I’m a big sucker for fan art – well, appropriate fan art – and that’s why I’ve been pounding my desk all morning over the news that the world’s biggest patent troll is going after Etsy’s new $40 million investment. But while soulless thieves are going after the sources of the Internet’s showcases for art and inspiration, they’ll thankfully never be able to crush the actual artists. At least not yet. I’m sure they’ll find a way eventually.

My Internet Artist of the Day of the Week goes to the guys at Double Scribble, a Tumblr site devoted to NBA fan art.

Double Scribble is the lovechild of basketball and art; two of Nick Kastner and Mike McGrath’s favorite things in the world. From the coldest, murkiest depths of Cleveland, OH (and now to some extent, some obscure part of North Carolina) Nick and Mike have forged a blog out of blood, sweat and tears in their unwavering vision to provide you, the viewer, with a never ending source of basketball related art.

And it’s pretty awesome. I’ve been shuffling back and forth through its archives since a friend emailed the link last week and there is just a ton of great artwork on this site that has really inspired me to consider re-launching my web comic series, “The Erotic Adventures of a Sports Blogger.” Spoiler alert: it’s sad and gross.

After the jump, I’ve included many of my favorite efforts of Double Scribble’s authors, but I encourage you to check out the submissions that they’ve posted from other artists as well. It’s a highly recommended worm hole to limit your productivity today.

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Through aggressive shirt touseling and a series of screams, Kevin Garnett made it clear to Green Street that the Celtics are ready to hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats, and that he is Boston’s blackest and greenest Mark Messier.

Via WEEI.com:

“We’re taking their best shot. I still don’t think we’ve played our best basketball and we’ve got to do that. We can’t just come out here and talk about it. We’re not on the white sands of the beach no more. We’re back in the jungle. Hopefully that’ll do some good for us. We’ll figure it out. I told you man, we’re all in. I got two pocket Kings and I’m all in. Let’s do it.”

Sometimes mixing metaphors doesn’t work (like the song “2 A.M.” by Anna Nalick, where she compares life to an hourglass glued to a table with difficult to find controls inside of a cable car), but when you’re Kevin Garnett and sports are on the line, it is awesome. You’re in the jungle, and I’m willing to cheat at cards to beat you while you’re there! I couldn’t cheat when we were playing on the beach but NOW I CAN BECAUSE THE JUNGLE. Garnett’s roaring is especially welcome in response to the L.A. Lakers, who are down two-zip to the Mavericks and the best Kobe Bryan can do is practice quietly.

So, With Leather (I am addressing you directly), since I won’t talk to you again until Monday, what’s going to happen? Which approach is going to work? Can the Celtics or the Lakers rebound? And what happens if they don’t, and we have to watch the Hawks? Am I even allowed to do that?

So Dwyane Wade apparently robbed a bellhop right before the Celtics blew out the Heat. Without Kevin Garnett. Nice work, Miami.

I was out in Vegas last week (more on that later today) and the thing that always gets me are the doormen that stand out there and expect a tip for flagging down cabs. How hard can that job possibly be? THERE’S A GD LINE OF CABS JUST SITTING THERE. This is not difficult.

Anyway, nice jacket, sir. But the Heat weren’t the only ones having an off-night. We’re obviously a bit behind today, but we’ll rally and make everything awesome again. And then we’ll steal a tie from the concierge and talk about how we weren’t getting any calls, because that’s what we do.

Everyone seems to have an opinion about the event-ending “brawl” that took place at the latest Strikeforce event in Nashville over the weekend between Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Jake Shields. But was it relatively worse than the little scuffle between the Celtics and Heat in their first-round playoff game in Beantown yesterday? Is such a comparison even possible to make? Let’s pretend for a second that it is.

After Shields’ dispatching of Dan Henderson to defend his middleweight title, Miller approached him and smugly asked, “Where’s my rematch?” The comment touched off a brawl inside the hexagon that saw Miller getting punched and kicked from the bottom of a pile. This, in my opinion, is Brawling Done Right by people who are experts in the field of human incapacitation. But some MMA fans, who are well aware of their sport’s stepchild status on the national leisure landscape, didn’t see it that way. Read the rest of this entry »

The Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett was feeling a bit disenfranchised after playing Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Bombers. Durant, who might have the NBA’s best nickname as the “Durant-chula” (spelled phonetically there) went off for 37 points against a Celtics team that just lost its third game out of its last four. Garnett gave credit where it was due–to the officials.

“I thought we was playing Michael F-cking Jordan tonight, the way he was getting the whistle. Durant damn near shot more free throws than our whole team.”

Durant shot 15 free throws (and made all of them) to the Celtics’ 17. This is obviously conclusive evidence that the NBA is still rigged. Or maybe they just played half-assed D and didn’t rebound. But really, this is only up so I can post the clip of Garnett spouting off about how Durant was getting calls. Should “F-cking” be capitalized there? No?
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When Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge realized that his prized center Kevin Garnett might miss the entire playoffs, he had a totally subdued reaction and took the news in stride. Just kidding–he had a heart attack. From Y! News:

“Danny Ainge is recovering at Massachusetts General Hospital after having a minor heart attack. He is recovering nicely,” the team said. “Mr. Ainge is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days.”

A spokeswoman for Massachusetts General Hospital referred comment to the team

Ainge is 50 years old if anyone cares. Garnett’s knee injury has limited his action in games over the past several weeks, but only recently was an announcement made about his status for the postseason. My dad had a heart attack once, but that’s because he’s grossly overweight and hates everything. I’m struggling to see how that’s Kevin Garnett’s fault.