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Carnival of The NBA 55. And Some Links

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Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Carnivals, Diatribes
Posted on: March 27th, 2008

The latest NBA Carnival – Carnival of the NBA 55 – is up at Daily Basketball. This on is presented in a sweet calendar format for easy browsing. As mentioned in the Carnival:

The theme for this “issue” of the Carnival is “Make up your own NBA holiday.” … Bloggers for struggling teams wasted no time in degrading their coaches, with holidays right after the end of the season.

I’m a little disappointed no one created “Celebrate an NBA Dancer Day”. Now, that would be a holiday we can all enjoy.

In other linkage related news, Hardwood Paroxysm has a great interview with D-League President Dan Reed about the past, present, and future of the D-League. Unlike Isiah Thomas, the man at least has a coherent plan.

Also, Blake at Hoops Addict has an interesting article with ideas about how to better develop the D-League.

And since I can’t stop talking about the D-League, apparently Portland, Maine is getting its own D-League team in 2009. Really? Maine? Seriously? So New York can’t get a D-League team, but Maine can? I can see possibly why this league is having some problems. Still, as a current resident of the state, I’m saving my pennies for some season tickets. I just hope Rod Benson is still in the league then.

Finally, I am so stoked that Mad Libs is making a comeback, I’ve broke out the TMNT PJ’s for the occasion. Nels had an inspired Day 148 post and now Jeff W has a great Smitch vs.Oak Mad Libs post on The Score.com. I’m anxiously looking forward to the next Mad Libs post.

Other Stuff Like This:

  • Jeff, I'm not sure what was funnier, the pic on the second TMNT link or that there is A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles News Blog? For all the TMNT news you need, I guess.
  • Hey - Jeff at Courtside and I were talking this morning about his Mad Libs post and wondering if anyone liked it. We want to do more; maybe a Mad Libs Carnival?
  • Jeff, I'm pretty sure they don't look like either of those since they probably have holes in the knees and butt from Patrick wearing them for 12 straight years.
  • TMNT PJs -- lol ... Do they look like this or this?

    Thanks for the hat tip, Patrick. As I was saying to Carolyn, I was thinking about turning the Quote-Off into a Carnival-type thing (hosted by different blogs), if there's enough interest.
  • The Portland team has been bandied about so the Celtics have a closer affiliate. The Celtics are heavy into using the D-League, but they're affiliated with the freaking Flash which are in Utah. So that's why. If they get the vote on the Portland team, I can see a New York team being in Harlem as soon as next season.
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