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Chris Johnson, D League All-Star, was called up by the Boston Celtics almost immediately after their Frontcourt Trade-a-palooza earlier today. This is his second NBA stint this season.

1 day ago 300_tiny Cosmis 0 comments

Unfortunately for me, this means I have to decide between Joakim Noah's Bulls return or Larry's debut. I can't watch both live.

3 days ago 300_tiny Cosmis 3 comments

James Johnson traded to Toronto Raptors.

Who has two thumbs and is excited to get some playing time? This guy! James Johnson, he of the kickboxing and generally being awesome at everything that isn't NBA basketball, will finally get a chance to play NBA basketball.

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Rashad McCants Thinks He's REALLY, REALLY Good

Rashad McCants played a few games in the D-League earlier this year, averaging 12.3 points in three games for the Texas Legends while earning rave reviews from ESPN's Marc Stein in the process.

Then, much like so many players before him, McCants left the D-League for a supposed offer in China that never came to fruition before embarking on an acting career that seems to be going nowhere fast (or slow).

Just for fun, let's link the trailer again:

Confirmed: that's terrible.

Luckily for McCants, he told the Lost Lettermen blog that he'll be able to fall back on his basketball career again because he's better than 95 percent of the players in the NBA.

Seriously.

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Rod Benson decided to wear his Mr. Boom Tho head while competing in the Korean Slam Dunk contest.

Even though the dunk wasn't great, I would've assumed it to be impossible to dunk with a huge mascot head sans trampoline so he probably got robbed by the judges.

In 41 games over there, Benson's averaging 18.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks while shooting 59 percent from the field.

10 days ago Ru_tiny Scott Schroeder 2 comments

Antoine Walker shimmied last night! The big fella finished with 19 points (3-of-7 from 3-point land) and his team picked up the 118-104 victory.

13 days ago Ru_tiny Scott Schroeder 0 comments

Antoine Walker shimmied last night! The big fella finished with 19 points (3-of-7 from 3-point land) and his team picked up the 118-104 victory.

13 days ago Ru_tiny Scott Schroeder 0 comments

Spud Webb can still dunk!

And he's President of Basketball Operations for the NBA D-League's Texas Legends!

What can't this guy do?

15 days ago Ru_tiny Scott Schroeder 6 comments

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