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Gilbert Arenas is a fountain of awesomeness that will never run dry. The latest dip into his well of creative genius brings us a phrase that will surely sweep the nation. Whenever Gilbert puts up a shot that he feels like is going in (which is all of them), he yells … well, let’s let Caron Butler explain.
“He says it every time he shoots. Everybody hears it - whenever Gilbert talks, everybody hears. He really was screaming it this morning in the shootaround, so ‘hibachi’ it is. He’s on fire, so ‘hibachi.”‘
That’s just brilliant. I could dedicate the next week of my life to trying to come up with something to yell when I take a jumpshot, and I couldn’t come up with anything as cool as “Hibachi!” Gilbert explains:
“You know, a hibachi grill gets real hot. That’s what my shot’s like, so I’ve been calling it that: ‘Welcome to the hibachi.”‘
SportsCenter anchors … do your thing.
Arenas Helps Lead Wizards Over Bobcats [Forbes.com]
Hibachi! Arenas Stays Hot In Win Over Bobcats [NBA FanHouse]
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Gilbert Arenas is a fountain of awesomeness that will never run dry. The latest dip into his well of creative genius brings us a phrase that will surely sweep the nation. Whenever Gilbert puts up a shot that he feels like is going in (which is all of them), he yells … well, let’s let Caron Butler explain.
“He says it every time he shoots. Everybody hears it - whenever Gilbert talks, everybody hears. He really was screaming it this morning in the shootaround, so ‘hibachi’ it is. He’s on fire, so ‘hibachi.”‘
That’s just brilliant. I could dedicate the next week of my life to trying to come up with something to yell when I take a jumpshot, and I couldn’t come up with anything as cool as “Hibachi!” Gilbert explains:
“You know, a hibachi grill gets real hot. That’s what my shot’s like, so I’ve been calling it that: ‘Welcome to the hibachi.”‘
SportsCenter anchors … do your thing.
Arenas Helps Lead Wizards Over Bobcats [Forbes.com]
Hibachi! Arenas Stays Hot In Win Over Bobcats [NBA FanHouse]
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We’re going to start using the new location in the next 24 hours. We have to redirect the DNS so that “yaysports.com” goes there. Comments are currently off, so we don’t lose any of your geniusness. If you need to say something, go to the link below and leave it at the new joint.
Keep in mind, the new design won’t be done until later this month - probably around X-mas. Formatting is a mess right now, and it’s all really generic and Wordpressy looking.
Big, big, big, HUGE ups to Jason at LowPost.net for moving all of our content over there. He’s one of them “cool dudes”.
Goodbye, our sweet, sweet Movable Type…and farewell to LivingDot, the most expensive server company in all the land…no more bandwidth issues, he said…
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If there weren’t pictures to prove that it happened, I’m not sure I would have believed it. What you see above is Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Marko Jaric attempting to enter the game with his jersey on backwards.
Now, I can’t tell you that I’ve never put a shirt on backwards before. But then again, I own very few shirts with my name on them. My best guess at what happened here is that Wolves head coach told Marko Jaric that the name of the front of the jersey was more important than the name on the back … and Marko thought to himself, “Well, I guess we’ll have to do something about that.”
Marko Jaric Loses Shirt, Timberwolves Lose Game [TwolvesBlog.com]
Marko Jaric Enters Timberwolves Game With Jersey Reversed [10,000 Takes]
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If there weren’t pictures to prove that it happened, I’m not sure I would have believed it. What you see above is Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Marko Jaric attempting to enter the game with his jersey on backwards.
Now, I can’t tell you that I’ve never put a shirt on backwards before. But then again, I own very few shirts with my name on them. My best guess at what happened here is that Wolves head coach told Marko Jaric that the name of the front of the jersey was more important than the name on the back … and Marko thought to himself, “Well, I guess we’ll have to do something about that.”
Marko Jaric Loses Shirt, Timberwolves Lose Game [TwolvesBlog.com]
Marko Jaric Enters Timberwolves Game With Jersey Reversed [10,000 Takes]
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Unfair labor practices. That’s what it’s come to in the NBA, with the players association taking the unprecedented step of going to the National Labor Relations Board and filing two unfair labor practice chargers against the NBA. One of them is about the new basketball. The other is about their right to complain to the refs.
There’s a little bit of irony in the fact that the players are attempting to protect their right to bitch by bitching to someone else. I bet the players union assigned Rasheed Wallace to go into the NLRB offices, throw his headband and yell, “This is some bullshit!”
Now, I’m as annoyed by David Stern’s dictator act as anyone else, but … unfair labor practices? That’s not a term I’d associate with being unable to scream and cry and slow down the game by chewing Dick Bavetta’s ear off. If the same charges were filed by a dude who works 9 - 5 every day at Initech, I don’t think the NLRB is going to have a lot of sympathy for him because he can’t scream “Oh, that call is fucked up!” at his boss without repercussions.
