Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Portland Last Night

One of my favorite Blazer blogs, Portland Roundball Society, features a ton of infographics and resources breaking down the previous Blazer games. Today they had a chart displaying how the points added up by quarter, which may sound simple, but it gets interesting to see where each team had most of their points. I'll post it here.


As you can see, it looked like the Blazers had things under control for the first half of the game, but the Mavs took over and finished my guys off down the stretch.

Bummer.

LeBron James' Top 10 Plays of the 2011 Season


LeBron James, one of the best players in the game, signed with the villainous Miami Heat this offseason. Fascinating storyline and it's been hard not to watch these guys take over the league this year. Dude is still an absolute freak of nature, as this clip of his top plays shows.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Playoffs!

Last week the NBA Playoffs started - naturally I'm glued to my TV and my iPhone NBA app. So far the games have been great. Lots of upsets and games that go down to the wire. Especially looking forward to the Bulls' run and the Blazers in the west.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

A thing of beauty

Shawn Kemp was always my favorite dunker as a kid. I've watched this video probably 20 times. His top ten dunks of all-time:

Automobile Memory Emotion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1OttmZVxZI

The End of the NBA in Sacramento

There's a good chance that the Sacramento Kings will be leaving town after this summer, moving to the already over-saturated market of Anaheim, California. Bummer. Here's a video from their glory days I dug up.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Vintage Women's Basketball Photos

I found these photos about a year ago on an NBA blog. I can't remember which one but luckily I had them saved in a folder on my computer. Fascinating look at vintage women's basketball uniforms. It's pretty dynamic photography as well. Check out the sashes in that first photo.







Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Fab Five

It's been entirely too long since I posted on here; my apologies.

ESPN recently aired a fascinating documentary about the "Fab Five", the old Michigan basketball team which included a young Chris Webber, who later went on to become an NBA superstar. I didn't get to watch this yet but I'd really like to - this was the beginning of the union of basketball and hip-hop in America.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How to Get Closer to Dunking

Here's six ideas I came across:

  • Increase your vertical leap by doing squats, calf raises, stair runs, and other leg exercises.
  • Invest in a great pair of shoes - both for improved vertical and injury prevention.
  • Practice jumping across the whole court. Then do an entire lap of jumping.
  • Get used to the mechanics of handling the basketball, especially while lifting it above your head.
  • Start by dunking an a lower-than-regulation hoop.
  • Try dunking with a tennis ball, then a volleyball, and finally the regulation basketball.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

My Top 5 Favorite Vintage NBA Logos

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

1995 Vancouver Grizzlies
1989 San Antonio Spurs
1981 Denver Nuggets
1969 Golden State Warriors
1964 Syracuse Nationals



Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Steve Nash's New NBA Where Amazing Happens Commercial



This is one of the new NBA commercials. This one features a young Steve Nash shooting hoops at a local gym. These ads are pretty incredible because they have edited in a person from the "future", interacting with the players. I'm still not quite sure how they pulled it off. But they look great.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Get Open

This blog will serve to explore my fascination with the beautiful game of basketball. I'll try to spend some time
  • Researching the visual history of the NBA, ABA, and other professional leagues
  • Documenting my playing abilities
  • Explore the culture surrounding all kinds of basketball, from playground to professional