Fast Don't Lie: The Video

Can't lie, these ads have been cracking me the fuck up.

Daily Dunk: Dwight Howard

This guy took off from the dotted and cocked it back. Monster.



By the way, he also pulled this one off on Al Horford...

Daily Dunk: Dwight Howard

There are certain things that can be done to guarantee a daily dunk. And bringing down a shot clock is one of them. Other ways to guarantee you'll get the daily dunk:

- Do a 360 in the game
- Break the backboard
- Win the NBA dunk contest
- Dunk on President Obama

By the way, that was a helluva game last night. I didn't think the Magic had a chance in the world to win that game and that's how it was looking in the first half. I'm telling someone that the only way the Cavs can fail with 14.5 seconds left is if Lebron settles for a jumper instead of going to the cup. I didn't figure in the fact that he would pass the ball and rely on Delonte West to hit the game winner. Go figure.

Daily Dunk: Rajon Rondo

I'm pretty sure he's dunking on Dwight Howard here. Although there's no body contact at all, Rondo goes up for the dunk, Howard goes for the block, and Rondo dunks it. That qualifies doesn't it? Either way I give Rondo props for going up for this dunk on 1.5 steps in the lane.

New Adidas Dwight Howard commercial

Daily Dunk: Dwight Howard

Too easy for this dude.

Daily Dunk: NBA Dunk Contest

This year's did not live up to last year's. Big ups to lil nate from the town!!

Daily Dunk: Dwight Howard

Normally, I try to avoid posting All-Star highlights for dunks, because it's meaningless and guys play at half-speed. But I had to post this Kidd-LeBron-Superman re-enactment of an "NBA Jam" play. This ish is just too crazy.

Nike is gangster

Everyone on the team is sponsored by Nike except Dwight Howard, who has his fresh Adidas on. See them? Those look good don't they... and guess what? Nike pays Coach Kryzewzzchki a nice little amount of money for his Dukies too. At least Dwight Howard gangter'd them back and put his hand over his shorts swoosh. Fight the man Dwight, fight the man.

Daily Dunk: Lamar Odom

Somewhere around the end of the first quarter or early in the second last night, I texted Kev a simple message: "Lamar OWNdom." The Lakers' enigmatic forward suddenly decided to appear in the NBA Finals, to the tune of hitting his first seven shots and assisting or scoring on the Lakers' first six baskets.

(Of course, he disappeared in the second half, taking only four shots and hitting one of them, but we're gonna forget about that.)

I told Kev right then - when it looked like the Lakers were steamrolling their way to a series tie - that today's Daily Dunk would be L to the A-M-A-R. So here he is, not only tugging on Superman's cape, but throwing down in his grill.

Daily Dunk: Dwight Howard Practicing

Continuing the dunk contest theme, here's a clip fo Dwight Howard practicing for last season's dunk contest. For some reason I think he's signed with Vitamin Water.

Daily Dunk: Lamar Odom

People don't dunk on Dwight Howard every day so when someone does they deserve some recognition.

3/4 NBA MVP

This is pretty pointless because we still have nearly 1/4 of the season left, but at this point the MVP race is pretty damn good. To be honest, I think Kobe will win easily because of the fact that he hasn't won one yet despite being one of the top three players in the league for nearly the past ten years.

Not only is he the best player in the league this year, but he's finally on the best team (Sans Shaq). Granted, the Lakers would definitely not be in this position without the Pau acquisition, but Kobe kept them close enough to reach the top once Pau got there. Last year Lebron got the edge from the critics because everyone said he made his teammates better and Kobe didn't. That's not the case this year as Sasha, Farmar, Turiaf and even Odom look a lot better than they did last year. Give the Lakers front office a lot of credit as well because the Derek Fisher signing seems to have gone unnoticed but was a huge piece to the seemingly complete Lakers puzzle.

Last year, in Chris Paul's rookie season, the Hornets were 39-43, this year they're 42-20. Who's running the team? Paul. He's averaging 21 points, is second in the leage with 11 assists, first with 2.7 steals and is shooting nearly 50% from the field. He's got a young supporting cast that is looking better every game. If the Lakers weren't out in front in the standings, I'd give the nod to Paul.

Oh, what 19 games can do. From 10th place to third place. A month ago, the Rockets looked like they were ready for the lottery draft. Now they look like they won't lose a game until they're playing at the Boston Garden in the Finals. When Yao went down, someone woke not just McGrady but the whole team up. Dikembe's looking good and the young supporting cast in Houston is following McGrady's lead. His numbers aren't nearly as good as they've been in the past but he's definitely taken two steps forward in career growth this year.

30.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 7.4 apg. His team has quietly slid into the four seed in the east...and his name is Lebron James. Ladies and gentlemen, your future eight-time MVP.

His points are way down, his rebounds are way down and his assists are down. But his team is in first place and making travel plans for the NBA finals. He obviously has no shot to win the MVP award with his numbers, but what he has brought to the Celtics can't really be measured on paper. I don't think there's anyone in the league that would trade $3 mil/year to play with Garnett. Just ask Sam Cassell.

Orlando is twice as good as last year when they finished 40-42 and the main reason is the growth of Dwight Howard. He had his cape on long before the dunk contest and is averaging a measley 21.8 ppg, 14.5 rpg and 2.4 bpg. It's pretty sick to think of the MVP battles that Lebron and Howard are going to have in the next 15 years.

Honorable Mention: Paul Pierce, Steve Nash, Chauncey Billups, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Memphis Grizzlies GM.