Truth to all that nasty trash talk?

Sources close to the club have confirmed that KG gave the pipe to LaLa Anthony prior to Game 5 at the Garden last night.  The GIF below shows a heartfelt Jordan Crawford breaking the news to Melo after the Celtics disposed of the Knicks 92-86 to force Game 6 in Beantown.  Crawford can be seen trying to comfort Anthony, who was said to have some suspicion prior to tip because LaLa was wearing a KG jersey and smelled like fish.  All this could explain Melo's awful 22 points on 8/24 from the field.  Poor guy.  Hopefully he and Crawford settled into a couch after the game and watched some How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days.

Great stuff

"I've had a chance to [review] it, and it was one of my better ones.  The fact that it happened to J.T. made it that much sweeter. Because we all know J.T. and he talks too much sometimes. And I'm glad it happened to him."
                                        -BronBron

KOBE BEAN

The Lakers seem to finally have some mo and are in contention for a playoff berth out West. Last night they eeeeeked by the Hawks thanks to Kobe's 34, Dwights 15 boards, and Nash's 10 dimes. All kudos goes to Kobe Bean for this silly poster of J Smoove.

Immediate Dunk of the Year Candidate. The Lower Merion standout proving he still got some jump left in those HoF kicks.

Steve Novak Shit Talking? What?

This is actually pretty hilarious.  After the Knicks' 108-101 loss to the Bulls at MSG on Saturday, Powder took exception to Nate Robinson imitating his discount double check celebration.  Love feuds between guys who spend a majority of their time on bench.  In this game they played a combined 26 minutes.

Larry Bird's All-Star picks

My All-Star picks are fairly similar to Chucks, which is not that unexpected.  Over in the East, we came up with the same starters.  I don't think Bron or Melo need any introduction.  They'll be occupying those two spots for years to come.  Varejao has been having a career year, putting up 14&14, and is getting rewarded.  The Celtics haven't been too impressive, but Rondo is putting up career highs in points and assists (12 assists/game is crazy talk) and is generally the main reason the Celts stay competitive.  I went back and forth between Kyrie and Jrue for the last spot.  In the end, a combination of injuries, the Cavs stinking, and not seeing any rational way for the Cavs to have 2 starters, I had to go with the hometown hero Jrue.  Breakout season, and is doing his best to keep the Sixers relevant in spite of the massive 7-foot void in the middle of the team.  Kyrie will get a bench spot, with Tyson Chandler, Brandon Jennings, Joakim Noah and Bosh. 

We differed a little in the West.  Can't debate KDTrey.  ZBo has been quietly having a great year, forming probably the best frontcourt out there with Marc Gasol.  Tim Duncan, while not necessarily my favorite player, has rolled back the clock and is leading the Spurs, yet again, to one of the best records in the West.  Gotta give him recognition for that.  It boggles my mind Chuck would leave Chris Paul off the starters...Seriously, don't understand that one.  Best player and leader of the team with the best record in the L, and probably 3rd best overall player out there.  I don't need to get into it, but he's a starter.  Taking Harden for the last spot.  Got thrust into the limelight and has been handling it quite well, sitting 4th in the league in scoring.  Kobe has been playing some ridiculous ball, but I would rather reward the guy keeping his team in the playoff mix without having multiple All-Stars/HOFers.   Kobe can man the bench, with Ibaka, RussRuss, Blake, Aldridge, Lawson, Faried, Asik and more keeping him company. 

Don't need to go on a rant about it, but fan voting for starters is fucking stupid.  Just seeing Lin, Howard, Wade, and DWill at the top of the ballots says all that needs to be said about that. 

More 'Sheed Please

Listen to Rasheed Wallace call Arron Afflalo "Aflac" after he misses this free-throw:

Is 'Sheed simply clowning on his name or is it his way of saying "I don't even know who you are?" I'm going to choose to believe the latter. What we do know for sure is that Roscoe is one of the game's all-time great trash-talkers.