This is a REAL commercial....

So I'm sitting here watching the Kings/Mavs Summer League game...and an unusual commercial for NCAA 09 comes up on NBA TV.


Why yes...that's INDEED our main man Bubb Rubb from the Bay Area. Somehow two years later -- he's made it in an out of place cameo for a shitty green-screen savvy video game commercial.


Well done Bubb Rubb. Well done. Wooooot wooooot.
-Nick

Daily Surroundings!!! The "dey got pastries" edition

Sunday I took a nice little trip up to Multnomah Falls. It's located about 15 minutes due east of Portland and is also the 2nd largest waterfall in the United States. I was coaxed into this trip by Nick with the offer of breakfast at the Restaurant located at the bottom of the falls. I've heard of its grandioso Sunday brunch so as you could imagine I was up bright and early. We all decided to take the 1 mile hike up to the top. It seemed like cake, I mean old women and children were all over, and I had been beasting at the gym all week. I was mistaken however. It was a fairly long, difficult hike. As hard as fully paved hikes can get I guess! I blame all the switchbacks for the exhaustion.








Anyway we make it back down from the top trailing an old lady and two young children the entire time. We take one last look at the majestic falls and find our way into the restaurant. Not only is it a Sunday brunch buffet but it's a champagne buffet -- "Yes!" So of course I had the Mimosas flowing. After taking part in the glorious offerings, Nick and I notice an elderly man rocking some "Virginia Tech" AF1 lows neither of us have ever seen before. With a little bit of persuasion I caught the man on his second trip to the buffet. In person Nick and I both felt they were legit. Now I didn't get down on the floor to inspect but upon questioning all he could tell me is he received them from a friend and had no idea about them. The guy was a great sport though, I felt awkward asking to take his pic but he was all about it, he even said, "hell I better take care of these then."



To top it all off when we were leaving, the car parked next to us had the first season of my favorite show of all time sitting in the back of it.


-Keith

What ever happened to....

I was sitting at home tonight after work, flipping through the channels, and I came across the mildly entertaining Celebrity and Hall of Famers Baseball game that ESPN puts on as part of their MLB All-Star weekend coverage, and I began to think and wonder...

What ever happened to MTV's Rock 'N Jock Basketball/Baseball games...

Basketball was what I mainly began to think about... The 3 different height basketball hoops (25 and 50 point baskets), Gary Payton switching between teams only to win in the end (He made a 50 point basket I'm pretty sure too!), and the wild numbers some of the players used to wear (90210 haha!), and who could forget Donald Faison! So I just thought I'd begin to look for some videos on youtube because, cmon...it has just about every piece of garbage ever...But I couldn't manage to find anything but a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch halftime performance which happen to include some ok but not fulfilling clips, it's an unforgettable performance though!Check it out below!



-Dane

Real men NEVER wear pink...

That shit's for Moms.


Nice shoes V.B.

-Nick

Kobe Jumps Astons...Shaq Jumps Escalades...

-Nick

Dante & Galante: Where Summer League Is Watchable (Happens)

So as a hoops junkie...I try and watch anything related to basketball.

Anything.

I even am known to watch one WNBA game during each summer. One. [I caught the Atlanta Dream/Phoenix Mercury classic earlier last week if you're guessing, in which the Dream stumbled to an 0-16 record.]

For the whole week I've been waking up at 9am (a huge rarity) to try and write for SC.com for 2-3 hours so that I can block out my afternoon to watch some NBA Summer League action.

Down in Orlando...the Nets/Pacers/Heat/Bulls/Magic & OKC Thundercats are "competing" in a round-robin style every day this week, and the Magic's site has live streams from 12-6 of the games.

In past summers, the live streams have involved ZERO audio while players duked it out for a roster spot and legends such as Bo Outlaw, Tractor Traylor and Marco Bellinelli showcased their hoops prowess.

This year the Magic felt a need for a change -- so they hired Dante Marchitelli and George Galante, two 30-something clowns who have no apparent interest in Summer League basketball. They've never done play-by-play before.



When someone gets a nice dunk, they don't really have a catch-phrase or way to explain the play, nor do they even care. Dante blurted out 'BOCCE BALLS!' randomly after one dunk, and that has apparently stuck. Raw talent these guys. They also sit from a perch above the court and have no access to live stats, so they make up player point totals on the spot. Real pros. And it's also such an amateur operation that they just pan over to the score board to update the game score. NICE. One thing you WILL hear during the painfully dull games is Dante plugging their email address every 45 seconds. It's DanteAndGalante@OrlandoMagic.com, and all Galante does is read through the inbox and answer emails -- MID-GAME. He even was drinking during Game2 earlier today.

