Sadly, this is NOT our next cover
But go ‘head and download it as if it were….
By Ben Osborne
Next issue will be on stands next week and covered here on the site by Lang Tuesday. In the meantime, imagine that someone in the SLAM family (besides occasional contributor Branden Peters) had enough faith in G State to give the Warriors some front-page love. Hopefully this effort (thanks to art director Melissa Brennan for creating her third SLAM cover of the month) helps makes amends for our gross miscalculations.
If you want to download this “cover” to use as a desktop image or whatever, simply click here.
And Warrior fans, enjoy the spotlight; y’all deserve it. And, given how plodding and shaky both the Jazz and Rockets are, don’t be surprised to see Warrior Mania last into the WC Finals.
77 Responses to “Sadly, this is NOT our next cover”
May.4 at 2:58 pm
Max Airington says:
That is great. Although and angry Cuban face, or Nellie with a beer would’ve been just as good…
May.4 at 3:00 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
Just put it like this. I don’t believe in jinxes, curses or any magical bs, but the slam cover jinx is that sh**!…..
May.4 at 3:01 pm
Ryan Jones says:
That’s a dope cover. Also, I recommend everyone go back and read the posts on Branden’s column, which Ben links to. In particular, I’d like to answer the question posed by my MAIN man Bodie Barnett: “Everyone.”
May.4 at 3:03 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Oh, and congrats, BP. As someone who completely bailed on his NBA team, I commend your sticking with it and reaping the long-overdue glory.
May.4 at 3:15 pm
jbn74sb says:
Ryan - Yeah.
May.4 at 3:21 pm
mutoni says:
ah, hindsight. ridiculously dope cover design, melissa!
May.4 at 3:23 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Especially since she probably did it in like 15 minutes. Melissa is like Tim Hardaway, in that she has “skeeels,” although I don’t think she hates gay people. If you graduate from art school, I don’t think you’re allowed to.
May.4 at 3:32 pm
Edown says:
It’s not quite Mountain in the paint with the elbows extended but that is a lasting image all its own…
May.4 at 3:34 pm
Ben Osborne says:
I think it took Melissa 7 minutes, actually. Sam and I worked on the lines for longer than she needed to design it.
May.4 at 3:34 pm
The World Famous BP says:
It feels great. What away to close out the Mav’s. Houston or Utah will have a tough time with the squad. Snoop, Santana, Owen Wilson, they must all be slamonline readers they heeded the call. Showtime has officially moved up North. But I’m coining the phrase GoTime for the Warriors because if you knew or not in the Bay We Go. Western conference finals or Bust.
May.4 at 3:41 pm
Darksaber says:
Now thats gangsta. I’m sure Omar would approve.
May.4 at 3:46 pm
GCM says:
guys i couldn’t get the cover… is it me or something? thanks…
May.4 at 3:55 pm
Clockwork says:
Aren’t you guys at the SLAM Dome pissed that once again your NBA Champion predictions turned out to be completely wrong (except for the two who picked Phoenix)?
May.4 at 3:59 pm
caputo says:
I only SLAM had a crystal ball….No one would know who Sebastion Telfair is.
May.4 at 4:01 pm
caputo says:
If* …………….Also Ben, how about updating the fans on Darius Rice, IN YOUR FACE in #46, he scored 52 points to help Dakota win the D-League title?
May.4 at 4:05 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
i’m not pissed.
May.4 at 4:06 pm
Ryan Jones says:
You mean the NBA Champion predictions we made in early March, to comply with the deadline for the issue that would be on sale when the playoffs began? Not at all.
May.4 at 4:16 pm
mutoni says:
anyone who puts more than 5 minutes of thought into their sports predictions probably needs to develop a drinking habit or something.
May.4 at 4:19 pm
Ryan Jones says:
I’d say that’s a good idea regardless of circumstances, mutoni.
May.4 at 4:31 pm
dez says:
BDiddy’s beard should be interviewed
May.4 at 4:45 pm
JB21 says:
How do you set a PDF file as your background?
May.4 at 4:48 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
the nature of sports predictions is why gambling is BAD and WRONG
May.4 at 4:54 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Oh, to set as your background save it to your desktop and go through your system preferences to make it the background like you would with any photo.
May.4 at 4:55 pm
Ikemob22 says:
This is my new myspace and facebook defult picture Im gonna take alot of heat for this one! LOL
May.4 at 5:18 pm
Rynn D. says:
Tim Hardaway’s “skills” is spelled Skee-ooze. With a quick transition between the ee and the oo. He is also known for his Inside Stuff intro What’s up repeated 3 times. “Whuhsuh whuhsuh whusuh?”
May.4 at 5:22 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Why do his fists look so small? Must be the wristbands …
May.4 at 5:24 pm
Alpha-bet says:
This is really whats up…I wish this was the real cover though..I know they still going Hyphy up there in the Bay over this win here
May.4 at 5:26 pm
Mehmet says:
Don’t tell me you put Dirk on the cover this month. That’ll be the end of SLAM as we know it.
