AK 47 The Hitman

One Arm High School Basketball Player from Utah

Most Random Basketball Video Ever Made.. WFT???

I hope that whoever made this, is recieving the help they need. lol

Worst High School Pre-Game Warm Up Video Ever!!

There were a number of reason why this video sucked.

1. The freaging music made my ears bleed. How do you get pumped to that stuff?
2. One kid goes in for a layup, but no one passes him the ball. He just put his arms out like, "Come on guys, please give me the rock."
3. A lot of missed dunks.
4. The guy who threw it off the back board and dunked it, you're not tough, so don't fist hit your chest you Tardnuckle.
5. It's a High School Pre-Game warm up, Shouldn't you be saving your lil game for the, umm, Game????
6. The music sucked...

This Has Got My Vote For Dunk of the Year Award

Unreal Baseball Catch at Charity Game

This guy has a freaging awesome catch! Good Job Man!!!

Dirk Clobbers AK-47

I guess Dirk got mad at me for posting funny pictures of him and took it out on AK-47. I know AK needs to hit the weight room, but this type of play is uncalled for and I think Dirk should be suspended for at least one game. Also to note, Dirk walked up to AK and appologized to him. I will give him that, and that showed a little class, but still, there's no need for this type of foul. He must of learned this from Shaq. I bet the Mavs and the Suns are wishing they never did their trades now.

If Dirk Only Knew How Cool He was

One More Reason To Hate the Faker Lakers

After he's done with the NBA, I think Pau will have a career with Geico and their caveman commercials.

Jamal Crawford with a Sweet, But Controversial Play

This is something that should never be done in a NBA game, expect a All-Star game. Jamal Crawford is more known for his shot, or at least shooting it a lot, but I must say I was kinda impressed by this. He hotdogs because he can, he's got the cheese and mustard!!

Too Many Blind Refs: Fix The Refereeing Now!

The betting/point shaving scandal in the NBA just illustrates a problem with the NBA and refereeing. Current refereeing sucks. So, how can it be fixed?

It is obvious that it needs to be fixed. How many times have you sat at home, watching a game on TV and seen the refs TOTALLY blow the call on a foul. The blown call is so clear to anyone who watches on TV, you wonder how the refs could have missed it. Are they blind? Then we generally get one or two replays BEFORE they shoot the Free Throw. Or, if you have TIVO, you hit the 10 second back button and make your own replay. The point is, with EVERY NBA game being carried on TV, and with the technology that is available now, it seems that everyone BUT the refs can see what is going on. This diminishes the trust in the refs even more. . . and it is going to get worse!

Well, I think technology also offers a solution. So, here are my suggestions:

Next time you see a foul called in the NBA, time it. See how long it takes before the ball is either taken out, or the teams set up for a Free Throw. It almost always takes at least 25 seconds to take the ball out of bounds or more than 30 seconds before they set up and take a Free Throw. Meanwhile, everyone at home has time to back up their TIVO one or more times, with the 10 second button, and see the bad call. So, I suggest the NBA also take advantage of that same technology.

In addition to the 3 refs on the floor, I think there should be ONE TV referee, with ONE assistant. They could be located in an NBA TV Van outside the arena, but with headphones to communicate with the head referee inside the arena. Since ALL NBA games are now broadcast on TV, the NBA would have access to the video feed from each game, and it wouldn't cost them anything for technicians, etc, except to run their specially equiped minivan, with the Video Ref and his assistant.

The TV/Video ref would have a display in front of him, consisting of 10 TV monitors, or however many TV monitors they needed for the video feeds. In essence it would have ALL the video feeds from ALL the angles that come out of the arena, and they would be able to see it, just like actual director of the TV Production.

Now, here is how it works. The TV Ref would NOT be able to make ANY calls. He could only review calls made by the refs inside the arena. As soon as ANY foul is called inside the arena, the TV ref or his assistant would push a button on ANY of the monitors with the video feeds, and back it up 5 seconds, and review the play. If they saw that the call was in error, they would immediately notify the ref inside the arena by headphones. They would ONLY reverse the call if it was PERFECTLY CLEAR on the video feed that the original call was in error. Since they are already watching the video feeds on TV monitors, they might not even need to do this, since they might already have seen the error.

