It isn’t much of a big deal when rapper-turned-house-flipper Vanilla Ice shows up to perform at halftime for NBA games, because the artist otherwise known as Rob Van Winkle has done it before. But nevertheless I like it when he does, because it gives me a chance to complain about one of my guiltiest pleasures, The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY, thanks to the loosest of ties to sports.

While I enjoy watching house flip shows, especially when they involve Q-list celebrities, VIP drives me nuts because he goes so amazingly overboard that I can’t imagine someone spending $1 million for one of his custom home renovations in South Florida. I mean, I know that people buy the homes, because wealthy people in South Florida are insane, but some of the perks that he adds to his homes just blow my mind.

Take this season, for example. He’s working on a house that was abandoned for seven years and left to just completely rot against nature’s devices. The house sits on a huge lot with a giant lake behind it, and he probably fetched close to $1 million for his rebuild, if not more. That lake, like most bodies of water in South Florida, has alligators, and yet Vanilla and his crew added a giant human slingshot to the backyard.

When they’re building these homes, do they even consider things like homeowners’ insurance? I, for one, would not like to spend my hard-earned cocaine-trafficking money on paying for one of my son’s snot-nosed friend’s hospital bills after his arms are torn off by an angry family of gators. But maybe that’s just me.

In conclusion, the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

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(spoiler alert: Side with the deer.)

What you’re about to witness is the epic confrontation between Dwight Howard and “Bango,” the inflatable equivalent of the Milwaukee Bucks mascot, filled by a man who is willing to stand in the hallway of the BMO Harris Bradley Center and pretend to be an immobile roadside balloon statue (or whatever) until Dwight Howard walks by. If you can’t tell them apart, Dwight Howard is the one that dresses like Minkus from ‘Boy Meets World,’ assuming Minkus was 11 feet tall.

Okay, so maybe “epic” is the wrong word, but it’s always nice to see anthropomorphic inflatables getting the psychological edge on a popular basketball star. Video is after the jump.

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I’ve enjoyed Larry Sanders and his efficient productivity on my fantasy basketball team for most of the season, despite the fact that I’ve struggled to a 9-9 record in our league of fancy-pants cool guy bloggers thanks to a worthless Derrick Rose gamble and losing Rajon Rondo for the season. But in order to pretend like I’m upset, I’d have to also pretend like I paid attention, and I’m still suffering from fantasy football burnout, so… DOOOOOOOOON’T CARE.

NBA: Mavericks at Spurs – 8 PM ET on TNT
NBA: Knicks at Blazers – 10:30 PM ET on TNT

I haven’t watched the clip of Kobe Bryant hurting his ankle yet, not because I don’t care but because I’m stubborn and I hate when the first thing I see in the morning is a bunch of people arguing on Twitter about sports news. That said, Lakers fans, welcome to Dwight Howard carrying the burden. You won’t enjoy it.

TNA Impact Wrestling – 8 PM ET on Spike

I’m actually eager to watch to see how Brooke Hogan keeps playing this “My heart is really broken” angle. Seriously. It’s hilarious.

Bellator: Road to the Championships – 11 PM ET on Spike

I started watching this two weeks ago and I’m thoroughly enjoying it. I haven’t picked a favorite yet, but I’m leaning toward whoever beats everyone.

NCAA Basketball: B1G First Round – 6:30 PM ET on ESPN 2
NCAA Basketball: ACC First Round – 7 PM ET on ESPN U
NCAA Basketball: Big East First Round – 7 PM ET on ESPN

Enjoy the last of quality Big East tournament play while it lasts, folks.

Ekpe Udoh of the Milwaukee Bucks had one mission: meet beloved American actress/hacky commercial spokesperson Betty White. The only problem? He didn’t know how to do it.

It’s a good question, and who could blame him? Betty White is not only awesome in her own right, she’s the last remaining ‘Golden Girl.’ Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty are all dead. It’s a reasonable goal, especially if you’ve got enough travel time and fame as an NBA player to make it come together.

As you can see by the photo at top of the post, Udoh made his dream come true with an LA-area visit to the set of ‘Hot In Cleveland.’ It was a long road, though. Here’s a quick look back at Udoh’s quest from Betty White inception to Betty White execution, courtesy of Twitter, and a little help from our friends at Ball Don’t Lie:

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Two questions and their appropriate answers –

Q: If a man dresses in enormous footie pajamas, can he still dunk?
A: Yes.

Q: If he calls his baby onesie a “swagger suit”, does that make it cool?
A: LOL

Here we see Milwaukee Bucks forward and University of Washington alum Jon Brockman having a lonely fashion show in a “Swagga Suit” for Washington student company “SWAG”. To commemorate the event, Brockman is changing his name to Swagger S. McSwaggerson, middle name Swagger, because a 6-foot-7 white guy in the Washington state dunking by himself in purple long-johns that make him look like he’s cosplaying Tinky Winky is the official f**king chilled death of the word “swagger”, and for safety reasons Jon is now the only man allowed to say or think it.

Seriously, swagger has become an epidemic, and much in the way that my generation turned “awesome” into a synonym for “okay”, people today have turned swagger into a synonym for “walking upright and maintaining consciousness”. If this is swagger in any definition, I would like to remain swaggerless for the rest of my life.

Two more pictures of this abomination are after the jump.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are doing their best to fend off the red hot San Antonio Spurs for the No. 1 seed in the West as the playoffs approach, and they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 109-89 last night. But the highlight of the game wasn’t Russell Westbrook’s 26 points or even that the Bucks gave out Andrew Bogut statues in what I’m declaring the most pathetic giveaway of the season. Instead it was the 7 technical fouls, the ejection of Larry Sanders and a little spat between Serge Ibaka and Mike Dunleavy.

Ibaka and Dunleavy were separated immediately, and judging by pictures, that was a very great thing for Dunleavy, because HOLY CRAP LOOK AT IBAKA’S HAND!

Let this be a lesson: If Serge Ibaka ever tries to shake your hand, RUN.

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