Dallas Mavericks 2011 NBA Champions

Shaquille O'neal Retires From Professional Basketball

Amazing career achievements. The Lakers plan to retire his jersey next season. I'm going to miss his press conferences and many gadgets at the All Star Game.

The Big 401K out.

Taj Gibson Monstrous Dunks

I know you probably like, who? Poster on D. Wade



One handed putback. You can only shake your hand on this one.

Kobe Bryant Wins 4th All Star Game MVP Title

Stellar performance. His two baseline reverse dunks were out of this world. 37pts, 14 rebounds. Impressive. Kevin Durant and Lebron James (triple-double) also made a great case for themselves for MVP, but Black Mamba had the homecourt advantage. Oh and let's not forget that he dunked over LBJ last night and then gave him a little love tap a la Michael Jordan in the back.

Best Dunk of The All Star Game

Javale McGee brought some originality and creativity to this year's dunk contest, but Blake had the home court advantage, it was hard to win against that.

Speaking of Blake , check out his dunk over the new 2011 Kia

Kobe Bryant "Black Mamba" Nike Commercial [Trailer #2]

Co-starring Bruce Willis and Kanye West. Let's see where Director Robert Rodriguez is taking this.

Dwayne Wade Wants Outta Miami? [T-Mobile Commercial]

Way to ride the LBJ wave.

The Dallas Mavericks Remake Kanye West "Power" Video

Where is the man with all that "Power"? Mark Cuban himself.

Blake Griffin Dunkathon

Courtesy of ESPN Sports Center. Sick!

Derrick Rose Crossover On Tyreke Evans

"What's your prognostic Doctor?" - "I believe the subject is suffering from an acute case of 'ankle-breakanisis;. His ego won't recover from the embarrassment for a long time."

Crossover good!

Blake Griffin Dunkfest On The Knicks

3 virulent, earth-shaking dunks. The most highlights The Clippers have got all year (Ha!). Can we say rookie of the year already for Blake? More than likely.

Rondo High Flying Dunk in Miami

Holy smokes! How did he get this high?

Carmelo Anthony "Do Whatever It Takes" Jumpman 23 Commercial

Melo as the coach, player, the opponent, photographer, fan, game analyst...

Lebron James, Dwayne Wade & Chris Bosh Cover "Sports Illustrated" Magazine

Sportscasters are still looking for a catchy name to name the new Miami Heat trio. I heard Miami Thrice, The (new) Big Three, The Three Amigos, Miamigos, Superfriends...All corny, nicknames don't matter when The Los Angeles Lakers already have theirs etched into next year Larry O'Brien trophy.

Lebron James: His Decision

The most exciting free agency probably in NBA history (at least the one I witnessed) came to an end last night when Lebron James confirmed what has been reported for days, since Draft Day by Stephen A. Smith that he'll be joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh to play for the Miami Heat.

It wasn't an easy decision for the self-proclaimed "King" to leave his kingdom for an easy attempt at a championship. Winning was the deciding factor not money. Lebron turned down a max salary in Cleveland to take a pay cut in Miami. Some would argue that it's still a selfish move from LBJ to abandon his team and city especially in the economic woes it's experiencing.

As soon as the decision was announced in a reality-show like style on ESPN, producers cut to burning images of Lebron's jersey in Cleveland. Apparently the fans had also made the decision that he was no longer welcome there. I must say that I was shocked to see him leave and watch what he built over 7 years crumbled like a sand castle at a stroke of a wave. Franchise players don't leave their teams, they ride it out. Michael Jordan never left. Magic Johnson never left. Kobe Bryant never left (no Shaq, no Phil Jackson, no playoffs... He still stayed, look at him now)

As a fan of the game I'm also disappointed and fear that we won't have the same excitement watching Lebron play, because his legacy is now downgraded to the like of Scottie Pippen. By moving to Miami Lebron decided to play sidekick, a supporting role to D. Wade instead of leading his hometown to a Championship.

