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HBD, ATL!!

^ Lemme show you how it's done: T h i s a l b u m is... fu*kin' A W E S M E ! ! !

NBA All-Time Cockiest Team? C: Kevin Garnett PG: Zeke Thomas SG: Eddie House / J.R. Smith / Ray Allen SF: Paul Pierce PF: Kenyon Martin Post yours!

Kobe Scores 68 Points in 15 min!! http://i.imgur.com/dEw5K.png During Kobe Bryant's annual China tour he scored 68 points in 15 min. in the 2nd Annual Sprite China Charity Basketball game. Source

My thoughts exactly.

http://turntable.fm/bsx_squalla

Ujiri >>>>> DTS.

Hornets extend head coach Monty Williams NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Monty Williams took his first NBA head coaching job with the Hornets at a time when the franchise was defined by uncertainty. Star players were looking to leave and no one knew who the next owner would be, or even if the team would remain in New Orleans long term. Williams kept his focus on coaching, and has been rewarded with a four-year extension running through the 2015-16 season. "The problems we have in the NBA are really good problems to have," Williams said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, the day the club announced his extension. "I would have loved to have all the ducks in a row and all the other good things everybody else had in their organizations, but that just wasn't my reality and at the same time my job hadn't changed and my players needed me to be focused on my job." The new deal comes as the 40-year-old Williams heads into the final year of the first head coaching contract he signed in 2010. Source

Hope the Clippers draft Ledo few years from now...

LeBron hints at competing in 2016 Olympics AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- LeBron James squeezed his mom's hands, the way he did as a kid. Moments before being honored again in his hometown, where they still love him and always will, James stood among family members and friends. With the days in this summer of summers dwindling quickly, this was another moment to savor. So as he waited to be introduced, James hugged his mom, Gloria, around the neck, took out his phone and snapped their picture. He was home. "I know this place," he said, "and it knows me." Fresh off leading the U.S. men's team to a gold medal at the London Olympics, James was praised Sunday during a minor league game for his recent basketball accomplishments - an MVP award, NBA title and the gold - and for giving back to Akron, where his "Wheels For Education" initiative has provided inner-city kids with supplies, programs, mentors, and above all, hope. "I was one of these kids," James said. "It means everything to me to be able to give back. I have a passion for it. I love seeing kids smile, and for them to have someone who can lead them. For me to be in this position and being able to help and give back, means a lot." James received a warm ovation from the crowd of 3,843 - more than double the average attendance - when he walked onto the infield at Canal Park, home of the Double-A Akron Aeros, during the middle of the eighth inning escorted by Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic. Full Story

Jozy's been a beast for AZ since day one with 'em. They gon' HAVE to retire his jersey.

Naw... she ain't that smart.

I like simplicity. Black ones = sexy.

If Kobe ended up with 7 rings... I'd rank him #1 on my all-time list. That's IF he ends up with 7.

Still dope.

^ Never heard of this guy.

Dumb move, IMO. <_< They'll regret it.

Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant, contrasts in leadership http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0817/nba_bryant_nash_576.jpg Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash are both leaders with different, but effective, styles. Will this work in L.A.? Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash together are really something, as a backcourt. The point guard playing alongside the shooting guard. That promises to be a huge national basketball story all season. But vastly more fascinating to me, and something I predict I'll write about again and again, is how differently these new teammates work as leaders. It's an interesting time for the NBA in this regard. Team USA and the NBA's two dominant teams of last season -- the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder -- are unabashed about blatantly loving each other. But for the occasional Mario Chalmers incident, the tone of how they talk about each other is not about berating each other. It's about engulfing each other in support, loyalty and fist bumps. That fact is dissatisfying to anyone who sees Michael Jordan's scowl as the ultimate sign of leadership. But it's undeniably working in basketball, as predicted by a thousand modern books on leadership. In a business where you win by being up, why be down? And, even though he's a card-carrying member of Team USA's love-bomb squad, there is no more overt icon of the old-school Jordan "berate 'em into professionalism" approach than Bryant. Jordan's best-known teammate, Scottie Pippen, even refers to Jordan's scowling at teammates as "doing the Kobe" in Jack McCallum's book, "Dream Team." Full Read

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Suns sign veteran C Jermaine O'Neal PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns have signed 16-year NBA veteran Jermaine O'Neal. The length of the contract wasn't disclosed. The 6-foot-11 O'Neal is expected to back up center Marcin Gortat, a role previously held by Robin Lopez, who has been traded. The 33-year-old center has career averages of 13.7 points and 7.4 rebounds. O'Neal was drafted 17th overall directly out of high school. Later, with the Indiana Pacers, he played in six consecutive All-Star games. He also played for Toronto, Miami and Boston. Source

Hornets sign guard Roberts New Orleans (AP) -- The New Orleans Hornets signed former Dayton guard Brian Roberts on Thursday. Roberts played in all five Las Vegas summer league games for the Hornets, averaging 13.8 points, 2.2 assists and two rebounds in 27.4 minutes per game. He shot 50 percent from the field and hit 54 percent of the 3-pointers he attempted to go with nearly 94 percent foul shooting. The 6-foot-1 Roberts spent the past three seasons playing professionally for Brose Baskets Bamberg in Germany. The club didn't release the terms of the contract. Source