The Boston Celtics Gave Themselves Dog Nicknames.

A few members of the Boston Celtics decided to give themselves new nicknames.

From Celtics Talk:

After Kevin Garnett dubbed the back court duo of Avery Bradley and Courtney Lee "The Pit Bulls," the two guards have come up with nicknames of their own.

This week Bradley and Lee were discussing the reference and decided to call the rest of the Boston Celtics "The German Shepherds."

Lee expanded on the nickname and branched out for other players. He referred to Garnett as a rottweiler and Brandon Bass and Jeff Green as black labs.

Any weak links?

"No poodles," said Lee.

It must be ruff, for the Celtics right now, losing Rondo and Sullinger definitely shepherds (hurt) the team that is hounding for a playoff spot. Stay PAWSitive, Celtics fans.

I am not sorry for the dog puns.

The Boston TD Garden confiscated Cheerios boxes and signs in the Knicks vs. Celtics rematch.

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News

Eighteen days ago, the Boston Celtics defeated the New York Knicks at the Madison Square Garden 102-96 and created the one of the greatest, possibly fictional controversy in NBA history. The focus was not on the actual game itself, but rather on what was said during it. According to unknown sources, it was reported that notorious trash talker, Kevin Garnett said to the face of Carmelo Anthony that Lala (Melo's wife) tasted like honey nut cheerios. Whether this actually happened or not, nobody knows except for the two, however something was said by KG that did cause Melo to not only go into the Boston locker room post game to confront Garnett and also made him wait outside of the Celtics team bus to "talk." Nothing really happened, Carmelo did get suspended for a game and as part of the process, the internet exploded with terrible cereal jokes.

When something gets on the internet, it stays forever. So of course when the Knicks visited the TD Garden yesterday to play the Celtics, the fans of the green decided to get creative and make Cheerios signs in an attempt to throw off Melo. Unfortunately their hard work would go to waste, as the security confiscated any Cheerios-related displays to ruin the fun.

They didn't stop this bro though, he apparently was able to sneak it in.

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News

Nice hat, bro.

Via: NY Daily News

Brian Scalabrine torched everyone in the Scallenge.

Well, what do you know, as if you expected anything else, Brian Scalabrine annihilated anyone that dared to question his supremacy on the hardwood. The footage itself was not as appealing as it was in the trailer, but why wouldn't you want to watch your favorite garbage minute man play basketball.

From CBS Boston:

Scalabrine — who spent the last few seasons of his career seen as the “human victory cigar” — easily defeated all four of his opponents, throwing down monstrous jams and sinking smooth jumpers as he beat them all by a combined score of 44-6.

If you don't have 30 minutes to spare or would rather not watch an out of shape ex-NBA player destroy his competition, here's a short recap of the event.

First up was Matt Tomaszewski, a Syracuse alum that spent time on Jim Boeheim’s bench last season. Though his resume was impressive, he was no match for Scalabrine. ... it was as close as 7-3 after a nifty hook shot from Tomaszewski, Scal finished him off by attacking the basket, and walked away with his first victory of the day by a score of 11-3.

Scal had no problems with his next two opponents, Jake Fay of Lynn and Rich Morantus of Foxboro. Neither scored a point, as Scal posted back-to-back shutouts.

In conclusion, all you need to know is that no matter how bad an NBA player was in his career, you can not beat him even after retirement. The White Mamba did everyone a favor today, standing up for all of the NBA busts. Proving that a bench warmer can take on 4 one on one games consecutively and still crush the competition.

A Preview of Brian Scalabrine's One on One Scallenge.

If you haven't heard, some where in December of 2012, Brian Scalabrine challenged everyone in Boston to a One on One game.

Via TBJ:

In Boston right now, we have this challenge going out. I (Brian Scalabrine) do a radio show out there, and there are people on the street that really believe they can beat me. So we’re doing tryouts for the top 10 people in Boston to play me one-on-one.

And we’re playing to 11. And we’re gonna film it, everything. The reality of people and what they think NBA players are like. I’m the last guy on the bench and I will kick your butt if you’re out on the streets. It’s just the way it is.

To make your Friday even better, here's a preview of the White Mamba destroying naive NBA fans.

