Championship Edition Fur Face Diggler Dallas Mavericks T-Shirt by Fur Face Boy

The Dallas Mavericks have done the unthinkable, they knocked off the evil empire of Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat! If The Blot’s LA Lakers weren’t going to win the NBA title this year, then I’m glad the Heat didn’t win one either! To be honest, I became somewhat of a Mavs fan while living in Dallas five years ago, so I’m also happy to see Dirk Nowitzki and Mark Cuban finally win a ring after their collapse against the Heat in 2006. In honor of the Mavericks’ huge victory last night, Dallas’ own Fur Face Boy will be producing this Championship Edition Fur Face Diggler t-shirt as an unexpected sequel of sorts to the standard Fur Face Diggler tee he produced a few weeks ago.

The Fur Face Diggler (Championship Edition) t-shirt will be available through pre-order only at the Fur Face Boy online store from now until Wednesday, June 15st, at 11:59pm CST. The shirt retails for $29.99 and is scheduled to ship on Saturday, June 18th.

Fur Face Diggler Dallas Mavericks T-Shirt by Fur Face Boy

In honor of the Dallas Mavericks reaching the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history, Fur Face Boy has decided to release this made-to-order limited edition basketball bobble head inspired t-shirt entitled "Fur Face Diggler" (in honor of Dirk Nowitzki naturally). Over the past 12 years Dirk has cemented himself as the greatest Maverick of all time, and with just 4 more victories can solidify his status as a legend of the game. But with LeBron, DWade and Bosh standing in his way, do Dirk and Mavs stand a chance? Tune in to Game 1 on Tuesday night to find out!

The "Fur Face Diggler" tee will be available through pre-order only at the Fur Face Boy online store from now until Wednesday, June 1st, at 11:59pm CST. The shirt retails for $29.99 and is scheduled to ship on Saturday, June 4th.

Los Angeles Lakers Win the 2010 NBA Championship For Back to Back Titles

Wow, as a lifelong fan of the Los Angeles Lakers The Blot can honestly say I’m as excited for this NBA Championship, the franchise’s sixteenth, as I was the first time I watched the Lakers win one in the ‘80s. It’s definitely a feeling that never gets old, and this one was especially sweet considering the team’s collapse against the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals.


It’s hard to believe the Lakers have now been to the Finals three straight years and are coming off back-to-back championships. Before Derek Fisher’s return and Pau Gasol’s arrival in 2008, the team was in a freefall and Kobe’s departure was all but certain. Now the years with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown are just a distant memory!


There are a number of reasons this championship is especially sweet, and at the top of that list is because it came against the Lakers’ hated rivals, the Celtics, and was the perfect revenge for 2008’s loss. On top of that, Kobe now has 5 titles (and 2 NBA Finals MVP awards), on par with Magic Johnson, and Phil Jackson has won 11 titles, widening his record over the Celtics Red Auerbach (who has 9 titles to his credit). Another amazing statistic is that Jackson is the only NBA coach to ever win multiple titles in a row four different times! He had two different three-peats with the Bulls, a three-peat with the Lakers and now back-to-back championships again with the Lakers. That’s just incredible, isn’t it?


Another interesting turn of events from last night’s victory is that Kobe now has more NBA titles than Shaquille O’Neal (5 to 4). When asked what winning another NBA titale means to him individually, Kobe responded “Just got one more than Shaq. You can take that to the bank. You know how I am. I don't forget anything." I may be a Shaq guy, but that’s still pretty funny (and true).


I could go on and on about Pau’s amazing performance throughout the playoffs (he probably should have won the Finals MVP award this year), Ron Artest’s amazing in game 7 or DFish’s continued clutch shooting…but I won’t, because you already know how great they were! Instead I’ll just make an impassioned plea to Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss to please, please, please resign Phi Jackson. Pay the man his money so the Lakers can you win you a second three-peat. As we all know, Phil likes to do things in 3s.

Los Angeles Lakers - 2009 NBA Champions

After two months of playoff basketball Phil, Kobe and the rest of the LA Lakers finally did it! After some very hard fought series the Lakers are the 2009 NBA Champs. Let me tell you, no one is happier about that than The Blot (except for maybe Aly because now she doesn’t have to watch another basketball game for a very long time).


Sadly, Game 5 of the NBA Finals was the only game The Blot didn’t get to watch all playoffs. Our flight home from Tahoe was delayed and then it took an additional 30 minutes for our luggage to hit the baggage claim once we finally made it back to Houston. When we landed it was halftime and the Lakers were up by 10¸but by the time we were in our car heading home there was only 4:30 left in the fourth quarter and the Lakers were up by like 11-15 points. Listening to the end of the game wasn’t all bad since Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown and Dr. Jack Ramsay are some of the best basketball commentators in the industry.

Thankfully Aly and I got home just in time to see the Lakers celebrating the franchise’s 15th World Championship and Kobe accept the NBA Finals MVP award. It feels like these playoffs went on forever, but it was well worth it to see the Purple & Gold finally back on top of the NBA for their fourth title this decade. It’s hard to believe the Lakers have now been in the NBA Finals 6 times since 2000. I might also add that it has truly been amazing to see this team mature over the past three years. From barely making the playoffs to surprising everyone last year with their unexpected run to the 2008 Finals to this year’s championship, it has been a very exciting ride indeed.


