Links: NBA Friday II
Fri-Day! Yes!
I was intending to write a longer post today, but some stuff came up and I just found out I have to get on a flight in about 5 hours, so I’m going to have to make this shorter. (Hopefully I can do a post over the weekend.)
Real quick: Last Friday we debuted NBA Friday, the new collabo between you guys, the SLAMonline readers, and Linkstigator and illustrator Joel Kimmel. You guys come up with suggestions, he makes it happen.
Last week, Joel did Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets, and he asked you guys to suggest someone from the Minnesota T-Wolves. Joel sorted through your suggestions and went with Al Jefferson.
Says Joel, “I decided on Al Jefferson because I like his game, and because I thought I could work with his somewhat simple nickname of ‘Big.’ I also got an email simply saying, ‘You gotta do Big Al Jefferson!’ So Big Al it was, and I decided to portray him as a Gulliver’s Travels type guy, towering over some smaller NBA players, breaking free from the ropes that had tied him down. Maybe it signifies his journey to Minnesota and his opportunity to break free and solidify himself as a dominant basketball player. But really, I just thought it would look cool.”
And it does.
Next week’s team? The Milwaukee Bucks. You guys let Joel know which Bucks player you’d like to see in the comments below…
72 Responses to “Links: NBA Friday II”
Dec.7 at 1:32 am
albert says:
the chairman! i think it could potentially be a pretty funny one (i’m thinking of that simmons crack about watching yi post up chairs and stuff) for a cool one, i vote for michael redd or desmond mason
Dec.7 at 1:53 am
HI! says:
CHARLIE VILLANUEVA!!!!!!!!! I wonder if it would look exactly like Sam Cassell??
Dec.7 at 2:09 am
Mikey Money says:
Andrew Bogut wearing tons of bling with dollar bills floating all around him
Dec.7 at 2:13 am
Dan says:
Mikey KILLED it with that one! Perfect idea to make Bogut look like the a$$hole he is (no pun intended with the dollar signs).
Dec.7 at 2:29 am
chiqo says:
yi. if nothing else, you could set your site up to get thousands of extra page hits.
Dec.7 at 2:33 am
JpT says:
can i rant about heat here?? or anyone make some game notes on heat-blazer game? ..the heat LOST AGAIN!!! come on riley! save our d@mn Miami Heat!!!!!!
Dec.7 at 2:35 am
Chris O says:
How about Eazy Yi and Mo Williams trying to go in separate directions and then Bucks ownership having them shackled at an ankle and being like “helllll nawww” and then big words under the pic: No Bucking Around.
Dec.7 at 2:36 am
Chris O says:
Pat Riley needs to fire himself.
Dec.7 at 2:43 am
Reggie Evans says:
Paul Mokeski.
Dec.7 at 2:57 am
Sesa says:
I know it’s been done, but how about Michael Redd and Yi Jianlian standing side by side ala Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker?
Dec.7 at 3:18 am
Willy Wang says:
Yi Jianlian far east movement
Dec.7 at 3:27 am
JohnnyRebel says:
THE LINKS REALLY SUCK NOW A DAYS. LANG TIME TO FLASH BACK 4 YEARS OR SO AND GET IT TOGETHER!
Dec.7 at 4:03 am
JpT says:
how about JohnnyRebel with Vin Baker and Ray Allen with Glenn Robinson? Is that Flashback enough?..
Dec.7 at 4:18 am
German Reignman says:
How about the following scene for next weeks picture, since its the holiday season:
Eazy Yi, sitting at an assembly line in a chinese sweat shop, handpainting McFarlane Basketball dolls of Michael Redd for christmas, thinking: “I should have signed with the Bucks!”
Dec.7 at 5:17 am
karan says:
do andrew bogut with bling on!
Dec.7 at 7:04 am
hbomb says:
yi jianlian lauging and the bucks management bowing before him
Dec.7 at 8:58 am
Andrew says:
Do me Bogut with a Buck head like its logo.
Dec.7 at 8:59 am
d1n says:
the drop off: big dog, sam-I-am & Jesus vs. Redd, Mo & easy Yi
Dec.7 at 9:05 am
Andrew says:
and keep up the good work Joel, it offers inspiration than perspiration.
Dec.7 at 9:21 am
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
mo williams. but it kinda has to be redd, in some kind of jumpshot pose.
Dec.7 at 9:52 am
The Cool says:
I want to see Charlie’s big fruitcake head in Friday III. play wit it.
Dec.7 at 9:58 am
Gerwin Nijeboer says:
Dan Gadzuric! Who? That’s why he needs some attention.
Dec.7 at 10:19 am
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
desmond mason, in mid-free throw. please.
Dec.7 at 10:21 am
Ho-Llamas says:
There’s not enough links in The Links
Dec.7 at 10:23 am
JG says:
Mike redd getting a rebound, more than just a jumpshooter.
Dec.7 at 10:25 am
Jared says:
eazy-yi…but with a Jerry curl, shades, and black hat…GANGSTA…there’s no way that doesn’t win
Dec.7 at 10:29 am
Jamison says:
Bogut with his haircut from the summer.
Dec.7 at 10:40 am
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
desmond mason, in mid-free throw. PLEASE!!!
Dec.7 at 10:51 am
Ken H. says:
Chairman Yi in the classic Chairman Mao pose with the same male-pattern baldness haircut.
