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I’ve watched this video about ten times since morning and I can see that number getting into the twenties before midnight. Hats off to the digital wizards in the Memphis Grizzlies front office.

Over the weekend, O.J. Mayo of the Grizzlies donated 500 turkeys and 500 hams to 1,000 needy families in the Huntington, West Virgina area so they too could enjoy their Thanksgiving.

The food was distributed Saturday at the A.D. Lewis Community Center, where Mayo honed his athletic skills as a youngster. His mother Alisha said it was her son’s way of expressing his love for his hometown and the people who live there.

In September, the Grizzlies guard paid for food and personal care items that were given to 400 families in Huntington. Mayo played at Huntington High his senior season before spending one year at Southern California.

Yeah, you’re right Tommy! That was way better than another Allen Iverson story.

via Memphis Commercial + Ball Don’t Lie

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

This summer the Grizzlies took a leap towards respectably by grabbing Allen Iverson, but unfortunately they also grabbed Zach Randolph too. Will those two moves balance out into some kinda crazy win formula? The Grizzlies sure hope so. Read More »

The Memphis Grizzlies have unveiled a third uniform for the ‘09-10 season and the base color of the new uniform is Beale Street Blue, with a neon shimmer look to mirror the signs on Beale Street that give off the same vibrant glow.

If you want to believe that designer BS you can, but I have the truth!

After the jump, see what the new Grizzlies uniform is really based on. You’ll be all shook up.

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The NBA H-O-R-S-E competition happened on Valentines Day,  and I totally missed it because my girlfriend had a way better offer.

All I know is that the OKC Thunder ride Kevin Durant like a horse so, it was only fitting that he won this weekends game of
H-O-R-S-E. 

So if you missed the competition because your girlfriend had an “offer” for you too. Enjoy the spliced together footage of the event above and continue to regret nothing.

The competitors for this weekends all-star game of H-O-R-S-E, renamed G-E-I-C-O because insurance is required everywhere you don’t need it, are set. 

Kevin Durant, O.J. Mayo, and Joe Johnson have been selected and will shoot it out, to see who’s the best. Each player will have 24 seconds to create or re-create their shots, with an NBA referee ruling if they’re re-created correctly and dunking won’t be allowed, which was a great call by the NBA.

I’m really expecting this all-star weekend to be better than last years and this universal H-O-R-S-E contest, should crank up the level of fun the all-star weekends of past have missed.

That being said, bet the house on Joe Johnson because his accuracy for difficult shots are silly like dat!

Classic footage of what you can expect from this weekends game of H-O-R-S-E, after the jump.

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Kevin Love is spreading the love as the Ambassador of the Rookie Relief for St. Jude auction that runs through November 20. You can place your bid today for a chance to own one of these jerseys on eBay and all proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Some of the autographed jersey’s available are Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo, Michael Beasley, Nicholas Batum, Tracy McGrady, Chris Bosh, Allen Iverson and Dirk Nowitzki. 

Kevin Love will also match the donation bids up to $12,500.  Ante up for a good cause fellow NBA collectors.

Via Ball Don’t Lie

Kobe Bryant, who lives for one-on-one challenges, went at it with former Trojan and soon-to-be Memphis Grizzlies rookie O.J. Mayo, a member of the U.S. Select team, last week in Las Vegas. “Kobe completely shut him down in the beginning,” said U.S. managing director Jerry Colangelo. “But the longer they went, the better Mayo got.” Bryant already knew Mayo, who attended his camp last summer, and already thought highly of him. “I think the world of him,” Bryant said. “I think he’s extremely talented. I think he has a great overall game that a lot of young players don’t have in terms of skills. He can handle, he can shoot, he can pass, he’s fast, he’s quick, so that’s the whole package.”

Los Angeles Times

Hilton Armstrong knows OJ Mayo now if he didn’t before.  Does McHale know what he is doing?