With all the news of potential signings, flying under the radar is the Thunder front office aggressively pursuing an extension for Kevin Durant. Surely, there will be bad contracts, and more interesting subplots, but this is something that shouldn’t go unnoticed.
Much to Durant’s surprise, front office people showed up at 12:01 at his front door this week talking extension. Undoubtedly, Durant will get a max contract of $80 million over 5 years. He’s going to be 22 years old this fall. Who knows this kid’s potential after averaging 30.1 ppg, and 7.6 rpg and taking the Thunder to the playoffs this past season. If the Thunder can lock this kid up and surround him with some talent they will be a team to contend with for years.
You’re going to hear about Lebron, D-Wade, and Bosh, but take note of this signing. Afterall, we’re talking about maybe the most talented player in the NBA behind LBJ.
Former Super Bowl hero and marksman, Plaxico Burress has applied for work release for the second time during his two-year prison sentence. The former wideout was denied in his first attempt by the New York Department of Correctional Services because of the nature of his crime.
Apparently, Plax isn’t enjoying himself in prison because he’s written letters to everyone but Santa Claus to get the hell out of there. The good news is he isn’t receiving any star treatment. I’m sure he thought he’d get some kind of hook up.
Plax will be 33 next month, but still has a good chunk of time left on his sentence. Be sure that you will hear his name float around for the 2011 NFL season. Afterall, the NFL is an equal opportunity employer, who believes in second chances and rehabilitating those with troubles. UmHmm.
Correct me if I’m wrong here but are the Laker Girls not supposed to be one of the hottest NBA Cheering squads out there? I mean don’t these girls have that rich, warm tradition like the Cowboys Cheerleaders do? Well if that’s the case then can someone explain why at the Lakers parade there weren’t any worthy of calling hot?
Don’t believe me? I’m serious man. Something is amiss here and I’d like to know what the hell is going on. You guys tell me if you see a legitimately hot Laker girl after the jump. And I mean as hot as other cheerleaders you’ve seen around the league.
I think the Red Head is decent but that’s about all. Come on Lakers. You’re better than that!
There’s not much you can say about a guy who’s draft stock fell dramatically and shortly thereafter was run from his first summer league game. The term “Duh” comes to mind. As a disclaimer, I will say Orton is very young and could potentially have a long career ahead of him. Realistically, I will say this dude looks like he’s going nowhere fucking fast. I mean your draft stock fell because of your attitude and work ethic and you get tossed from your first summer league game. Please add mentally weak to your list of accolades. Jesus, dude if your getting shook by Josh McRoberts in a summer league game, you are, for lack of a better term, fucked.
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I will refrain from commenting right now. Potentially, I could be eating a huge helping of crow…. Or this could be a huge I told you so… For now, no comment.
The Press
Cliff Lee talks start to heat up [CNNSI]
Jamarcus Russell arrested, falling further into the abyss [BustedCoverage]
Sophie Turner stays in shape, so should you! [DonChavez]
Say 1 Final Goodbye to Larissa Riquelme [Guyism]
Braden not feeling the “Get off my Mound” T-Shirts [NYPost]
20 Hot American Flag Girls [Heavy]
Geoff Blum’s sweet injury!! [WithLeather]
Wesley Sneijder possible transfer to Premier League?? [BleacherReport]
Personally, I’m not a gamer. I’m not into any of that stuff, but this shit is kinda hot. The Wii has something special going on. See the videos for yourself…
I’ve been an advocate of cheerleading since I saw my first pom poms at child birth. Ba dum ching. Um, actually that’s pretty gross because those breasts were my moms. Yuck. Should I just delete that sentence and start all over again? Perhaps. Ah, screw it. I will say this though. Despite my love for cheerleaders there’s one aspect of it I don’t get.
What’s with the cheerleaders going over to visit the military overseas? I mean I get the entertainment aspect of it all. But do you really want to torture these guys like that? You’re in the Navy and you’ve just seen like 25 chicks strutting around knowing you can’t have sex with any of them. Are you ready for combat? I didn’t think so.
But whatever. They’re just gonna keep doing this stuff. So might as well post some pictures of it….
This business is simple. Try and put together interesting articles that the public wants to read. Sometimes you have to be funny, and sometimes you have to report breaking news. A lot of times you fail at both. This is really neither, but I felt the need to show Ghana love. The last African team in the World Cup put together a valiant effort, but fell just short on PK’s to Uruguay. It was a tough ending to watch, as not only the players and the country, but the continent of Africa, who have graciously hosted the World Cup, felt heartbreak.
Asomoah Gyan put forth a tremendous effort throughout the tournament and will certainly be rewarded on the club level at some point. I give that guy a lot of credit after missing the game winning penalty, to step up and nail the next one. For certain, that penalty kick would have put Ghana through, but Ghana wouldn’t have been there without Gyan’s efforts.
The World Cup has been fabulous up until this point, and it’s not over yet…..