Dec.7 at 10:52 am
Ken H. says:
No no even better, Chairman Yi with a big smile giving Charlie Villanueva an electric razor for Xmas, and Charlie just looks bewildered.
Dec.7 at 11:05 am
The Tree says:
Add Eazy giving Bogut a fat gold chain with same confused look to Ken’s.
Dec.7 at 11:25 am
SMK says:
That’s an awesome Big Al - hope he’s not getting called for the offensive foul for throwing elbows.
As for the Bucks, I echo the ‘Bogut with bling’ request.
Dec.7 at 11:27 am
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
if anyone is “chairman” its yao. mostly cuz yao is 50 times better than eazy yi, but also yao rhymes with mao.
Dec.7 at 11:28 am
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
ken and tree’s last comments would be great. i would want a t shirt with that.
Dec.7 at 11:31 am
Keith says:
Easy Yi. But include Ping Ping somewhere.
Dec.7 at 11:58 am
Winston and the Telescreen says:
you have got to go with the chairman for sure
Dec.7 at 12:00 pm
phunkykarma says:
Todd Day.
Dec.7 at 12:01 pm
Myles Brown says:
Very nice.
Dec.7 at 12:05 pm
Jeronimo says:
I support the bling-bling Bogus idea too!
Dec.7 at 1:00 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
These are some great ideas! How about a Yao vs Yi piece?
Dec.7 at 1:06 pm
TADOne says:
How about Charlie Bell w/ shackles tying him down to his contract that Milwaukee matched to keep him in Milwaukee when he wanted to leave to go to the Heat.
Dec.7 at 1:07 pm
TADOne says:
Actually, Joel, that would be a great idea too.
Dec.7 at 2:01 pm
Joel O's says:
How about Andrew Bogut blinged to death? Yi in any of the other guys’ suggestions would be funny, too.
Dec.7 at 2:03 pm
Big L says:
Rev Redd.
Dec.7 at 2:14 pm
Captain America says:
Shooting star, Michael Redd.
Dec.7 at 2:15 pm
Captain America says:
Big Al versus the little people…me likes.
Dec.7 at 2:35 pm
jj says:
Bogut with his bling and Easy Yi with all his asian…. “girlfriends”…
Dec.7 at 2:55 pm
Chief says:
It really doesn’t matter, the bucks suck. But not Yi please not Yi. i don’t want to hear about that kid and if he makes the allstar team…i don’t want to say what i would do.
Dec.7 at 3:33 pm
Paps says:
Charlie V
Dec.7 at 3:41 pm
dma says:
we gotta go with a Yi/Ping Ping stand off…
Dec.7 at 3:48 pm
d.Y. says:
Seconded phunkykara. Todd Day.
Dec.7 at 4:04 pm
Matthew says:
Yi-Money
Dec.7 at 4:16 pm
k.o. says:
i vote Charlie V…or Bogut - but only if Joel is willing to include his hideous rat tail from the summer
Dec.7 at 5:30 pm
Dwyane Oh says:
Please draw Yi. And have him standing next to Yao, their hands collapsed together, forming the Great Wall of China.
Dec.7 at 6:24 pm
MonteC says:
Wow, can this guy illustrate ball players. If he plays ball as well as he draws he must be good for 30 a game.
Dec.7 at 6:35 pm
Josh says:
My man Joel has awesome stuff on his website. I’m so impressed that I just bought two prints from his site. Yee-uh.
Dec.7 at 6:38 pm
Adrian Zapata says:
Yiiiiiiii!!!!!!
Dec.7 at 7:23 pm
J.Deneer says:
Yi with the chinese flag hanging off him with the olympic symbol. siick
Dec.7 at 7:58 pm
RM # 0 says:
Daniel Gadzuric, 2 round draft pick still hanging around in the NBA……….. and he’s from Holland
Dec.7 at 9:01 pm
what says:
Royal Ivey, obviously
Dec.7 at 10:11 pm
zion says:
desmond mason…to remind us that he still freaking plays
Dec.7 at 11:32 pm
Cameron says:
Michael Redds shot!!
Dec.7 at 11:50 pm
c-note says:
Desmond Mason. Dude still gets up.
Dec.8 at 12:24 am
jose says:
Earl Boykins with him standing there, but his shadow shows a huge beast. or Yi whichever
Dec.8 at 5:01 am
Kevbo says:
how ’bout a racist theme? Bogut working at customs, refusing to let Yi in the country.
Dec.8 at 5:21 am
WeS says:
Andrew Bogut is just too perfect NOT to use… I saw tonight’s game when he just bumped Kevin Durant after KD grabbed a board and was close to the sideline. He just kinda checked him out of bounds and took the foul. Immediately I remembered what a jerk he is.
Blinged out Bogut.
Dec.8 at 8:47 pm
gii says:
it’s gotta be eazy yi. have him on the dating game, checking out the honeys in mil.
Dec.10 at 12:50 am
Mr. Bob Dobolina says:
Andrew Bogut handing Colin May a vegimite sandwich
Dec.10 at 10:06 am
Jared says:
i can’t lie, if u dont go with eazy-e/eazy-yi wit the jerry curl all NWA’d out…that rev redd idea is pretty sweet
Dec.11 at 6:06 pm
Gus says:
To Paraphrase NWA - Easy Yi’s F*’d up and got the 8-Ball rollin’
Dec.13 at 12:19 am
Mikel says:
Easy Yi…if not NWA’d out then at least “Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon’d” out
Dec.14 at 1:54 am
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