Forrest Gump 2.0

Forrest Gump began his run across the country after Jenny left him. again. This run included Forrest coining the happy smiley face t-shirt idea, as well as the classic phrase, “shit happens”. George Martin has made his own trip across the country in a fund raising effort for 9/11 rescue workers. This is a great, great story for the NFL in light of all of personal conduct troubles it’s faced over the past couple of years. Martin is a former defensive end for the New York Giants and he walked over 3,000 miles and raised 2 million dollars to address the respiratory problems of 9/11 rescue workers. Here’s the story on espn, Ex-Giant DE Martin finishes 3,000-mile walk for 9/11 charity. Martin walked an average of 22 and half miles a day – that’s pretty sick. Awesome job by Martin for promoting awareness of this important issue.

Also, Rachel Nichols interviewed KG and Paul Pierce about their championship experiences. Pretty cool interview with some funny moments from KG and Pierce. Nice closing line too, with KG saying “every great movie needs a sequel.”

Links (Youtube is amazing)

Here are some links from youtube. If you’ve already seen these…I apologize, just doing my civic duty and making sure people see some of these clips.

In that crazy cool announcer voice: From the subject responsible for the famous quote “Pasta Pasta; it tastes like Pasta”, I am pleased to have unearthed these absolute gems.

Note the similarities in terms of the key figures involved in this clip and the more well known clip, Houston Rockets imitate Deke

Houston Rockets – How does a Dinosaur Sound?

Umm…does Mutombo know what a dinosaur is? I’m pretty sure I heard Mutombo barking…or woofing…making clear dog noises towards he end of this clip. Secondly, I am gaining more and more respect for Steve Novak’s imitation/random abilities.

Now, this is most probably completely fabricated…but…still. Mutombo governs with an iron fist

Highlight from this has got to be: “Skip to the Lou Man”. I would analyze more, but I’m afraid I couldn’t follow what Deke is saying.

(Cautionary note – We Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice has the highest respect for Dikemebe Mutombo. He is a devout philanthropist who really does reflect the NBA’s policy of NBA cares. We are also convinced that Dikemebe Mutombo is very articulate and intelligent in his native language, and greatly admire his efforts)

This next clip appears to be very legitimate. Andrew Bogut is a former #1 overall pick from the fightin Utes’. He is a solid fantasy basketball center, and his numbers have improved every year in the league. But for some reason, he doesn’t appear to be very popular with his teammates, as can be seen here:

Poor Andrew Bogut

Excuse for a homerism note: The Orlando Magic battled back to win game 3 of their series against Detriot, bringing the series to 2-1. Rashard Lewis poured in 33 points (a playoff career high), and Dwight Howard added a 20/12/6 (blocks, not assists) game. Hedo Turkogulu stepped up with a solid game for what has seemed like the first time all playoffs. With a possibly injury to “Big Shot Billups”, the Magic may be able to regain the momentum street cred in this series. Anyways, Dwight Howard follows in the mold of KG (and many others) in his insistence on blocking all shots after the whistle). Allen Iverson though didn’t seem to be fazed by Dwight’s treatment.

Allen Iverson’s response

Speaking of KG… The Celtics absolutely blew out the Hawks in Game 7 of their first round series. Perhaps lost in this absolute demolishing was KG’s beatdown on poor, poor Zaza. As you remember, Zaza had the gall to stand up to KG in Game 3 of this series. And in the 3rd quarter of game 7, Marvin Williams’ flagrant foul on Rajon Rondo irked many of the Celtics. So…this is how KG responded;

I wasn’t kidding when I said KG might kill someone

Damn. KG is one scary dude. Poor Zaza had no chance. I think my favorite part of this clip is how KG attempted (faked?) to justify/explain his pick as a legal play to the referee. One of the comments for this video also noted that Zaza talked to KG while never taking a step towards him, always maintaining a safe distance.

Now I think most people would say that Shaq isn’t nearly as scary as KG. Check out Shaq’s funny side:

Shaq owns reporter

I love how Shaq continues to laugh after he has cracked his joke. He’s clearly very, very pleased with himself.

And the last set of links for this post also features basketball clips. Rasheed Wallace has got to be one of the most unique basketball players in the NBA. Here’s Wallace showing his love for Reggie Miller during a pregame warmup (also on Inside the NBA)

You can also hear the studio guys cracking up at his antics

A phrase you hear often in pickup games (err…mebbe?) is “ball don’t lie”; well…Rasheed Wallace likes to apply that to regular season games in the NBA as well. As you’ll see, poor Andrew Bogut is also involved in this clip – (and not in a good way) -

Ball don’t lie son