Posts Tagged ‘Amir Johnson’

Amir Johnson Throws First Pitch, Asks For Do-Over

ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Part of what I do each week during the season on NBA TV’s “The Jump,” is I keep a focused eye on the NBA’s Social Media scene. Tweets, viral videos, Instagram posts — all of these are things that I constantly consume in order to find the best and brightest.

Last season, Toronto forward/center Amir Johnson emerged as a force on the NBA Social Media scene, so much so that by the end of the season I was referring to him on air as the NBA’s “Social Media MVP.” It wasn’t just that Amir was active on all these different fronts, it was that he obviously put thought and planning behind his posts, in order to ensure all the content he put out on the Internet was entertaining and interesting.

A few months back I got the chance to sit down with Amir and talk about his season both on and off the floor…
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So it should come as no surprise to those of us who monitor such things that Amir’s latest viral adventure is just about perfect: It’s funny, it’s cringe-worthy, it has real drama. And it may or may not have a redemptive ending…
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(via @iamamirjohnson)

Raptors Take A Liking To Serge Ibaka

by Zettler Clay IV

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors earlier, 104-92. Kevin Durant scored…blah, blah, blah. KD and Russell Westbrook’s daily/nightly heroics are never not appreciated around here. It’s just that — from the vantage point of this observer — the game didn’t belong to them.

It belonged to the Raptors and Serge Ibaka. To wit, how many times have you seen Ibaka posterized twice in a game?



Ibaka got over just a bit late and Amir Johnson gladly made him pay.

And then in the fourth quarter:


To add insult to injury, Ibaka was on the wrong side of a four-point play:


I’m sure Ibaka (19 points, eight rebounds) would take the win, but I’m also sure he’d rather not get doubly posterized and four-point played in the process.

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Amir Johnson Gets Late Christmas Gift

by Zettler Clay IV

The refs decided to get a bit generous in last night’s Raptors-Blazers game. Presented without further comment:



This has been quite an interesting season for Amir Johnson, to say the least.

Humphries Gets Denied (By The Ref)!

By Jeff Case

In the last two nights, we’ve had some somewhat wacky stuff going on in the NBA with players and officials. First, on Monday night, we had the whole Amir Johnson-David Jones free-throw line incident with the ball after a made free throw. (Johnson was suspended a game for his actions by the NBA, which included chasing after Jones and throwing his mouthpiece at him).

Then comes Wednesday night and, once again, we’ve got the Raptors involved and a player at the free throw line. This time it’s not a Raptor at the line, but an ex-Raptor: Kris Humphries. Humphries, as you’ll see above, is all set to shoot the first of two shots with 7:42 left in the fourth quarter. But just as he gets the ball up, in comes referee Courtney Kirkland like Tayshaun Prince on Reggie Miller from the 2004 East finals and grabs the ball out of Humphries’ hands.

As The Brooklyn Game blog points out, Kirkland was trying to stop Humphries from shooting while subs were attempting to enter the game. Sure, there’s that whistle around your neck that can be used … but this was clearly a creative way to stop a free throw.