The best thing that could possibly happen, has happened. The games will air on January 22nd, you might want to ask for a day off, because you won't just watch it once. Believe me when I say that you will likely spend at least 24 hours watching an ex-NBA benchwarmer compete against random people for that beautiful White Mamba trophy (at least that is what I think it is). Please don't let the world end yet.

Via: CSNNE

What's wrong with the Boston Celtics?

Last season, the Boston Celtics were the best defensive team in the league and took the soon-to-be champions, Miami Heat to a game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The difference between then and now is that they are currently sitting below .500, with a record of 14-17, lost their last 4 games by a margin of 20 points and are playing some of the worst basketball you have ever seen. This is still the same team, with the same coach. Ray Allen might have gone (I could make a case for Greg Stiemsma as well, but I will refrain from going to that), but they did get equivalent talents as replacement, so why are they struggling?

There are a few things (by few, I mean a lot) to fix before the Celtics return to a playoff contending team and it starts with finding a suitable back-up for Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett is basically everything for this team, he literally anchors the defense and the stats show. According to NBA Advanced Stats, they are at an above average defensive rating (an estimate of points allowed in a 100 possessions, the lower the better) of 96.3 with KG on the floor. Without him, they have the league's worst defense and yes, that is even worst than the Charlotte Bobcats, allowing approximately 111 points per 100 possessions. The main problem is that Boston is allowing more points then they can score, Avery Bradley should be an upgrade on defense, but there isn't anything else he can give them.

The importance of Kevin Garnett doesn't just extend into disrupting offenses. Boston's rebounding numbers drop in the absence of his presence. This is where Boston misses Greg Stiemsma the most. Their decision to let him go to the Timberwolves, who rarely gives him playing time will hurt the Celtics. Greg by no means can fill KG's role, but he is better defensively than both Jason Collins (old) and Jared Sullinger. The pressure on Jared Sullinger to come off the bench to fill KG's void is a bit too much for a rookie to handle. Make no mistake, he is not a bad defender, he is just not consistently ready or quick enough to guard against most NBA players (he will get better over time).

On the offensive end, things just get worst. Age has finally caught up to them. Paul Pierce looks slower than he usually does and Kevin Garnett's jumper is not going down. The pieces they added to the roster over the summer have not worked out in the way they would have imagined. Jason Terry, who had everyone's hopes up coming into this season to replace Ray Allen is only averaging 11 points, the lowest since his rookie year. Courtney Lee has yet to find himself in this Boston defense and is also at career low in points scored per game. The Jeff Green experiment can be marked as a failure and no, it is not too early to say so. On top of all of that, the Rajon Rondo they needed is not coming through. He has continued to refuse shot attempts after shot attempts for assists. He has to understand he doesn't have a choice to pad which stat because his team needs his scoring, whether it is a jump shot or a lay up, they will take whatever you give them. Allowing opposing teams to play off you and give your teammates a tougher shot is not what a point guard does.

Losing Ray Allen, may have left a bigger impact than we all thought it would. The Celtics take forever to set up their offense, and usually shoots late in the shot clock. Doing this, allows defense to settle and adjust accordingly, which doesn't help this offensively maligned team. To make things worst, they can't score anything in the paint, 35 points (approx.) per game for a team like Boston can't hope to win. Especially if it relies on outside shooting that they don't have. Not to mention how many leads they blow without KG on the court. With Ray Allen, they had go-to plays in scoring droughts and his mere presence spaces the floor for his teammates. Unless Jason Terry finds his shooting touch or someone steps up their production, you can look forward to some ugly games.

Boston should be worried and they are, because these concerns are very real. They still have a good amount of games left to play and time to make some big moves. Something has to change for this team, and we might be looking at a different Celtics team by the end of February.

Source: Basketball Reference (Stats)

The Celtics play the Pacers tonight, and if they are like every team after I write about them. They will probably blow the Pacers out and make everything I wrote pointless because the world hates me.

Fab Melo suffered a concusssion after hitting his head against a door.

Yea, you read the title right, this actually happened. The Brazilian rookie of the Boston Celtics took a hit from a hinge of a hotel double door way to his head yesterday and got a concussion. Definitely not the best way to get into the news, after dominating in his D-League games.

I guess being tall does have it's negatives.

On a unrelated note, he did do something like this in his rookie photo shoot. (Via: @cjzero)

The Round Up - December 27th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

Kevin Durant is a certified Mavericks killer. 40 points (13 of 28 shooting), 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in the overtime victory. The dude must love seeing a sad Mark Cuban.

