Let it go.
LeBron and Durant train together. This trips me out because I don’t think Magic and Bird would have ever trained together. I can’t think of any past superstar combo the would do this before this generation of players came around.
Jordan and Magic? They couldn’t even keep their competitive spirits in check when playing for the Dream Team.
Hakeem and The Admiral? That would have been war.
Jordan and Charles? Maybe on a golf course. But basketball? No way.
Russell and Wilt? Shawn Bradley would score 100 in a game before this happened.
I guess it’s a different day and age we live in. Maybe it’s social media that brings these stars together. Maybe it’s the drive to get better. maybe the lockout have given them common ground to stand on (hatred of NBA owners). Maybe they practice the mantra of keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Who knows what brings them together. I just know that it makes for better basketball players. And that makes for better games.
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So AEG has unveiled images of their vision of Farmer’s Field in Los Angeles. Here are the highlights:
- It will sit right next to the Staples Center and Nokia Theater within the LA Live area.
- Most of it will be made out of translucent material.
- If building started in February 2013, it would be completed in September 2016.
- Cost would be near $1.1 Billion.
- An attachment to the Convention Center would be provided overlooking Pico Blvd.
- It’s meant to house both indoor and outdoor activities, conventions, and events.
- Rather than have a retractable roof, they have opted for a “Deployable Roof” that is said to take mere hours to set up. The roof would be stored underneath the arena.
“Designing a world-class large scale venue, capable of creating the perfect environment to host both indoor and outdoor events, goes far beyond the retractable roof solutions of the past…Our charge is not only to design a stadium that offers the ideal outdoor NFL experience but also to have a fully enclosable facility that creates an equally appealing location and atmosphere for indoor events and conventions.”
So, whether you live in LA or not, what are your thoughts?
TWO MORE SEASONS FOR DEXTER!!
We are so excited to announce that DEXTER has been renewed for two more seasons!
Michael C. Hall told us that “On behalf of the entire DEXTER family, we relish the invitation to delve ever deeper into Dexter’s world.”
Production will begin on season seven in 2012 in Los Angeles and seasons seven and eight will consist of 12 episodes each. We can’t wait to watch the story of Dexter Morgan play out!
What does the NBA lockout have in common with Michael Jordan?
They’ve both been gambling with huge sums of money for 141 straight days.
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Nuclear NBA Winter Survivor’s Log: A Brave New World
Day #5, 11/18/2011
Entry #1
This is Shane Baker.
I used to be a basketball blogger until The Event ripped through our lives.
It’s been 5 days since the device went off. None of us knew exactly what happened in the room or how powerful the $4 billion dollar machine was, but now we know. It’s completely wiped basketball off the map.
Now I’m standing in the wake of it’s destruction, wondering where do we go from here.
Is basketball still salvageable? How many of us survived the initial blast? How many more will die from the radiation if this nuclear winter continues? What about our children? Will they learn from this mistake?
The sky is still as orange as a basketball, yet the air isn’t breathable. The radioactive dust is still thick, still raining down on us as like a broken backboard.
I’ve found a group of survivors; they are all convening on twitter. Yes, thankfully twitter survived the blast. We still gather at nights and talk about how the world was before The Event. We reminisce about the NBA and we pretend the players still exist. Some are still optimistic although some of our best have begun to search for other sources of basketball.
We are all hungry and cold and lonely. We have food and shelter and even each other, but strangely, this isn’t enough. We need the warmth of those arena lights and the friendliness of 18,000 screaming fans. I’m afraid if we don’t find it soon our resolve will wither away to nothing.
I’ve also heard rumors that The Event didn’t effect Europe or Asia. Some even claim that they still have basketball out there. I’m still skeptical. I’m not sure they really ever had real basketball to begin with, but if these reports are true, we have to find a way to communicate with them. Let them know survivors exist in the states and that we’d like to join their coalition and rebuild basketball for the world.
But that’s just a pipe dream. For now, I think I’ll just try to find what’s left of the owners and players and see if we can still salvage the NBA.
I’ll report soon as I have more.
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