Unrealistic EXPLOSIONS

(The EXPLOSIONS return, as there should be regular news and crap from here on…might be sporadic for the next few weeks, but here you go.)

Apologies go out to all for this feature being missing all summer – it means we didn’t always send you to stuff like this 80s Lakers anti-drug music vid.

Well, we give up. Four phone calls and six emails later, there’s still no response from the RajaBell.com people. We give – we’ll sit and wait patiently with everyone else for the launch.

Kobe headed down to New Orleans to make fun of Raja Bell (we hope) and run some hoops clinics.

The blogosphere gets incestuous by having TrueHoop preview the Blazers for Slam Online. (And yeah, we’ll be getting dirty on the Cavs in a couple weeks over there.)

Odds on Vince Carter still being in NJ next season? Not good, if you ask us after reading about him not wanting to talk extension.

Eddie Jordan wants the Wizards in the East Finals this season, and all without playing defense.

We aren’t too fond of the hipster writing style, but this ESPN write-up on a day with Kobe has some good stuff.

We know it’s that time of year (optimistic time!), but Dwight Howard’s prediction of the Magic winning the title…? Um. That’s all we can say, is “um”.

Dirk gets a big fat Dallas extension through 2011.

The Sixers complete their huge offseason by adding two guys we’ve never heard of.

Finally, for you NFL fans, Jamie at AOL wants to know what you think of FanHouse, now that it’s mighty and powerful.

Honestly, we love the concept and the power. We dislike the 80+ voices and ultra-high volume of posts. It’s too much content to keep up with. But then, we’re not a huge NFL fan, so maybe the NBA version will be different for us.

That said, Terrell Owens tried to commit suicide last night? How messed up is this dude??? Guess it’s back to all-T.O., all-the time.