Young Michael Jordan in Class. In the Background, Sam Perkins Looks Stoned.

Before he ruled the basketball world, won 6 NBA titles, played baseball (a little), and wore Haynes underwear, Michael Jordan was a student-athlete at North Carolina. 27 years ago, this is what he looked like. His college buddy, teammate, and future NBA star Sam Perkins, an admitted pot smoker, looks very much in “the state” during class.

NBA’s Top 10 Plays of the Week

Thanks to the Hoop Doctors for putting together this awesome compilation of plays from the NBA this week. There were certainly a lot of good games and plays. Anyone catch that nail-biter in Cleveland last night (I’m being factitious).

OSU’s New $4 Million Locker Room

This is just mind blowing! I know that players need nice digs but come on. How can a school justify spending $4 million on something so garish. A locker room should be funtunctial most improtantly and then maybe comfertable. They do this to showcase their program to recruits and hope that it will entice them to attend their school and play for their team, but again, this is just ludicrous. Although I must admit it is pretty damned sweet. You can check out more pics on their site.

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Win Ron Artest’s Championship Ring For $2

I’m actually a fan of Ron Artest. I know he’s an asshole but he’s also a really good player. He certainly tries his hardest each game. Either way, if you’re a fan or not. You can be the proud owner of an NBA Championship ring for a measly $2…well actually $10 as you have to purchase a minimum of 5 raffle tickets. All-in-all, it’s pretty cool because for one you may win an awesome prize for hardly anything and secondly (and more important) all the proceeds are going to help out children with mental health issues.

Join Ron Artest and Xcel University in their efforts to support mental health awareness and treatment for children and you could win Ron Artest’s NBA Championship Ring and an expense paid trip to LA to meet Ron Artest and enjoy premium seats at an LA Lakers Game.

GRAND PRIZE:
Winner will receive Ron Artest’s original NBA 2010 Championship Ring (See More Photos ) The ring includes the following features:

Each and every ring is adorned with a piece of the actual ball used in game seven of the 2010 NBA Finals
The two Larry O’Brien trophies representing the back to back titles are made from a custom batch of 16kt gold.
16 oversized round brillant white diamonds indicate the 16 championships the franchise has won.

Each player is immortalized with a three dimensional sculpture of their face on their respective rings.
The final score of the Lakers 83-79 game seven victory over the Boston Celtics is represented on the side of the ring in scoreboard fashion.
Winner and a guest will enjoy an expense paid trip to Los Angeles where Ron Artest will present the Winner with his ring and where the Winner and their guest will enjoy premium seats to an LA Lakers Game. The trip includes the following prize items:
Two Premium Seats to an LA Lakers Game
Two night hotel accomodations at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills (single room, double occupancy)
Round trip coach air transportation from any international airport in the world (as necessary to attend ring presentation and game, $2,000 maximum)
A $1,000 allowance for expenses including meals and ground transportation
Winner will receive a cash prize in the amount of $13,007.5 to mitigate the Winner’s tax liabiltiy that results from winning the raffle. This prize is withheld and paid, on behalf of the Winner, directly to the IRS ($10,750.00) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ($2,257.50)

A 4-Year Old’s Sweet Revenge

You may or may not have seen the video from last year where this jerk of a reporter made a 4-year-old cry by dunking on him. Bad news for the reporter, because the kid hadn’t forgotten about it. He’s a year older, a year wiser, and demanded a rematch with the douchebag. He wasn’t as lucky this time.

I can’t wait for Disney to buy the rights to this story and turn it into the greatest sports movie of all time.

He’s On Fire! You Got Dunked On

As if the return of NBA Jam and the start of the 2010 NBA Playoffs weren’t enough to get your basketball blood going, the Hoop Doctors have compiled a video of the Top 10 “You Got Dunked On” dunks. Check out our previous post of fools getting dunked on for more nuts in your face action.

40 Fools Getting Dunked On & Posterized

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3 Reasons To Root For West Virgina

If you’re like me you’ll be cheering for the underdogs when West Virginia University takes on #1 seed Duke in the NCAA Final Four tomorrow but if you need a few more reasons to root for them, here you go.

How Not To Defend A Dunk

No one wants to get dunked on but this is the ultimate statement of “getting dunked on.” He was posterized worse than *NSync in a teens bedroom. Not since Vince Carter in the 2000 Olympics have I seen a dunk quite like this.

Who Is The Best Deal In The NBA?

We’ve got a lot of numbers to look at here. First let’s check out the overall highest paid players. A few points to make about this list is that you’ve got Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming out for the Rockets which will of course skew their numbers and the same goes for Gilbert Arenas with his suspension.

If you take these players and and sort them by how much they earn per point scored it now looks like this:

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