s a big THUMBS DOWN to PayPal. I would give PayPal a different finger, but then who knows, they might try to shut down my entire blog.
Now that we’ve raised money for Leukemia research, can we all spend a little time announcing how terrible PayPal is as a company? Anyone with Twitter accounts, please spread this post. Hopefully, it will make them realize how dumb they are and prevent them from shutting down other raffles or projects that are going for a good cause. Thank you again everyone.
Anyone that would still like to donate, can send money to chrisjbui@hotmail.com
You will still be recognized for your contributions, although unfortunately, you can no longer be eligible for the autographed shoes. Thanks again, PayPal.
According to Yahoo! Sports, Artest was quoted as saying “Obviously, the Lakers are more experienced than us, but I thought we were the better team. Individually, it’s a failure for me. With the team that we have, there was no reason why we shouldn’t have advanced. But I thought it was a good learning experience for these guys. They’ve been through a Game 7.”
I understand having confidence in your team, but really? Come on, Ron. Give credit where it’s due. The Lakers were picked to win the championship at the beginning of the year for a reason. Everyone knows who the better team is/was. Stop lying to yourself and go enjoy your Free Agency.
Gotta love these videos from Lakers-Fan.com. Check out the latest after last night’s game.
Alright, folks. I’ve gotten great responses from the previous post last week about the raffle for shoes autographed by Dwight Howard. First of all, I want to thank you all in advance for supporting such a great cause. Hopefully, the money we raise from this can help not only my cousin in his fight against Leukemia, but for anyone else that is affected by this disease.
So here’s how the raffle will happen:
- “Raffle Tickets” are $5 each, and there is no limit to how many tickets each person can purchase. The more you donate, the better your chances are of winning the shoes.
- Raffle Tickets can be purchased through PayPal by sending your donation to REMOVED BY PAYPAL (That’s an account I set up specifically for this raffle) or by clicking here:
*edit* Paypal is being dumb and asked me to remove the PayPal link/image since apparently I’m offering gambling by raffling off the shoes. Hey PayPal, you might want to actually read not only this post, but the email I sent you. This raffle is for a pair of shoes, and the money is getting donated to Leukemia research. Apparently you aren’t that interested in being involved in a good cause either.
Either way, you guys can still send the donations to REMOVED BY PAYPAL.
- If your account does not match your actual name and email address, please let me know by either sending me an email to cbui81@yahoo.com, or posting a comment here. I want to make sure that everyone that participates gets their due recognition. During the raffle period, I will occasionally post the names of those who have donated, and I need your email address so I can contact you if you win the shoes!
- Upon receiving your donation, I will email you with a set of numbers representing your “Tickets” (Don’t worry, I’ll keep track of the numbers also if you happen to lose them)
- On May 31st, I will be running the numbers through random.org and let that program pick the winner.
- On June 1st, the winner will be announced on Nothin But Bball, and I’ll contact you to get your address.
Simple, simple raffle. Nothing fancy. Just people getting together and raising money for a great cause.
As for where the money raised goes, here is a breakdown:
- 50% goes to Team in Training. Click the link to learn more about them. And if you have the time, I’d definitely recommend joining their cause.
- 50% will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Now I’m pretty sure you all have been dying to take a look at the shoes.
If you took a look at the video in my Raffle announcement post from last week, you probably figured out which shoes we’re auctioning off. And no, they aren’t shoes the D Howard wore in a game, although it’d be pretty funny if he tried to fit into these. They’re a 9.5 US… he might not even be able to fit his big toe in there. I’d also like to give a HUGE thank you to Tom from Venture Media Group out in Carpinteria, CA for hooking up the photos, and Kenny Hyder for setting me up with Tom. Check out the pictures Tom took below.
Of course, we can’t do this without giving a big virtual hug and high five to the person that started it all. Big thanks to Kristen over at Adidas for being a huge supporter of this cause and for sending me the autographed “kix” as she calls them. You’re awesome and this couldn’t have happened without you. Thank you, Kristen.
Alright everyone, you’ve read through this huge post, now let’s get this raffle started right! I want to see us raise a crazy amount of money so the doctors fighting Leukemia can have the funding they need to create the medicines to kill off this disease. Again, thank you everyone in advance. Spread the word, and let’s give Leukemia a swift kick in the butt… with shoes autographed by Dwight Howard.
If you guys have followed the Machine videos about Sasha Vujacic, be prepared for the best one so far in the series. These guys are awesome. Ma Ma Machine.