May.4 at 5:34 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Who’s Dirk?
May.4 at 5:44 pm
asfasfasdf says:
yo dude you have to put Baron Davis on the cover of the next issue. I knew gs. woulda won the series. They were just building chemistry during the season and watch out for them next year. you guys gotta put golden state on next issue or BD5.
May.4 at 5:50 pm
asfasfasdf says:
by the way how did golden state shock the world man they beat them everytime in the regular season which pretty much means they’d win the series dumbasses
May.4 at 5:54 pm
Dblizzy! says:
THAT’S WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME!
May.4 at 5:54 pm
Dblizzy! says:
Why is stephen jacksons nickname “whoo”
May.4 at 6:00 pm
Reggie Evans says:
I like that Matt Barnes frisks Stephen Jackson in the pregame intros to make light of his probation.
May.4 at 6:01 pm
Paul says:
I think it’s from the Outkast song. “I’m sorry Ms. Jackson, WHOO!, I am for real….” I think a long time ago, Lang thought it be funny if the PA announcer played the “WHOO!” part whenever Jackson scored a bucket.
May.4 at 6:09 pm
Melissa Brennan says:
Thanks for the glowing accolades boys. Now my head is even MORE inflated than usual. And for the record, it only took 4.5 minutes
May.4 at 6:11 pm
jbn74sb says:
Reggie Evans - Why do his fists look so small? Because they had to photoshop the guns he was holding out of the picture.
May.4 at 6:50 pm
Big L says:
I love it. I think they should play some Ric Flair after his makes. The Nature Boy is in the house! Wooooo!
May.4 at 6:59 pm
Pat Famous says:
Lets take another look at the series.. Mavs come into it having lost all three games this season against them Mavs have the best regular season record (67-15) and Golden State just barely got into the playoffs for the first time since 13 years… (42-40) Fact is: if Dallas hadn’t let their starters rest against Golden State (like about a week before the end of the season), they maybe could’ve won and kept them from getting a playoff spot. Being a Mavs fan 4 life, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I mean the mavs knew how this would come. What were they thinkin….come on boys..it’s Nellie yo old coaches over there..like duh Ok back to the series:
Game 1- pitiful (1-0 for GSW)
Game 2- Mavs win,but pretty close (1-1
Game 3- GSW largest home crowd ever, win for GSW (2-1)
Game 4- same scenerio (3-1)
Game 5- Dallas gets a break at the end, Dirks first, and last good game of these playoffs. (3-2)
Game 6- Back in Golden State, the largest crowd ever, arena is shakin like an earthquake; GSW control the third (35-16) and go on to win the game and series I’m just sayin’…WHY THE HECK DIDN’T THEY JUST TRY TO BEAT GOLDEN STATE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON??!! cya readers
May.4 at 7:05 pm
Reggie Evans says:
This team will inspire every 8th seed for the next 20 years. They will use it as an example at the beginning of the series when talking to the media, and then they will all get bounced out of the first round.
May.4 at 7:06 pm
snyper48 says:
welcome to the Slamonline fam Melissa
May.4 at 7:12 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
@Paul: You are correct, sir.
May.4 at 7:32 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Stephen Jackson has always been Southernplayalistic.
May.4 at 7:43 pm
Michael Jr. says:
Yeah that is true what happened to the MVP(DIRK)???? Maybe Nelson knew how to guard him, when to guard him…but hey theres always next year!!!!! PS:GO Mavs!!!
May.4 at 8:00 pm
Tariq says:
Here’s hoping they play cadillacmusic all the way to the finals!
May.4 at 8:00 pm
Tariq says:
sorry. it’s 1 a.m. and i’m still giddy
May.4 at 9:02 pm
Drolfe says:
I always thought it was because he was crazy and liable to scream ‘WHOOO!’ just at random times.
May.4 at 11:48 pm
Bonzi4Prez says:
i think it’s his nickname because i’m pretty sure he yells “woooo!” all the time when he’s playing… living in Indiana watching many pacers games i noticed this.
May.5 at 12:13 am
8-Ball says:
thats seriously not gonna be the cover? thats better than dopeman popeman at the vatican smokin some backwood wrapped up in his basement. thats dope . get em high yu know,that kwest sh*t,thats what gstate is doing and i would seriously pay a 1000 dollars if there wuz only one actual cover like that in the world for slam 109 like a limited edition or something. its as doper than the poper, if yu know what i mean.no probably not…
May.5 at 12:24 am
Yung Jo says:
This would be perfectO! who woulda thought My Fav team would’ve gotten swept and my 2nd fav team shock the world…i supported Gully State but Miami shocked me…Cant Fault Flash! Im Outy!
May.5 at 2:18 am
diababy says:
hah nice. i live in the bay and it sucks to se bandwagon-ers appear outta nowhere, it’s like kings fans converting just cause sac had a sucky season.