Second rule would be that they would have exactly 10 seconds to do this. This is because 10 seconds would NOT interfere with what was going on inside the arena in ANY WAY. If the call was in error, then within 10 seconds it would be reversed. Otherwise, NOTHING would be said and the referees inside the arena would continue to take the ball out or set up for Free Throws EXACTLY the way they currently do it, WITHOUT wating for a ruling. No ruling within 10 seconds would mean no ruling.

There could be ONE exception to this. If it wasn't completely clear and they needed to review it again, then, within 10 seconds, the TV Ref would contact the refs in the arena, by pushing a button, to let them know that additional review was required, and if that was done, then the TV Ref would have 10 more seconds. If they couldn't clearly reverse it with the additional 10 seconds, then it would stand. I would NOT expect that this additional 10 seconds would be expected very often, since, with TIVO type technology, a bank of monitors and 1 assistant, it would not be hard at all to SEE and CORRECT almost ANY foul call within 10 seconds. Try it on your TIVO at home.

The TV Ref would ONLY make rulings on Foul Calls. NOT on Out of Bounds calls, etc. If the NBA WANTED to include additional things, such as calls on whether Goaltending acutally occurred, or similar things, then the NBA could do so. Instead, I think the NBA could give EACH coach, TWO Discretionary Challenges, where they could ASK for a ruling on ANY referee call. Such as whether someone actually stepped out of bounds or whether a shot actually hit the rim, to reset the clock. Each challenge would be allowed 20 seconds. If it is not clear enough to decide in 20 seconds, it stands. If the challenge is ruled in favor of the challenging coach, then they do not lose their discretionary challenge, and they still have TWO. But if the ruling gores against them, then they lose that challenge and only have one left.

That is about it. I think it could be done clearly, easily and quickly. Try it yourself with your home TV. You will find that in the case of a bad call you can ALWAYS see the truth BEFORE they actually take the Free Throw or whatever. By limiting the scope of the work by the TV Ref, and by limiting the time for the challenges, it will NOT delay the game. You do NOT want the TV Ref to be making any calls on his own. I suppose you COULD allow the TV Ref to talk to the head ref in the arena and say, "Watch number 21. He's grabbing the guy he's defending," or something like that, but no calls on his own. Or, you could prohibit any such thing. But in any case, I think it could be done quickly and easily, WITHOUT a lot more investment on the part of the NBA.

How would this affect NBA Refs and their calls, if they knew that ALL of their calls would be reviewed immediately and possibly reversed? Would they do a better job?

How would it affect public trust in the officials? Would they feel more confident in the NBA refs? Would they have more satisfaction that the ACTUAL PROPER CALL was consistently made?

More importantly, WOULDN'T IT PREVENT SCANDALS SUCH AS THE PREVIOUS OR ONGOING BETTING/POINT SHAVING SCANDAL? If anyone was trying to do that, they would just be reversed.

What do people think? Any suggestions? How could we talk to the NBA about things like this?

Do not Try a Double Front Flip Dunk, Or You'll End Up Like This Knob.

I hate the tramp dunks. I don't even wanna call them dunks. If you can't dunk without using a tramp, please stay grounded, you weren't meant to fly.

How Does the Defending World Champs Score 5 Points in the First Quarter; How do the Hawks end up Losing that Game?

1 2 3 4 T
ATL (22-32) 16 21 11 26 74
SAS (38-17) 5 25 27 32 89
Final

How the Heck do the Spurs only score 5 points in the first quarter and end up winning the game? I know the Spurs aren't known for scoring, but come on, 5 points is just horrific. I've never seen anything like it. I've seen 8 and 9 point quarters, but that's almost twice as much. I don't even want to say anything about the Hawks and how they lost the game. They have so much talent, but at the same time they have so much SUCK!!!!

Is Kobe Bryant Gay?

I'm not going to say that he is, but I'm not going to say that he's not. Either way, he's a hell of a ball player.


