San Antonio Spur and IUPUI alum George Hill apologized for the nude photos that recently showed up on the internet, perhaps because they were so disappointing after the Greg Oden nude photos.
In a statement issued by the team Tuesday, Hill said: “A year ago I made a mistake and take full responsibility for my actions. I have matured and learned from this episode.”
Hill apologized to his girlfriend, family, the Spurs and fans. –Y! News.
I haven’t seen the photos, but TMZ says that they were on The Dirty, appropriately enough. That’s enough of the NBA wang, internet. One can only hope that some of these female Olympians are taking their digital cameras to Vancouver this week.
Most NBA players like to head out after a tough road game to sample whatever local strange might be available. The Portland Trail Blazers Rudy Fernandez, playing with his team in Dallas last night, didn’t have to wait that long.
During a timeout with 41 seconds left in regulation, two women walked onto the court and into the Trail Blazers huddle. One woman wrapped her arms around the waist of Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez from behind. Fernandez, who was not in the game but focused on the plays being diagrammed by coach Nate McMillan, was stunned.
The women were ushered away from the huddle, and amazingly allowed to return to their courtside seats under the basket and watch the remainder of the game, which went to overtime. –The Oregonian, via Inside Hoops.
How could security pass up a chance to tackle a couple of intoxicated women? The safety of the players on the court is paramount. Those women should have been ushered to a private area and searched thoroughly for weapons. Uh, for security purposes. We can’t be too careful, especially when we’re this horny and drunk with power.
McDonalds is following the footsteps of Hollywood by ripping off a good idea that they had 20 years ago, dragging it into a dark alley and choking the utter life out of it. Here’s the first 12 seconds of the Golden Arches’ Super Bowl commercial between LeBron “Whatchu mean that wasn’t a foul?” James and Dwight “I only have one move in the post” Howard. Dwight Howard?
I’m only posting this clip to complain about it. Why do you do this to us, McDonalds? That adidas ad with Howard was fresh, and LeBron has been part of some catchy campaigns himself. I don’t blame them; when a sponsor shows up with a big bag of cash, you take it. But this ad doesn’t do anything for the people that remember the original spot 17 years ago. I just wish that…Hang on a second, I have to go chase a few kids off my lawn. –Ehrl The Pearl.
Yeah, so Kobe Bryant broke Jerry West’s record for career points scored by a Laker, which is pretty amazing considering that Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and West played in LA for most or all of their careers. But some people are already calling him the greatest Laker ever, which is patently ridiculous. Greatest HIV-negative Laker ever? I would listen to an argument? Greatest Laker-slash-alleged-rapist ever? Now we’re getting somewhere. I don’t know why I spelled out the slash there.
Anyway, I come not to praise Bryant so much as bury another player from the same game. This is a video of the Grizzlies’ Rudy Gay, who recovered a loose ball only to fire it from three-quarters court with six seconds remaining. And of course, the Lakers pull the rebound and fire a downcourt pass to Bryant, who was waiting on the arc to demonstrate the correct buzzer-beating technique. Nice work and congrats to Kobe Bryant, the greatest HIV-negative Laker ever. –Detroit 4 Lyfe.
LeBron James got pinched again, this time by the NBA for $25,000 after this sideline temper tantrum. Poor little Bron-Bron got testy after a no-call when he drove the lane against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and subsequent pouting about it on the other end of the floor. And then I guess he kicked one of those big Gatorade jugs, too. Oh LeBron, after I defended you to all of my fellow bloggerati, you had to go and do something petulant. You’re not gonna get those calls when you hit the lane looking like Adrian Peterson on a halfback dive. Who do you think you are? Dwyane Wade? –LA Times. vid via Ball Don’t Lie. Also.
Five weeks ago, Gilbert Arenas welshed on a $25,000 debt from a Wizards’ team poker game, an act that led to him and another player, Jarvaris Crittendon, brandishing guns in front of each other. After yesterday’s decision handed down from Mt. Olympus David Stern, both Arenas and Crittendon will sit out the Wizards’ last 50 games of the season. Arenas, in his efforts to dodge a $25,000 marker, will forfeit over $7 million in salary as a result of the suspension. Shoulda checked the flop, Gil.
Arenas pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to a felony gun charge after a confrontation with Crittenton at the Verizon Center. Arenas, who is scheduled to be sentenced March 26, is in the second season of a six-year, $111 million contract and will be docked $7.36 million.“Mr. Arenas recognizes that his actions were a serious violation of the law and league rules and were detrimental to the NBA and its reputation,” said Arenas’ attorney, Ken Wainstein. “He accepts full responsibility for what he did, and takes no issue with the length of the suspension or the process that led to the Commissioner’s decision.” –Y! Sports.
Stern originally waited for the legal process to take its course, and as the result of a 50-game suspension. But the ensuing “Finger Gunz” photo did Arenas in. He’ll be fighting to keep the Wizards from voiding what’s left of his $111 million contract. And Arenas has ruined the fun for everyone else; the Wizards, along with the Heat and Nets, have now banned card-playing on team flights. And the entire “NBA is full of thugs” mindset just got a shot in the arm. But not like a “gunshot.” I meant that in a figurative sense.
