Elton Brand has come a long way. He was considered by many as an MVP candidate in 2006, but more recently he’s been a different kind of MVP. Perhaps Doug Collins can talk him into becoming at least a “discounted section” player instead of a “clearance rack” guy. We’ll see next season– But anyway, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Elton Brand’
The NBA Wrongs of “Just Wright”
Over the past few weeks of these NBA playoffs, commercials have become a pretty common sight for the film “Just Wright,” featuring film clips of rapper-turned-actor Common going through a reel of highlight plays as he hams it up with the likes of Dwight Howard. The drama involved? Apparently, a career-threatening injury suffered in a [...]
The Week In TNLP (03/20/2010)
We are in mid-March. I can’t wait for the playoffs to start. In the meantime, we continue to stay busy in TNLP. Check out what happened this week. 1. Making The Rounds (03/15/2010): Check out where Peter Kim and I have been making our rounds. While we’re at it, I also made a post at [...]
Allen Iverson’s Return To Philly (Twitter Play-By-Play)
We’ve done this before. I watch a game while I leave random thoughts on Twitter. In this one, we live-tweet Allen Iverson’s return to Philadelphia. I take my favorite tweets from throughout the game and put ‘em all here. You want a regular recap? Here’s ESPN. And I’m not ESPN. This is TNLP. Enjoy the [...]
The Curse of Perpetual Negativity
From the moment that David Stern spoke the words “With the number one pick, the Los Angeles Clippers select…” back at this year’s draft, the spotlight began to shine on the newest member of the team, Blake Griffin. In a questionably thin draft, he was the unanimous top pick. For a questionably talented team, he [...]
Weekly Assists (02/06/2009)
Who watched that Lakers/Celtics game? Definitely felt like a playoff game. I think L.A. truly believes they can win it all, even without Andrew Bynum. But the Celtics are still the champs. Here’s hoping for a rematch. Ya know, we were supposed to drop a podcast today. But when I checked the second half of [...]
