Posts Tagged ‘Kevin Garnett’

NBA Style: Classic Uniforms #TBT



By the NBA.com Style Crew –

While the NBA is a League that has always had its share of individuals, the one unifying feature of all players is that everyone wears uniforms. But that doesn’t make them uniform. Some franchises have opted for simple jerseys with their team name in a stylized font, such as the Knicks or the Minneapolis Lakers, other teams have gone for more interesting expressions. Check out, for instance, the New Jersey Nets, with a red/white/blue stars and stripes motif; All-Star Game jerseys, with stars literally all over them; a Toronto Raptor jersey featuring an enormous cartoon raptor. Sometimes it’s in the details, like with the trim on the throwback Syracuse Nationals jersey. And then sometimes we’re drawn to the colors, like with the gorgeous baby blue and red of the old Sacramento Kings jerseys.

Whatever you like, for many of us uniforms can be much more than just a statement of which team we’re cheering for. We picked some pics in the gallery below of uniforms that caught our eye.

What is your favorite uniform of all-time? Let us know in the comments section, and don’t forget to continue the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NBAStyle…
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Top 10 Most Amusing Moments From The 2012 Playoffs

by Micah Hart

What a shortened, yet still very long, strange trip it’s been. In a season that felt like we inhaled on Christmas Day, only to exhale roughly two hours ago, I’m already counting down the days until we start this whole thing over again in November.

But before we start dreaming of a fresh start, let’s pause for a few moments to remember some of the fun and funny we had over the course of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, which started somewhat slowly but picked up speed to the thrilling conclusion that was the Finals series between the victorious Heat and vanquished Thunder.

Here’s a look back at the 10 most amusing moments from the last seven weeks:

10. Amar’e channels Andy Bernard

The Knicks had a lot of hype at one point in the NBA season, but it all began to fall apart starting with a rash of injuries to the likes of Jeremy Lin and Iman Shumpert. At least their injuries occurred on the court though. Amar’e Stoudemire made headlines when he punched a fire-extinguisher case after Game 2 of the Knicks’ first-round series against the Heat, causing a huge laceration and forcing the Knicks’ big man to miss the next game of an eventual 4-1 series defeat.

No one saw it happen, but I have to imagine it went something like this.

9. Spurs fan gets Matt Bonner haircut, gets suspended

In case you forgot, a Spurs fan got this shaved into the back of his head:

For doing so, he got suspended from school, which seems bad, until the Internet found out about it and the Spurs ended up invited him to a playoff game. Miss school AND see playoff basketball? BEST WEEK EVA! By the way, a month later, the kid did it again.

8. Metta World Peace being Metta World Peace

His playoff run may not have lasted long (one game against Denver and five against OKC), but that doesn’t mean Metta World Peace didn’t have time to make lasting contributions, including doing the local weather in Vancouver, being in Vancouver in the first place because he’s filming a movie there based on a novel by Nancy Freaking Grace, and unveiling his new superhero alter ego Metta Man:

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Russell Westbrook Plays 48 Minutes Of Defense (And Just A Little More)

by Micah Hart

You know that thing that Kevin Garnett made popular, where you swat away any shot headed towards the basket during a dead ball? Well Russell Westbrook just took it to a whole new level, trolling Danny Green and then some:



That’s a pretty jerk move, generally speaking, but this is the playoffs. Anything you can do to get in your opponents’ heads, I’m all for it.

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Kevin Garnett Feels His Youth, Does Push-Ups Mid-Game

by Micah Hart

The whispers are out there — this Celtics team is too old to handle the Heat, and Boston’s Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen might want to start thinking about post-career plans.

Well, Boston may indeed lose this series, but KG will have you know he’s not ready to be put out to pasture just yet, a point he decided to make during Game 3 after a hard foul by the Heat’s Udonis Haslem:



And if you don’t know, now you know.

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Jeff Teague makes a new enemy

by Zettler Clay

Maybe “enemy” is too strong, but whatever the appropriate word ends up being, it’s safe to say that the Hawks’ Jeff Teague will get no Christmas card from Kevin Garnett. In the midst of a snail-fest in Philips Arena, there was a sudden dose of excitement of the aerial variety:



Predictably, Garnett didn’t care much for the post-dunk theatrics (which we here at All Ball thoroughly appreciate; things aren’t the same without a provoked KG).

