Posts tagged: Basketball
Jeremy Lin has a new uncanny valley action figure. So life-like it stares at you from anywhere in a room. And it never stops staring … at you. Its been staring at me for so long I’m afraid to move. Isn’t that cute?
But seriously, I have not moved since 12:30 on Tuesday. It is in control now. Please send help.
Amar’e Stoudemire has seen a lot of episodes of Luther. Here he is answering inquiring questions about his case… THE MURDER OF ROSIE LARSEN!
Presently, basketball is all there is.
It’s going to be a short season after an even shorter off-season. We had limited time to track player movement, team development and bring you in depth team analysis, like we did last year. So the bros and bro-ettes at NBAO decided we’ll follow in the footsteps of the NBA and provide you with…
OFFICIAL PHOTO OF THE 2011 NBA LOCKOUT
This may be as obvious a statement as saying that Blake Griffin greatly prefers a violent dunk instead of a simple lay up, but the NBA is a highly competitive sport. There are legendary team rivalries, Lakers vs. Celtics or Knicks vs. Heat, as well as intense player battles like Kobe’s legacy vs. Jordan’s legacy or even watching LeBron James fight his own self-confidence in a big game. That said, it still somehow seems as if the competitive nature of the sport we all love, has yet to spill over into the online community.
There will always be that hustle to provide original or exclusive content, of course, yet you rarely see writers doing the Sam Cassell dance after a great blog post or a killer tweet during a mid season Nuggets-Blazers game. While we all have our own different styles, it doesn’t prevent us from linking & retweeting the work of others who we enjoy. We are united by a common passion for the game.
Today, the team here at NBA Off Season, the self proclaimed Wu Tang Clan of basketball blogs here on Tumblr, has a request. We’d like you, our ever-loyal readers, to help us support The Classical. For those unfamiliar, The Classical intends to be more than another sports site. It will hopefully take sports writing to great new heights. A lot of people that we love, and most likely you love as well, are behind the Classical. Bethlehem Shoals of Free Darko fame, Ball Don’t Lie writer Eric Freeman, Lang Whitaker, and, Tom Scharpling, the host of “Best Show on WFMU”. That lineup, in addition to the other writers they’ve assembled so far, should have you giddy with excitement. If it didn’t, get yourself to a doctor ASAP, as you probably don’t have a pulse.
We want to help The Classical reach their Kickstarter goal and at the same time be able to help you, the loyal reader. Starting today, we’re going to donate a percentage of NBA Off Season merch sales to The Classical. So, get a cool shirt and help support a great cause. It’s a win-win situation. If you’re not interested in a shirt, please donate to this great cause on Kickstarter.
We’ve also embedded a video from The Classical below to help you get a better understanding of where they’re coming and why we need to support this.
Kickstart for The Classical by buying some of our NBA Off Season merch.
