Links: NBA Friday III
Yi? Yao. Yao? Yi.
Two weeks ago 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. Much better than any of us could do.
Two weeks ago, Joel did Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets, and last week he gave us a Gulliver-flavored Al Jefferson.
He asked you guys for ideas for this week’s drawing of a Milwaukee Bucks player. Says Joel, “The suggestions in the comments section were great; I wish I could have done more of them. I was very tempted to draw a gangsta version of Yi, and although I ended up doing a different version of him, I still feel like Yi isn’t as deserving as Michael Redd (yet, at least). I wanted to put Yi and Yao together in one piece with a Chinese influenced landscape, with Yao not looking quite ready to hand over the torch to Yi.”
Joel says he’s also working on a “blinged out” Andrew Bogut that he’s going to post over on his blog.
Next week’s team? The Seattle Supersonics. Pick a player and make a suggestion below. Maybe Joel could draw a Delonte West made entirely from tattoos? No, I’m voting for Durant, just because I want to see what Joel will come up with.
Your turn…
66 Responses to “Links: NBA Friday III”
Dec.14 at 1:58 am
Alex says:
JOHAN PETRO!
Dec.14 at 2:01 am
Dan says:
I think I would like to see some kind of team portrait; all of the young Sonics somehow fighting to keep the team in Seattle.
Dec.14 at 2:18 am
Chinese Dan says:
Rob Swift!
Dec.14 at 2:32 am
pete says:
mikael gaebels
Dec.14 at 2:38 am
Myles Brown says:
I’d really like to see Kevin Durant eat something. Now is as good a time as any…
Dec.14 at 2:40 am
Robbi says:
I agree. Rob Swift.
Dec.14 at 2:41 am
Robbi says:
Better yet, Rob Swift and Delonte West sitting in a tattoo parlor showing off their ink while having new tats done!
Dec.14 at 3:08 am
Sesa says:
Definitely that Man-Thing Robert Swift.
Dec.14 at 3:23 am
Dizzle says:
Robert Swift. Just do the same pic as Yao and Yi, but with Rob and Freddy Krueger
Dec.14 at 3:49 am
TheMC5 says:
Robert Swift playing bass for a metal band. It’s the only way.
Dec.14 at 4:08 am
Eoin says:
Saer Sene!(Man, it’s so easy to pick busts on the Sonics and choose them.There’re just so many to pick from)…Luke Ridnour!
Dec.14 at 4:10 am
dma says:
the fantasic four - durant, jeff green, wally sexyback, and robert swift as The Thing.
Dec.14 at 5:05 am
Hubert says:
kd with delonte’s tats, esp. the one on the neck
Dec.14 at 5:16 am
Keith says:
Shawn Kemp showing Kevin Durant how to pile on the pounds.
Dec.14 at 6:14 am
Tariq says:
Durant will obviously be Joel’s subject next week. The only thing to discuss is the concept. I think it should have something to do with controlling the weather, like holding lightning bolts over a rain-drenched Seattle landscape or something like that.
Dec.14 at 8:32 am
Mayor Adam West says:
WEEZY!! chris wilcox please, of course in some explosive dunk moment.
Dec.14 at 8:55 am
H to the izzo says:
How about the owners getting the f*ck outta there
Dec.14 at 9:34 am
Jared says:
Durant on the Space Needle like King Kong on the Empire State building….count it
Dec.14 at 9:35 am
Jared says:
and you should went with my eazy yi gangsta pick…that woulda been dope lol
Dec.14 at 9:44 am
TADOne says:
Crazy eyed Kurt Thomas.
Dec.14 at 9:51 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Kevin Durant all stretched out like Plasticman (no Stacey Augmon).
Dec.14 at 9:55 am
Rasheedionics says:
Greg Oden reluctantly passing ROY award to Kevin Durant…
Dec.14 at 10:10 am
Jared says:
TAD…that made me really happy…I’ve been calling him cross-eyed Kurt for the longest time…
Dec.14 at 10:24 am
jj says:
ROB SWIFT
Dec.14 at 10:25 am
jj says:
or any other player with an OKC jersey
Dec.14 at 10:40 am
Hi! says:
gary payton throwing an ‘oop to robert swift
Dec.14 at 11:21 am
Gumdrop says:
How about the board of directors deciding to leave? Or Durant with an “Oklahoma City Twister’s” Jersey on.
Dec.14 at 11:32 am
Ken H. says:
Kevin Durant with a Sprewell-like stranglehold on PJ Carlesimo. It might happen eventually too, so you could claim your drawings predict the future.
Dec.14 at 12:06 pm
SMK says:
Draw Durant near the basket where he should be instead of running around the perimeter like Mike Miller with a better haircut.
Dec.14 at 12:16 pm
TADOne says:
How about a adaptation of Durant’s commercial. He could be pulling off his Seattle jersey with an Oklahoma City jersey on under it.
Dec.14 at 12:32 pm
Captain America says:
Ken, Spre has copyright on PJ’s neck. Sorry.