Kobe now has his fourth championship and first without Shaquille O’neal, while Head Coach Phil Jackson now has his 10th NBA Championship, giving him more professional championships than any coach in the NBA or in the four major professional sports leagues of North America. Hopefully winning ten NBA titles will not be Jackson’s final act as the Lakers’ head coach and he’ll be back to steward the Lakers to a 16th NBA title.


With the roster as it is currently constituted there is no reason the Lakers can’t win it all again next year, giving Kobe and Derek Fisher their fifth championship and Jackson his eleventh. But to do that team owner Jerry Buss will need to open up his check book and resign Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza. I guess this summer will be a busy one for Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupcheck. Here’s hoping for back-to-back world championships!

The 2009 NBA Finals - Lakers vs. Magic

The Blot’s been waiting for the start of the 2009 NBA Finals for what feels like forever now. While I’ve hated the long hiatus, it’s probably been a really good thing for my beloved Lakers since they were looking extremely worn out after playing every other day for two weeks. I am happy that the Finals are not the Kobe v. Lebron dream match-up that the NBA, Nike and Vitamin Water were all hoping it would be.


While I loved Nike’s Kobe and Lebron puppet commercials, let’s be honest, for all of Lebron James’ accolades he is no Kobe Bryant. I hate how everyone and their mother compares Lebron to Michael. If anything he should be compared to A.I. Like Iverson, Lebron scores a ton, won an MVP award and got his team to the finals...once. But in the end he just can’t win the big one. But enough about Prince James…


With Cleveland’s loss to Orlando, the Lakers now have home court advantage. While that is a huge advantage for LAL, I’d almost rather be playing the Cavs because the Lakers match-up so much better against them than the Magic. That isn’t to say I’m worried about Dwight Howard and co., but they are harder to defend with their two highly talented swingmen, Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu. Plus, Orlando swept the Lakers in the only two games they played against each other this year.

But I’m not worried because the Lakers have the greatest coach in NBA history, the zen-master Phil Jackson. I could go on and on making arguments for why Los Angeles should dominate this series, but if it were that easy to predict they wouldn’t need to play the games. So I'll just leave it at that and we’ll see what happens in just a few short hours.

The 2009 NBA Finals start tonight, Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9/8c on ABC.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Final One Sheet Movie Poster

The Blot is currently boycotting the internet after that pitiful display Kobe and the Lakers put on last night here in Houston. I can’t believe I actually thought this team was talented enough to win the NBA Championship! How they ended up with the top record in the Western Conference is anyone’s guess. While I sulk here in my office check out the final theatrical one sheet movie poster for this summer’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.


I’m not as geeked up about this Transformers sequel as a lot of fans are, but I am looking forward to seeing the movie version of some of my favorite G1 Transformers. I probably won’t recognize them, but I hear Arcee and the combiner Devastator will be making their fist live action appearance in the film. Of course Arcee is red and not pink, and would it really have been too hard to make Devastator and the Constructicons green and purple like they are supposed to be!?!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premieres in theaters nationwide on June 24, 2009.

2008 NBA Finals Game 1 - LA Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Tonight

The Blot can’t wait for the NBA Finals to finally begin. It’s been way too long since both Conference Finals ended and I don’t think the Association could possibly hype up this series anymore than it already has. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are the league’s two most prestigious franchises and this is definitely the matchup David Stern and the league was desperately hoping for. Kobe, Gasol and Odom vs. Garnett, Pierce and Allen is a series for the ages…or at least for the past few years.


The game starts in just over an hour and I can’t focus on much else. Because of that and still trying to catch up from being out of town for a week, The Blot is having to postpone my Lost season finale recap until tomorrow. Sorry everyone! But, if you want to help out by cheering on my LA Lakers, you can tune into ABC at 9/8 central for Game 1of the 2008 NBA Finals.

2008 NBA Playoffs - There Can Only Be One

The 2008 NBA Playoffs are now set and the cards didn’t exactly fall where The Blot had hoped they would. The Houston Rockets clinched the number 5 Seed and home court advantage last night, while the Phoenix Suns got stuck with the 6th Seed and a trip to San Antonio. Now I can only hope the Rockets advance to the second round to play the Western Conference Champion L.A. Lakers, which I’m not really expecting to happen (especially with Rafter Alston out for at least the first two games of the playoffs). In the meantime, I’m now stuck with two Game 1 playoff tickets to see the Houston Rockets take on the Utah Jazz Saturday night at 8:30 pm. With the Rockets’ playoff series not including either Kobe or Shaq I now have zero interest in attending the game…I guess it’s time to try and sell my tickets ASAP.


Speaking of Kobe and Shaq, have you seen their newest "There Can Only Be One" 2008 NBA Playoffs television ad? It’s a pretty sweet advertisement, with the two of them talking split-screen about the fear of coming this far and not winning it all. It’s an awesome commercial and is definitely the best pairing of the NBA’s "There Can Only Be One" advertisement campaign. The other commercials feature LeBron James & Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash & Jason Kidd, Dwight Howard & Chris Paul, Paul Pierce & Mike Bibby and Antawn Jamison & Ben Wallace.

Check out the Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O’Neal “There Can Only Be One” 2008 NBA Playoffs commercial: