Hooped Up

To say Bill Walton went a little overboard with his comparison of Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs to Tyreke Evans. Would be like saying 8 = mc2, the Mona Lisa sucks and Zune rocks. Yet somehow it happened. Oh, the humanity.

I’m gonna go ahead and say “DeMarcus Cousins dunked on Hamed Haddadi to show him who his daddy really was” and not feel guilty about it at all. Nope, not one bit.

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Wow. Toney Douglas hit this three point bomb from Seattle. If your uncomfortable with that exaggeration, lets just say he hit that three from Kansas City. Don’t worry, only the basketball nerds picked up on that one right away.

Perhaps inspired by the Gary Payton quote that says “It is much easier to be the hunter than the hunted. When you are the one not expected to do anything, you play better”. This portrait of “The Glove” by Dustin Watson shows Payton at his predatory best, probably just waiting to guard MJ in the NBA Finals.

Who knew John Salmons was still in the league and who knew he could still posterize dudes. Thanks for the reminder Andrew Nicholson.

Awesome. Shawn Kemp stopped by the New Day Northwest studios and got his Harlem Shake on.

adidas announced seven of the most memorable NBA uniforms from the 1990s will return to the hardwood this season. Updated with adidas’ revolutionary performance technology for today’s game, these new classics will be worn during “NBA Hardwood Classics Nights” games beginning Jan. 30 and concluding March 30. Cool huh?

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The other Isaiah Thomas from the other Washington sinks the Wizards with a sweet floater. Somebody get that man into the Rookie vs Sophomore game in Houston.