Dec.14 at 1:03 pm
Sparker says:
after being eaten by eddy curry on the way to the basket, durant explodes triumphantly out of his stomach and jams
Dec.14 at 1:32 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Wow, you guys are good. Just so you know, there is no way I’m ever drawing Robert Swift. If I did, I’d do it with my eyes closed.
Dec.14 at 1:38 pm
Homie says:
how about linkstigator Nick Collison in front of the TV, watching the Hills?
Dec.14 at 1:47 pm
Steve O says:
How about Clay Bennett giving the Space Needle the middle finger???
Dec.14 at 1:52 pm
dma says:
one side you have the space needle, the other side you have.. i dunno what’s in Oklahoma city..twisters? and smack down in in the middle you have durant throwing down, not seeming to care where he plays. the nba. i love this game.
Dec.14 at 2:30 pm
Ken H. says:
Chris Wilcox angrily filling out an all-star ballot that his name is missing from.
Dec.14 at 2:38 pm
Big L says:
Shawn Ke…Oh, wait never mind. KD.
Dec.14 at 3:40 pm
RiseKing says:
Slick Watts, Jack Sikma, Gus Williams, GP, Shawn…all the great Sonics handing the keys to KD…
Dec.14 at 4:12 pm
Gus says:
KD pulling of his Sonics jersey like his commercial, only underneath is a western dress shirt anbd cowboy hat, ’cause soon he’ll be starring in Oklahoma!
Dec.14 at 4:13 pm
Chukaz says:
Charles Oakl… no, the nanny stopp… never mind.
Dec.14 at 4:23 pm
Joel O's says:
A typical Delonte West romantic date?
Dec.14 at 4:49 pm
RM # 0 says:
great drawing, Joel.
It would be cool if you did Kevin Durant in a empty gym ( the gym rat theme) with Shawn Kemp’s spirit looking over him.
Dec.14 at 5:59 pm
Pic says:
Shawn Kemp with Alton Lister on the floor!
Dec.14 at 6:49 pm
Chief says:
Dominique watching his nephew throw down.
Dec.14 at 7:09 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
A version of the Sistine Chapel ceiling with Kevin Durant as Adam and Kurt Cobain as God.
Dec.14 at 7:49 pm
davidR says:
durant holding an umbrella over the key arena to shield it from a rainstorm
Dec.14 at 9:06 pm
oggeenice says:
Damien Wilkins - Son of Gerald Nephew of ‘Nique.
Dec.15 at 12:07 am
Chip McCrimmon says:
CARON BUTLER HOLDING THE WIZARDS UP
Dec.15 at 12:09 am
Chip McCrimmon says:
THE RISING RAPTORS
Dec.15 at 1:10 am
Cameron says:
robert swift!!
Dec.15 at 1:38 am
Dutch Rich says:
Do Gollum holding his NBA ring up in the air going “my precious”. Or doing his monkeynut dance, we haven’t seen that in a while. R
Dec.15 at 2:17 am
Joel Kimmel says:
The blinged out Andrew Bogut is now on my blog if you want to check it out.
Dec.15 at 1:35 pm
pjsmooth says:
I got to be Jeff Green. He should look humble but always ready to get the job done.
Dec.15 at 6:13 pm
c-note says:
ROBERT SWIFT!!!
Dec.15 at 11:13 pm
Rubens says:
hey is the Glove playing again? if not, ehy not a “thanks for everything gp” sort of thing
Dec.16 at 4:02 am
zion says:
dwest,durant,green all moving to a different nba city
Dec.16 at 5:58 pm
Ottawa homeboy says:
How about an overweight Shawn Kemp coming out of retirement trying to play and make a bit of money to support his 8 kids from 9 different women.
Dec.16 at 10:36 pm
Gerard Himself says:
Durant and Frasier.
Dec.16 at 10:37 pm
Gerard Himself says:
Or Kemp and Frasier. The success of Seattle in the nineties.
Dec.17 at 12:15 am
bootlace says:
“Chris Wilcox angrily filling out an all-star ballot that his name is missing from.” Haha I like the sound of this.
Dec.17 at 6:30 am
Rob Paxon says:
Don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but the link to the Chris Paul one is broken; it’s missing the ‘/online/’ portion of the URL.
Dec.17 at 6:30 am
Rob Paxon says:
Great drawings btw.
Dec.17 at 6:35 am
Rob Paxon says:
Durant seems like the obvious pick, however I’d also like to see Delonte as he’s one of my fav up and coming players. Delonte would probably look more interesting in terms of the actual character, but you could do more interesting things with Durant in terms of situation and surroundings (as you’ve done with all three so far, ESPECIALLY the last two). Can’t go wrong with either I suppose.
Dec.17 at 12:33 pm
bakers' dozen (12-13) says:
Robert Swift…dude is scary.
Dec.17 at 3:12 pm
Adrian Zapata says:
Draw Gary Payton throwing the rock to Durant.. sick