Honorable Mention: To Darren Collison's 32 points (13 of 22), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 for 4 from the three, one of which were the game tying shot.

3 point Alley-Oop: So that is why they signed Derek Fisher, Darren Collison got the chance to learn how to make last second shots from the best.

Boards: Serge Ibaka grabbed 17 rebounds (8 Offensive) and scored 19 points (7 of 10) to aid in Kevin Durant's world conquest.

The Band of Struggle Faces: This is what happens when you lose by 29 points and only score 10 points in the 4th quarter.

All Screen Caps are provided by @jose3030

Zidane'd: Chris Paul doesn't like people touching his head, but he is not shy to use it to hurt other people. (Via: @cjzero)

Punished: Dwyane Wade got a one game suspension for the destruction of Ramon Sessions's child creating tool and Dwight Howard got a $35,000 fine for trying to block the entire body of Kenneth Faried.

Sager Suit: Rick "Jim Carrey" Carlise doesn't even want to look at Craig. (Via: @cjzero)

Whoops: Ronny Turiaf gave his free throw a little bit too much of arc. (Via: @cjzero)

Highlights

Posterized: Dominique Jones dropped "Thabeet" on Hasheem.

Hut: Russell Westbrook must be playing Madden in his off time.

Durantula: KD was everywhere in this game, and embarrassed Chris Kaman repeatedly.

Unrelated

No Swag: Days after his fur collared jacket, Kobe gets caught wearing his shorts over his pants. He is a walking Nike ad. (Via: @nikebasketball)

NBA Christmas Day Bloopers in .GIFs.

AP Photo/Jason Redmond

NBA Christmas Basketball was everything, we hoped for. We got action, fights, highlights and best of all, bloopers. As great as yesterday was, it didn't start off too well. Let me just show you. (This will a take a little longer to load. Patience, young ones.)

Via: SB Nation

This basically summed up how the morning went.

Via: SB Nation

D'oh.

Via: SB Nation

Metta might have slipped on an invisible rock or selling enough contact to get a call from the league next week.

Via: SB Nation

WTF, Metta - LeBron James.

Via: SB Nation

Kevin Martin overestimated his athletic ability, taking off from beyond the free throw line for a finger roll in transition with defenders around you might not be the best idea.

Via: SB Nation

Kobe can't believe how bad Kevin Martin blew that lay up.

Via: SB Nation

Kevin Martin, why can't you make your lay up?

And of course, I saved the best for last.

Matt Barnes is a bad influence.

The Round Up - December 21st, 2012.

Stats Rundown

A night after getting his 5000th, assist, Chris Paul decides to score instead. 24 points on 7 of 13 shooting, 5 rebounds, 5 steals and who am I kidding, this is the point god. He had 13 assists and the W over the Sacramento Kings.

Honorable Mention: To David Lee's triple double. His 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assist makes him the new NBA leader in 20+ points/10+ rebounds game. He is one ahead of LeBron James (10).

Boards: Larry Sanders is having an incredible breakout season, he grabbed 20 rebounds to go with his 17 points (8 of 10), 3 assists, 2 steals and a block against the Boston Celtics.

Rookie Watch: Andre Drummond gets his first ever mention, 11 points (5 of 7), 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 blocks in victory over the powerless Wizards. Not only did Detroit beat Washington , they did it by a total of 32 points. #FreeJohnWall and Wizard fans.

Time Machine User: Paul Pierce and his old man game went for 35 points (13 of 23), 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Despite draining the three to bring the game to overtime, his team would eventually fall to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Excitement: Joakim Noah is really happy about his 10th 10+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists game.

Thrown: 4 players and a coach was ejected from the Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks game. Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Joakim Noah, Tyson Chandler and Mike Woodson all headed out the exits before the game was finished. Fun fact: Melo leads the league in technical fouls (8). Rasheed Wallace has been nothing but a good influence.

This game was horribly officiated. Even Spike Lee was speechless.

Via: @TheKnicksWall

Treys on Treys x 4: Stephen Curry hits a career high 8 threes in the win over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Big Bear: Zach Randolph currently leads the NBA with 20 double doubles in the season. He will be looking for his 5th straight against the Houston Rockets tonight.

