Links: NBA Friday
Fri-Day! Yes!
Time for NBA Friday again. Last week (ok, it was just Wednesday) we caught up with the Ron Artest painting. This week’s team is the New Jersey Nets, and today’s player is Richard Jefferson.
Our illustrator in residence, Joel Kimmel, writes, “I’ve finished up the piece for the New Jersey Nets for Friday. I actually started it a couple weeks ago before Kidd was traded and decided to paint Richard Jefferson since he’s having a pretty solid season. I’ve wanted to do an illustration involving a swamp for a few months and since the Nets actually play basketball in one, I figured I could work around that. It also gave me another opportunity to paint a couple birds which I enjoy, and some interesting trees.”
Hey Joel, not only do the Nets play basketball in a swamp, their organization is a swamp!
“Next week’s team is the Chicago Bulls,” Joel adds. “I’m a huge Michael Jordan fan, and I’ve probably drawn or painted him 20 times by now so I think I’ll stick to a current player on this one despite the urge to draw MJ again.”
That’s what’s up. If you guys have any suggestions for Joel, as always, leave them in the comments section below…
• This has nothing to do with basketball, but I thought this was a hilarious essay from this week’s New Yorker. And if you’re too young to remember Jack Handey’s Deep Thoughts back in the day on “Saturday Night Live,” click here and educate yourself.
One of my favorites is “Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you’re coming home, his face might burn up.”
Truth.
• Another site that’s been circulating widely around the ‘net the last few weeks has been Stuff White People Like. Someone sent it to me about a month ago, and I immediately forwarded it to Khalid, of course, and then bookmarked it, intending to link to it but eventually forgetting about it. I’ve seen it mentioned elsewhere a few times lately, so I figured I’d link it up today. Funny stuff there. Sam spent a solid two hours yesterday laughing out loud at his desk as he read through it editing SLAMonline.com.
I’ve gotta keep it short today. Have a great weekend everyone and see you back here on Monday…
47 Responses to “Links: NBA Friday”
Feb.29 at 4:48 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Yeah, the stuff white people like is funny.
Feb.29 at 4:50 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Entire Bulls starting five wearing headbands with Boylan bound, gagged and tied to a chair using even more headbands. Oh, and Lang? Re-size the image, please.
Feb.29 at 4:55 pm
Myles Brown says:
Thats a nice shoulder.
Feb.29 at 4:57 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I’d edit the photo so it’s on the page, but I’m too busy reading stuffwhitepeoplelike. Uh, here is the basketball one, obviously the funniest thing you will ever read in your life:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/4-assists/
Feb.29 at 4:58 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
If you drag the image into the address bar, the whole thing opens.
Feb.29 at 5:04 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
There, it’s fixed. Lang claiming to have seen stuffwhitepeoplelike a month ago is something a white person would do. Reference: from the Wes Anderson films one:
Bottle Rocket (1996) “I saw this movie in 1994″
Feb.29 at 5:11 pm
TMT says:
They like the Lakers or the Celtics.
Feb.29 at 5:14 pm
Myles Brown says:
Klosterman would say all white folks love the C’s. Looking at that list, I like far too many things that white people like.
Feb.29 at 5:19 pm
nick says:
That website is awesome. apparently stereotyping white people works…who knew.
Feb.29 at 5:20 pm
Cub Buenning says:
Nice BottleRocket stuff, Sam.
As always, love the birds (where is the avian comic book?)Joel
The site is great. It’s helping me get a lot of work done on a Friday afternoon.
I was supposed to be golfing today….. “I’M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!”
Feb.29 at 5:24 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
As a wise man pointed out to me, that blog should be renamed “things that bloggers like.” Racist bastards.
Feb.29 at 5:28 pm
nick says:
“things that hipsters like” might be more appropriate.
Feb.29 at 5:30 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Or that. Either or.
Feb.29 at 5:34 pm
nick says:
Bloggers are inherently hipsters. It also entertains me that the only other three lang posted are to an illustrator, a new yorker article, and SNL quotes. Thing # 80 that white people like: The links by Lang Whitaker?
Feb.29 at 5:39 pm
Jake Appleman says:
Love the drawing, Joel. Stuff white people like: Joel Kimmel.
