Stephen Colbert Interviews Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni, Hilarity Ensues

For the past couple of years, it's been rather hard for the New York Knicks from the Isiah Thomas fiasco to the constant losing.

Well, Stephen Colbert decided to get to the heart of the issues with the Knicks by interviewing head coach, Mike D'Antoni for his "Stevie's Knicks Hoop De Doo".

There is also a pretty funny shot taken at one, Eddy Curry.

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The Golden Pipes of Pau Gasol Helps UNICEF

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured Pau Gasol as a very busy individual as he made an appearance at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.

Well, Pau was off to record a song for the benefit of UNICEF to help build schools in Africa.

We get more from Elie Seckbach of AOL Fanhouse:

Two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers is working hard this offseason building schools in remote areas of Ethiopia, where only 20% of the kids attend school. To help raise awareness for the cause, Pau has exposed his hidden talent, his singing ability

Here is the amazing video of Pau flexing the golden pipes:



I guess Pau learned from his "Sing Star" commercial:



(Courtesy of AOL Fanhouse)

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Paging Dr. Gasol....Dr Gasol.....Dr. Gasol

Remember that episode of the Twilight Zone where the female adult entertainer is admitted to a hosptial and has a constant dream of going to the morgue with a nurse saying, "Room For One More, Honey?"

Well, recently I started having this dream about being on an operating table while this huge man watches over me. Then, I found this story about Pau Gasol observing a spinal procedure at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles and then everything started to make sense.

We get more from the Business Wire:

After clinching the world title in game seven, Los Angeles Laker Pau Gasol is setting his sights on another victory: raising awareness and support for pediatric research and medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

On June 24, Gasol donned scrubs—which were special-ordered for his seven-foot frame—and observed a highly complex spinal procedure at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles where Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Skaggs, MD, corrected a 13-year-old patient’s scoliosis.

Well, that's good for Mr. Gasol to be raising support for these causes and living out a childhood dream along with it.

I do feel bad for the kid though, if he woke up during the operation to this scene:


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Ron Artest Wants To Handle Chelsea Handler

If you haven't guessed by now, we like the random and eccentric antics of Lakers forward Ron Artest.

Recently, he was on "Chelsea Lately" hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler and he was being typical Ron Artest, making introspective comments and little sense.

Then the conversation took a more interesting turn when Handler asked about the picture of her on Ron's pants.



Nice Ron Artest, Very Nice!

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Carmelo's and La La's Wedding Will Be VH1 Special'd

In the National Basketball Association, there are many power couples and one of them is the Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony and his paramour, La La Vasquez.

It's been known that they have been engaged for awhile and they will be finally tying the knot on July 10th.

Of course, VH1 decided to make profit out of it by offering a five-part miniseries about the days before it following the bride-to-be.

We get more from The Denver Post:

If your invitation to the Melo-La La nuptials happened to get lost in the mail, don't you worry. VH1 has signed La La Vazquez to a five-part series that will document the festivities and planning surrounding her wedding with Nuggets all-star Carmelo Anthony on July 10 in New York.

According to VH1, the series will feature La La and Mindy Weiss, the "wedding planner to the stars," as the two plan the wedding activities. Cameras will follow La La as she shops for a designer wedding dress and cake, while also featuring the wedding venue and honeymoon planning. And, of course, what's wedding planning without a bachelorette party? The cameras will follow La La to Las Vegas for the debauchery.

The series premieres Sept. 19, and the one-hour finale will feature the wedding ceremony — and the star-studded invitees.

For once, I might be excited to watch a wedding where I don't have to bring a over-priced gift or sleep with one of the ugly bridesmaids.

Somewhere Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are saying, "We Did It Already".

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Let's Play The Lakers Wives Feud, Vanessa Bryant and Khloe Kardashian

Normally when you talk about feuding and the Los Angeles Lakers, it takes us back to the infamous Shaq/Kobe feud of 2004.

