Hooped Up

LeBron James throws down a mammoth reverse jam on the 76ers after taking a week off due to a sore ankle. 23 points, 10 assist, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks and a steal later — it’s safe to say the King is officially back.

If you enjoy watching players think they have an easy bucket before LeBron James smashes the air out of the game ball with a block and hearing the Cavs announcer say “Get that weak stuff, outta here!” multiple times.

Boy are you ever in for a treat with this video.

This shouldn’t even qualify as news, but it looks like Zydrunas Ilgauskas — will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. How shocking that this would occur, it’s like the Cavs and Big Z planned it all along, or something.

“It is Zydrunas’ desire to return to the Cavaliers if a suitable contract can be agreed upon,” Rudoy said in an e-mail to reporters. “He has been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the outpouring of support and affection by the fans and by his teammates. He hopes to return to bring a championship to the Cavaliers and to the city of Cleveland.”

According to the Plain Dealer, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas and his agent Herb Rudoy will start the cozy negotiations with the Cavs on March 22,  which according to “the rules” is the first date they can do so.

More importantly, I can finally play this.

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Cleveland Cavaliers deliver a thorough throttling of the ‘wait ’til next year’ Knicks, 124-93
Ultimately salary cap space doesn’t show up in the box score. That’s a lesson that the Knicks have been swallowing just about every night for the last two years and they took it again Monday night one more time from a team they would dearly love to plunder. Looking like a collection of guys playing out the string of their contracts, the New York Knicks were throttled by the Cavs, 124-93.

It was a three-game season series sweep for the Cavs (47-14), who collected their fourth straight win and eighth in row against the Knicks (20-39) dating back two seasons.

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LeBron James went jackin’ for blocks against the Orlando Magic and not even Dwight Howard’s low-post beat game was anti-gaffle proof when LBJ decided to say “Give me dat ball fool!”

Who else is staring to see parallels between LeBron James versus the Orlando Magic and Michael Jordan versus the Detroit Pistons?

According to a NBA players poll, new acquired McGrady of the New York Knicks was ranked as the most overrated player in the league receiving 9% of the 173 votes cast, beating Indian Pacers swingman Danny Granger by 4%.

New teammate Al Harrington of also received one vote. Shaquille O’Neal, David West and suspended Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas received 3% of the dubious distinction and 2010 All-Stars LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Dwyane Wade and Gerald Wallace all received more than one vote each.

It’s a good thing that overrated list are usually overrated. See who made the top 5 of this list sponsored by Haterade, quenching the thirst of mediocre talent since the inception of free agency.

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You don’t have to be a scientist to figure out that you don’t want to get in the way of a LeBron James dunk, but if you are like John Brenkus and figure out that LeBron generates 700 lbs of force during take off to lift his 250 lbs frame, his arm can move as fast as a Chinook helicopter blade and if he converted his vertical arm movement (54 mph) into a horizontal punch he would be able to hit harder than Mike Tyson in his prime. Basically, never jump in front of this train with a headband if you value your life and limbs.

Using the dunk LeBron James had on Kevin Garnett during Game 4 of the 2008 Cavs vs. Celtics contest as the beaker / poster, see the science behind “The King” crowning KG, after the jump.

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Why imagine LeBron James in a New York Knicks uniform this summer, when Photoshop can make it a reality now. Bless your digitally creative over zealous heart New York media.

H/N Extra Mustard + Ball Don’t Lie

Christopher “McLovin” Mintz-Plasse tries to find his way to the 2010 All-Star Game in Dallas with some help from LeBron James.

Next year I gotta try this.

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has informed league officials that he plans to start Dirk Nowitzki for the West in place of the injured Kobe Bryant in Sunday’s All-Star Game, sources told ESPN.com.

Sources close to the situation confirmed that Karl — who is not scheduled to arrive in Dallas until Friday with the Nuggets playing host Thursday night to the Spurs — will move Nowitzki from the hometown Mavericks into the starting lineup even though he’s obviously not a guard.

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