Fist Pounds And Chest Bumps Are The New Mandatory Greeting In The NBA, Booyah!
No Guts, No Glory —
Hey, did you know that NBA training camps opened yesterday? Yeah, it snuck up on us as well. The NBA season is right around the corner and the directives from the league offices are coming daily.
Just this week there has been reports of the NBA's new twitter guidelines ...
Please Wipe Down The Rim After Dunking [Nba]
Deadspin —
... According to the Boston Herald, the NBA has issued "an anti-handshake" directive, asking players to fist or chest bump each other to combat ...
Fearing H1N1 flu, NBA passes anti-handshake directive
Ball Don't Lie —
At first, I thought this was straight out of The Onion. I thought The Boston Herald, RealGM or — heaven forbid — Deadspin were pulling my freakishly skinny leg and trying to get back at me for that one time I posted about the Clippers signing God to a one-day contract. But no, it's real. With the NBA fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could create on the league, the league office has passed down an anti-handshake directive. "Players and coaches have been asked to greet each other via more sanitary means of contact, like fist pounding, or maybe chest bumps. One ...
Fearing H1N1 flu, NBA passes anti-handshake directive (update)
Ball Don't Lie —
UPDATE: I knew something was fishy about this. In an email today, Tim Frank, NBA Vice President of Basketball Communications, said, "[The Boston Herald's] story is not true." Players are free to high five all they want. Up top, AK! ***** At first, I thought this was straight out of The Onion. I thought The Boston Herald, RealGM or — heaven forbid — Deadspin were pulling my freakishly skinny leg and trying to get back at me for that one time I posted about the Clippers signing God to a one-day contract. But no, it's real. With the NBA fearful of the damage an H1N1 ...
Opening Up to Say "Naah"
El Blog Ilusorio de Rudy —
My healthiness is of utmost concerns to both my mates and the NBA officialdom. You see, our fresh point guard, Andre Miller, sidled up to me during practice yesterday. Pointing to Ime Udoka, Brandon Roy, Nic Batum, and Martell Webster, he asked, “Look at them, Rudy. When are you going to get any ticks?” This raised my concerns over Lyme disease. Are my mates carriers of this dread disease? Is it a matter of time and contagion before I also get the ticks? Further, according to this news report is commencing a crackdown on handshaking. It could lead to a pandemic! The most sanitary greetings amongst players are ...
The Mavs' Swine Flu Fist-Bump (False) Epidemic
DallasBasketball.com —
[image] I’ve long been justified in my personal policy against asking questions in at-large press conferences. (Why should I let my competitive colleagues harvest the fruit of my bountiful queries?) But now, after an awkward exchange today with Mavs coach Rick Carlisle, I have three more reasons I don’t like asking at-large questions: One, because I had to ask Carlisle about my "inside knowledge'' of the NBA’s new anti-handshake policy regarding Swine Flu. Two, because after I asked it, the coach looked at me like I’d contracted the Idiot Flu. And three … well, I’ll get to that in a minute. “So, have you heard about the NBA’s mandate against handshakes?’’ I asked Carlisle after the ...
NBA Anti Handshaking?
Angry Trey's Blog —
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Lakers Blog —
The NBA's swine flu preventative measure, first reported by the Boston Herald : A kibosh on all pre-game hand shakes. The approach felt kinda screwy to us- and as BDL's Kelly Dwyer reports, the league would concur - but I think you'll still get a laugh from us goofing on it. Our impressions of Media Day, widely reported to be a "circus." In both our minds (particularly mine), these reports were... well... exaggerated. Honestly, I not only didn't find the scene chaotic, I actually thought it was more subdued than in years past. In particular, compared to the 2007-2008 Media Day, when Kobe Bryant's Radio Tour led folks to wonder if he'd show. And ...
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