Well, we have a new feud and this one trumps it since it is not being fought on the court but off it. Allegedly, Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa is not on good terms with Lamar Odom's wife, Khloe Kardashian.

We get more from In Touch Weekly:

Khloé Kardashian is feeling unloved — not because of her husband, Lamar Odom, but because of one of his Lakers teammates’ wives. According to an insider, Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, “hates” Khloé and her entire family, whom she sees as attention-grabbing fame-seekers. And instead of hiding her feelings, Vanessa refuses to have anything to do with the 26-year-old.

“She won’t sit anywhere near Khloé at Lakers games,” the insider reveals, adding that because of Vanessa’s dislike of her, Khloé has been shut out of the tight-knit circle the other Lakers’ wives have formed.

“At a dinner for the wives, Vanessa didn’t want to invite Khloé,” the insider shares. “She said Khloé is a ‘fake wife,’ and she didn’t want fake wives there.” The feeling is mutual. The insider says Khloé and Vanessa have “gotten into fights” in the past

Can't we all just get along ladies? If your husband's can do it on the court, I'm pretty sure you ladies can do it off it.

Or at least you can fake it on camera for the new season of "Kourtney and Khloe".

(Courtesy of In Touch Weekly)

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Brian Scalabrine Raps, Seriously!

Among many of the talents of Boston Celtics reserve Brian Scalabrine, I didn't think that he could he rap. I was completely wrong on that assumption.

Recently, he was doing his normal guest appearance of Boston's 98.5, "The Toucher and Rick Show" and showed off some of his rapping skills in a game called, "Who is Scal Covering?"

Now marvel in the greatness that is "Scal-nilla Ice":



(Courtesy of With Leather and 98.5 Sports Hub)

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Kobe Bryant is "The Kloser", Vitamin Water Ad

After winning his fifth NBA championship, Kobe Bryant is pretty much known as the premier closer in basketball.

Well, the peeps over at Vitamin Water have acknowledged Kobe's closing abilities with these two viral videos called, "The Kloser".

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The Los Angeles Clippers Draft...Steve Urkel?!?

During last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy was discussing the 2010 NBA Draft and the draft woes of the Los Angeles Clippers.

So obviously, this year would be different, right?



Seriously, was Eddie Winslow off the board?

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Ohio's John Kasich Might Want To Rethink His Stance on Lebron James

You would think something like politics would be a "Lebron James Free Zone" but you would be wrong.

Ohio Republican Gubernatorial candidate John Kasich was recently on The Alan Colmes Show when Colmes asked him about his opponent (Democrat Ted Strickland) singing to keep Lebron James in that infamous video, "Please Stay Lebron":

Your opponent has joined the chorus to keep James in Cleveland. I just wonder if you’re gonna join that

Then Kasich responded rather poorly:



Yeah, that's probably not going to get him alot of votes in Ohio. The Ohio Democrats obviously heard about it and created this site called, "Ohioans Against Lebron" with a rather interesting photoshopped picture of John Kasich as a banner.


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That NBA Lottery Pick Presents The 21st Century Media Alliance: 2010 NBA Draft Live Blog

Hey everybody, the Unknown wrapping up the day here at That NBA Lottery Pick and we will be simulcasting this 2010 NBA Draft Live-Blog from our friends over at the 21st Century Media Alliance and Fantasy Draft Help.com.

The live blog will start at 7:00pm est, so feel free to join us.

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The Strange Ty Lawson/Kim Kardashian Twitter Saga

The one thing that I learned about when NBA players use Twitter is that they pretty much choose to say anything they want.

The below Tweet was supposedly sent by Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson in regards to his wanting to bed Kim Kardashian after two males flames of the Kardashians sisters (Reggie Bush and Lamar Odom) have won championships in their respective sports.


