‘Big Baby’ is taking over the internet

Last summer, the virtual NBA world belonged to Stephon Marbury and Ron Artest. While Artest went on to win an NBA Championship with the Lakers last month, Marbury took his game overseas to China, winning the MVP of the Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Game.

Artest has continued his Twitter onslaught this summer, granted we haven’t had the video presence from him as we did last year. Marbury, meanwhile, has remained pretty quiet over the past few months.

Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis has been coming on strong the past couple weeks via his Twitter account. Davis has been updating of his tours around the country by himself with cargo shorts and a backpack, and even flipping off his “haters.”

The latest from Big Baby is a video he posted of himself doing the “Dougie.” A dance created by rappers who can’t rap. It’s almost safe to say that Big Baby is becoming the best NBA player on Twitter, or at least he’s having a social media successful summer.

Video contains adult language.

As entertaining as Big Baby’s moves were, I think the younger version of him did a better job, even if he got really tired in the end.

Props, Dime Magazine

Artest teams up with T-Pain for remix

When the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title last month, besides thanking his psychiatrist, one of the first things Ron Artest mentioned was his single “Champions,” which he says he recorded in June of 2009, before joining The Lake Show.

Artest realesed the song a few days after the victory, and surprisingly, it’s a pretty good song. Considering Artest’s rap career hasn’t panned out well, this song could serve as a note that Ron-Ron isn’t too shabby, or at least growing as an artist.

Since the Lakers did win the title in a dramatic seven game fashion, and with Artest now in the spotlight in Los Angeles, he is also able to take this track to new levels. He teamed up with one of the hottest acts in music, T-Pain, to put out a remix — supposedly more remixes are on the way as well.

The track is rated “R” for language, so listen with caution.

Ron Artest – “Champions”

One of the first things we heard Ron Artest talking about after Game 7 was his single “Champions.” He said in his interview with Doris Burke that he recorded the song last June, if that’s the case, maybe Artest should look into being a psychic after his basketball and rap careers are over.

I love the fourth-quarter, I love the ninth-inning, I love Game 7, bring on the competition.

Here’s the official video for “Champions,” which is also expected to drop on iTunes in the very near future. I have a feeling that this song will blow away the numbers that Artest’s debut album “My World” put up back in 2006. That probably won’t be too difficult, considering the album only sold a reported 343 albums in it’s first week (William Hung’s first album sold nearly 38,000, just for comparison).

As for the song itself, it’s actually pretty good. It’s easily the best song that Artest has released in my opinion, it’s a damn good anthem type of track — but he still has a long way to go before he can check Shaq Diesel.

So here’s to Artest not only a winning a title last week, but for his rap career finally taking off.

Ron Artest: The champion of interviews

Since hitting the big shot in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals and helping the Los Angeles Lakers become the 2010 NBA Champions, Ron Artest has led quite the life in the spotlight. His interviews have to be the greatest post-game interviews in NBA Finals history. Not only are they some of the most genuine interviews we’ve ever seen — they’re also flat out hilarious and crazy.

Here are a couple of gems from Artest, starting with his first interview right after the game — he thanks his hood and his psychiatrist. Continue watching all these interviews to hear Artest scream about being on a Wheaties box, call out a reporter looking at their laptop and also ask his daughter why she keeps staring at him.

All of these are just priceless, Artest winning the title and all these interviews make me realize that at no point in the series did I really want Boston to win.

Hurry up and watch these, Ron “wants to go to the club.”

The back-to-back Lakers on Kimmel

The 2010 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers visited Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday night, just like they did last year. Again, and as always, Kobe Bryant is the focal point of the interview, but don’t think that Ron Artest, DJ Mbenga and Derek Fisher didn’t get their moments as well.

The one thing I noticed in this interview, and the same thing with last year’s is that Kobe makes sure everyone on that stage gets their moment. He knows the interview tends to focus on him, and everyone is talking about how he has his fifth ring, but I am very impressed with how Kobe is “pimping” his teammates to us. He is letting the world know that all of those guys are great players and vital to the team’s success. He’s making sure that all of the guys get to speak up and be a part of the interview and get their moment.

When people think of Kobe stereotypically, and maybe based on his past — they would never think he is like this, and with that, I hope people realize it. Kobe is the best player in the world right now, and on top of that, he’s proved to be a great leader and fantastic teammate. This team is obviously a great team, and loaded with some stars, but they also seem like they all truly like each other, and that is one of the best parts of seeing a team win a championship, a team that likes each other and actually supports one another, even if they’re playing with one of the biggest superstars the game has ever seen.