So naturally...the fellas at Niketalk decided to join in some fun and send a few emails over their way. Cameos for the day from the likes of Method Man, Dirtylicious and Air Ant.

Check the 5:40 mark for a classic NT General debate. [Also check Brook Lopez's dunk @ 7:40 for some fine commentary.]


5:20 on this one...


And around 5:45, a Haiku I wrote in about assistant Shelly made it on air. Way to go.


And here's four shoutouts from the day combined into one vid:


Listen/watch tomorrow and maybe you'll hear a B.O.P. shoutout.

-Nick

Looking for more songs like this!

Just want to give a heads up on the New Nas video for his song "Hero". I love this song, I think its awesome! I have heard well over half the album and all though I like it nothing else sounds remotely close to this. The beat was done by Polo Da Don who is widely used by southern rappers. It's a fishy beat for a gritty New York rapper like Nas but he manages to pull it off well. Take that Hypesta's!




-Keith

Source: worldstarhiphop.com

Soldier 2 Kids Exclusive....

So here's a Zoom Lebron Soldier 2 that is actually gonna be a Kid's only exclusive. They're inspired by Lebron's first organized hoops squad, the Summit Lake Hornets, that he played on growing up in Akron when he was 8. The colorway is inspired by the Hornets team, and it was the same core of players that he continued on to SVSM with.

-Dane

Ushering In A New Era!!

Amidst a flurry of controversy and scandal over this last year, the NBA has lost its connection to the heart of its existence -- the fans. Every year the NBA is finding it harder and harder to keep die hard fans attached to the game. The Refs are being investigated by the FBI, classic franchises with historical NBA value are being moved, and player attitudes aren't getting any better.

In comes the 3BA. The 3BA is a basketball association started with the intention of redefining the "attitude and perception of professional sports." It's fun, exciting, fast paced basketball with a few tweaks but doesn't stray far from its bigger brother. The game is 3 on 3 full court. It is played in an NBA or Collegiate arena on a 72' length 50' width court. July 18th at the Rose Garden in Portland, OR kicks off the inaugural event and features some hometown favorites including Head Coach A.C. Green, Assistant Coach Dan Dickau and players David Lucas, Lamar Hurd and David Jackson to name a few. Dates are already set in Anaheim CA, Chicago IL, and Memphis TN over the next month. Be prepared to see more familiar faces joining with each new city and making this a new, fun and exciting event for the real sports fan.




-Keith

Source: www.3ba.com

Rocky Mountain High . . . PLC 3 Crowd Conducting

I'm visiting some family and friends in the Mile High City (Denver) for this holiday weekend. It's the 4th of July & what better way to celebrate other than America's past time . . . baseball. We got tickets to the Rockies vs. Marlins game in the cheap / rowdy "Rockpile" area.

These are the bleacher seats out in center field where everybody just gets drunk and yells at the umpires. For some reason if you mix a little too much alcohol with some people they become the center of attention. Which brings me to my 3rd PLC (poor life choice) . . . crowd conducting!



I wasn't sure if it was funnier to watch this guy try to lead cheers for 30-40 min strait or to listen to everybody heckle him. At the end of his conducting he even went soo far as to take pictures of the crown behind him like they were his students. Basically nobody listened to him, he kept getting frustrated with the crowd, and I'm surprised that he wasn't taken out with a half drank cup of beer.


Baseball analysts always say it is easier to hit homeruns in Coors Field due to it's altitude and thin air.


Overall a very long game but exciting . . . almost got hit by one of the multiple home run balls, the Rockies won in a dramatic come from behind in the bottom of the 9th, and I saw my first in person Grand Slam. Later at the bar I saw on t.v. that ESPN stated this was only the 3rd time ever that both teams scored 17 runs each in a normal 9 inning game.



The good thing about our seats (other than the 50yr old cheerleaders) was that they were in one of 3 sections which got to go down on the field to watch the post game fireworks. Something about them being worried about falling debris from the fireworks in those 3 sections.


Me, my cousin, and her roommate on the field waiting for the fireworks. . . Major league grass is so plush.



I'll leave you with the grand Finale . . . America Yeah!



-Cam

COOKOUT!!! COOKOUT!!! COOKOUT!!! COOKOUT!!!

Email team@BOPVI.com for directions.

- THE B.O.P.

Calvin Klein!!

On July 2nd at 4pm Undefeated in L.A. is the spot to be at if you are a fan of the Hyperdunk or the fantastic movie Back 2 The Future Dos! They are releasing the Uber infamous NT photoshop "Marty Mcfly" Hyperdunk. I usually don't post the kind of stuff you'll see all over at other blogs but these are so impressive looking. Not to mention the shoe plays unbelievably well. I have two hands, now how do I get them on these short of a red eye to L.A. tonight?































-Keith

Source: http://www.undftd.com/