That’s five in a row.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
From the category archives:
Tights
Vice President of Communications for the Cavaliers Tad Carper was kind enough to follow up with us regarding all (one) of our tights questions we had for Cavs owner Dan Gilbert this morning. He wanted to clarify they’re not doing anything in terms of support – it is indeed for warmth.
Hey Brian, Dan Gilbert mentioned to me that you had inquired about the tights LeBron has been wearing lately. Just wanted to make sure you understood the reason for him wearing them. The reason he wears them is to keep his knee (and other areas) warm and “loose” for the entire game. They perform no structural duty on his knee, nor is structural gear needed for his knee. As for how they look? Who cares! They do the job for LeBron and put him in the best position to perform at the highest level. That’s what matters. Having said that, we’ve actually gotten feedback from many fans that think the tights look cool.
Fair enough. We went to play ball yesterday and not one, not two, but THREE guys on the court had tights on. Maybe we’re wrong about this whole thing. Maybe we just don’t want to say anything bad about LeBron. The point here is that you should never, ever, ever not go to Circuit City.
By the way, Brian is just our nickname. Our given name is The Cavalier. Our mom is A Cavalier and our dad is Some Cavalier. We have an older brother named Brother Cavalier and a younger sister named Susie Williams.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
As you can see from the screenshot above, people all over Ohio and all over Earth are wondering about LeBron’s choice to wear tights. Being the hardcore NBA blogger that we are, we went straight to the top to get the definitive word on them from Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.
Brian,
LeBron is wearing the tights because it “stabilizes” his knee which was bruised in the Golden State game out west last week….
Dan G.
Reading between the lines, we can tell you that this statement probably means exactly what it says. Mr. Gilbert also said he’ll give us his thoughts on the team in about a month, so go away for the next 30 days then come back to hear what he has to tell us. Hopefully it’s something like “LeBron’s knee feels great and he’s abandoned the tights.”
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
He’s been the precocious youngster.
The winner with opponents both outside and inside his own team.
The Colorado outcast.
He gave himself the alter-ego of Black Mamba. Mamba told Kobe how to play. And sometimes Mamba even wore tights. Kobe and Mamba also went to movies.
Of course, we almost left out the dynamic duo’s first appearance together in this vintage ninja and motorcycle filled print ad.
And now…Kobe and Mamba’s epic journey takes its next unbelievable step. Join us true-believer, for the monumental…BORN AGAIN.
(After the jump.)
[click to continue…]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Nothing to see hereIt’s Sunday, but we can’t put this off until tomorrow. We didn’t even notice it until about 3 minutes were left in the first quarter of the Cavaliers’ victory over the Jazz last night.
Maybe we weren’t paying close enough attention. More likely, our subconscious was fighting us on accepting what was happening. No, we’re not talking about LeBron putting up a casual and easy 51 points. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know exactly what we’re talking about.
Look, Utah is a cold place, okay? It’s not warm. The temperature in Utah is less than a lot of other places. If you were in like, Oakland, and then flew to Utah, you’d notice right away that it was pretty chilly in comparison. Y’know, maybe you would do something to alleviate that. Maybe we would, too. You really – you really – yeah…you really just can’t say fairly until it happens to you.
Let’s move on to family issues.
“She starts weaving in and out of traffic and passing people on the right,” he said.
The officers said [Gloria] James smelled of alcohol and she appeared to be disoriented, Edwards said. She struggled with police as they attempted to put handcuffs on her. They put her in the back seat of the housing authority car and she kicked out a window, Edwards said.
Now, this happens to everyone sometimes, doesn’t it? And it happens to moms all the time, too. Not just the DWI, but the window-kicking, as well. We can’t even tell you how many police car windows we’ve kicked out. Actually we can, and it’s three. As for mugshots, wouldn’t it be nice if we could all looked so casual and relaxed in ours? That’s to be commended.
Looks like we picked the wrong day to start polyphasic sleeping.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Nate’s 3D rendered CGI heartWith Kobe Bryant trying to build on his historic 45+ scoring streak last night in Portland, anf John Canzano of the Oregonian says the Blazers were inspired last night.
It was 50 percent embarrassment. And 50 percent inspiration. Because the Blazers knew you doubted they cared, and had enough professional pride to put up a fight. And also, they were about to become part of Bryant’s 45-point streak. And, also, McMillan gave an inspired pre-game speech on how a group of ordinary men can sometimes band together to become a powerful force. And he even drew a picture of a heart on the greaseboard.
“It was chilling,” locker room correspondent Travis Outlaw said.