May.5 at 3:57 am
John says:
What about Warriors “fans” who jumped ship to the Kings in the late 90’s? I say welcome back, because this was long overdue.
May.5 at 7:13 am
K22C says:
looks like jack’s middle fingers were ready to come up
May.5 at 8:02 am
razor says:
man,u guys did it qagain u coursed mavricks cuz u all said they are gonna win it all.i didnt really believed u guys when u said about slam course in the las issue but right now i am a lil fraid.but its all good for me cuz im with the suns and ur lil course thingy wont effect the suns. peace.
May.5 at 9:50 am
BoBmAn says:
No affence but this cover aint that great you should have J-RICH slemin it down on someone man hes the best dunker i have ever seen geez give the guy some love
May.5 at 11:11 am
AHNDRIS says:
come on slam ! show some love to my man Biedrins from my country Latvia ! wE have here probably about 2 places where to buy yor mag and it would be nice to read your opinion about Warriors and Andris.
May.5 at 12:26 pm
Harlem_World says:
Anyone who isn’t happy about this situation must not love the game of basketball. Classic material. Whoo goes through 4 games to 2? Somewhere Ron Artest is passing a blunt over to JR Rider and is feeling vicariously vindicated.
May.5 at 2:54 pm
Matt says:
in actuality, there are only like 10,000 warrior fans, all those fans you now see in the arena, are all people who werent fans throughout our more than a decade long drought of the playoffs. Me and my boy Kyle have been warrior fans even when we won 12 games in a season, now all those people bought all our cheap seats!!! buncha fair weather fans, could you imagine how much people won in vegas if there are actually any fans there??? damn, wish i was that lucky bastard
May.5 at 5:58 pm
sixthman6 says:
cover material :http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/photo?slug=getty-73920295rw070_warriors_mave_5_36_08_am&prov=getty
May.5 at 10:08 pm
KB24 says:
GIVE KOBE THE NEXT COVER!!!!!
May.5 at 10:43 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Ron Artest was at the game! Think JR’s in jail, though. BP is on the hunt for him…
May.6 at 2:11 am
Zee says:
As I wrote a few weeks ago: ” Lang you’re giving Dallas way to much credit”. In the words of the great Biz Markie - “Damn it feels good to see people up on it!” Your we believe T-Shirt is on the way. Hater.
May.6 at 11:06 pm
Dean says:
cool cover
May.7 at 6:26 am
BoBmAn says:
you guys shouldve made an all star slam special edition seperate to the monthly mags with all highlights iterviews and staked with posters n stuff and the front cover LeBron James tryin 2 jump amare with a huge LAS VEGAS sign in the bakground man that wouldve been 1 sweet issue man all im sayin is think about doing it next all star weekend guys and if u really want i could help yas with it cose ive got some sweet shit in my mind guys so do it next time please cyas lata
May.7 at 10:37 am
Sesa says:
Artest to GSW for next season anyone?
May.7 at 10:06 pm
James says:
dirk will prolly be on the cover of the new slam or u can slap my black self lol. tmac kinda made me almost drop a tear i lovee houston and the rockets. dont worry tmac we got your back in htown. off wit JVG’s head
May.8 at 4:17 pm
Mendel says:
Just fitting that Whoo Jackson spikes the punch
May.9 at 6:37 am
James says:
This is the best slam cover i’ve seen in a LONG time! Shame you guys can’t actually do them like this, what with profits to be made and all….
May.9 at 3:26 pm
Tammy says:
I’ll be a subscriber forever if you make that cover come true! Haha, but thanks for the love anyways!
May.12 at 3:55 pm
chronically_ill says:
How did Stephen Jackson get that cool nickname?
May.13 at 12:47 am
1hush D says:
I am taking my American liberty and proclaiming Stephen Jackson’s new nickname: WarJak. It is similar too, but so different from Kojak because Kojak was a crime fighter and well WarJak, a criminal. I would rather have a Warrior criminal than a cop on my side.
May.13 at 10:30 am
american pundit fighting says:
nice touch putting Jackson on there, rather than the supernova shining right now- B Diddy. How bout this for a cover Mcgrady and Nowitzki side by side. Awkward
May.14 at 2:31 pm
Zee says:
Make this cover a reality, In the words of J-dilla: ” Ya’ll outta there, y’all know y’ll outta there. come with the real.”
May.14 at 7:20 pm
Keny'e Bogan-EL says:
This cover is off the hook. I mean the Warriors are awesome. That’s one of my top teams in the western conference now.
Jun.2 at 4:33 am
doug says:
stephen jackson he cool man,
Jul.14 at 9:49 am
Jay says:
Great stuff. Maybe not a bestseller though :-S
Jul.15 at 1:12 pm
Greased Up Deaf Guy aka Clay Davis says:
suspended for 7 games???? amaechi