Drawings from the Notebook of Chris Grant (episode 9):
2011-07-17Or, the NBA: Where Amazing Happened…
This ball is lonely.
A little backstory…
Two weeks ago, I first got the idea to make some sort of a promotional banner for the NBA lockout, and what I came up with was essentially a pictorially transcribed version of the NBA.com page sans players as accordant with NBA lockout policy.
Basically, this is what happened:
It struck me as not my most visually enticing endeavor, and worse, for those looking closely, it also kind of outed me as a closet Eva Amurri picture hoarder.
So, for today’s episode of DFTNOCG (pictured above), here’s a more streamlined (slash less personally revealing) effort.
Happy lockout everyone. May this picture soon be dated.
Signed,
Ryan “NBA TV should be free until this deal is resolved” Braun
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Ps- Picture by Ryan and Aron at CFAAP.com.
Pps- Next week, as inspired by one of John’s recent comments, we’ll be traveling back to Ancient Egypt to take a peek at the lineage of a few of the Cavalier wings…
So… Shouldn’t we have a poll or, even better, a post and lively discussion about who is most likely to be this lockout’s Shawn Kemp?
Thanks for the Anthony Parker article. I followed Antony all his Israeli years and I can assure you that he was and still is a national hero. That is not because of his playing that undoubtedly was by far the best ever seen in Israel but his bigger than life character. Byron Scott, in my mind a fantastic coach, did not give all those minutes to Anthony for no reason. Anthony Parker is the ultimate team player. His plain presence on the court makes the team play better. He plays the game the coach wants him to play without letting… Read more »