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People send and Tweet a lot of links to me each week and the results range from tame and general to bizarre and borderline terrifying, but every now and then somebody shows me something that just makes me giggle with delight, and that’s good for everyone. That happened the other day when a friend passed along the Tumblr site Indie Basketball, which, as the name implies, combines popular indie bands with NBA stars. Simple and sweet.

But more than anything, I’m a sucker for puns, so that more than makes up for my shameful lack of knowledge when it comes to who some of these bands are. For example, Bat for Lashes? No clue. But Bat for Nashes? That’s a giggle-maker right there. So let’s get the pun machine rolling with some of our own names (that aren’t exactly indie bands, I know):

Earl the Pearl Jam
Houston Rocket from the Crypt
Kids in Glass Eddie Houses
King Charles Barkley
Franz Vasquez Ferdinand
P.J. Donnell Harvey
Heypenny Hardaway

Damn, that’s some fine punning right there. I’ve included some of my favorite Indie Basketball efforts after the jump, but don’t let that stop you slick hipsters from suggesting your own with your favorite Bright Eyes and Wolf Parade jams playing in the background.

*picks Frisbee off of lawn, keeps it*

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Alonzo Mourning was one of the greatest players in NBA history. His jersey has been retired by the Heat; his 33 is the only number that hangs in those rafters. But now, he’s just like any other grumpy old guy shooting hoops at the Y. Except that he might be getting shown up on national television.

Former NBA players Ron Harper, Eddie Jones, Antoine Walker, Robert Horry and Alonzo Mourning were in Los Angeles over the weekend to shoot an upcoming episode of Pros vs. Joes. A source tells me Mourning got in a physical altercation with one of the “Joes” while filming. Good to hear Zo still has that fire.

Of course, “physical altercation” could mean anything. I was riding the bus in Japan once and my hand got into a “physical altercation” with the “uniform” of an underaged bus-riding “patron.” But fortunately “we” were able to “sort out our differences” before I “blew a wad in my pants.” There’s no substitute for traveling to make one appreciate other cultures.

|NBA.com (last item) via Ben Maller|