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NBA Style: Spotlight On Trends

May 1, 2013  ·  10:30AM


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By The NBA.com Style Crew –

While many NBA players have brought their unique style to the podium during the 2013 playoffs, some trends have popped up multiple times throughout the first week.

DENIM: This postseason, players have embraced the utilitarian fabric to make bold statements. In the gallery below, Blake Griffin and Raymond Felton wear tailored denim button down shirts, while James Harden has an edgier take with a distressed shirt and plaid vest. Brandon Jennings looks summer-ready with a faded chambray shirt and white ankle pants, while LeBron James mixes it up by pairing a crisp denim button down with a black tie under a shawl collar sweater.

PINK: The color has range. Brandon Jennings spruces up a classic tan blazer with a warm pink button down, and Deron Williams wears the same shade under his gray jacket. For bolder variations, Caron Butler’s pink shirt pops under a gray suit and muted blue tie, while Matt Barnes pairs mauve pants with a black jacket and tie.

Let us know who wore these trends best, and if you could imagine them in your closet, tell us about it on Twitter using the hashtag #NBAStyle…
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The Clippers Play NBA Jam In Philly

February 12, 2013  ·  12:52AM

by Zettler Clay IV

What’s the tell-tale sign of the Clippers’ success? Dunks, dunks and more dunks! Last night in Philadelphia, Chris Paul Blake Griffin and Co. put on quite the aerial show in a rout of the Sixers:



When the Clippers are going, we see rim assaults unlike any other in the league (though LeBron and Dwyane Wade may object). After losing 8 of 11, the Clippers have their (healthy) stud point guard back and look ready to remind the league about the merits of Lob City.

But umm, Blake, what’s up with that layup at the 1:55 mark?

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NBA Garners A Billion Views On YouTube

December 9, 2012  ·  11:12PM

by Zettler Clay IV

Hey…it’s not everyday when a company gets a billion views on its YouTube page. To celebrate such a milestone, my colleagues at NBA Digital compiled some of the best NBA moments of the digital age (or at least since YouTube became relevant).




Shaq and the Jabbawockeez. A Kobe playoff game-winning buzzer-beater. Blake Griffin Mozgov-ing Timofey Mozgov and Perkins-ing Kendrick Perkins. And a White Mamba sighting?

Just bliss to the eyes.

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Aerial Specialist Gerald Green Does It Again

October 29, 2012  ·  5:32PM

by Zettler Clay IV

Buzz is high on the Indiana Pacers for the upcoming season. So it’s only right that they — mainly Gerald Green — take their act above the ground to reflect such:



Generally when people use the term “above the rim,” a visual of a full head above the rim is not what actually happens. This is something you expect to see on Space Jam, not in an empty gym where the rules of gravity are supposed to apply.

Between Green, Blake Griffin and That Guy in Miami, Mr. Calloway might have his work cut out for him this season.

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Trampoline artist puts Blake Griffin to shame

October 6, 2012  ·  5:30PM

by Zettler Clay IV

Amidst the hoopla of Dirk returning to his hometown for Dallas’ first preseason game, a guy at halftime decided to end the speculation of the world’s best dunker once and for all:



Of course, the guy had help. No matter. The world record for longest dunk is his. Now, I fully await the day when Blake Griffin finds a way to stuff the roundball from halfcourt. Don’t doubt it. He did this. And these. Along with these.

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Oklahoma Player Volunteers For Blake Griffin Poster

September 12, 2012  ·  3:24PM

by Micah Hart

Here is Blake Griffin, doing what Blake Griffin does best, even while recovering from knee surgery, on Oklahoma Sooner Buddy Hield:

I love the guy in the background who shouts out “Why would you do that?” at the end.

Umm, why wouldn’t you do that? Haven’t you seen all the photos of people pretending to get hit by Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali? I would LOVE to get dunked on by Blake Griffin. I would stand in line for 45 minutes and shell out $50 for the opportunity if he’d let me.

Is it embarrassing to get dunked on by Griffin. It doesn’t have to be. Take if from Tyrion Lannister, if you own something, it can’t hurt you.

