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Have you seen all the NBA jerseys in the stands at the Beijing Olympics?  Chances are you have and here are the top 10 jerseys you are likely to see continuously throughout the Olympic games. Please don’t say that you can’t believe Yao Ming is 10th on the list in his own country.  

Players are players and jerseys are jerseys.  

2007-08 Top Selling Jerseys in China:

1. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2. Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics
3. Tracy McGrady, Houston Rockets
4. Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
5. Allen Iverson, Denver Nuggets
6. Gilbert Arenas, Washington Wizards
7. LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
8. Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
9. Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
10. Yao Ming, Houston Rockets

 This week the 2008 ESPY awards took place and a bunch of winners won stuff.  The only requirement to win an ESPY is to have won crap prior to getting there that season or last.  Other than that, it’s really a big highlight show with celebrities and red carpet.  Pretty boring stuff.

So in this edition of 5ives, Hooped Up ranks the Top 5 Hottest NBA WAG’s in attendance at the 2008 ESPY awards.

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Jeff Van Gundy should never coach again and just call games.  Dude is hilarious! Even better than his humour is that he’s not Tom Tolbert.

As the KG love in just keeps rollin’ today, here is a reminder to eat your mutha *uckin’ Wheaties! Mmmmm, now in Championship flavor.

Ball Don’t Lie

One season removed from being at the bottom of the barrel Kevin Garnett finally reached the top of the heap.

Last season Garnett was with the going nowhere fast Minnesota Timberwolves, that finished the season with 32 wins; third worst in the West. The Boston Celtics, finished with 24 wins good for second worst in the league overall.

Then on July 31, 2007, the Minnesota Timberwolves reached a deal to trade All-Star Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics for Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Ryan Gomes, two first-round draft picks, and cash considerations. The largest combination of players and picks ever traded for a single player in NBA history.

Now Garnett the defensive player of the year and the Celtics are NBA Champions, finishing with a league best 66 regular season wins. The Timberwolves got even worse finishing with 22 wins third worst in the league.

If the Timberwolves would have surrounded Garnett with talent from the beginning that 17th banner that now hangs in the Garden might have been in Minnesota. Yet, it now looks like Minnesota is as far away from a championship then they have ever been in there franchises history. What a difference a year makes.

Maybe Kevin McHale should get a ring for handing the Celtics a NBA Championship?

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Did anybody get the license plate number of that green and white Peterbilt with Shamrocks on it?

In a game the Lakers needed and the Celtics wanted the Celtics crushed the Lakers for the 2008 NBA Championship 92 - 131 in Game 6. It took 6 games to lower the Lakers to their plot and tonights game makes it look like the Celtics played rope a dope with the Lakers to celebrate in Boston.

The “Big Three” had a big night with Kevin Garnett scoring 22 with 14 boards, Ray Allen scoring 26 and finals MVP Paul Pierce scored 17 with 10 dimes. While firmly keeping their collective foot on the Lakers neck.

Rajon Rondo also had a big game with 21 points and 8 assist to contribute to the slaughter.

Kobe Bryant finished with 22 but looked like he accepted his fate late in the third quarter as did the rest of the Lakers.

This is the 17th time the Celtics have been crowned kings of the NBA and their first title since 1986. Snapping a 22 year drought for the franchise.

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I love the emotion and the Michelle Tafoya compliment, KG is a true original!  Congratulations Boston Celtics fans!

In a crazy series things went nuts again, as the Lakers hung on for a unlikely 98 - 103 win last night. The Lakers jumped on the Celtics early, leading by as much as 19 points again before the Celtics closed in at the half. Both teams were very sloppy combining for 35 turnovers.

Kobe Bryant finshed with 25 points followed by Lamar Odom who had another strong game posting 25 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Pierce had a great game leading the Celtics with 38 points and 8 assists in a losing effort that saw him go 16 - 19 from the line.

Down the strech the Lakers got very lucky and the Celtics couldn’t exicute missing key free throws and turnovers. Not to mention Doc Rivers had several miss cues in the roation he had on the floor, in the dying moments in the game.

The stage is now set for a game six in Boston for either the Celtics to close out the series. Or the Lakers to force a game 7 Tuesday night. No team has ever come back down three games to one in a series to win.

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