Passing White Chocolate: Mike Conley Jr. is now the Grizzlies' franchise all time record holder in assists, surpassing Jason Williams. Sad face.

New Record: The Los Angeles Clippers is on a 12 game winning streak, the longest in franchise history.

Dunkathon.


Twinsies: The short dude lobs the ball to the taller dude that has the same hair as him. Cute.

Gerald Green Everything: If the man can pull off a dunk like this, he can stare as long as he wants.

Mini-LeBron: Does actual LeBron things in a smaller size. Give him more minutes, Vinny! #FreeBledsoe

Take-Off: Blake Griffin is always trailing and will get his dunk. John Salmons must have not seen him play before.

Athletic Reptiles: Let me repeat myself again, Raptor shooting guards are very good at dunking, and this time it involved a windmill.

The Round Up - December 19th, 2012.

Stats Roundup

Some ex-teammates like to go on scoring battles, of course, Kevin Durant would win, 41 points (14 of 23), 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in the victory over the Atlanta Hawks. James Harden did it more efficiently, 33 points (7 of 12 shooting) and 7 assists in the win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Honorable Mention: To Greg Monroe's career high 35 points. He grabbed 10 rebounds to go with the loss to the Toronto Raptors, who are on a 3 game winning streak. No more Pasta!

Hot Halves: Russell Westbrook scored 21 points before halftime. David Lee topped him with 22 in the first.

Rookie Watch: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist tops the line from his college teammate. His 25 points (9 of 14), 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals stretched the Charlotte Bobcat losing streak to 13.

Time Machine User: The Boston Celtics finally snaps the 3 game losing streak on the road with a little help from Paul Pierce. He had 40 points (6 of 7 from three), 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Point God: Chris Paul handed out his 5000th assist. One of them was this...

Oh, CP3 dunked today too, not sure if it was part of his celebration, but he dunked.

No BUCKets: The starting back court of the Milwaukee Bucks, composed of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings combined for 10 of 40 from the field. This experiment is going well.

Big Apple: Raymond Felton and Tyson Chandler leads the league with 22 alley-oops. Which makes alot of sense, since Tyson Chandler has always been known to be pretty good at catching your pass in the air and proceeding to dunk it through the hoop with caution. Oh, he also blocked his 1000th shot today.

Gerald Green Everything: Get this man back to the Dunk Contest. Socks or no socks.

Brian Scalabrine is an Action Movie Star.

Great to see the White Mamba still in great shape, blocking dudes and dunking. It only makes sense that he uses his remaining athletic ability to film an Action Movie-esque commercial. Even though it is really about a NBA player seeking another sports drink other than Gatorade, only to be banned from such liquids thanks to David Stern. It was not said, but I am sure it was implied. Must be due to "basketball reason," am I right? Anyway we live in a world now, where Brian Scalabrine is filming action commercials and 66 year old Sylvester Stallone kicking ass with a bunch of other dudes on screen, maybe the Mayans were right after all.

The Round Up - December 18th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

We have two triple doubles in the 10 game schedule from last night and both of them were the second triple double in each of their respective careers. Jordan Crawford had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in another overtime Wizards loss. Joakim Noah didn't score as many points, but he got 11 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 blocks and the W over the Boston Celtics.

Doin' Work: Another historic night for LeBron James. His 22 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 blocks is a line that have not been accomplished in the past 16 seasons, besides for the 4 other times he has done it. And to do it without a turnover tonight, makes him the first. Bonus, he didn't commit a single foul, this dude is unreal.

Rookie Watch: In his first game back into the starting line up, Anthony Davis shows us why we should fear the brow. 15 points (4 of 7), 16 rebounds, 4 steals and a block in the loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Hornets are on a 8 game losing streak.

Time Machine User: Tim Duncan celebrates the opening of his car shop with a throwback performance of 31 points (11 of 25), 18 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks in the loss to the Denver Nuggets. Oh, and he scored his 23,000th point in this game as well.

Kobe Bryant scored 30 points again, which makes it his 7th, and the only player to do so at 34 or older.

Fail: Reggie Evans missed the game winning layup agianst the Utah Jazz. The Charlotte Bobcats had 10 seconds to beat the Los Angeles Lakers, they had 4 attempts during that time and of course they lost, because they are the Bobcats.

Things didn't go well for the Minnesota Timberwolves either. They out rebounded the Miami Heat by 28, and still lost by 11 points. Kevin Love scored on his own basket (Via: @cjzero)...

