Hedo Turkoglu: Party machine dances out of Toronto

The Hedo Turkoglu experiment went awful in Toronto last season.

Turkoglu went from putting up 17 points, five rebounds and five assists on a NBA Finals team in Orlando, to only giving the lottery ping pong ball Raptors 11 points, five rebounds and four assists last season — after signing five-year, $53 million contract. Turkoglu was more than a disappointment on the court, he also found other ways to make Raptors’ fans hate him

Turkoglu had an incident at a Toronto nightclub where a member of his “posse” grabbed a woman’s camera and deleted all her photos because Turkoglu thought she was taking his picture. If there’s one thing you should know, you don’t take pictures of Hedo Turkoglu at a nightclub, especially with your flash.

The fun didn’t stop there.

After missing a March game against the Nuggets with a stomach virus, fans caught Turkoglu out at some nightclubs in Toronto. His stomach may have been too upset to play basketball, but Turkoglu still had to go out and get his groove on.

In addition to going to nightclubs, partying like one of the Jersey Shore abominations and treating people like dirt, Turk loves to get his pizza on.

There’s not other way to put it, Hedo parties.

Toronto fans weren’t fond of it, and he got sick of there criticism, and apparently their club scene. As the season came to a disappointing end, Turkoglu made it clear that he wanted out of Toronto.

Thanks to Tas Melas of The Basketball Jones, we now know that Turkoglu partied quite hard upon finding out that he was traded to the Phoenix Suns this week.

Scottsdale…watch out.

Stoudemire heading to New York, Knicks go from bad to average

The first few days of NBA free agency have been stories of speculation upon stories of little news at all. Of course there have been the few stories of players who have chosen to re-sign with their teams: Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki have all made the choice to return to the cities that love them most.

As we continue to wait and find out what happens with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, one of the other premiere free agents, Amar’e Stoudemire has made his decision to play for the New York Knicks. Stoudemire has become the first big name player to switch teams, and for New York, they’re obviously excited for two reasons:

1. Their team didn’t get shutout during free agency, and they’ve landed a superb All-Star big man.
2. This could potentially increase the chances of a player like LeBron James coming to New York to team up with Stoudemire.

Though he can’t sign officially until July 8, Stoudemire and the Knicks have made no reservations about making his agreement to join the team official. Stoudemire merchandise is already available on Knicks.com. The deal between Stoudemire and the Knicks is reportedly set to be a five-year deal worth nearly $100 million.

The Mavs marketing team is great

The DeShawn Stevenson/Abe Lincoln video made me look up more Mavericks’ videos online, and I was not disappointed. Granted, they’re not nearly as good as the Phoenix Suns, you have to give the Mavs credit, they were the same people who showed the world how much DJ Mbenga likes tacos.

The following videos showcase Brendan Haywood and Rodrigue Beabouis breakdancing— using only their eyebrows — nearly as strange as Abe Lincoln talking from Stevenson’s neck.

The video after the break, is none other than Shawn Marion accidentally blowing up Texas Stadium.

2k10 First Round Predictions: Western Conference

By now you hopefully have read my analysis of what I think will come of the first-round in the Eastern Conference, which seems like it will be some pretty dull and lackluster matchups. I don’t see any series really going to the limit or even making us question the higher seed. as we did last year with the amazing Chicago-Boston series. In the West however, excitement looms.

The West typically over the last few years has always given us a better first round, just because the middle of the bunch, hell even the top portion, are incredibly close. Just looking at the standings you’ll see that only seven games separates the No. 1 seed Lakers from their No. 8 seed opponent Oklahoma City. The first round out West has the potential to be great, so here’s a look at the matchups.

Steve Nash, thank you so much

I’m not going to write anymore about how awesome or hilarious Steve Nash is. Search his name on this site if you don’t believe me, he’s ridiculous. Talented beyond basketball, he needs a movie now.

He does it again!!!

After hearing Robin Lopez speak during this video, I’ve decided that him and his brother Brook Lopez need a talk show, based on their voices alone.

Steve Nash does Canadian Tuxedos

Steve Nash is absolutely ridiculous. If you read this blog, you know by now that the guy is hilarious. Next to Shaquille O’Neal, it’s clear that Nash is the league’s other top funny man — he doesn’t repeat his jokes and schticks all the time like Dwight Howard.

He’s fresh, original and he needs to be a bigger face for the league, even if he’s only got a couple more years left in him (granted he’s playing better than ever and could Brett Favre the league).

If you haven’t seen Nash’s antics in the past, go  here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

Props, @TheMuhmeShow

Steve Nash pees on toilet seats

I knew I wasn’t the only one!

Steve Nash has been on a roll lately with the humor stuff, he’s obviously trying to get a gig hosting “Saturday Night Live” or directing a movie with Judd Apatow.

The headline speaks for itself, and Amare Stoudemire is appalled.

Alando Tucker: The Minister of Hygiene

The Phoenix Suns as a whole are probably the funniest team in the league, even with the loss of Pat Burke and Shaquille O’Neal the past few seasons.

Steve Nash holds it down.

Here’s “A Steve Nash Joint” starring Suns’ third-year forward Alando Tucker. Tucker was great, but I think Nets swingman Chris Douglas-Roberts would have been better at the role.

Here’s Tucker’s debut in “The Minister of Hygiene.”

The Suns are playing great basketball and are having fun, it’s good to see. Nash has to be one of the best guys to play with in the league, not only does he feed you the rock on the court, he tries to make you a movie star in the process.

Steve Nash: “The Spokesman”

Earlier this year, Steve Nash teamed up with Vitamin Water to become the spokesman of the company. He’s done a brilliant job in his first few months, and this video is just a look back at how it all started for Nash and the folks at Vitamin Water.

Nash definitely is one of the funniest guys in the league. He gets pub, obviously, but his humor doesn’t get enough national recognition. We shouldn’t have to scour the web to realize how funny Nash is.

I think Nash and Shaquille O’Neal need to squash the “beef” and do a reality show together next summer.