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NBA Style: First Week Playoff Fashions

April 26, 2013  ·  10:35AM


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By the NBA.com Style Crew

ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – Part of the fun of the NBA Playoffs is that everything is amplified, from the intensity to the passion to the very stakes everyone is playing for. it is win or go home, and frankly, win or go home, NBA players want to look as sharp as they can while doing either.

Check out some of the looks these NBA stars put together over the first week of the Playoffs, from the fashion forward styles of guys like Russell Westbrook and James Harden, to LeBron James‘ sweater/blazer combo, to the classic suits on players like Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala. Skinny ties are worn by several players, and dudes like Mike Conley (cardigan) and Harden (plaid vest with a pocket square) displayed popular recent trends. And also, Russell Westbrook wore a leather shirt.

All these players and more are featured in the gallery below. Who wore it best? Give us your thoughts in the comments section, and keep the conversation going on Twitter by using #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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Intentionally Foul DeAndre Jordan At Your Own Risk

January 21, 2013  ·  8:51PM

by Zettler Clay IV

Fouling inept free-throw shooters is a common strategy, where the offended party calmly accepts the foul, marches to the line and tries like mad (or not) to sink the freebies. Earlier in the Clippers-Warriors contest, it seems like DeAndre Jordan nixed the “calmly accepts the foul” part:



The commentator asserts Jordan should have gotten a technical foul (home announcers for ya!), but it’s not that simple.

A second look reveals that rookie Draymond Green was nudging — or pushing, depends on perspective — Jordan out of bounds when Jordan simply side-stepped and allowed Green’s momentum to carry him to the ground.

Sounds plausible, right?

H/T SB Nation.

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Calling The ‘Perfect Game’

November 29, 2012  ·  1:57AM

By Nick Margiasso, NBA.com

I was saving and saving, collecting the best calls of the NBA season’s first full month from the league’s most, err, interesting announcers. They were going to be jam-packed into one blog highlighting the best of the best and posted at the end of November.

Then it happened.

The Clippers’ TV announcers happened.

These guys, Ralph Lawler and Mike Smith, just did work on this night. Strange diatribes, crazy logic and just plain screaming — they had it all working for them on November 28. They just blew away a month’s worth of team announcers’ great calls, and certainly deserve their own moment in the sun. So, here’s the Clips announcers’ greatest hits and a breakdown of what it all meant to a fan lucky enough to have listened to a true ‘Perfect Game’ called during the Clippers contest.

A Wedgie?
Clippers Announcers: “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s our first wedgie of the season. There’s got to be a website that keeps track of that … NBA.com/wedgie?”
Me: I can assure you, that is not a real web page on this site … yet.

Shah-vedd, you say?
Clippers Announcers: “The ‘V’ is not silent. Name a word with a silent ‘V.’”
Me: Huh? This exchange came at the expense of Wolves guard Alexey Shved. They didn’t drop the ‘V’ after all, though, opting to go with the definitely incorrect Shah-vedd pronunciation. Hey, it could have been worse, Alexey … you could have been “Shed.”

Landing on a hundred
Clippers Announcers: “First to 100 wins, it’s the [Lawler's] law.”
Me: Nonsense right there. Just plain nonsense. Love it.

Scream and shout
Clippers Announcers: “Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan … SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM dunk.”
Me: Perfect.

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Blake Griffin Explains His Dunk On Kendrick Perkins

February 1, 2012  ·  5:39PM

by Micah Hart

Via LACTV, here are Blake Griffin and teammates discussing his dunk-o’-the-year over Kendrick Perkins:



DeAndre Jordan — serving as a dunk barometer since 2008.

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DeAndre Jordan makes All-Star pitch, The Basketball Jones step up for Andrea Bargnani

January 18, 2012  ·  4:52PM

by Micah Hart

We are midway through January, which means voting for All-Star starters is in full swing. Ever since Chris Bosh made a viral video to plead his case for All-Star inclusion (back when people loved Chris Bosh), it’s been de rigueur for players to tout themselves or their teammates for your vote.

Here at All Ball we’ll try to keep track of any and all videos put together by teams, players, or player advocates to help various All-Star causes.

We start off with a video from the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan:

Pretty simple stuff, nothing too exciting. Unfortunately it doesn’t hold a candle to this effort from the guys at The Basketball Jones, who made this outstanding plea on behalf of Raptors’ big man Andrea Bargnani:

Now that’s a reason to vote for someone.

If you see any others out there we should feature, drop us a line and let us know.

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Norm Macdonald goes undercover as Blake Griffin

April 13, 2011  ·  1:15PM

by Micah Hart

Blake Griffin has impressed in many ways in his rookie season, but the most surprising to me has been his surprisingly deft sense of humor. He proved it once again last night by appearing with his partner-in-crime DeAndre Jordan on the premiere episode of Comedy Central’s Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. Roll it!

If you are a fan of basketball and comedy as I am, you have to like the recent forays into the sports arena by Comedy Central, first with the Onion SportsDome and now with Norm Macdonald, whose Weekend Update segments on Saturday Night Live in the ’90s will always be my favorite.

Another job well done, BG. We’ll miss you during the playoffs.

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Blake gets tricky again

April 8, 2011  ·  2:58PM

by Micah Hart

I dunno – it’s a great shot, but it’s not the same without DeAndre Jordan giving commentary.

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Did you get enough trick shots from Blake and DeAndre? Hope not, cause they’re back

December 8, 2010  ·  10:30AM

by Micah Hart

Can someone get Blake Griffin (or DeAndre Jordan, or one of their friends, whoever’s house it is) a bigger backyard? I’m loving these videos they are doing, but just seems like they are going to run out of real estate pretty soon — hence the “home run” shot from the dugout in this one.

Keep up the good work guys. And if someone wants to get them a better camera, I wouldn’t argue with that either…

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Trick shots + All-Star Weekend = A perfect match?

November 17, 2010  ·  10:58AM

by Micah Hart

I don’t know what set off this phenomenon of NBA players (amongst others) doing their best trick shots and capturing them on film, but I am just happy to be alive during this era. Our latest entrants come from L.A., with a little guerrilla-style footage shot by Clippers big men Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Roll it!

A few thoughts:

– I can’t believe how much Griffin and I look alike in tank tops.

– Their reaction after shot #3 is insane priceless.

– Players have so much fun doing these things, it dawns on me — we’ve got to figure out a way to get a trick-shot competition in All-Star Weekend.

We’ve seen H-O-R-S-E the last two years, and that is a start, but the biggest issue with a trick shot competition is the amount of attempts it might take to get the shot right. As we’ve seen in dunk contests the last few years (cough, Nate Robinson, cough), a bunch of misses sucks too much of the air out of the competition.

How could we work around this? Here’s my suggestion:

1. Each participant is given a video camera and 24 hours (say from the start of the Rookie-Sophomore game to the start of All-Star Saturday night) to execute their best trick shot, using the entire host city as their playground to get it done. We’ve seen from guys like Dude Perfect and The Legendary Shots that incorporating various buildings and obstacles can really raise the stakes.

2. The participants submit their entries at the start of All-Star Saturday night, which will be shown either throughout the night during breaks in the regular competitions, or all in one block. Entries will be judged on creativity, difficulty, and perhaps even production value (almost like a short film competition).

3. Fans vote on a winner.

Pretty simple, right?

What do you think? Any suggestions on how to make a trick-shot competition happen? Let us know in the comments.

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