Basketball Fiend

1. VH1 is developing a show called “Basketball Wives”, which will be composed of eight half-hour episodes. The show will follow the lives of the wives/girlfriends of Shaquille O’Neal, Jermaine O’Neal, Antoine Walker, Eric Williams, and Udonis Haslem. Shaq’s soon-to-be former wife Shaunie O’Neal is one of the show’s executive producers. In other words, Laura Govan and Latosha Lee will not be making guest appearances.

2. Dwight Howard likes to psyche out opponents by spitting on the ball before they take free throws. Too bad that tactic doesn’t translate to other walks of life. Can you imagine a defense attorney spitting in the prosecutor’s briefcase before closing arguments? Or an actor spitting on a rival actor’s script before an audition? That’s ridiculous, right? It’d never be allowed. So why is Dwight allowed to do it in the NBA?

3. Bethlehem Shoals says, “Let LeBron dance.” I say, “Cut the B.S. and let’s play some basketball. This is the NBA, not Riverdance.”

4. David Cho of The Awl corrects a common misunderstanding about Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” When Jay says, “If Jeezy’s paying LeBron/I’m paying Dwyane Wade” he’s talking about cocaine, not the summer of 2010. And here I thought Jeezy had a minority stake in the Hawks…

5. The Suns sent Taylor Griffin to the D-League. Now neither brother is playing in the NBA. Not until January anyway. Have I mentioned that injuries are ruining the NBA this season? Because they are.

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