This is the video where Kobe sells out his self respect. Expect an appearance as Triple H’s tag team partner on WWE to come in the next year or two.
NBA
Gladwell on what’s wrong with the NBA
In Grantland, Malcolm Gladwell (the patron saint of jordoncooper.com) writes, And let’s not forget Mikhail Prokhorov. How does he feel about buying into the financial sinkhole that is professional basketball? The blog NetsDaily recently dug up the following quotation from a 2010 interview Prokhorov did with the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti: "We have a team, [...]
If Bill Simmons Ruled the NBA
From Grantland Greed in its rawest form. That’s the National Football League’s lockout. Both sides were like two billionaire drug cartels splitting up a massive cocaine shipment who got pissed off and just started shooting each other. "You took too much! I saw that!!!" They will settle next week and slink into the sunset with [...]
The week in bad ownership
In a week where the Washington Football Club/Racist Nickname asked the Washington Post to rename a sports news blog that covers the team and you also have Jerry Jones trying to intimidate the union in negotiations which lead them to decertify and sue the league, you would think the NFL would be a lock for [...]
The wasted potential of Vince Carter
What went wrong with Vince Carter? Dave Feschuk tries to answer. Why did Vinsanity peak so early? Wear and tear was a factor. His knees took a beating. And the off-seasons in which he infamously shirked serious workouts stacked up. But it also came down to this: As explosive as Carter could be — he [...]
Cleveland Responds to LeBron James
While Toronto has been able to get over Vince Carter and eventually Chris Bosh, Cleveland will never forget or forgive LeBron James. He abandoned his hometown, humiliated them on national television, and then profited from his decision. While it may be great for the NBA and Nike, he hurt an entire city and state with [...]
Long Season in Toronto?
Yahoo! Sports feel that the Toronto Raptors will struggle to reach 30 wins this season. It will all rise and fall on Andrea Bargnani. I don’t think that sounds right at all. Even with Leandro Barbosa and Kleiza looking pretty "right" during the preseason, something in me had the Raptors working at least at 75 [...]
Did Chris Bosh quit on the Raptors?
As Ball Don’t Lie sees it. But Colangelo is right, and whether Bosh wants to delude himself or not isn’t our fault. Whether he likes it or not isn’t our fault either. I watched those games. Raptors fans, and there are many, saw those games. And I’m sure the bulk of them appreciated his amazing [...]
LeBron James’ Legacy
Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski defines Lebron James’ legacy in his column about Chris Paul. What’s best for Paul’s family is best for everyone’s family in the NBA. It needs James to restrict the polluting onto others of his own warped value system. James plays for the Miami Heat, but somehow he wants control of transactions [...]
The (bad) Decision
Adrian Wojnarowski dishes out how the Cleveland Cavaliers lost their childish superstar to the Miami Heat When the NBA powerbroker and adviser to James, William Wesley – famously known as Worldwide Wes – heard the news, he was duly impressed. After all these months, all this careful planning, Riley had cleared the cap space to [...]
