http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/index239.htmlCheck out NBAblog.hoopsvibe.com every day for a breakdown of the biggest NBA news and rumors.en-enhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/images/hoopsvibe_sml_logo.gifhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/NBA BAsketball, NCAA and Streetball. News, interviews, videos, wallpapers, reviews and morehttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/nba-draft-2008-live-blog-ar48549.html 2008-06-26T21:06This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. Welcome to Hoopsvibe s NBA Draft 2008 live blog. Your comments are welcomed and encouraged below. Let s get started. 7 36 ET For some reason we re waiting for the Bulls to make a selection even though it s been announced that Derrick Rose will be their pick. This will be a long night. 7 38 The Bulls take Rose as expected. Hugs all around. It must be weird hearing the ESPN guys commentate your every move in real time. ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-26T16:37 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/draft-outlook-kevin-love-ar48525.html 2008-06-24T19:34This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. By now you rsquo ve heard enough about Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley to make you feel like you rsquo ve been watching them for a long time. If you rsquo ve missed out check here for John Nguyen rsquo s piece on who should go one and who should go two. We rsquo ll be shining some light on some of the draft rsquo s other notable names in the next couple of days. Kevin Love 6 9 quot 255 PF C UCLA 07-08 Stats 17.5 ppg ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-24T19:35 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/draft-outlook-jerryd-bayless-ar48524.html 2008-06-24T19:21This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. By now you rsquo ve heard enough about Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley to make you feel like you rsquo ve been watching them for a long time. If you rsquo ve missed out check here for John Nguyen rsquo s piece on who should go one and who should go two. We rsquo ll be shining some light on some of the draft rsquo s other notable names in the next couple of days. Jerryd Bayless 6 2 quot 204 PG Arizona 07-08 Stats 19.7 ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-24T19:21 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/draft-outlook-o-j--mayo-ar48523.html 2008-06-24T19:21This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. By now you ve heard enough about Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley to make you feel like you ve been watching them for a long time. If you ve missed out check here for John Nguyen s piece on who should go one and who should go two. We ll be shining some light on some of the draft s other notable names in the next couple of days. O.J. Mayo 6 4 quot 200 PG SG Southern California 07-08 Stats 20.7 ppg 4.5 rpg 3.3 apg 3.5 TO ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-24T18:58 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/tell-me-how-my-ss-tastes-ar48522.html 2008-06-23T22:09This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. Shaq s rap career has brought us gems such as quot I Know I Got Skillz quot quot I m Outstanding quot quot Shoot Pass Slam quot quot Biological Didn t Bother quot and quot Can t Stop the Reign. quot But Shaq has outdone himself with his latest bit of rapping a freestyle that implores his former teammate quot Kobe tell me how my ass tastes. quot Shaq issued the following statement regarding his actions ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-23T22:10 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/the-draft-decision-ar48514.html 2008-06-23T14:47This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. Consider for a moment the situation of draft entry Bill Walker. Walker is probably best known for being a sidekick to O.J. Mayo in high school and Michael Beasley in college. An NBA draft site describes him as an explosive player that relies too much on his athleticism and could stand to work on his handle and jumper. He is a borderline first round pick which in the eyes of many means he should have returned to Kansas State ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-23T11:32 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/us-olympic-team-announced-ar48513.html 2008-06-23T09:11This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. Though most of the team s members were leaked through the media last week the official Olympic team was announced today by Jerry Colangelo. The players are in alphabetical order Carmelo Anthony Carlos Boozer Chris Bosh Kobe Bryant Dwight Howard LeBron James Jason Kidd Chris Paul Tayshaun Prince Michael Redd Dwyane Wade Deron WIlliams The first thing that stands out is the team s lack of size. While Boozer and Howard are ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-23T09:17 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/gamblin-chuck-ar48510.html 2008-06-20T13:23This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. Barkley claimed he was done gambling at least for a couple of years. Well he s at it again. In all fairness it is just poker. And it s for charity. And the 5000 buy in is paid up front so hopefully he won t have to worry about forgetting to pay off any losses that he might incur. Jason Kidd has even vouched for Barkley. quot We were at a casino and Barkley said he was on the wagon. He s strong. He didn t gamble. I ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-20T13:22 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/not-the-champion-ar48494.html 2008-06-17T23:14This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. It s easy to forget that whenever a champion is crowned that there is a loser that retreats from the celebration dejected and feeling that an entire season of blood sweat and tears was for nothing. So as the Celtics remained on the court triumphant and jubilant the Lakers made their way back to the locker room where there would be no champagne no happiness and no escaping the feeling that accompanies a 40-point shellacking ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-17T23:14 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/top-finals-performances-ar48491.html 2008-06-17T12:20This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. We are a sports society that likes to use comparisons. Whenever a player comes into the league you often hear that quot he plays like insert player s name here except for so and so. quot We also like to rank things. You ll hear an argument about who s the best player in the NBA or who s the greatest player of all time and so on. So it should come as no surprise that someone has taken the time to rank the top 50 ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-17T12:21 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/steal-or-foul-ar48490.html 2008-06-16T18:44This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. All this talk of referees possibly fixing games and the league allegedly giving them orders to lengthen playoff series has all of the conspiracy theorists crying foul. As in there should have been one on Kobe Bryant when he poked the ball away from Paul Pierce late in the fourth quarter of Game 5. That along with all of the fouls that went against the Celtics and their gimpy team yes we re still questioning injuries ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-16T18:46 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/why-you-should-care-about-marko-jaric-ar48473.html 2008-06-14T01:42This is a special feature from guest blogger Christopher Sells. You probably don t care about Marko Jaric. He has played for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles clippers mostly on teams that didn t matter. His numbers aren t impressive and the casual fan doesn t have any idea who he is. So why does he deserve your attention today He s engaged to Adriana Lima. And honestly there s always time to get you to look at pretty ladies. I won t say she s a ten but she gets extra ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-14T01:41 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/final-call-beasley-or-rose-ar48471.html 2008-06-13T13:16This is a special feature from guest blogger John Nguyen. Since June 26 2008 can rsquo t come soon enough it rsquo s time to decide who the best fit is for the Bullies. When the basketball Gods granted us the number one pick the majority of Chicago and hardcore basketball fans smelled 8220 Roses. 8221 As we rsquo re getting closer to the draft day by day people are beginning to hop on the Beasley wagon. I can rsquo t blame anyone because both kids look great although I preferred Rose in ...Hoopsvibe.com - John Nguyen2008-06-13T13:17 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/a-king-s-perspective-ar48469.html 2008-06-12T10:08This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. In the wake of Tim Donaghy s accusations that the NBA conspires with its referees to manipulate the outcomes of games much has been said about how the Kings organization and the city of Sacramento should feel. In case you ve been living under a rock and haven t heard Donaghy has said that the Kings were cheated- gt http sports.yahoo.com nba news _ylt=Agbg2Z1EF5Vd64oY3ko4poC8vLYF slug=aw-sternref061108 amp prov=yhoo amp type=lgnsHoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-12T10:10 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/refs-fix-games--allegedly--ar48457.html 2008-06-10T22:15This is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher Sells. I went to YouTube to search for some highlights from 2002 s Western Conference Finals Game Six between the Kings and the Lakers. Game Seven is there even Games Three Four and Five. No Game Six. Ordinarily I wouldn t think much of this. It would be strange since you can find almost anything on YouTube these days but it wouldn t make me think that there was some sort of cover up in the works. Considering that Tim Donaghy is ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2008-06-10T22:17 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com