 

 .. And Lou Amundson airballs a freethrow.

Mismatch: Nikola Pekovic hid Norris Cole. (Via: @cjzero)

Potential: Gordan Hayward is probably the second to Kenneth Faried when it comes to pinning people's shots against the backboard during a fast break.

It's the Altitude: Speaking of Kenneth Faried, he doesn't have the best teammates. But to be fair, it is natural to run away from a guy that is about to spew his guts.

Taste your own medicine: Gerald Henderson did his impression of Dwight's overrated Superman Dunk on the creator himself.

The Round Up - Deember 14th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

No one is more efficient than Kevin Durant, 31 points on 10 of 14 shooting. 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and the W over the Sacramento Kings is not bad either.

Boards: David Lee only knows how to get double doubles, he had 24 points and 15 rebounds in the loss to the Orlando Magic. Dudes probably partied too hard in Miami.

Dishin': Greivis Vasquez handed out 17 assists to go with his 15 points and 5 rebounds for the New Orleans Pelicans Hornets.

Rookie Watch: Unibrow-less Austin Rivers went for 27 points (5 of 6 from three) in the loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. This is the first time of the season he has scored more than 15 points, hopefully this will finally get him going.

Time Machine User: Kobe Bryant scored 30 points in the most Kobe Bryant way possible, 30 points on 29 attempts. Only 9 fell and 11 of those points came from free throws. He also had 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and a block in a win over the Washington General Wizards. He is now 9th in all time field goals made.

The Other Isiah Thomas: The one on the Sacramento Kings, scored 23 of his 26 points (10 for 13) in the 4th quarter in the loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Little guys are the best.

Athletic Reptiles: Fact - All Raptor shooting guards are really good at dunking.

No look: CJ Watson has all of Gerald Wallace's hustle to thank for.

Iso-Joe: Joe Johnson doing what Joe Johnson does best. Dribbling the clock out, settling for a step back and of course it was for the win, in a double overtime against the Detroit Pistons.

Fly-By: Jeff Green ran Carlos Delfino over.

Italian Special: What just happened? And how did Danilo Gallinari do that.

2 in 1: Sometimes Javale McGee makes really good plays. Does that count for a block and a steal?

The Round Up - December 12th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

Crazy night in the association, 13 games and a lot of surprises. Kevin Durant saved his team from a potential embarrassing loss to the New Orleans Hornets Pelicans with his 35 points from an efficient 11 of 20 shooting (field), 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Boards: Ed Davis shows us why he should be played over Andrea Bargnani, 24 points (11 of 13), 12 rebounds, 3 steals in the loss to the Brooklyn Nets.

Dishin': Rajon Rondo would rather pad stats than win games, probably not true, but he sure looked like it. 16 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists and 3 steals in the double over time win against the Dallas Mavericks.

Time Machine User: Tim Duncan slaps father time in the face with 22 points, 21 rebounds and 6 blocks in the loss to the Utah Jazz.

In other old people news, Paul Pierce becomes the 25th player to score 23,000 points in the NBA.He scored exactly the number he wears on his jersey.

2-Bows: Bad day for Wade, first he gets poked in the eye by Klay Thompson's elbow and then takes another one from his own teammate, Mario Chalmers. Don't worry, he is okay, he left for a concussion test and returned at halftime. (Via: @cjzero)

 Unibrow Powers: Anthony Davis is either a smart rookie, or his unibrow can predict the future.

Splash: 3 players all coincidentally swished a half court (or beyond) buzzer beater in different games. Monta Ellis had one against the Kings, Toney Douglas dropped one on the Wizards, Zaza also hit one and it was the farthest of the three, but it didn't count. I was going post a sad Zaza Pachulia face, then I realized it is not a great way to start the morning.

Game Winners Galore: Another 3 players also hit shots, but this time they were for the win and they all just happened to upset the favorites.

Draymond Green stays slippin' on the screens

Goran Dragic goes around Marc Gasol, which is equivalent to traveling around the world.

Mo pressure, Mo answers:

Kevin Garnett didn't get a single rebound against the 76ers, and he wasn't too happy about it.

