The Kobe Era

We live in eras. Whether it's sporting eras, political eras, fashions eras, they are things that we never really accept and appreciate until its over and we look back at it. With all this LeBron hating, and Kevin Durrant Lovin' I wanted to remind everybody who the best player on Earth still is. Kobe Bean Bryant. His greatness seems to be overshadowed by....well I don't know really, but lets just looks at a few things:
-5-time NBA champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
-7 NBA Finals appearances: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010
-2-time NBA Finals MVP: 2009, 2010
-NBA MVP 2008
-2 Time Scoring Champion 2006, 2007
-12 All-Star Appearances 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
-3-time NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2002, 2007, 2009
-12-time All-NBA selection:
First team: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Second team: 2000, 2001
Third team: 1999, 2005
-10-time All-Defensive selection:
First team: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Second team: 2001, 2002
-NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion: 1997
-2nd most points in a game: 81

This really and truly is not even half of his achievements. He is the greatest basketball player in my lifetime. This is the Kobe Bryant era. For the last 14 years he has cause complete havoc for defenses. There are a few things i would like to emphasize. Kobe Bryant is a 5-time NBA Champion. 2-time Finals MVP and 8-first team all defense. People love to compare him to Jordan, really cause, there is no one
else to compare him with. This speaks volumes. I want people to realize what we're witnessing when we watch him play. Kobe will go down as arguably the second best basketball player ever. BronBron is great, not Kobe great. Wade is unbelievable, not 81 unbelievable. We need to appreciate this. Players like this don't come around often.

Jake Davis: Test Shots With Tanaya Henry

Jake Davis Test Shots: Tanaya Henry from Jake Davis on Vimeo.

Really isn't much to say. Jake Davis comes through again for K*Swiss. I need this sweater. The same exact one from this video.

Melo's Bulls > The East?

With all these Carmelo Anthony trade rumors going around, there are other rumors spawning from those rumors. One of the more ridiculous ones is if Melo went to the Bulls, then they'd be the favorite to win the East over Bean-Town or the The Evil Trio on south beach. Calm on guys. Seriously? In order to get Melo first of all the Bulls would have to park ways with at least Joakim Noah, a Taj Gibson, or maybe even a Loul Deng. And don't get me wrong, that trade would make the Bulls a better team. But lets take a look at the match ups if they played the C's or The Evil Trio.
First off if they went up against the C's in the playoffs, the veteran guys in Bean Town would pick apart this Bulls team. Up front the Bulls have Booz, a 60 something year old Kurt Thomas, and the great Omer Asik. Old KG would still be enough to handle that front line by himself at this tender age. Not to mention a health Perkins, the energetic Big Baby, and the 2 O'Neals. Advantage C's. OK so now lets go to the backcourt play. Who on the Bulls is going to stop/slow down/hinder the C's best player in Paul Pierce? that task will undoutably be given to Melo. While Melo has never been known for the defensive end. So the Small Forward matchup could be a toss up. Next Ray Allen? In the battle of the shooters with him against the inconsistent Kyle Korver, I'd give the edge to the future Hall-A-Famer. Point? Well thats a toss up cause both have the ability to help their teams win in a big way. But Rando has been doing it for years. All in all, the C's are just too big, too deep, and too battle tested.

Next the Miami Heat vs a Melo featured Bulls team. This honestly might be a better match up for the Bulls. The point guard position will be one that the Bulls will have to exploit. Booz vs Bosh will be a great match up to follow, and could be one that decides a series between these two teams. The main reason why I give the C's the advantage is their front court is so dam deep upfront. I'd imagine BronBron would guard Rose to slow him down and try to disrupt the offense. How well BronBron can contain Rose will go along way to help the Heat's chances in winning a playoff series. But to flip the script and play devils advocate, who's going to gaurd Bron? or Wade? I'd imagine that Ronnie Brewer would be given the BronBron responsibilities. How about the benches? Can Melo and the Bulls stop the onslaught of threes that will rain down from Miller, or House? The Bulls starting five would be nice. Real Nice. But their bench lacks proven depth. The Heat and the C's should still be considered the favorites in the East, even with a Melo Lead Bulls.

Lil Wayne Feat Drake - Gonorrhea

Lil Wayne featuring Drake - Gonorrhea (Tagged)

Melo On The Move

Let the auction begin. The Denver Nuggets are supposedly listening to offers about dealing their franchise player, Carmelo Anthony. The summer of 2010 continues. Carmelo has been pushing for a trade for the better part of the summer and for the first time, it looks like the Denver Nuggets are starting to give in. There will be many suitors for the services of one of the L's most talented scorers. Many people have speculated about Melo joining up with Amar'e Stoudemire in the big apple. Other sources have Houston as the leader to get Melo. From a purely basketball standpoint, I dont know how well Melo would do in D'Antonie's running style system. To me at least, Melo seems like a half court player. Getting a lot of his points out of sets run for him in the half court game. I see Houston as a great fit for Melo, or maybe the Clip-Show? How about Orlando? There are many possibilities here, and its going to be interesting to see how these dominoes fall.

Cement III's For Spring 2011.

Let the classic continue to pour in. SNEAKERNEWS provides us with some shots of MJ's fav shoe re-releasing this upcoming spring, the cement III's. Few differences appear on this ones if any, like the cracks in the Jordan infamous "elephant print." These are the first confirmed pics of these re-retroed classics, so sit back and start saving. Two pairs is a must.

Weezy F. Showing Off his Black Light Tatts

Hidden Message In Children Toys?

Lil Wayne. Dedication 4?

Lil Wayne will be dropping a mixtape by year's end, as his manager hinted at yesterday in an interview. "I'm Not A Human Being," the aunto-tuned heavy lp will also be releasing on September 27th. DJ Drama as also has been on the record for saying that the mixtape will be Wayne's fourth installment of the Dedication Series.

Cool Grey Retro V's For Summer of 2011

2011 is shaping up the be the best year in Jordan releases since 2008. With already confirmed releases of cement 3's, Bordeaux 7's 2011 is going to be a camp out year for sure. Here is another confirmed retro dubbed "Cool Grey 5s." Interesting to say the least, with a clear/blueish tint for the bottoms give it a nice icy effect. Definitely can't wait for these to drop.

D. Rose Is Cutting Onions.

Mad Funny. Basketball season can't come soon enough.

Running Into 400 Million

The fastest man ever has just been a whole lot richer too. Reports are that PUMA has resigned the Jamaican sprinter to a new deal that could be worth 400 million dollars. Yes you read right, 400 million U.S. dollars. The charismatic 24 year old holds the world records for the men's 100m and 200m race. I still find this number to be inflated, but many people are reporting this same number.
Of side note, Jamaica's Nester Carter ran the 4th fastest time ever in the in the Men's 100m, with a blazing time of 9.78 seconds.

Michael Jordan Breaks The Backboard

I just saw this interesting video from SneakerNews. It has the G.O.A.T. shattering a backboard with a monster jam. The thing is that why is Jordan playing for this Italian Team in 1986? Supposedly this game wasn't even televised either? Well who cares really? Not only does MJ break the backboard, but he's also wearing the shoes that started it all. The original Jordan I's. Classic MJ. Enjoy!