Prince James took the easy way out, the cowardly way out as Dan Gilbert Cleveland Cavs owner would harshly put it. (Click here to read his open letter to the fans). That letter was another fallout of the the Lebron Saga, Dan Gilbert obviously bitter, let his emotions took over his professionalism and sacked Lebron left and right in a classless attempt at diminishing Lebron's accomplishments in Cleveland. You can't all of a sudden cover your eyes after all Lebron has done for you (financially) and the city. What Dan Gilbert has failed to acknowledge in this heartless diatribe is that he never put together a winning group around Lebron's God-given talent. It's easy to point fingers now but you need to take some responsibilities too. Dan Gilbert also outlandishly predicted the Cavs will win a championship before Lebron does. I had to laugh at that.

If Lebron really wanted to leave to have a shot at a championship, Chicago for me was the best choice. A young and energetic team in Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose, plus the addition of veteran Carlos Boozer had to be the best core team you could dream for. Lebron went for the obvious, his buddies/Olympic teammates.

It's going to be an interesting NBA season, especially that first game back in Cleveland for Lebron. Boston and Chicago are still my favorite to win the East. Miami is still working on rebuilding their team since as of right now they only have one or two players under contract. Michael Beasley was shipped to Minnesota for a future draft pick to clear some cap room to accomodate the three Super stars salaries.

At the end of the day, Lebron had to team up with Wade and Bosh to have a chance at beating my Lakers. It's not going to happen anytime soon. We are going for the Three-Peat next season. His image took a drastic hit, he lost a lot of respect from fans. He's going to have to prove us right.

Get it right next time.

Ron Artest "Champions"

Ron Artest - Champions

This is surprisingly good. I'm impressed! Lake Show!

Ron Artest NBA Finals Post Game Interviews

Hilarities!!!!!!!! "Say QueensBridge!!!"

Bonus: Brian Scalabrine montage on Jimmy Kimmell

The Lakers Team on Jimmy Kimmell Live

Not the whole squad just DJ Mbenga, Sacha Vujacic, Shannon Brown, Ron Artest, Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant.



LMAO at the Vujacic clip and Adam Morrisson montage: "He looks like a 70's porn star, he looks like he stepped out of 'Boogey Nights'



Artest was the happiest kid at the post game interviews:

Los Angeles Lakers 2010 NBA Champions

What a fucking game 7. So memorable, both teams were going for loose balls, showing tough defense. L.A got the edge by out-rebounding Boston (26 offensive rebounds) taking advantage of Perkins absence. Ron Artest came big for us in the first half when the team was struggling on the offensive end, he grabbed some offensive rebounds stole the ball a few times, put some great defense on Pierce.

Boston led throughout the first 3 quarters, up by 13 at one point. L.A never gave up, pushed by their crowd they made an amazing comeback, one of the toughest of the season. They finally tied the game and took the lead in the final minutes of the game. Fisher and Artest came up with two big 3 to give us the edge but Boston answered back with Rondo's and Allen's. It came down two free throws made both by Vujacic and Bryant who had one of his worst night of the playoffs.

Thank God team efforts carried them to the Championship, the 16th for the Lakers (1 shy away to tie Boston 17). This is Kobe 5th ring, people can't deny his GREATNESS now, one more than Shaq like he emphasized during his post-game press conference.

Last year, I mentioned when we won the Championship that Phil Jackson only wins his championships in threes, twice with Chicago, once with L.A. This is the second of the potential three, all we need for him is to confirm he's coming back next year and we are good to go for the 3-peat.

Congratulations on an amazing year Los Angeles Lakers. See you next year!

P.S: Artest gave the greatest, awesome, awkward post game interview ever:

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics - Game 7 Preview

Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant

History is about to be made. Here's a preview to rally the troops and psych the opponent, courtesy of Lil Wayne. Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!