@NBAGuru

In the second of the weird back to back game with 76ers, Kevin Garnett had 19 points (9 of 11 from the field) and ZERO rebounds. The last time that happened was in 97', which is about 1,160 games ago. When he found out that a statistician did not give him a rebound he thought he had in the first quarter, you can probably guess that he was not too happy about it. (Skip to 1:25 for his rant).

Besides that Craig Sager moment, I never thought Kevin Garnett was one of the funny dudes in the NBA. He just seems so intense all the time, maybe he wasn't joking, maybe the statistician is in a wheel chair because he didn't give in to KG's petty demands, I don't know. He does watch a lot of Family Guy, so I can imagine the violence and gore would subliminally affect him.

Via: BYB

The Round Up - December 8th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

There was a Texas shoot out in the Toyota Center today, as James Harden went for 39 points (10 of17 shooting), 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and a block. Just so you know he got 30/5/5 by halftime, which was done last by Allen Iverson.

Unfortunately for the Beard, OJ Mayo of the Dallas Mavericks came out victorious with 40 points (15 of 26), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and the W at the end.

Boards: Tyson Chandler grabbed 18 rebounds (9 Offensive) from the team that drafted him. Too bad 14 points from him wasn't enough to take down the Chicago Bulls.

Shout Out: To David Lee's 24 points and 17 boards in the win over the Washington Wizards.

Hot Sauce: Stacey King is way too excited for Kyle Korver 2.0.

Franchise Record: The San Antonio breaks the previous record of most threes made in a game with 19 in the de-clawing of the Charlotte Bobcats. 

Truth: Paul Pierce got his 4,000th assist today in the victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Medic: Kevin Garnett massages Rondo out of love.

Look Ma, Left Hand: As long as it is in the air, Blake Griffin will get it.

Hoop Assailant: That Slo-Mo.

Gee-sus: Power of Alonzo compels you.

The Round Up - December 7th, 2012.

Stats Rundown

The Kevins scored an eerily 36 points each and hit the same number of shots out of their identical attempts (10 of 19). Love added 13 rebounds, while Durant got 9 and 4 assists. Weird.

Boards: Bun head Joakim Noah grabbed a career high 23 boards (10 Offensive) to go with his career high of 30 points in victory over the Detroit Pistons. He also had 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in his record setting night.

Dishin': Rajon Rondo got his first triple double of the season, 16 points, 13 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in the loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rookie Watch: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 11 points (4 of 4 from the field) and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Charlotte Bobcats loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Time Machine User: Following his 30,000th points, Kobe Bryant added another 35 (11 of 24 and 4 of 5 from three), 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

FROLO: Welcome back to the glory that is Andre Bynum's hair, I have missed you.  (Via: @cjzero)

Crazy Eyes: CJ Miles can't believe that ref's call. (Via: @cjzero)

Perfect: Javale McGee went 9 for 9 from the field for his 20 points and 8 rebounds in the win over the Indiana Pacers. One of them included this ridiculous dunk shot.

Not so Perfect: It was about time we get another Javale blooper. Poor Ty Lawson got sweeped by his own teammate and didn't even get helped up.

Take-Off: Russell Westbrook looks really cool when he dunks.

Hide and Go Pass: Brandon Jennings is a magician.

Game Winner: This might have looked good, but if he didn't hit that shot, all the blame would have fallen on him. You do not simply run the clock down for a late shot when your team is losing by 1.

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Been slacking a little bit, but I will get 3 games done tomorrow.

The Round Up - December 5th, 2012.

Stats Rundown:

What a weird day in the NBA, the best players were the losers last night. This whole week of NBA hasn't been great, not a lot of  two +0.500 team playing each other (except for Thunder vs. Nets). And even though we get the Knicks against the Heat today, Melo might be out with an injury. Boo.

Boards: Tyson Chandler dethrones Anderson Varejao from his usual honor with 17 rebounds, 18 points (8 of 10 from the field) and the win over the Charlotte Bobcats Hornets.

On the other hand, Andy tied Kevin Love for the 10th straight game with 15 or more rebounds, which is the longest streak in the last 10 years.

Dishin': Kyle Lowry is the best Raptors point guard of all time, 34 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds in the loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Mr. Perfect: Ty Lawson went 5 for 5 from behind to arc to finish with 32 points, 7 assists and 5 steals in the loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Rookie Watch: Why do I even bother to do this when Damian Lillard is playing, just another 23 points to go with his 3 rebounds and 6 assists in the loss to the Indiana Pacers.

