Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes tweeted a photo of Blatche at the airport just before lunch time.
Brooklyn Nets big man Blatche arrives in Manila
Brooklyn Nets big man Andray Blatche arrived in Manila on Sunday to join the Gilas Pilipinas squad in preparation for the 2014 FIBA World Championship to be held in Spain.
Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes tweeted a photo of Blatche at the airport just before lunch time.
Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes tweeted a photo of Blatche at the airport just before lunch time.
Remember the Time Michael Jordan Left an NBA Finals Game Due to Cramps?
To all the Twitter trolls and erstwhile Internet antagonists out there who ragged on LeBron James for succumbing to severe cramps in Game 1 of the 2014 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, I offer the curious case of one Michael Jordan.
Yes, even the greatest player in the history of basketball battled dehydration on occasion.
Like when His Airness made his "triumphant" return to the Chicago Bulls in March of 1995. In his first game back, Jordan scored 19 points against the Indiana Pacers, but shot just 7-of-28 from the floor in a 103-96 overtime loss for the Bulls in Indianapolis.
Most of MJ's misfires could be chalked up to rust—he'd spent the previous season-and-a-half playing minor league baseball for the Birmingham Barons—and a lack of familiarity with his new running mates. But Jordan's own physical failings had something to do with it as well. As Sports Illustrated's Phil Taylor wrote at the time:
But on Sunday, before the first quarter had ended, the 32-year-old Jordan was bending over and tugging on his shorts, the universal symbol for fatigue, and in the overtime he developed leg cramps. Asked if he was disappointed that he didn't get a chance to dunk, Jordan replied, "I was cramping so bad I didn't really want to."
See? Even the Greatest of All Time couldn't fight through the pain of in-game leg cramps.
You might counter, though, that this was a regular-season game, one without the consequences of a championship bout like the one from which James had to withdraw. And, moreover, Jordan wasn't yet in proper "basketball shape" when he first donned his No. 45 Bulls jersey.
As it happens, Jordan did struggle with cramping at least once during his six Finals appearances. In Game 4 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz—just three nights before MJ's famed "Flu Game"—Jordan and his teammates succumbed to debilitating stomach cramps due to an error by the Bulls staff. Here's Roland Lazenby's account of the incident from his new book, Michael Jordan: The Life (h/t Pro Basketball Talk's Dan Feldman):
It would later be learned that a Bulls team assistant had mistakenly replaced the players’ Gatorade with GatorLode, a heavy drink used for building carbs. “It was like eating baked potatoes,” explained trainer Chip Schaeffer. Down the stretch, Chicago’s players complained of stomach cramps and Jordan even asked to sit for a time, something he never did at a key moment.
Jordan finished with 22 points on 11-of-27 shooting—without a single trip to the free-throw line—in Chicago's 78-73 defeat. Like LeBron, Jordan was done in by highly unusual circumstances: the wrong fluids in his case, busted air conditioning in James'.
The electrical problem behind the A/C failure at the AT&T Center has since been fixed, per Pro Basketball Talk's Kurt Helin. Now, it'll be up to James to rebound from his crunch-time absence with a strong performance in Game 2. If Jordan was able to follow up his "Cramp Game" with 38 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals while fighting through the flu—or food poisoning, according to Tim Grover, Jordan's long-time trainer—just imagine what a healthy and motivated James might do.
After all, it's not as though James was at all stifled by San Antonio's defense. In 33 minutes prior to his exit, James had piled up 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting, including a drive to the hoop past Boris Diaw immediately before asking out for good.
Source: Bleacher Report
LeBron Joins Kobe & Jordan With 4,000 Pts, 1,000 Reb, 1,000 Ast in Playoff Career
Miami Heat forward LeBron James needs just one assist to join Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and Los Angeles Lakers guardKobe Bryant as the only players in NBA history to have 4,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in the playoffs, per NBA.com/Stats.
James enters Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday with 4,278 points, 1,293 rebounds and 999 assists in his playoff career. He is already the eighth-highest scorer in NBA playoff history, while also ranking 27th in total rebounds and 11th in assists, needing only eight assists to pass Hall of Famer Dennis Johnson to move into the top 10.
Of the top 10 postseason scorers in league history, all but Hall of Famer Jerry West have played in more playoff games than James, with both the King and the Logo at 153.
James' career mark of 28 points per game in the playoffs is the fifth-highest in league history, trailing only Jordan (33.4), Allen Iverson(29.7), West (29.1) and Kevin Durant (28.9).
All of the prolific numbers have clearly paid off, as the Heat have made the NBA Finals in all four seasons with James on the team, and are looking for their third consecutive title.
Babae, inaming buntis sa kanyang boyfriend
GF: Uy buntis ako paano na yan?!