Normally this would be the end of the story and we would make some comic remark towards to Ty Lawson and Kim Kardashian. However, we ended up finding out that Ty Lawson wasn't those Tweets, we'll let him explain in this tweet:


So, some random person found Ty Lawson's and decide to fool around with his Twitter account? It sounds a little fishy but we'll give Lawson the benefit of the doubt here.

What NBA players should learn from this is that Twitterverse is a crazy place and always remember to sign-out of your account when on your phone.

(Photos Courtesy of The Huffington Post and No Guts, No Glory)

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Ron Artest And His Psychiatrist, Helen Mirren?!?

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured Ron Artest's guest appearance on George Lopez Tonight.

One of the other highlights not mentioned in that post was this cold open with actress Helen Mirren pretending to be his psychiatrist before game seven of the NBA Finals.

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Ron Artest on George Lopez Tonight

On last night's edition of George Lopez Tonight, Lakers forward Ron Artest dropped by as a guest to talk about his recent championship victory.

He also performed his new song, "Champions", to a somewhat raucous crowd to see a famous basketball player drop lyrics like, "So I'm Michael Phelps, So many title belts".

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Famous Boston Celebrities Take Out Celtics Tribute Ad

Although the Celtics were unable to win the 2010 NBA Finals, they still should be commended for the job they did during the 2010 NBA playoffs.

Famous Bostonians decided to celebrate their 2010 Celtics by taking a full-page newspaper advertisement in the Boston Globe.

A group of the Celtics' most famous fans, ranging from actors and comedians to other Boston-area pro athletes, has honored the team with a full-page advertisement in the Globe this morning.

"You are our 2010 World Champions" reads the ad, which was signed by television personality Maria Menounos, comedian Dane Cook, actor Eliza Dushku and musician/actor Donnie Wahlberg. Patriots Wes Welker and Vince Wilfork and Wilfork's wife, Bianca, also signed the ad, as did several others from the entertainment industry: -- Chris Evans, Michael and Michelle Chiklis, Chris Ivery, Ellen Pompeo, Keven Undergaro and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.

Man, you know that this a legit dedication advertisement when you have McLovin sign it.

(Courtesy of Boston.com)

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LA Weatherman Celebrates Lakers Win By Busting-A-Move

After the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2010 NBA championship, I'm pretty sure that alot of Lakers fans were excited.

Los Angeles Fox 11's weatherguy, Mark Thompson, decided to celebrate by dancing a little jig before his weather forecast after the Lakers win.



(Courtesy of SI.com Hot Clicks)

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Ron Artest New Music Video For "Champions"

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured a post regarding Ron Artest's post-game celebrations.

During the celebration, he mentioned his new rap single called, "Champions" was coming out soon.

Well, here is the official music video for said song.



(Courtesy of Dime Magazine)

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2010 NBA Finals Game 7 LOLCATZ

It's been a couple days since the 2010 NBA Finals wrapped up and most NBA-related websites do some bombastic piece about how awesome they were.

We here at That NBA Lottery Pick do LOLCATZ, Enjoy!



































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Hey Kids, "Time To Visit, Kobe's Ass-Erosa"

On a previous edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy talked about a Tweet from former Laker Shaquille O'Neal about Kobe Bryant winning the NBA title.

Shaq also made a reference to a previous rap diss he laid down on Kobe back in 2008 when he asked Kobe to "Tell Me How My Ass Tastes".

Then, Jimmy decided to inform us about a new restuarant opened in Kobe's honor.

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History of the Lakers-Celtics Rivalry From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

On a previous episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Time, Jimmy decided to give us a little history lesson on the Boston Celtics/Los Angeles Lakers rivalry.

Who did he get to narrate it? One, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!

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Brian Scalabrine & Adam Morrison 2010 NBA Finals Highlights

Although the 2010 NBA Finals are over, that still doesn't mean we can't sit back and reminisce about the good times we had while watching it.

For the players who actually got to watch from the sidelines, Jimmy Kimmel had a little fun at their expense.