Join the Club: Kobe Bryant (29 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals) becomes the youngest player to join the 30,000 point club, ironically he did it against the team that drafted him. Boy, are the Hornets Pelicans sad.

Bro Love: Stop it, not in front of the camera dawg. (Via: @cjzero)

Lob City: If you missed the Mavs and Clippers game, you missed a real life 48 minutes of NBA JAM.

In with the New: New Clipper greets the Old Clipper.

Chub Flub: Fatty Lamar Odom blows a lay up in the worst way. He must still feel like he is in debt to the Dallas Mavericks.

Gross: Carmelo's finger must have spewing bloof out of his finger for a veteran like Jason Kidd to react in this manner. (Via: @cjzero)

Not in my house: The Bobcats don't like it when you get too close to their basket. Commence the finger wag.

#STARER: J.R. Smith stood by his hash tag, and stared at nothing for a really long time after hitting the game winner.

SHEEEEEDDDD: It takes alot of effort for Kurt Thomas to get up, so if he did, he is either getting his 5 minutes of playing time, or really excited for something. Too bad that's not how Sheed feels, your step back fade away to win the game does not impress a man of his standards. (Via:@johnschuhmann)

Foot Note: I know I am a little bit behind on the games, but the Clipper vs. Jazz should be up in a few hours. The Thunder vs. Nets game will also be up a bit later. The games last night were horrible, besides the Knicks and Bobcats game, nothing else deemed entertaining. There weren't anything note worthy, so I decided to summarize it in the following paragraph.

Charlotte's sole strategy was to double Melo, and force a lot of New York three pointers. It worked, NY shot 42 percent from the field (31 percent from three). The game got even closer when Melo left the game with a lacerated finger thanks to Chris Copeland for not catching his team's superstar (With or without Melo, you are not going to see more playing time. In fact, you only get playing time because of Melo are killing other teams, sucks for you). With 5 seconds left, tied up at 98, the Bobcats turned the ball over (Michael Kidd-Gilchrist) and J.R. Smith hit the game winner.

Rajon Rondo left for Mexico during his 2 game suspension.

Via: @djleonsmith

Normally, when NBA suspends you for two games without pay for scratching a used up Kardashian G.I Joe action figure, you are suppose to take your time and re-think your actions. But the ordinary does not apply to Rajon "F*** Your rules" Rondo.

 Why would he have missed his teammates? Don't they live in the same city? Oh, wait.

Probably happened, because Rondo seems like those socially inept guys that you can never tell if he is actually making a joke or being dead serious. Not to mention you can do a lot with 6 days in Mexico. Hopefully, he didn't get a case of the bubble guts and adjusts himself back to the cold weather in Boston before taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Round Up - November 1st, 2012.

Stats Rundown

Dwyane Wade shuts all the basketball critics up, 34 points (14 of 20 shooting), 7 assists and the W over the Brooklyn Nets.

Honorable Mention: Tony Parker takes out the Memphis Grizzlies with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Boards: Side Show Varejao can not be stopped, grabbing 17 rebounds (8 Offensive) to go with his 19 points (7 of 11 shooting) and 5 assists in the double overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Block Party: More Larry Sanders, after getting his first career triple double against the Minnesota Timberwolves (10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks), he registered 5 blocks, 18 points (7 of 11) and 16 boards in the victory over the Boston Celtics.

Rookie Watch: Damian Lillard stays at the top of the ROY running as long as Anthony Davis sits, 24 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Time Machine User: Tim Duncan definitely slept well, 27 points (11 of 17 shooting), 15 rebounds and 4 assists in the overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. I guess $250K is worth it, if it means beating the Grizzlies.

Bulls Face: This is actually pretty scary.(Via: @TajGibson22)

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: The highlight not the actual shot, it's Draymond Green. The rookie is real eager to learn from Jarrett Jack.

Blake Face: While we are still on the subject of faces, this is a familiar one if you happened to have caught a few Clippers games in the recent seasons. (Via: @cjzero)

Sorry: Of course days after I made fun of Dwyane Wade, he comes back and catches the basketball in the air to humiliate Kris Humphries.

Paying Early: Weird game for Nicholas Batum, from missing two dunks in the first half to knocking down a shot to bring his team to double over time, where he hits the game winning three.