BF: (Hindi umiimik)
GF: Uy, ano gagawin naten?
BF: (Hindi pa rin umiimik)
GF: Wala kang kwentang lalake!!! Wala!!
BF: Alam mo, kaysa mag daldal ka kan, mag isip ka na lang ng pangalan ng magiging Baby naten!
NGO: No drug test, no PH entry for One Direction
Zayne Malik is shown here smoking a suspicious rolled-up cigarette inside an SUV while in Peru last month. SCREENGRAB from www.dailymail.co.uk
MANILA, Philippines—Before they could be allowed to perform in the Philippines next year, British boy band One Direction members should undergo a drug test first, an anti-drugs group appealed on Monday.
And while the five-member band performs onstage in March 2015, organizers must allow anti-narcotic agents to monitor them to ensure they’re free from the influence of drugs.
These were the conditions asked by anti-drugs advocate Laban ng Pamilyang Pilipino group to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) after a leaked video of One Direction members Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson smoking alleged marijuana circulated online.
“If they want the concert to push through, the members should take a drug test as soon as they arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before us and the media,” Jonathan Morales, the group’s spokesperson said in a statement.
Seeking for “consideration and respect” from the band members, the group maintained that One Direction should strictly abide by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, which deems marijuana as an illegal substance.
Morales, a former PDEA agent, also warned the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on approving the visa of “drug addict performing artists” whom his group tagged as “undesirable aliens.”
“Kung sa mga maliliit na mga turista ay sobra ang higpit natin, baka naman sa mga ganitong mga (suspected drug) addict na pinagkakakitaan ang ating mga kababayan ay maging maluwag tayo,” he said.
(When we could be strict on common tourists, we could not just go easy on these (suspected drug) addicts who would go here just to make money.)
In a phone interview with INQUIRER.net, Morales added that his group will formalize their request to the PDEA office on Tuesday.
“This is to show them that we are serious in this appeal,” he said.
The video, obtained by the United Kingdom-based Daily Mail, appears to have been filmed by 22-year-old Tomlinson in the back of a car in Peru during the South American leg of the boy band’s world tour.
Tomlinson says in the video: “So here we are, leaving Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!”
At one point he asks his bandmate, “What do you think Zayn about that kind of content?” The 21-year-old Malik responds: “Very controversial.”
A motorcycle police officer drives past and Tomlinson says: “He’s having a look. He’s thinking ‘I’m sure I can smell an illegal substance in there’. And he’s hit the nail on the head.”
One Direction’s Manila concert has been extended for two days due to the large volume of expected audiences.
Source: http://entertainment.inquirer.net/143770/ngo-no-drug-test-no-ph-entry-for-one-direction
LeBron: Heat ready for challenge
MIAMI -- LeBron James heard Tim Duncan's comments when the NBA Finals rematch was finally set and fully understood them, even though he wasn't bothered by them.
After the San Antonio Spurs clinched a meeting with the Miami Heat, Duncan made a strong statement when he said: "We're excited about it. We've got four more to win. We'll do it this time."
James said he wasn't bothered by the comments and called the entire Spurs organization "professional," but he certainly understood the message being sent.
"They don't like us, they don't. I can sense it from Timmy's comments over the last couple of days," James said after the Heat held an extended practice on Monday. "They wanted this, they wanted us and we'll be ready for the challenge."
After blowing a five-point lead in the final minute of Game 6 last season when the Larry O'Brien Trophy had been wheeled to the edge of the court and yellow tape prepared for the postgame celebration, the Spurs have lived with the disappointment for a year. Which is why Duncan added: "We're happy it's the Heat again. We've got that bad taste in our mouths still."
"[Duncan's comments] don't bother me. Once you get on the floor, you've got to play. We're confident. We're not shying away from them. We want them, too," James said. "I don't think it's personal. Like they said, we left a sour taste in their mouth."
Unlike in the last round when the Heat ended up in a frustrating back-and-forth with the Indiana Pacers, particularly Lance Stephenson, there was no edge in James' tone. After getting back to the Finals in 2012 after a bitter loss the previous year, James can relate to the Spurs and is taking a very level-headed approach into the series.
"They've been preparing for this moment, we have as well," James said. "No one is entitled. This is no one's championship. It isn't ours, it isn't theirs, it's two teams fighting for it."
A biker saw one girl about to jump off a bridge
(A biker saw one girl about to jump off a bridge… so he stopped..)
Biker: what are you doing?
Girl: committing suicide!
Biker: well.. before you die i wish to i kiss you..
Girl : ok..
(after kissing..)
Biker: Wow! that was da best kiss in my life… but why are you committing suicide?
Girl: because my parents don’t like me dressing like a girl!
(BIKER JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE!)
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