As far as the complaints about the new basketball, I’m a little more sympathetic there. I’m still not going to shed any tears for the players, but ESPN’s Chris Sheridan writes in his blog (Insider) that the ball is actually causing tiny paper-cut-like abrasions on the hands of players. Yeah, that would suck. I probably wouldn’t like it if Will made me type on a keyboard covered in broken glass.
Union charges unfair labor practices [TwinCities.com]
One beef is legit, other runs afoul [ESPN Insider Blog]
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Unfair labor practices. That’s what it’s come to in the NBA, with the players association taking the unprecedented step of going to the National Labor Relations Board and filing two unfair labor practice chargers against the NBA. One of them is about the new basketball. The other is about their right to complain to the refs.
There’s a little bit of irony in the fact that the players are attempting to protect their right to bitch by bitching to someone else. I bet the players union assigned Rasheed Wallace to go into the NLRB offices, throw his headband and yell, “This is some bullshit!”
Now, I’m as annoyed by David Stern’s dictator act as anyone else, but … unfair labor practices? That’s not a term I’d associate with being unable to scream and cry and slow down the game by chewing Dick Bavetta’s ear off. If the same charges were filed by a dude who works 9 - 5 every day at Initech, I don’t think the NLRB is going to have a lot of sympathy for him because he can’t scream “Oh, that call is fucked up!” at his boss without repercussions.
As far as the complaints about the new basketball, I’m a little more sympathetic there. I’m still not going to shed any tears for the players, but ESPN’s Chris Sheridan writes in his blog (Insider) that the ball is actually causing tiny paper-cut-like abrasions on the hands of players. Yeah, that would suck. I probably wouldn’t like it if Will made me type on a keyboard covered in broken glass.
Union charges unfair labor practices [TwinCities.com]
One beef is legit, other runs afoul [ESPN Insider Blog]
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FanHouse launched three months ago with the stated goal of becoming “the largest, finest sports blogging network ever assembled.” Since then we’ve taken big steps — 6 million hits, 30,000 comments, 9,000 posts — towards that lofty aspiration, and yesterday marked a huge leap forward. Ball fans, allow me to introduce you to two more bad creations: NBA FanHouse and NCAA Basketball FanHouse.
Like we did with NFL FanHouse and NCAA Football FanHouse, we scoured the blogging community and recruited those individuals who we thought would be the best fit. Unlike the football sites, where we have 80 writers (most of whom are assigned to their favorite team), we have only 20 posting up about hoops. The reason being that we’re stressing quality over quantity while still providing comprehensive, fan-driven coverage. We’ll see how it goes, but, with the start these guys are off to, I’m optimistic about what we’ve got going on here. Actually, that’s an understatement. I’m overwhelmingly proud of what FanHouse has become and where it’s going.
AOL Baller courtesy of Miss Gossip
All that said, here’s the lineup for NBA FanHouse:
• MJD via The Mighty MJD and Deadspin
• J.E. Skeets via The Basketball Jones
• Bethlehem Shoals via Free Darko
• The Big Lead via The Big Lead
• Marcel Mutoni via Bench Renaldo and Slam Online
• Matt Watson via Detroit Bad Boys
• Craig Kwasniewski and Brett Edwards via The Association
• Miss Gossip via Suns Gossip
• Nate Jones via Jones on the NBA
And the lineup for NCAA Basketball FanHouse:
• Michael David Smith via Football Outsiders
• MJD via The Mighty MJD and Deadspin
• Chas Rich via Pitt Blather
• Sportz Assassin via Sportz Assassin
• J.D. Arney via Around the Oval, Red Reporter and Bengal Stripes
• Nathan Fowler via Golden Tornado
• Zach Landres-Schnur via The Big Picture
• Ryan Ferguson via Orange and Blue Hue
• Adam Rank via The Hater Nation
Ain’t no doubt that these guys (and Gossip!) will deliver as the FanHouse football staff has and continue to make Big Brother (a.k.a. AOL Sports) a very happy (and did I mention proud?) older sibling. Now, we’re gonna go have a coke and a smile before turning our lonely eyes to MLB FanHouse, NHL FanHouse, NASCAR FanHouse and beyond…
All Hail AOL FanHouse [True Hoop]
First, AOL Came for Our Blogs [With Leather]
Holy Crap Is the NBA FanHouse Good[With Leather]
Great Basketball Bloggers Have United and Will Soon Rule Earth [Deadspin]
Welcome to Our (Fan)House [Bench Renaldo]
NBA and College Basketball FanHouses [The Mighty MJD]
Free Darko Corporate Annex [Free Darko]
Mutoni Is in the FanHouse [Slam Online]
Introducing the FanHouse [Detroit Bad Boys]
Hey, More Selling Out [Pitt Blather]
NBA FanHouse Is Up in This Mutha [The Basketball Jones]
Someone Impersonating Suns Gossip on NBA FanHouse [Suns Gossip]
NBA FanHouse Launch Today! [The Association]
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