Chris Bosh: Beijing Correspondent, Part IX

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toronto raptors linkage – aug 28
Published 8/28/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
Shot the day before Team USA left for China, this latest must-see video from Chris Bosh is a quick, candid and entertaining look at what it’s like to sit down for some Wendy’s with Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and LeBron James. Honestly, when was the last time you rolled into a San Francisco gas station and stumbled upon five of the best hoopsters on the planet? Such scenarios just do not happen all that often. - Fanhouse There are some things that none of us can know till we see it come together on a basketball court. Even Sam Mitchell can only put together a plan ...

Notes 'n Notes, Thu Aug 28
Published 8/28/2008 by Ziller at Sactown Royalty
Donté Greene visits an after-school program in Baltimore. Video here. Rod Benson discusses the day he was cut from the Kings summer league team by Eric Musselman. Eric Musselman discusses the concept of "coachability." Chris Bosh, who was discussed here yesterday, had fun in Northern California a few weeks ago. Crossed fingers for our friends in N.O. It's disturbing how little has apparently been done. kangsfans alerts us to a really solid preview from RealGM.

Thursday Bullets
Published 8/28/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... that the Communist Party had planned. I tried to talk to her, but she spoke no English; besides, what young person wants to be asked if he or she feels free? What kind of question is that? I thought of the sign I had seen on the first full day of the Games, in the Forbidden City, as I headed back from the cycling. 'Hall of Earthly Tranquillity,' it read, and then, at the bottom, in smaller letters, 'Made Possible by the American Express Company.' One world. One dream." Team USA eating in a gas station.

The Beasley Postulate, Extended
Published 8/28/2008 by Bethlehem Shoals (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
... ? Therefore, it with great importance that I command you to watch this video Chris Bosh made for FanHouse , of him and the gang eating fast food: A few weeks back, I posted ...

The Fundamentals
Published 8/29/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... the San Antonio Spurs and Rockets. When Ward, 37, was an assistant coach for the Rockets in 2007, he met Westbury Christian executive administrator Greg Glenn. The two kept in touch and that fall, Ward began his stint as an assistant basketball and football coach. He was named the football coach in January. When he was playing, Ward said he didn’t know if coaching would be in his future. “I didn’t plan that far ahead,” he said. “I wasn’t sure what I was going to do.”” NBA FanHouse:  A ‘Redeem Team’ pit stop Free Darko:  “But ...

Guest Lecture: The best sermons are lived
Published 9/5/2008 by Brown Recluse, Esq. (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
... reassess them. The comic store clerk’s account is so enthralling precisely because it is both unexpected and refreshing. The greatest flaw of Kobe’s personality, and many superstar athletes for that matter, is the constant aroma of fakery. The transparent press releases, the phony smile-filled interviews, the camera posturing with his adorable daughters—it all comes off as a giant façade. Nobody has a clue which of those characters, if any, is the real Kobe. Which is why, like that candid video of some Team USA players eating at Wendy’s, the notion of Kobe arguing the merits ...