Feb.29 at 5:59 pm
Tommy Patron says:
I co-sign Russ’ idea for the next work of art, but I feel that Boylan should be spared, because he has nothing to do with this mess. It should feature, instead, Pax and Reinsdorf in some sort of Ving Rhames/Zed arrangement a la Pulp Fiction.
Feb.29 at 6:14 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
How about an irate Scottie Pippen surrounded by a veritable Lollipop Guild of Bulls guards?
Feb.29 at 6:21 pm
Cub Buenning says:
How about Granville Waiters and Brad Sellers towering over the Chicago skyline?
Feb.29 at 6:23 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
I love your first idea with the headbands, Russ. Tommy Patron, your idea is pretty disturbing, yet visually compelling! Either way, that’s quite the visual! Not sure where I’d find good photo reference for that though…
Feb.29 at 6:24 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
How about Drew Gooden and Granville Waiters–generations of the bald and the bearded?
Feb.29 at 6:34 pm
what says:
John Paxson crying and dreaming of Tyson Chandler, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, and every other good post player that could be a Bull right now.
Feb.29 at 6:35 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
I do enjoy drawing beards. And skylines. Got any more, Russ?
Feb.29 at 6:51 pm
Jake Appleman says:
i meant to say i love the painting. i’m an idiot when it comes to art.
Feb.29 at 6:56 pm
Dominic Brankin-Joly says:
Jack Handey’s Deep Thoughts back in the day on “Saturday Night Live,”……THAT WAS THE $HIT…..RIP PHIL HARTMAN!…..RIP PHIL HARTMAN!
Feb.29 at 6:59 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Thanks Jake!
Feb.29 at 7:12 pm
Dominic Brankin-Joly says:
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is “God is crying.” And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is “Probably because of something you did.”
Feb.29 at 7:13 pm
Dominic Brankin-Joly says:
If you’re a young Mafia gangster out on your first date, I bet it’s real embarrassing if someone tries to kill you
Feb.29 at 7:15 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I’m drawing a blank. Thinking about the Bulls makes my head hurt.
Feb.29 at 7:49 pm
Salim Stoudamire says:
khalid El- Amin!
Feb.29 at 7:49 pm
Salim Stoudamire says:
To Luc Longley
Feb.29 at 8:23 pm
Gerard Himself says:
Joel, a Nets fan here; is there any chance of getting a bigger version of the RJ drawing, one I can use as a desktop? Great drawing man!
Feb.29 at 8:27 pm
John says:
Im multilingual! YESSS
Feb.29 at 8:48 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Sure Gerard, I can put one together for you. Email me your screen resolution and I’ll see what I can do.
Feb.29 at 9:33 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
I would have made the image fit the screen, but The Powers That Be won’t give me a computer that works. And I did see Bottle Rocket twice in the theater. Just saying…
Feb.29 at 11:09 pm
tealish says:
RJ’s forehead is even larger than the one portrayed. Other than that, pretty nice.
Feb.29 at 11:27 pm
niQ says:
tyrus and noah.
Mar.1 at 1:11 am
Alex says:
Pleeeeeaaseeee do Joakim Noah with his famous dance after the SEC Championship http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3y5hTHuP4
Mar.1 at 9:16 am
Mike says:
Do Nocioni
Mar.1 at 12:25 pm
memyselfand9 says:
a running noah.
Mar.1 at 5:39 pm
Mush says:
PLEASE DO LUOL DENG!
Mar.1 at 6:31 pm
Gerard Himself says:
Joel: an e-mail has been sent. So if you see a very weird e-mail address with words you probably can’t pronounce in english, that mine. Thanks man.
Mar.1 at 10:58 pm
jrose12 says:
RJ one of the more underrated players in the league
Mar.1 at 11:41 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Hey Mush, I’ve been waiting for someone to request Luol!
Mar.2 at 1:24 pm
Gerard Himself says:
Joel, thanks for the new desktop. Appreciate it.
Mar.3 at 6:44 am
Son of Shawn says:
Please, paint the Pacer´s Roster lioking like “The Soprano´s”
Mar.3 at 6:45 am
Son of Shawn says:
looking
Mar.5 at 1:27 am
Rob Paxon says:
I saw the Stuff White People Like a bit ago. It’s pretty funny for the most part, though it’s definitely not my white experience. More like Stuff Middle-Upper Class New Age Liberal White People Like.