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Utah Jazz and the Jazz Fans are NOT Racist

By SomeBunghole from jazzfanz forum

Yes, it's been around for decades. It's a story that doesn't go away, like Jimmy Hoffa being buried under the Giants Stadium. Apparently, there is a massive conspiracy by the Utah Jazz to sign only white players. The explanation for the conspiracy is that the members of LSD Church, which such conspiracy theorists believe surely controls every aspect of life in Utah, are inherently racist and would love nothing more than to see their handpicked collection of white players win the NBA title and stick it to the black man. Well, okay, that's the most extreme version of the theory. The less extreme ones still see something sinister about the presence of white players on the Jazz. In the mid-90s, questions would be raised over whether it's a coincidence that the Jazz had Hornacek, Stockton, Foster, Ostertag, Keefe, all play significant minutes. Of course, the Jazz making two straight Finals and coming so heartbreakingly close to success was surely not proof that the Jazz simply signed the best players available to them. No, it must mean they went out of their way to sign white players, forsaking success for some kind of a racial policy.

One hears the same arguments thrown around today. Never mind that the Lakers, Raptors, and a few other teams have more white players than the Jazz. No, surely, it must be a matter of Jazz front office policy. 10 out of the last 11 players selected in the draft by the Jazz have been black. The one white player, Pavel Podkolzine, was selected in a pre-arranged draft-and-trade deal with the Mavs. The Jazz had no interest in the player whatsoever. But it makes no difference to conspiracy theorists. Somehow, some way, there has to be a connection between the amount of white players on the Jazz, and the state of Utah. More so, there has to be a connection between the amount of white players and the LSD Church membership. But, why does this happen? Why the association between Utah and white players? How did this come about?

First of all, misconceptions about Utah are so common, and I'm not even talking about perceptions, but just basic facts. There is no proper census information, but some serious research has been done on Utah's religious composition. http://www.rickross.com/reference/mormon/mormon455.html Apparently, the LDS identification in SLC is under 50% and just over 60% in the state as a whole. Now, as I'm sure we all know, not everyone who identifies with the LDS is actually a practicing believer. Some are even downright atheist. By the same token, North Carolina is 40% Baptist and almost 80% Protestant. Yet no one wonders if Matt Carroll gets flak for being Catholic or Nazr Mohammed for being Muslim. Likewise, SLC is 79% White and Portland is 78% White, but you never hear about race as an issue with the Blazers. Of course, common arguments about this topic will have all kinds of "stats" brought up, including that Utah and SLC are more or less 99% White and Mormon..

Second, NBA arenas are not exactly the stomping grounds of the wealthy, genteel, and the cultured. Racism happens just about everywhere. People who attend basketball games come from all walks of life, and some of them are downright jerks. I've heard comments aimed at white players, black players, latino players, you name it. The league may be 2/3rds black, but the audience is white by that same margin. Detroit may be 82% Black, but the Pistons play in a very white suburb of Auburn Hills. Look at a crowd at any NBA game, and you'll notice it's mostly white. It's not just Salt Lake City. And I won't even start on the idea that Utah is somehow more racist than the Deep South. But you never hear anyone complaining about playing in Atlanta.

Third, a few times over the years, most memorably with the Derek Harper fiasco, players have raised objections over playing in Utah. Not the Jazz players, of course, but players on other teams who were mentioned in trade rumours with Utah as a destination. The assumption here is that players don't wanna play for Utah because they fear racism. The idea is idiotic, because you're not an average person, you're an NBA player. The Jazz being the only pro team in town until Real SL, the team is absolutely huge. From SLC, to Provo, to St. George. People love basketball and they love their Jazz players. Now, I don't know, if you were a black plumber, then maybe you might worry that you can't get a reservation at some posh restaurant in SLC. But if you're Carlos Boozer or Jarron Collins, not only will there be a seat for you, but somehow, the waiter's probably going to find a bottle of wine somewhere too. You know, because you're Carlos flippin' Boozer. You're neither white nor black, you're a Jazz superstar, and you're treated accordingly. I mean, can anyone actually think of a single former Jazz player who complained about racism while playing in Utah?

