Hooped Up

LMAO! Fake Twitter Shaq found…ttyl 

“Shaquille O’Neal had a problem. An Internet impostor using his name was sending messages to unsuspecting Shaq fans. So O’Neal did what any sensible, 7-foot-1, muscle-bound mammoth would do. He started tweeting. The faux Shaqaccount was discovered last week by Sports Media Challenge, a consulting firm that works with O’Neal. Kathleen Hessert, the firm’s owner, was initially thrilled. She had been pushing O’Neal to Twitter with fans. She found the oddball references to the Pythagorean theorem and the Big Cactus to be veryShaq-like. “It was a very good impersonation,” Hessert said. A closer inspection revealed the forgery. The ersatz O’Neal, for example, claimed to be sending tweets from the bench during a game — a virtual impossibility. That was the point, said the man who created the account. Ward Andrews, the 33-year-old Suns fan behind ShaquilleONeal, said he included the occasional outlandish claim as a tip-off. “All the longtime followers, over 500 followers, they know it’s a joke,” said Andrews, who owns a Phoenix design and marketing agency. “I really didn’t have any intent to pull people’s leg. It was just to entertain.”

New York Times

In the last three games the Suns have played, their has been a total of three Suns ejected.  The latest one came last night in the contest between the Phoenix and Detroit, when referees sent Shaquille O’Neal packing after what was deemed a flagrant-2 foul on Rodney Stuckey. To me it looks like Shaq is playing the ball but misjudged Stuckeys angle of approach but Shaq’s explanation is way better as he had this to say “If you understand physics like I do, anytime that you come in there out of control like that and run into a brick wall, you are going to get that effect.”

Shaq just dropped Stuckey and science!

Today the NBA handed down suspensions for the Rockets versus Suns brawl that happened a few nights ago and the punishment list reads as such according to the San Francisco Gate. Alston and Barnes two games without pay and one for Nash. The league also fined Shaquille O’Neal $35,000 and Tracy McGrady $25,000.

If you have a look at the video, Nash was about as violent as Mohandas K. Gandhi. Guess who wishes they got their money’s worth on this one?

Tip of the hat to Ben, on this one.

This kinda flopping would get Amare Stoudemire a red card in any soccer league, unless Tim Donaghy moves to soccer! I can’t believe Vlade Divac let Stoudemire graduate from the “Vlade Divac Big Man Flop Institute” with this piss poor execution! Divac must have been crushing cigarette packs as he rolling over with disgust on his living room floor watching this footage. 

Amare went down like he got a headbutt to the chest, a flare thrown at him and had fireworks launched at him (crazy) at the same time ..yes, freakin’ fireworks!!!

My condolences go out to Jeff Foster’s family; at least he went out playing the game he loved…What?  You mean he survived that dunk…and he’s alive…HOLY SH#T!!!

Via Bens Suns Blog

Steve Nash is on comedic fire and that streak continued with this string of Vitamin Water commercials I somehow forgot to post.  Soak in the goodness that is Steve Nash the Vitamin Water Spokesman; he’s just like you…but better.

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I had some Jambalaya before watching this clip so it can’t be the vodka and cranberry playing tricks on me.  Greg Popovich calls for a hack a Shaq 5 seconds into last nights game between the Spurs and Suns then gives Shaq the ole Fonzie thumbs up from the bench. This is priceless!!

Bless your little digital heart Youtube!

Another reason preseason is about 5 games too long.  These wins count for nothing and the tickets are just as expensive and star players get injured.  Preseaseon sucks!  I just want to watch some real games and listen to The Basketball Jones, is that asking to much Stern?

“Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire sustained a dislocated left pinky finger in Thursday’s preseason win over the Oklahoma City Thunder 102-93. Stoudemire tallied 17 points before the incident. Stoudemire sustained the injury with 3:45 remaining in the third period. Phoenix said the injury was minor and the All-Star should be ready when the Suns head for San Antonio for their season opener Wednesday.”

AHN

More big ticket NBA players should explore this option when it presents itself. It only makes sense and their are not enough former players involved in ownership.

“If DeVos is open to discussing a sale, Hill and O’Neal want to be first in line. If not, the partnership will consider other teams. There’s no way to know which way it will go, not when we’re probably talking the summer of 2010 at the earliest and no one can say for certain where the economy will be headed in two months. Asking prices will change. The financial needs of owners with major investments in non-basketball entities will change.

O’Neal and Hill were always friendly — when Hill was living through one of many injury setbacks with the Magic, Shaq was a Laker and handed over keys to the gym at his house so Hill could use it anytime — and have grown closer since becoming teammates in Phoenix last season. They live a few minutes apart in Orlando.”

Sacramento Bee

If Steve Nash retires in 2012 I can really see him playing for the Knicks.  He loves New York, D’Antoni loves Nash and the Knicks have never been afraid to give a contract to anybody.

“Steve Nash, who has an all-but-guaranteed team option for next season, said he knows he wants to play two more seasons beyond that contract — which would take him through the 2011-12 season and his 38th birthday — and he might play longer if he still feels healthy and passionate about the game. “I know I want to play four more years. That’s my goal, to sign another two-year contract. After that, I’ll evaluate where I am and how I feel,” Nash said. “I know I feel great right now and I think I have a lot left.” 

East Valley Tribune