Chilling, indeed. Kobe was held to 41, which of course means his 40+ streak can continue, but Ruben Patterson was apparently still pretty proud of himself after the game, bringing up his old “Kobe-stopper” material. We’d say Ruben is right except we’re too busy wondering why Bryant is without tights for the second game in a row. May be Phil Jackson drew a picture of a furnace to inspire Kobe to feel warm?
(For the record – we want the tights back one. For some reason Kobe looks creepy without them now.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Kobe is on an historic scoring spree, getting 45+ for the fourth (oops) straight game last night against Indiana. This is something Michael Jordan never even did, as much as it pains us to say that.
“I think that’s remarkable,” Laker Coach Phil Jackson said of the 45-point scoring streak. “I’ve seen him do this before at some point — I don’t think he scored 45-plus points, but 40-plus points for a series of games. He has gone on streaks like this. I’m just hoping he can maintain it without doing anything detrimental to himself physically.”
That’s a little nod to how Kobe lives on the edge. He’s not afraid to put himself in danger’s way. What are we talking about? Let’s play a little round of “What the f–k?” In the picture above, what’s making us say “what the f–k?”
1) Kobe is saying “Oh yeah, gotta get that ball – gotta get that ball, yeah.”
2) Someone other than Kobe Bryant almost has the ball in their hands.
3) WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOUR TIGHTS, KOBE BRYANT?
Now…tomorrow the Lakers play Portland. Let’s assume Kobe puts up about 64. Thursday the Cavaliers come to LA for a little national TV showdown with LeBron James. What’s Kobe gonna do? Will he go for 50, or pull one of his pass-it-so-much-it-hurts-the-team-but-I’m-proving-a-point things? Either way it should be fun.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Mamba wears tights, tooThere was all kinds of praise being thrown around this weekend after Kobe dropped 50 points on the Clippers. Perhaps the gayest one came from Lamar Odom, who can officially be categorized as “an enigma”.
“I wish I could draw a picture of the look on their faces,” Laker forward Lamar Odom said of the Clippers. “Not disrespecting them, but it’s unusual when you’re playing against someone and they can’t believe it. For a time, it was like he was on the court by himself. It’s like God put Kobe here for us to watch him play basketball.”
Maybe Lamar thinking about drawing pictures of Kobe during the game is why he can’t play with Kobe. We had a big picture of God and Kobe we photoshopped that was going to go with this, but then we decided we didn’t want to offend anyone by showcasing our God over any others. Trust when we say if you’ve never seen a picture of Zeus setting Kobe down at center court of the Staples before, it’s totally awesome.
Add this shooting 17-41 post to del.icio.us!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Kobe’s tights power him upwardKobe poured in 62 points in the Lakers win over the Mavs last night. These kind of nights keep Mamba and Phil happy, the crowd happy, and even Mark Cuban had to be happy a little. Everyone likes to watch a performance like this.
Kobe was winning 62-61 when they sat him down after 3 quarters. Yes, Kobe had outscored the entire Dallas team after three. That’s like, crazy and stuff. The real shame here is that this game wasn’t close, because he would’ve gotten 80 easy the way he was going. We weren’t there, but we did see it on the television-device.
Sorry this is a little jumbled, but the whole thing was a little amazing. We had to miss the Home Improvement retrospective on E! to see this game, but it was well worth it. Hopefully The Association was there and we’ll get a first-hand account that doesn’t have Bill Plaschke’s name on it.
Oh, Jerry Stackhouse is back Friday. Awesome.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Joe Smith nominates himself for “What the f–k?” treatment
We mentioned on Friday that Vince Carter was trying the half-tight, but we had no idea this thing was the epidemic it actually is. ESPN Page 2′s Paul Lukas is all about tights today, including a timeline explaining just how this whole situation came to be.
It’s not clear who was the first to take basketball legwear beyond the realm of socks, although it might have been Hakeem Olajuwon, who appears to have worn Kobe-style hose with one leg cut off during the 1989-90 season — sort of a proto-leg sleeve.
Another key moment was when Michael Jordan took his knee sleeve and began wearing it a few inches lower, effectively creating the calf band. This eventually developed into the slightly longer calf sleeve, which some players wear on one leg, others switch from one leg to the other and still others wear on both.
One point of contention in the analysis, and that’s the insinuation that Michael Jordan had anything to do with this in his use of a calf sleeve. That actually is a calf sleeve, and it’s to prevent shin splints. we know, because we wear one when we play ball. (We also roll the top edge down, which there’s no medical or practical reason for other than MJ did it.)
Anyway, Mr. Lukas’s piece is detailed, it’s filled with pictures, and it’s more than we could have ever hoped for or done ourselves, due to being 99% ADD and also much not smart is. What?
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