Fourth, I think the real issue here isn't even race. As mentioned, the Jazz have fewer white players than the Lakers, and a few other teams as well. The real issue here is class. The NBA has had the current balance of black and white players for years now. Things were a little different 6-7 years ago, but the influx of European and South American players brought things to the same ratio it was in the 70s. The real difference between now and 70s or the 60s is class. Before the government decided that poverty isn't really an issue, and that creating more of it isn't really a problem, most NBA players, black or white, did not grow up in ghettos and projects. Partly because things weren't as bad in inner cities back then, and the poverty wasn't always accompanied by levels of violence we see today, but also because NBA players were more likely to come from smaller, rural communities. Larry Bird was from freaking French Lick. Karl Malone from Bernice, Louisiana. Moses Malone from Petersburg, Virginia. Ewing from Cambridge, Massachusetts...and so on. Nowadays, there's an entire generation of NBA players who were raised in the poverty and violence ridden inner cities in the 70s and 80s, and the image of the league is starting to reflect that. Players like Iverson, Carmelo, Marbury, Tinsley, take pride in growing up in such neigbourhoods, as if it's a good thing poverty and crime exist. This is often accompanied by subtle digs at players who didn't go through that, usually white. What is much worse though, is that black players who didn't grow up in ghettos are looked down on even more. Remember when Derrick Coleman called Malone an Uncle Tom? It's no coincidence that Coleman's from Detroit, and Malone from rural Louisiana. Hence his interest in trucking, fishing, and other "white" pastimes is proof that he's somehow betrayed his "race." Phrases like "keepin' it real" are thrown around a lot, especially when the NBA introduces dress codes or flips out over homophobic rap albums you're trying to put out.

Either way, this brings us to the Jazz. Majority of the team is black, but you'll often see their "blackness" questioned in popular perception. And it's not because of skin tone, but their economic status and background. Boozer grew up a military brat in Alaska, Collins went to exclusive prep schools in the LA area and then to Stanford. Brewer's dad was an NBA player, and Price had already lived in Utah of his own free volition before. As far as I know, The Colony is a middle class suburb and Deron certainly didn't grow up poor. AK and Fess were born in the USSR, and poverty in American sense certainly didn't exist there at the time. Memo's grandparents include an Olympic athlete and a Muslim imam, much like Korver whose parents are also a minister and an athlete. Harpring's social pedigree is very upper-middle-class as well. This basically leaves only the fringe players, about whom I don't know much, so I can't say. Regardless, the Jazz are a very middle-class team in a league where more and more players are coming from poor backgrounds, and the Jazz players don't really fit in. There's no rags-to-riches stories on the Jazz really, there's no kids who had to struggle mightily to make it, who had family members shot, who struggled with addictions and crime, or anything like that. Read the Salt Lake Tribune or Deseret News, and see if there are too many "feel-good" stories about Jazz players conquering adversity. Sure, you'll read about Boozer and his family's courageous struggle with illness, or AK and his personal renaissance this year, but I don't think you'll find stories of a hard knock life.

And I think that's the real issue. Class. The Jazz have always been a middle-class team, because Salt Lake City is a middle-class city. Not that that is a bad thing. SLC is a great city, and it is a wonderful place to live. But compared to many other US cities, especially those with NBA teams, sometimes, just sometimes, it feels a little too much like a 50s sitcom. And it that sense, it doesn't really fit with the image of the NBA. For all the accusations of racism leveled at David Stern, the NBA is not trying to make itself out to be a "white" league. There are no rules against tattoos, or cornrows, or against pursuing music careers. Hip-hop has become an integral part of the NBA, and much cross-promotion has been done with musicians. The NBA has also been much more active than other sports leagues in marking Black History Month, being involved in community projects, and let's not forget that they put the All-Star game in New Orleans only a few years after Katrina.

But the Jazz, at the end of the day, are a very old fashioned team. They are the Andy Griffith Show our parents and grandparents loved compared to our Seinfelds, Fresh Princes, Family Guys. In other words, awfully tame for most people's taste today.