There are over 60 games left in the 2012-13 NBA season, so right now is the perfect time to start recording anthems about how your team is unstoppable. Iman Shumpert knows the value of a good anthem, and if anything gets the Knicks to the finals this year, it’ll be lines like, “Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks Knicks.”

Via Cosby:

If you weren’t aware, Iman Shumpert is an aspiring rapper who also happens to be a promising young talent for the New York Knicks. The 6′ 5″ point guard from Georgia Tech has apparently been spending his time in the studio while out with a knee injury. For his latest ‘banger’ Shumpert remixes “Clique” off of G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer album, turning it into the “Knicks Anthem.”

I think my favorite part is when he says Knicks.

I’m not a basketball star OR an aspiring rapper, but I’m occasionally inspired to greatness by these sports guys, so I put together a remix of my own. Hopefully this will be the new NEW Knicks anthem, and I hope you like it:

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"I can't hear you, little boy LA LA LA LA LA LA!"

This year’s NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has very few people excited. With a lineup of Derrick Williams, Paul George, Chase Budinger and Iman Shumpert, who will provide the most excitement based solely on his lob partner and New York Knicks teammate, Jeremy Lin, this contest will rely heavily on creativity and very little on star power.

*dead cat crashes through window with a note attached*

According to our With Leather day-old news service, Shumpert has backed out of the dunk contest and will be replaced by Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans, which means that our Linebriation will only come from the Rising Stars challenge on Friday. So that leaves many people asking the NBA and its bevvy of stars: What the F, dudes?

Where the hell is the glory and ego of yesteryear, when the stars would line up to throw down a few dandy dunkaroos while their crews hopped around like morons? I mean, Dwight Howard should have been contractually obligated to win his title back from Blake Griffin this year, but neither of them want to get their hands dirty.

Thankfully, there’s a voice of reason out there that points the finger at one of the NBA’s biggest dunk contest no-shows of the last 8 years: LeBron James. And that voice of reason is a young kid who puts every NBA superstar diva in his place.

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From Twitter, where the right teenager can say “hamburger” and make it a Worldwide Trending Topic:

And such is the aftermath of LudaDay Weekend, the Labor Day festivities at the Morehouse Forbes Arena in Atlanta featuring a charity basketball game championed by the black star of white movies and a 17-year old Canadian pop singer who looks like Kim Darby circa True Grit and commands more instant, teary-eyed response than any popular basketball player. The event raised $10,000 for charity, and at first you’re like “oh, okay, that’s cool” and then you realize Bieber probably paid $10,001 for his Hummer limo ride to the game.

Regardless, it’s nearly impossible to find pictures of Chris Paul or Kevin Durant from this game unless they’re in Bieb’s background, so check out this mini-gallery of pictures courtesy of Gossip Center and try to find your favorites. Also, if you go to Gossip Center you can watch a video of Bieber emulating Steve Nash’s crossover and jumping almost one inch off the ground for a lay-up while his 17-year old Chinese girlfriend Knives Chau claps along happily from the sidelines.

Two things to note as you flip through the gallery:

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