Perhaps, Kobe’s teammate love is most known when Kimmel starts up his Adam Morrison jokes, Bryant quickly talks about how important Morrison is to their team. That’s a testament of Kobe’s maturity, he’s definitely grown and that’s why his team has won titles back-to-back.

Watch the all five parts of this interview, there are plenty of hilarious moments, plus Artest is probably the first person in television history to wear a bluetooth headset during an interview. Maybe once and for all the bluetooth headset will not become a characteristic of a douchebag…wait…it still is, just not in Artest’s case. Also, Derek Fisher isn’t shy when talking about his…while, just watch the interview, it’s hilarious and Kobe continues to make fun of DJ Mbenga, who we all know and love.

Unfortunately, Pau Gasol didn’t make the trip to Kimmel this year, he was “deported.”

Video: My Game 7 prediction

Here I am breaking down Game 7 of the NBA Finals, which tips off in just over an hour. I know, I’m a nerd and a terd, but it’s still worth watching. Check it out, and get ready to watch a game.

I’m hoping for an overtime thriller, but check the video for my prediction.

LAKERS OR CELTICS? ONE GAME DECIDES IT ALL.

I LOVE THIS GAME.

Note: I apologize that the quality of this video isn’t superb, next week when I get my iPhone 4, all of that will change.

Video: The Whereabouts of Lamar Odom

While scouring YouTube, I came across this fantastic video which takes in-depth look at Lamar Odom‘s struggle in this year’s NBA Finals. The guy who makes these videos is exceptional. His analysis gives you plenty of examples throughout, highlighting key plays and really giving a great explanation of what is happening on the court. He’s very talented at putting these together and more importantly, he’s incredibly knowledgeable and completely on point.

With the Lakers on the verge of losing to the Celtics in the NBA Finals for the second time in three years, you can place your bet that eyes are on Odom right now. Mr. Kardashian has had a bad series, and as pointed out in the video, with Andrew Bynum on the mend, he is more critical than ever for the Lakers. He’s arguably the second most important player on that team, next to Kobe Bryant. He sets a tone for the bench, and also can do so many different things on the court at a variety of positions.

Odom must have a big game Tuesday night, along with Ron Artest, Pau Gasol and Bynum who all owe Bryant quality performances after they all pretty much stunk up the joint Sunday night in Boston. On the flipside, Kobe had moments of pure greatness in Game 5, but he also owes his team a dominating historic fourth-quarter performance in Game 6 — his fourth-quarters in this series have been nothing to brag about.

Praise Jesus, but don’t forget Rondo

You read this blog. You know that I love “He Got Game.” Last night, Ray Allen did just that, have game. He was incredible and he had a record setting performance during Sunday night’s Game 2 103-94 victory.

I’m going to be honest with you, I didn’t see the first half. I’m not going to lie and say I did and talk about each shot he was hitting — I’m not Mitch Albom. In fact, I only saw five of his 32 points. That’s not saying much, but I did see the record setting 8th three-pointer that he hit in the game.

I was visiting a friend who lives a ways away and we went to see a movie. I knew it would interfere with me watching Game 2, but I figured catching the second half would be enough. Well, “Get Him to the Greek” was great and I laughed quite a bit, but I missed out on one of the best first halves a player has ever had in the NBA Finals.

When I walked out of the movie theater I grabbed my phone to see that the Celtics were up 52-39. I was pretty surprised, but when I opened the box score, my draw dropped to the floor. Allen had 27 points in the first half! I couldn’t believe it, and obviously I knew that his three-ball had to have been dropping. I called my friend’s brother to get a quick recap, “Jesus is 7-for-7 from three!”

Damn, I missed out.

2010 NBA Finals: The Fresh Breakdown

When the NBA Finals start Thursday night, it will be the 12th time that the Lakers and Celtics have met in the Finals. In the 11 previous meetings between the two teams, the Celtics have won nine — the first eight, starting back in 1959, and the last meeting between the two, back in 2008.

Last season, the Celtics may have been in the Finals, but the injury to Kevin Garnett saw them packing early and unable to defend their title. Of course, the Lakers made it back and took the title home running through the Magic.

Now the two teams meet again, each winning one of the last two titles and both thinking that they can beat one another.

The Celtics have the mindset on the Lakers of “You still haven’t beat us,” even if the Lakers have been the better team the past 23 months.

The last time the two met in the Finals was that 131-92 Boston victory, a 39-point loss for the Lakers in a closeout game (what separates Kobe Bryant from Michael Jordan — Jordan was 6-0 in the Finals). A loss that is definitely on the minds of the Lakers, and if we know Bryant, he’s probably watching those highlights right now. That’s his drive.

So what’s changed since 2008, and who’s going to come out on top?