Lakers reserve Adam Morrison and Celtics reserve Brian Scalabrine got their own tribute packages for the 2010 NBA Finals.

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Pau Gasol on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

While some of his teammates were doing Jimmy Kimmel Live, Pau Gasol was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Pau and Jay dished about the Celtics-Lakers rivalry, Pau's dream of becoming a doctor, and the possibility of a Lakers Three-Peat.

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The 2010 World Champion Lakers on Jimmy Kimmel Live

On last Friday's edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy welcomed some members of the 2010 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers to the show.

So, Derek Fisher/Shannon Brown/DJ Mbenga/Josh Powell/Sasha Vujacic/Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant dished with Jimmy about Adam Morrison, Sasha Vujacic free throw line habits and Pau Gasol's deportation to the Tonight Show.

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Jack Nicholson Plays Matador Defense

During last night's Lakers/Celtics game 7 affair, actor Jack Nicholson was chilling in his usual courtside seat when Celtics Kevin Garnett came diving his way.

Since he's Jack, he decided to let someone else take the charge.



(Courtesy of You Been Blinded)

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The Definitive Compilation of Ron Artest Celebration/Post Game Interviews

With the Los Angeles Lakers victory in the 2010 NBA Finals, Lakers Ron Artest claimed his first championship.

For you Ron Artest fans, here is a definitive compliation of all post game interviews that he did.









(Courtesy of the LA Times and You Been Blinded)

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Another Ron Artest Tweet Read By A Seven-Year Old Girl (Part 4)

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured a seven-year old girl named Cordelia who Jimmy Kimmel Game Night hired to read tweets by Lakers forward Ron Artest.

Well, she's at it again but most likely for the last time.

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What If The NBA Finals Were Like the World Cup?

With the NBA Finals in the book, the only major sporting event that we have left to watch is the 2010 World Cup.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel thought about one of the immortal questions that comes to mind, "What if the NBA Finals Were Like the World Cup?"



Personally, Andy Murray's Street Magic is more interesting.

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Steve Nash's First-Class Trip To The World Cup

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we informed you that CBSSports.com had recently named former NBA MVP Steve Nash as it's 2010 World Cup Correspondent.

Well, the fine folks at CBS made sure that Nash had first class accommodations as he made the trip to Johannesburg.



(Courtesy of Slam Magazine)

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2010 NBA Finals Game 6 LOLCATZ

Usually, most NBA blogs when discussing a game of the NBA Finals like to bring in experts or show off their basketball know-how.

We don't do that here at That NBA Lottery Pick, instead we do LOLCATZ, Enjoy!


























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Dr. Phil Analyzes Lebron James and Cleveland

To be honest, we have heard from almost everybody who has an opinion on where Lebron James might end up playing next season.

So, we might well finally ask an expert in regards to whether or not, Lebron will stay in Cleveland on an emotional level.

Did I mention that expert is Dr Phil? Yep, that Dr Phil.

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Ricardo The Busboy Vs. Carmelo Anthony in Pop-A-Shot For A Ford Mustang

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured a legend among men in the arcade game of Pop-A-Shot by the name of Ricardo the Busboy.

Well, Jimmy Kimmel decided to up the ante as he took on Carmelo Anthony for a shot to win a Ford Mustang.

So was it free ride for Ricardo? You'll have to watch the video to find out.

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Steve Nash, Sports-Bra Rockin' Dreamer

Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we have a video of Steve Nash trying to paddle his way to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Well, we also found out through this entertaining clip from Visa that Nash dreams about the game as well.



Brandi Chastain would be so proud.

(Courtesy of You Been Blinded)

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2010 NBA Finals Game 5 LOLCATZ

Usually, most NBA blogs when discussing a game of the NBA Finals like to bring in experts or show off their basketball know-how.

We don't do that here at That NBA Lottery Pick, instead we do LOLCATZ, Enjoy!

























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