What’s up everyone? For all of you that have been following this blog for a while, you may remember about 6 months ago, my 13 year old cousin was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. He’s still in the hospital fighting AML FLT 3, which is a type of Leukemia which only hits about 2000 people per year, and mostly adults, not children.
When I heard that Adidas was going to be sending me a pair of shoes autographed by Dwight Howard, at first I thought of keeping them as a collector’s item and letting them grow in value. Last week, my cousin went through some very tough times and made me wonder what I could do to help other people who have been diagnosed with Leukemia as well. My first thought was to auction the shoes when they came in, and donate the money to Leukemia research.
After thinking about it a bit more though, if I did that, only one person would be making a donation. So starting next Monday, May 11th, I will be holding a RAFFLE at $5 per ticket… and you can buy as many tickets as you’d like. Details will come out on Monday, but get your PayPal accounts ready to buy your tickets. We’ll hold off on showing you the shoes until then also.
In the spirit of this raffle, everyone that participates will be recognized for their generous donations in helping the fight against Leukemia. At the end of the raffle, all participants will be recognized in a separate Thank You post. This is a very important event for me, and I look forward to seeing the response that this gets. Please continue to pass on the word about this raffle, as it will run until the end of the month. Where else can you possibly get a pair of shoes autographed by Dwight Howard for $5?
Here’s a hint to what the shoes will look like:
No wonder the Big Cactus always seems to come into the season over weight. Silly fat bastard.
There’s something wrong when you have that big of a Free Throw discrepancy, especially when the team with less FTs is driving to the hoop and getting hammered. Last night the Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-92, while takign 29 shots from the charity stripe. The Lakers, however, only took 19 free throws.
It is just me, or were the refs horrible last night? I’m a fan of calling the game evenly on both ends. This game was just made worse by the fact that it was the Lakers that were getting screwed, particularly in the 4th quarter. Lamar Odom was taking it to the rim every single play and managed to take 6 free throws. Kobe was being aggressive and driving in, getting hacked, yet now calls.
On the other end, you look at Yao the wrong way and he goes to the line. Artest is allowed to dribble the ball while holding the Heisman pose and stiff arming Trevor Ariza, yet no foul was called. Phil Jackson, PLEASE submit this tape to the league for review. Pull a Mark Cuban. Thanks.
That game was one of the most frustrating games to watch in a long time because of the horrible officiating crew. Hopefully the rest of the series has better reffing. I’d even rather have old man Crawford or Steve Javey (known Laker/Kobe Hater) in there. At least these days, they’re trying to ref fairly. We’ll just have to wait until Wednesday to see if this crap changes.
Alright, let’s put aside the whole Dalembert incident. It’s the Playoffs and guys are bound to get heated. Dalembert had him all wrapped up and Howard retaliated. If it was on the playground, that definitely would have happened, but since this the NBA, everyone expects the players to hold every single emotion inside.
Tonight, Howard gets a whole new look. Adidas created these for the big man that likes to bang down low. Hmm. What would make Howard EVER want to wear these? *Note: Yes that was sarcasm.
He’ll be rockin these shoes in a Black colorway for tonight’s away game, and Whites for the home games. These won’t be released until October, but the new design is definitely worth the wait. I have no doubt the Black colorways are gonna look sick tonight. Maybe my contact over at Adidas can send me 365 pairs… one for each day of the year. We can all dream can’t we?
INTRODUCING: COMMAND + CREATE EVOLUTION
TS COMMANDER LT for DWIGHT HOWARD
EXCLUSIVE PLAYER EDITION WORN ONCOURT BY DWIGHT FOR THE PLAYOFFS
* NOTE: Colorway above will launch in Fall 2009; Dwight will wear special home + away colors of this shoe throughout the series.
STYLE NAME: TS Commander LT
ABOUT: Designed for the big men under the basket with evolved cushioning, support at the heel counter and a EVA-midsole.
- Perforated upper for ventilation and maximum performance.
- New fat-stripe design.
- Synthetic leather upper for light weight and durability.
- Perforated upper materials for superior breathability.
- Linking textile.
- Midsole: Dual-density EVA for focused support and cushioning.
- adiPRENE + insert for forefoot propulsion and efficiency.
- Outsole: Non-Marking rubber outsole.
- Herringbone pattern outsole for optimum traction.
SRP: $100.00
AVAILABLE AT RETAIL: 10/1/09
WEBSITE: www.shopadidas.com
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