Buzzer Beaters - 05/04
Posted on: May 4, 2008
* ESPN ran a feature article on Chris Lofton this week revealing that he played his senior season after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from one of his testicles in March 2007.
* The Ball In Europe team is doing a great job of covering the Euroleague Final Four and the highlight for me is seeing a picture of them giving Ramunas Sisauskas a t-shirt that my buddy Matt Dyck designed.
* Last week the big buzz around the NBA was Soulja Boy showing up at a Wizards game to help support the team after LeBron James ripped into him and the franchise. Nice gesture, right? Yes, I suppose, but with a new single coming out I think that also played into his motivation for showing up and getting some free publicity. Jay-Z hasn’t kept quiet as he’s recorded a diss about DeShawn Stevenson you can listen to by clicking here.
* While watching PTI this week I nearly fell off my chair when Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser showed this picture and started talking about Tyler Hansborough jumping off a frat house balcony into a pool.
* Sticking with North Carolina a little longer, check out these pictures of Presidential candidate Barack Obama lacing up his kicks to practice with the Tar Heels. Here’s a video clip of what happened during the practice courtesy of The Big Lead and CBS News.
* The latest blog rankings are up on Le Basketbawl and Hoops Addict has moved up from 13 to 11.
* TrueHoop has a great anecdote about Kobe Bryant picking up the tab for his teammates earlier this season and the team chanting MVP after the gracious gesture.
* Count me as one of the many basketball fans who feel Al Horford was snubbed in the Rookie of the Year race.
* It seems like just yesterday I was still in high school watching Toni Kukoc play for Chicago and win a ton of championships. Now, he looks like an old man and far from the twenty-something player I remember.
* Connecticut Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun and fans of his basketball program have to be praying this Facebook profile for Craig Austrie is a joke because if it is, now the program is in a whole world of trouble.
* Section F Sports feels the way to fix the Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets is a trade which would see Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Josh Howard and Jason Terry switch uniforms. What do you think? Personally, I think this deal would leave Dallas with a star studded starting five but not enough shot attempts and a thin bench.
* If you are looking for some great reading material check out Empty The Bench’s Greatest Hits from the 2007-08 Season.
* Get ready for Chris Paul Day on the Internet on May 6th.
Here are some tunes to add to your iPod…
* Swizz Beatz released his latest track and it’s one that will be in heavy rotation in my iPod during workouts this month.
* Coldplay’s new song Violent Hill is going to be played a lot this summer. Does anyone know when the album is going to be released? Did you know Chris Martin did a collaboration with Jay-Z?
* We Do It Right posted a genius mixtape of Crooked I and Jay-Z called Reserved For The Bosses that’s a must download for any Jay-Z fan.
This article was written by:
Ryan McNeill - who has written 366 posts on Hoops Addict.
Ryan McNeill is the editor of Hoops Addict and has appeared on NBA XL, The Chris Townsend Show and WSRQ 1220. He has covered the NBA with media credentials since the 2007-08 season.