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“Because he’s an All-Star!”
“Because he’s an All-Star!”
This is only tangentially Pistons-related (Zeke makes an appearance at the 7:35 mark), but after putting it on FanHouse , I had to post it here, too. Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis did a bang-up job during player introductions last year, but they didn’t even come close to this.
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PistonsNationBlog.com — ... BILL LAIMBEER from getting a head coaching gig in the NBA Rock Financial is no longer the proud presenting sponsor of your Detroit Pistons, preferring to focus on owner Dan Gilbert’s Cavs LINDSEY HUNTER is mixed up in a pretty sorry mortgage scam and it’s yet to be determined if he’s the perpetrator or victim Baseless RASHEED to Charlotte rumor DBB has a sick old-school NBA All-Star introduction vid ...

Friday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — When coaches predict, in August, who will be doing what next April, it's to be taken lightly. About this time a year ago, for instance, Portland Coach Nate McMillan told the Oregonian that Taurean Green was likely to hit a number of game-winners for the Blazers. Then McMillan kept Green stapled to the bench more or less every moment until he was traded (a couple of times, in fact) and eventually cut. However, for what it's worth, Jason Quick of The Oregonian: "Back home from the Olympics, where he was an assistant coach for Team USA, Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan on Thursday could finally reveal the two-week struggle he endured in Beijing. There ...

The 10-man rotation, starring Manu's damaged ligament
Ball Don't Lie — ... you, dear reader, to figure out. C: 48 Minutes of Hell. Manu's ankle highlights how underwhelming an off-season this has been for San Antonio. PF: NBA.com, via TPIM. Pat Riley: "I think Dwyane Wade is the greatest player in the world." SF: Waiting .... A few players for Danny Ferry to target over the next few months given all of his expiring deals. SG: Detroit Bad Boys. Video of Ultramagnetic MC's ten-minute 1989 All-Star introductions rap. ...

Best All-Star intro ever.
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog — I think this link has bounced around from The FanHouse to TrueHoop to Detroit Bad Boys and numerous others in the blogosphere. As a basketball fan, you've got to watch this. ...

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