On today’s episode of #believethehype, Tom & Benyam preview the NBA Conference Finals series between the Heat/Pacers in the East & the Spurs/Grizzlies in the West. The boys look at everything from key match-ups, players who’ll need to step up & give their predictions for how the series will go down.
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Today on another Playoffs edition of #believethehype, Tom & Benyam open up by discussing the most important news from today – Towelgate & the potential repercussions that this could have for the Grizzlies team moving forward… On a more serious note, the boys chat about the two series that finished today in Memphis v Oklahoma City & Miami v Chicago. Furthermore, they look ahead to the final games of the San Antonio v Golden State & ndiana v New York series… Furthermore, the boys chat about Sacramento/Seattle, George Maloof trapped in a closet, Nate Robinson plus ‘what’s next’ for both the Thunder & Bulls.
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Today, with 5.09 left in the 3rd Quarter of the Memphis Grizzlies 88-84 series clinching win over the Oklahoma City Thunder… We unfortunately saw what could only be described as:
“The ugliest moment in towel waving history.“
After a year of solid bench gee-ups notably by bit guys Robert Sacre, Chris Duhon, Kent Bazemore, Patty Mills & Aron Baynes, we saw something from Grizzlies starter Tony Allen that would shame the fore-mentioned towel waving legends.
Allen, finding some rare minutes on the pine… Got “happy with it” & waved a towel around when Derek Fisher was taking a 3pt shot in-front of him. Unfortunately, whilst performing the move what Mills has dubbed “the smoke alarm”, Allen accidentally picked up 2 towels & threw one onto the court, right next to where Fisher was shooting.
People just shouldn’t be waving towels when it’s not their role, someone could have got hurt… Fisher could have slipped on the towel & done his knee, or worse yet… Allen could have in-fact dislocated his shoulder through the un-usual rotations & air-density that towel waving causes for someone who’s not used to the practice.
Stick to the court Tony & leave the towel waving to the guys who get paid to wave towels.
An amazing day in the history of the franchise after a lot of lobbying by the city & Mayor Kevin Johnson to pull together an ownership group & get a deal for a new arena down town to ensure that Sactown remains an NBA town.
Kings owner George Maloof, obviously dissapointed as his preferred option was to sell the team off to a Seattle based group lead by Chris Hansen (not the To Catch A Predator guy, another guy).
According to Sactown Royalty who was in Dallas for the decision, when Maloof got out of the meeting, he was chased across the hotel lobby by the media scrum, taking solace in the hotel’s Bell Stand…
After a number of minutes “trapped in the closet”, Maloof peered out to see if it was ok to byline the scrum, it wasn’t & Maloof remained in hiding for a small while.
Maloof then came out, answered a few questions jokingly until a PR rep quickly got him out of the situation & into the safety of a car.
Matt Barnes’ kids are getting pretty tired of the story about the time that he beat Blake Griffin, Chris Paul & DeAndre Jordan in a high stakes game of Go-Fish…
Check out this E:60 documentary about the life of one of #believethehype’s favourite personalities… Chris Bosh.
Lisa Salters catches up with Bosh at his home in Miami & we see many different sides of him – the family man, the chef, the computer programmer & of course, the awesomely weird funny-man gimmick with one of the best sense of humors in the NBA.
On today’s episode of #believethehype, Tom & Benyam marvel Roy Hibbert’s amazing performance in Game 3 of the Pacers v Knicks series. Furthermore, the boys discuss all the game 3′s from the 4 Conference Semi Finals series over the last couple of nights & discuss the amazing performances by not only Hibbert, but also Chris Bosh, Marc Gasol & Tony Parker. Furthermore, the boys discuss the LeBron James v Nazr Mohammed incedent & if that’s why LeBron James is walking around Chicago with a police escort…
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Today, Tom & Benyam wrap up the opening 2 games from each of the NBA Conference Semi Finals series with all 4 contests tied up at 1-1 & therefore each team has won one… All series have been close & the boys discuss who’ve been the standout players & moments from the series including Joakim Noah, Steph Curry, Mike Conley & Kevin Durant. Furthermore, the boys discuss – Lion King, carney fans in expensive seats, NBA players who should have high tops, Bryant Reeves, obscure NBA jerseys & much much more.
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