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unclear on the concept

terence — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:18:57 +0000

last week the boston celtics eliminated the orlando magic in a hard-fought, closely contested physical matchup which included multiple flagrant fouls, technical fouls and very little love lost between the two teams.

here dwight howard and paul pierce fight tooth and nail for a rebound

spotted on wednesday on nanjing west road in shanghai – dwight howard and paul pierce feeling each other up.

the world’s most famous arena

terence — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:31:40 +0000

while i was in new york, my co-workers took me to see a knicks game, at the world’s most famous arena, madison square garden.

unfortunately, the knicks opponent that night was the preinially woeful charlotte bobcats, but after 2 years without any live nba basketball, it was great to go to a game in person.

i will say this, knicks fans really know their basketball (as a contrast to rockets fans or lakers/clippers fans). in fact, i’d say that the warrior fans and knicks fans were the most basketball knowledgable crowds i’ve ever been priviliaged enough to watch a game with.

the second most notable thing was their love for danilo gallenari – everyone was shouting “shoot it gallo!” everytime the italian forward had it behind the arc. it was an arena wide man-crush. he obliged with two key 3 pointers down the stretch as the knicks prevailed over the bobcats.

of stores and nba athletes

terence — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:23:25 +0000

continuing this week’s nba theme, scottie pippen came by the nba store in shanghai (993 nanjing west road near maoming road, 3rd floor, above the nike store).

c-c-c-chauncey billups!

terence — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:44:53 +0000

so when i was in beijing 2 weeks ago, i was priviliged enough to attend a press conference/fan event with chauncey billups (and the inspiration for the best now-dead blog about the nba on the internet) at the adidas sanlitun store

chauncey was there to interact with fans and to talk about his new shoe, the ts cut creator

chauncey's kicks

before the meet and greet:

i didn’t really get a chance to talk with chauncey – or even hear him talk about his shoes and his upcoming season, but he’s a good guy and a great player, so good luck to him in the upcoming season – except for when he plays the rockets.

haibao and the wizards

terence — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:44:31 +0000

yes, that is nba all-star caron butler, former wizards/bullets big man gheorghe muresan and nba hall of famer wes unseld posing with haibao – the mascot of the shanghai 2010 world expo.

special shout out to the haibao in the photo, andrew p.!