You listening, Kendrick Perkins?

H/T Dime

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All Ball Fave Five: Players Who Should Host Saturday Night Live

August 28, 2012  ·  10:22AM

by Micah Hart

You may have noticed it’s the offseason, which means we have plenty of time to sit around and think about many of the things that make it fun to be an NBA fan. Here at All Ball, we’ll be passing the time until the start of the season with a new series, the Fave Five. Each week will count down a list of the five best, or worst … somethings. We’ll try to get creative with it. Plus we’re taking requests! If you have a suggestion for a Fave Five post, give us a shout and you may see it appear in this space over the next several weeks.

You may not know this about me, but if you have read enough posts on All Ball you’ve probably seen enough links to surmise that I am a big fan of Saturday Night Live.

And with the start of the new season just around the corner, it got me to thinking: When will the next NBA player get a chance to host of the show?

Historically speaking, SNL invites a “sports figure” on average about once a year (this includes broadcasters, professional wrestlers, etc). Last year our own Charles Barkley became the first athlete to host for the third time, but overall basketball representation on the show has been sparse. Aside from the Chuckster, only Michael Jordan and LeBron James have ever hosted. Clearly, Lorne Michaels does not think much of the NBA’s collective comedic talents. But is that deserved, this allegation I’m making up on the spot?

It seems to me in this day and age there are more NBA players being funny than ever, and it’s just a matter of time before someone else gets a crack at being not ready for primetime.

But who? In this week’s Fave Five, we rank the top candidates to take to the stage in Studio 8H:

5. Roy Hibbert

The bonafides: A rising star on the NBA’s comedy scene, Hibbert has aligned himself with some very funny people in his burgeoning career. He’s guested on Parks and Recreation (the funniest show on TV for my money), hung out at Roscoe’s Chicken N Waffles with comedian Chelsea Peretti, and topped it off with Ben Schwartz‘s hilarious audition video for Hibbert’s cheering section. He seems pretty comfortable on camera — here he is from last year’s playoffs on Jimmy Kimmel:

Has he been featured on Funny or Die or Taiwanese animation? Not yet, but given who he hangs out with, it can’t be too long.

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Blake Griffin Lured Into Van By Rainn Wilson

July 30, 2012  ·  2:49PM

by Micah Hart

Blake Griffin has every reason to be down right now, given that he is missing out on the Olympic experience with Team USA due to a torn meniscus.

But every dark cloud has a silver lining, and I suppose in this case that would be sitting down for a somewhat joking, somewhat serious interview with Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office, if the name doesn’t ring a bell) in his dirty, dingy green screen van:

With BG’s various forays into comedy, it’s no surprise to hear that he’d want to be a stand-up comic if he weren’t a baller. He should talk to Metta World Peace, maybe he can get five minutes on his next comedy tour?

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Wanna see the Blake Face? It’ll Cost You

July 19, 2012  ·  3:14PM

by Micah Hart

You may recall Chris Paul‘s son went viral back during the NBA Playoffs with his famous Blake Griffin impression.

Chris Jr. has become something of a celebrity ever since, and with his talents increasingly in demand, Papa Paul was required to teach his youngster his first lesson in economics — there is no such thing as a free lunch:

Get paid, young fella.

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Steve Nash Posits An Alternate Origin Story For Batman

July 5, 2012  ·  3:56PM

by Micah Hart

I know everyone is all abuzz about Steve Nash‘s move from Phoenix to Los Angeles to join the Lakers, with most of the attention being focused on the impact it will have on the basketball court. Me? All I can think about it the opportunities it will provide for him off the court, where Nash has developed quite a little taste for making viral videos.

Here is his latest offering, a retelling of the Batman mythology (complete with over-the-top, Christian Bale-era voice huskiness), starring, directed, and written by Nash:

Nash found the time to make several hilarious shorts while in Phoenix, where the closest thing to a local celebrity is The Gorilla. Imagine what he can pull off now that he’ll be playing in Tinseltown?

Watch your back, Blake Griffin. Funny or Die may have a new NBA sheriff in town.

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