The Big Ticket’s reply, when asked about the dunk that seemed to energize the Celtics?

“I don’t even know who you talking about. That guy’s a nobody.”

Well, then. Maybe a glimpse into the old flippant Garnett is just what this Celtics team I need.

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Celtics Have A Little Fun With Opening Tip

by Micah Hart

The NBA is serious business, and all the moreso in a compacted season where every game on the schedule has extra meaning.

That said, it’s nice to see teams still have a little fun, as the Celtics did last night after winning the opening tip against the Lakers:



Kevin Garnett didn’t make the All-Star team this year for the first time in forever (1999 actually), but perhaps he can make the Pro Bowl next year as a long-snapper.

I like the Celtics sense of humor here, but for opening-tip hijinx, nothing will ever beat the Spurs playing hack-a-Shaq.

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Big Baby vs. Big Ticket

by Zettler Clay

Glen Davis couldn’t be happier to be out of Boston.

OK, he didn’t really say that. Just that he was “really excited” to be in Orlando. Per Fox Sports Florida’s columnist Chris Tomasson:

“My whole career, I was playing behind KG, and I don’t think people really were able to see what I can do,” Davis said in an interview with FOX Sports Florida. “The times that I didn’t have to play behind KG, I did a great job. Now, I’m (with the Magic), and I have an opportunity to be a starter, and I’m just embracing the moment.”

Granted, this could be looked at as merely a guy just being ready for his chance to shine in a new environment. But do you think that the hyper-competitive Kevin Garnett will take those words with a grain of salt? From his former “pupil” nonetheless? Now, instead of yelling at him on his own bench, he gets to taunt him like this:

January 23 couldn’t come soon enough. Now, I just want to know what he is going to do with this TD Garden replica.

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Don’t know about a thousand, but this picture talks, Part V

by Zettler Clay

Remember when the outspoken filmmaker Spike Lee called Kevin Garnett out a few weeks ago?

But this last time against Boston — you know that game where they disallowed Stoudemire’s 3? — Kevin Garnett lost it. He was cursing me out for no reason. Maybe because Stoudemire gave him 39 points, but take that vulgarity to Stoudemire. I’m not holding you and I did not even say s— to Garnett the whole game. That really surprised me. He lost it. He was cursing at me the whole game. He needs to calm the f— down.

Because the memory of Reggie Miller and Michael Jordan and Ray Allen (Bucks days) squabbling with Spike is still fresh, I circled March 21 – when Boston visits New York again – immediately.

So you can imagine my disappointment when I saw this:

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images

Welp. The festive mood of All-Star weekend can get to the best of them, even our favorite villain in Green. But something tells me that this scene will be forgotten when these two gigantic personalities square off in a month.

Cleveland makes up with LeBron James (sorta)

by Micah Hart

I have to assume this is no coincidence, with All-Star Weekend just a few days away, but several NBA players made cameos on Sunday night’s episode of The Cleveland Show. Here is a clip, featuring LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O’Neal, and Dwight Howard talking about improvements they’d make to the game of basketball. Roll it!

Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, and Dwyane Wade also voiced cartoon versions of themselves in the episode, which ended with (spoiler alert!) LeBron and Cleveland patching things up, but perhaps not how you might think.

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Perhaps the first of many – an ode to Blake Griffin

by Micah Hart

The last time we saw Kathy Anderson around these parts, she was adapting Nate Robinson’s tweets into a musical composition.

She’s back today with an original number, this time singing the praises of Blake Griffin, as told from the perspective of one of the nets at Staples Center. Slightly PG-13, but very well done. Take it away Kathy:

Something tells me Must See BG is going to inspire a lot more of this sort of thing (well, maybe not THIS sort of thing) before all is said and done.

By the way Kathy, do you take requests? I’d like to see a song about Kevin Garnett from the perspective of the stanchion he talks to before every game.

H/T TBJ

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