Saturday, September 29, 2012

Did You Know?

The very first basketball game was held on January 20, 1892. The first court was just one-half of the size of the NBA's courts today. In the entire match, only 1 point was scored and in this particular game, there were 9 players in every team!

In the past, the players used soccer ball in playing basketball. In 1929, the type of basketball that the kind of basketball we are familiar today was used. 

Before, the basketball was color brown. But this color hindered the ball's visibility and thus, needed the use of another color. In the 1950s, Tony Hinkle started to search for a new color. Finally, orange was chosen as the best. 

10 Most Amazing Photos of NBA 2012


Ty Lawson on his 1st dunk attempt. The player with a height of 5'11'' and a weight of 195 lbs. looks like a kid and the rim seems oversized in this photo. I bet Lawson was thinking how coud he get down after this.

Baron Davis still manged to wave at his fans and smile after dislocating his knee cap.


The newest Big 3 -- Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden and NBA cannot do anything about it. 


This is the fragments of LeBron's performance with a score of 40 points and 18 rebounds. The game was against the Pacers of the EC Finals's Game 4.  

LeBron James hit 2 clutch free throws versus Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, Game 3. Well, I'm sure he's just doing what these people's signs were telling him to do.

Jeremy Lin on the bench. Unfortunately, he needed to ride the metal or pine for the NY Knicks' 1st round series versus Heat.
Larry Bird said his team (Pacers) was soft after they lost in Game 5 against Heat by 32 points. Perhaps he didn't see when Tyler Hansbrough drew blood on Dwyane Wade.
Even if you're not a referee in NBA, this photo definitely seems Zach Randolph is actually fouling Chris Paul. 

It's quite a surprise that most people sitting at the front row were not affected at all by these storm troopers taking over the home court of Orland Magic.



Kenyon Martin is not the NBA's nicest player but it seems here that Marc Gasol wants to change that by giving him some brotherly love.


10 Interesting Facts About Basketball

1. A YMCA teacher named James Naismith from Springfield, Massachusetts was the one who invented basketball in 1891.

2. The very 1st “hoops” were only peach baskets and the 1st backboards were only made from wire.

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the player who owns the record for having the most points during the entire 20 seasons of his NBA career with 38,387. 

4. Basketball officially became an event in the Olympics in Berlin, Germany in 1936.

5. On the 2nd of March 1962, Wilt Chamberlain, the center of Philadelphia, totaled a score of 100 points in just one game versus New York. That's the highest score ever made by one player in just one game.

6. Lenny Wilkens, the coach of Atlanta Hawks, has won the most number of basketball games among all the other coaches.

7. From 1960 up to 1966, Boston Celtics has won 17 championships in NBA, including 7  straight wins.

8. Chicago Bulls won all the 6 NBA Finals they have appeared on.

9. Michael Jordan scored 5,987 points in the playoffs, the highest score among all the other players.

10. Kobe Bryant broke the record of Michael Jordan's All-Star Game record of 262 points in 2012 with 271 points.


Saturday, September 22, 2012

Derrick Rose's Signature Basketball Shoe Collection

Just recently, Adidas announced the creation of “D Rose 3,”a signature basketball shoe of popular player Derrick Rose. It will be launched worldwide on the 4th of October. The logo of the collection features 3 petals that circles around the "D" and “1" at the middle. Aside from his jersey number, Rose says that the middle part represents his mother and his 3 brothers signify the 3 petals.

He said that “he loves the logo which embodies the most significant things to him: basketball, his family, and Chicago."

D Rose 3 shoe will be launched in the market around the world on October 4th at the price of $160. It is available in 2 colors schemes, with additional 7 colors that will unroll this year. The signature collection also comes with T-shirts, hoodies, jackets, pants, shorts, socks and hats that range from $15 up to $80.


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Lance Thomas Sure Has A Lot of Money

Man, can you believe the scandal with basketball nowadays? When I was in school, it wasn't as crazy as it is now. The question is, where did Lance Thomas get nearly $100,000 from to buy his jewelries?

When I was in college, I was dirt broke. Like most college kids, I was eating noodles out of plastic bowls. I remember that my school sold a Cup-N-Noodle and a soda for $.75. Here we are, seeing a scandal in NCAA basketball for Duke. I bet nothing is gonna come of this, nothing really ever did from that region of the country and the NCAA.

It's just infuriating!