kobe and shaq being teammates?.....i don't ever want to see that again

ALL STAR WEEKEND

so saturday night included one full of little elementary school type games for some skilled players. there were two that i was excited about--the skills challenge and of course, the slam dunk contest. D-Baby was involved in the skills one so Lord knows i was watching that. as close as possible, too. Other participants were Devin Harris, Mo Williams (John Legend) and TONY PARKER (trying to defend his title?). I mean, i like dev and mo but there was no way i wasn't going to cheer for derrick. okay, so apparently this little pug--i mean, tony parker, won last year or the year before. THIS DUDE TOOK FIFTY SECONDS TO FINISH. that's ridiculously slow. i mean, he attempted about twenty shots from the foul line. what an idiot. anyway, it ended up being between devin and derrick--D-Baby did every pass and shot on the first try and ended with an awesome dunk. i was lovin this dude, od...still am.
slam dunk--this was a little ridiculous. let me just say that i am most definitely a dwight howard fan and he should have won last year with that superman outfit--but really, a ten on the first dunk? that was too much. it was not too much, however, when the speakers made fun of pau gasol--thank God someone realized this dude sucks at things. but i do think that rudy deserved more credit then given, but nate did some crazy moves for such a little man.

but what i was looking forward to was the all-star game on sunday night. i was so incredibly pumped for the east roster--you really can't get too much better than that. Dwayde, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Kev Garnett, Paul-boy, RayRay, Devin Harris, Mo Williams...you get the point. ALL THIS against the freakin west (sorry Brandon Roy and Carlton and Stoudamire because i like you guys). west included the worst starters on the planet: kobe, yao ming?, TIM DUNCAN??, shaq (lookin like a full out idiot dancing like that), tony parker. i mean, really, this sounds like there is no question that the east would KILL it. and, they started out doing just that, but ended up being the victims. like, they lost by way too many points to a full out crappy team.

even though they lost, dwayde did maaaad work as always, that guy is small, but powerful. dwight rebounded like a madman with extremely large shoulders, PAUL BOY was makin things happen! this guy was freakin gettin and-ones all over the place. love love that dude. and you know, lebron was pullin out some tricks and devin harris held his own, too. so like, good work fellas, i dont know how you lost.
some other things i noticed during the game: shaq is a loser and i can't stand him anymore. he doesn't realize that he looks like an idiot when he dances with the jabbawockeez, or when he looks like a straight up aladdin genie. you're no ones best friend, dude...not even kobe's anymore. speaking of kobe, he almost fell while trying to show off his dunk. and i wish he would have, good Lord. i also noticed that tony parker is a pug, and a slow guy, so i don't understand why he was making points during the game.

next year, east is going to win...i know it. im tryin to go to it, too...and sit next to derrick rose, cause you KNOW he's going to be making a big appearance there next time.

Pink Hankie

so yeah, this weekend was the all-star stuff. which is pretty fun, i haven't watched any of this stuff in a really long time. the last all-star game i actually saw was two years ago or something and i didn't know who anyone was anymore, but one of the sides was whopping the other side. anyway, i was pretty much really interested to see how this stuff would pan out.
on saturday night they had some specials. there was this one event which featured a current team member, an old team member and a member of the WNBA version of the team. they had to make all of these different shots in a time span of two minutes, and one of them was a half-court heave. i was sort of going for the pheonix line-up because it featured Old But Nasty Dan Marjele. there were only four teams i think that were in on this, but it went to the detroit team featuring Bill Lambier! man, haven't thought about this guy in a while:
so old Lamb took care of that one. they also had a skills challenge happen, and Derrick Rose was involved, so i'll let Emily take the lead there.
The 3-Point contest was aright. i wasn't too familiar with anyone in it. but i knew i didn't want the guy who had one two years in a row to win again. and he didn't, so that was good.
the slam dunk contest was what i was pretty interested in seeing. you know, it's flashy and classic. but for some reason, i was sort of under impressed with it all. in former years, they got really creative while they were in the air, like Dominique Wilkins, Cedric Ceballos, Vince Carter and of course Mike Jordan. but now it's just like, who can get an alley oop from a non traditional place? or who can do a normal dunk with a cape on? i dont' know, i like Dwight Howard, but i feel like he could do something really wild, and he's not doing really cool stuff, just like, "showy" types. i'm into the Trailblazers, and Rudy Fernandez was somehow in the contest and i feel like he got straight shafted. his first dunk was pretty wild, and didn't get him many points from the judges table. and then he made a bad choice of having Pau Gasol toss him an alley for the second one. and that guy was screwing him up. he took the entire two minutes to get the pass right, and then he finally got it, and the dunk was pretty nice, but again, no one cared about him. i'm glad that Nate Robinson won, though. first of all because it's nearly impossible that he can dunk in the first place, but also because Dwight Howard didn't deserve it this year. he tried for a foul liner, but he had a foot ahead, and it was boring. so, there's that.

