In The Face: Chris Kaman Is Dunkbait Of The Year

Dunk Score: 9.4

It isn’t even the All-Star break yet and Clippers center Chris Kaman has already won the award for “Dunkbait of the Year” after getting caught yet again. This time is was a double dose of that pimpin’ as both Terrence Williams and Kris Humphries managed to shart all over his dome during the Nets win over the Clippers Wednesday in Jersey. Kaman has been victimized repeatedly this season and appears to have just given in, allowing any and everybody a free chance to make a poster.

Check out Kaman getting dunked on again in the same game, this time by super-huff Kris Humphries after the jump…

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Holler Back: Griffin Latest Victim Of Clippers Curse

The Clippers Curse isn’t really the Clippers fault, it’s really more like the Donald T. Sterling Curse. For some reason ever since Sterling has owned the Clips, there has been a reeking scent of a commitment to mediocrity in all areas of the team, but especially in realm of player’s health. It’s almost like Sterling has put one of them mambo jahambo type spells on the organization, so when it was announced that #1 pick Blake Griffin would have to undergo season-ending knee surgery, without playing a game this season, it wasn’t a big shocker.

Griffin suffered a stress fracture in his left knee just days before the regular season started, landing awkwardly after a routine dunk during a preseason game against the Hornets. Griffin’s rehab was reportedly going well and he was expected to return to the court until it was determined that the knee did not heal properly, leaving no other choice but surgery. Griffin will miss the next 4-6 months and will spend this summer doing everything he can to not become the next Greg Oden.

Video of Blake Griffin’s knee injury after the jump…

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In The Face: Chris Kaman Gets Banged On…Again

Dunk Score: 9

Everybody knows that Chris Kaman is unathletic, even for a white dude. Sadly Kaman is developing a reputation for getting banged on, worse than CJ from Grand Theft Auto did when he was inside Rollin’ Heights Ballas territory, after Dwight Howard beasted him Tuesday night. At least Kaman had the presence of mind to realize what was in store and moved his hand out of the way before getting sharted on. Much like Lakers center D.J. Mbenga, known around the Lake Show organization as “Mbanged-on”, Kaman might get his name changed to Chris “Kame-on” if he keeps ending up on the wrong end of a posterizing.

In The Face: Ariza Sheezas All Over Kaman’s Grill

Dunk Score: 9.7

We’ve seen Trevor Ariza deliver these types of demoralizing facials throughout his career, and it never gets old. Chris Kaman has no chance with this one, there is no way that dude can go chest to chest with Ariza, especially when he has a full head of steam and direct lane to the basket. If Kaman was a few inches shorter, he would have got some nuts on his chin and no those wouldn’t be considered chin nuts. Ariza has been doing some work since his departure from the Lake Show. His presence in Los Angeles is definitely missed.

Courtesy: Clippers Having “Iranian Heritage Day”

In what appears to be a half-hearted attempt to apologize to Hamed Haddadi and Iranian’s across the country, the Clippers are planning an “Iranian Heritage Day” for their upcoming home game this Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies. As apart of the promotion, the Clippers are selling discounted tickets at a “Special Heritage Day Rate,” having a performance by the Persian dance academy before the game and are having Iranian singing sensation Andy perform the national anthem. Fans who purchase tickets will also get the opportunity to mingle with Haddadi during pregame, and get an 8 x 10 photo of the legend

This is a great PR move by an organization that has gotten a major black eye as of late for not rolling with minorities. Owner Donald Sterling recently agreed to pay nearly $3 million in a settlement for a lawsuit brought against the real estate tycoon for discriminatory practices towards Black, Latinos and families with children at various apartments that Sterling owns in the Los Angeles area.

“Iranian Heritage Day” is really just a courtesy apology for the racially insensitive comments made by Ralph Lawler and Mike Smith during the Clips game at Memphis last Wednesday. The Clippers broadcast crew made some questionable remarks in regards to Haddadi being the first Iranian player in the NBA, and also proceeded to clown his look, claiming that he looks like Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character. They were suspended for one game following the incident.

Apparently the outrage over the pairs comments have broken the Clippers back, and made them humble. Go here for more info on the event.

Check out Lawler and Smith’s comments about Haddadi after the jump…

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Tis Tough: Popeye Jones Gets King’d By Dallas Police

For those of you that thought Popeye Jones’ grissues couldn’t get any worse, think again. The dude notorious for being in many-a-groupie’s “Top 10 Guys I’d Mash Just Cause He Was In The League” list, Jones got his ass whooped Sunday night by a few police officers in Richardson, Texas a suburb of Big D. It’s official, it’s not a good idea to be a pro athlete or the parent of a pro athlete in Texas.

Police officers claim that the Mavericks assistant coach, who had just returned home following the team’s sweep of the Clippers and Lakers, was swerving his SUV erratically. When they pulled Jones over, it was obvious that he had gotten a little too loose off that goose. Jones refused a breathalyzer test and allegedly resisted arrest, and at 6′8 and probably pushing somewhere close to 3 bills, the cops neutralized the threat, leaving Sloth’s body double with a bloodied grill.

The police car did have a video monitoring system on the dashboard and the video of the incident should be released to the public at some point in the near future. The Mavericks had a game Tuesday night, a victory against the Utah Jazz, but owner Mark Cuban declined to comment on Jones’ situation. Until the video is released, we can only speculate as to what really cracked, but the bottom line is sometimes is just a better idea to call a cab, or just get it going at the crib.

Lakers Finally Get Their Bling Bling

Ring Breakdown: 15-karat gold (in honor of The Show’s 15th Championship), 15 diamonds on the top of the ring in the shape of Staples Center, weighing 2.85 carats like they some vegetarians. The rings also have each player’s face lasered on the side, which is unfortunate if one of them ever goes bankrupt and has to sell it.

The Lake Show opened up the 2009-10 season in grand fashion, finally getting their Championship rings from Commissioner David Stern and also raising their 15th banner in front of a celebrity-filled crowd, including Laker legends like The Logo, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Michael Cooper and Jackson Vahue. All of the players from last year’s championship team, accept for the departed Trevor Ariza, were on hand to receive their bling. The team came out rocking flossy purple warm-up jackets with 15 stars on the back, symbolizing each of the titles the organization has won.

Following the emotional ring ceremony it was back to business as usual as the Lakers served their hometown rivals, the Blake Griffin-less Clippers 99-92. The Lakers are dealing with some injury issues of their own, playing with out All-Star forward Pau Gasol, who is recovering from a hamstring injury that he suffered in the preseason. Kobe Bryant lead all scorers with 33 points and also added 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Andrew Bynum came up huge for The Show as well, chipping in 26 points and 13 rebounds in what should be his first of many double-doubles this season.

Check out highlights from the game, including legendary assistant coach Tex Winter receiving his ring after the jump…

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Sick Cut: Ron Artest Represents For The Lake Show

What Dennis Rodman did for hair dye, QB’s finest will with crazy-ass designs. Looks sick though.

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