Another great vid from our friends at The GSF.

BSO says that JR Smith was flashing gang signs, but I still think he was doing “Handi-man” from “In Living Colour”. Either way, he better come correct. Right?
Phenomenal Swag: “Elevator” Ernie Johnson T-Shirt Ball Don’t Lie
Nate Robinson Wants to Be a Blazer Rip City Project
He’s known among the NBA Tweeters as “Turkish Pippen”. So I must include this column. What Comes Next For Hedo Turkoglu? Empty the Bench
KG has surgery. Before the procedure he was growling at the nurses and doctors, but no word yet if it was because of the meds or if he was just trying to get [...]

From Hoopsworld:
While many have already traded Thomas in whatever deal strikes their fancy – to Phoenix in a package for Amar’e Stoudemire is a popular one – the Bulls are committed to Thomas being part of their future. The word on the street is the Bulls will open contract extension talks with Thomas’ agent this summer – he is eligible for an extension that would kick in for the 2010-11 season this summer – to keep him in Chicago. That’s where Thomas wants to be and that’s where the Bulls want him to be.
I would be all for that — [...]

Killer new vid from Adidas and the cats from Free Darko.

The postseason sorrows have washed away and we are back to regular posting. We start with some great hoops stories from around the blogosphere. It’s a little something we like to call…

Seperated at Birth, NBA Playoff Edition Vol. 2.1! FanSided
Dear Basketball Studs: The Trick Shots Are Getting Kinda Old Pacman Jonesin
Shaq to School: Can He Learn the Triple Lindy? Hugging Harold Reynolds
Stern and His Boys: Caption Contest! InGameNow
NBA Rookie Commercials (Videos) NESW Sports
Jimmy Kimmel One-on-One Hoops With Eminem (Video) Zoner Sports
Elite 8 NBA Fantastic Feuds Blaze of Love
Top 10 Undrafted NBA Free Agents The Hoop Doctors
In the Room With the [...]

I loved Orlando Woolridge. He could throw down some major jams. And for the pregame intros, Tommy Edwards used to say “Number Ohhhhhhhhhhhh…rrrrlando Woolridge!” It was outta sight, man. He might be the only player besides Pax that I like from Notre Dame. Maybe Zorich. And Rocket Ismail. Ok, there’s a few. Notre Dame still sucks. Audio is a little low so turn it up a bit!

h/t: Fuzzy Memories An awesome online museum of classic Chicago TV!

Now that the playoff series is over and the Celtics fans are done hollering at me, it’s time to look ahead. Over at the Tribune Steve Rosenbloom had some interesting thoughts about BG and the Bulls:
“By my count, Gordon has passed up more $50 million contracts than shots, open or otherwise.
But if the Bulls pay Gordon starter money, then they have to start him. If the Bulls can’t find a sucker for Deng, they’d have to trade Kirk Hinrich because the Bulls don’t want to go near the luxury tax, and that would hurt. Hinrich is one of the few [...]

From NBA.com:
Game 7 of the Bulls-Celtics series has supplanted Game 6 as the most-watched first-round NBA playoff game ever on cable.
TNT says Boston’s 109-99 win Saturday to end the exhilarating series was seen by 6.99 million people. That was the most viewers for a first-round game on broadcast or cable since the 2004 Lakers-Rockets Game 4 on ABC.
The Bulls’ 128-127 triple-overtime victory in Game 6 on Thursday was seen by 5.35 million people.
Even that seems low to me. There’s over 10 million people in the Chicago metro area alone. But the series was definitely worthy of that title, if not [...]

Here’s a question for all you Bulls fans. At any time during these crazy playoff games, did you ever say to yourself or someone else, “Boy I sure wish we had Luol Deng out there.”?

Didn’t think so.