Posts Tagged ‘Yao Ming’

2010 Regular Season Awards (Coach Of The Year)

The NBA has already given out some of their end-of-season awards. Our 11-person staff of writers and contributors got together (not really but it sounds cooler this way) and voted for these same end-of-season awards as well. We’ll also put down our preseason picks (if applicable) and see if we were actually good at prognosticating [...]

Grading the Deal: Kings/Knicks/Rockets

The trade deadline has officially come and gone, but literally a little over an hour ago, another blockbuster three-way deal has been agreed upon. This time it involves the Kings, Rockets, and Knicks centering around Tracy McGrady and Kevin Martin. Here is a breakdown and my initial grade: SACRAMENTO Kings receive Carl Landry and Joey [...]

The Week In TNLP (02/06/2010)

Hello, weekend. It was a great week in TNLP, to say the least. Let’s check out what went on, shall we? 1. TNLP Talks To ESPN’s Land O’ Lakers: Immediately after the Lakers beat the Celtics in a close contest, I talked to Brian Kamenetzky of Land O’ Lakers from ESPN Los Angeles. He thought [...]

Sweet Dishes: Yao and LeBron In A Coca-Cola Ad

Honestly, I don’t know what to make of this. It’s LeBron James and Yao Ming in a Coca-Cola commercial and… Yeah, I guess a bunch of things were going on. Follow me on Twitter. My name is @TheNoLookPass. I’m more of a Pepsi guy. And please… join our FaceBook page.

Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops (Sophia)

Welcome to Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops where this sausagefest of a blog interview women that love the National Basketball Association. We all know female sports fans are a commodity for us dudes. Maybe not as rare as we think but us guys seem to think they’re inferior when it comes to sports knowledge. [...]

TNLP Season Preview (Most Disappointing Team)

We continue our weeklong season preview of this coming NBA season. I ask the whole staff of TNLP various questions about this season… and we all compiled our answers to give you our thoughts of each question. We will have about two entries/subjects each day and we’ll give you our overall Top 5 Picks along [...]

Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops: Taking Crazy Pills

It’s been a crazy offseason. The Lakers may have one-upped everybody with possibly the biggest free agent acquisition so far, Ron Artest. I personally believed they got much better. But do my favorite NBA friends believe the same thing? I got reaction from the women that I previously featured on Talking To Chicks Who Love [...]

2009 NBA Playoffs (Game 7 Recaps!)

Two days off! And finally, some playoff action! Two Game 7′s! Here we go. #5 Houston Rockets 70 @ #1 Los Angeles Lakers 89 (L.A. wins series, 4-3) Well, they sure showed up today. They finally did what they were supposed to do; use their 7-footers to punish the much smaller Rockets. They got off [...]

Dear Lakers,… What Happened?

Dear Lakers, I´m writing this letter on the same day that you guys are supposed to clinch to go to the next round. But that didn´t happen? Granted, I did say Lakers in 6 games. So my question to you guys is, what happened? When I was on vacation this past weekend, I heard on [...]

2009 NBA Playoffs (Day 23 Recap)

Okay, so we know that Yao Ming is out of the postseason. That means Yao, Dikembe Mutombo, and Tracy McGrady are all out. But I know what Yao said before Game 4 started. “Don’t be like a baby!” and “Eat the head!” #1 Los Angeles Lakers 87 @ #5 Houston Rockets 99 (Series tied, 2-2) [...]