(not from this year, but wild none the less)

the game itself was today. and i felt like the east were going to take it away. at least as far as starting line-ups were concerned, the east had it. from what i saw of the game, it was looking pretty close, but apparently the west went wild (wild) and won by 30 or so. i don't know how that really happened, unfortunately i read that it was mainly Shaq and Kobe Bryant. but Chris Webber said something pretty good when being asked "How do you feel about Shaq and Kobe being teammates for the first time since June 2004?" he answered by saying "I never wanted to see that again." true, C Webb.
so this was my first entry in a long time. but i don't have access to TNT here in my apartment, so i can't really get ahold of the games. that bulls thing took a lot out of me, but if i form some more opinions or comparisons about something, i'll do that of course. but Emily should be updating about this soon, so there'll be that to look forawrd to.

and you're wearing the gayest mink

okay, so for some reason i have a real problem with some of the players in the nba. some of them just shouldn't be on the court and i just don't get a good vibe from these guys. i narrowed down my list to ten players, who i think really need to get out:

10. YAO MING-you are only playing in the league because you are over seven feet tall. what do you really do out there? you stand under the freaking basket and jump a mere one inch to reach your hand into the net and drop two points. that's really hard. there's really no need for you, and i don't know why you made the all-star team this year.

9. TONY PARKER- this tim duncan wannabe is just gross. first off, you're on the spurs WITH time duncan. second, you are FRIENDS with tim duncan. but, you are on this list for being a bad version of an already bad player. there really does not need to be space for you on the list of players.

8. NENE- nene? just nene. what is that about? and this guy is from brazil...i'm pretty sure that brazil has last names too...or first ones. but i mean, i don't get this guy at all.

7. JOSE BAREA-lord sithwell has made the list. this guy is the most annoying thing to ever run on a basketball court. he looks like he should be wearing a wizard hat and a robe like mickey in freakin fantasia. he does nothing but annoy other players. and me.

6. JORDAN FARMAR- okay, so this is pretty much barea's brother because they look alike. farmar is just dumb...nothing good comes out of him. he should just get out.

5. ANDERSON VAREJO-where should i start with this dude? there is so much wrong with him...he's got a real crush on lebron james and im sure is his number one fan (butt taps all around), he runs like an idiot, his knees, his hair, his socks....etc etc

4. PAU GASOL- oh. my. goodness. this player is a straight up mess. straight up looks like a guppy fresh out of water, but, when he does something he thinks is cool he shouts his name loud and pounds his chest. cool. you're trying to be king kong, or like, kobe's sidekick robin. heres a hint: robin wears a cape and doesn't play basketball.

3. TIM DUNCAN- yessss, tim duncan. an idiot. again, i'm not sure how to describe my dislike for this guy. there's really not much, i just think that he is mad corny and like, is not even good.

2. JASON KIDD-congrats, you're the second worst person in the nba. he looks like he should be part of the wax museum becuase he doesn't look like a real person at all. he takes all these shots because he thinks he's awesome but he doesn't know that he's not........and sorry, but your kid has a large head.

1.KOBE BRYANT-honestly the worst person ever. i hope that i remember all the reasons why this guy is my least favorite person playing basketball....and on earth. i'll start with the superficial looks. he's ugly...his eyebrows are mad small, his nose is pointy and ears are small. alll that on one face ain't good--might wanna grow some hair again kob becuase you are NOT michael jordan, i don't know if you know that yet. second, this guy has got the biggest ego i have ever seen in my life. could you take some more shots even though there's an open teammate? no. i bet you this guy has only three assists in his entire career. AWESOME. you would (and maybe should) be on your own team so that no one else has to deal with you. i wish i could tell you how many times he tries to get the buzzer beater winning shot....and even more how many times he fails at that. if i were a teammate of kobe bryant's i might retire no matter how old i am because i can't deal. his expressions are too much, and really stupid for that matter. when he messes up he acts like it was someone else's fault but it's like, no dude, that was you because you suck. you do not deserve mvp, you do not deserve to be as popular as you are....but just know it's because people don't know who else to like. not a compliment. i haaaaaaate you.

that's the top ten worst people in the nba...there are others that were in the running, but not everyone could make it onto this vip list.