I confess. I've been a bit of an NBA downer the last few years. It has more to do with the misfortunes of my home team Sixers than it does the league, but I'm coming back thanks to the new wave of young players dominating the box scores and daily highlights. One of those kids is forward Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Love, 22, had his holy shit game last November when he became the first player since 1982 to score 30 points and grab 30 rebounds in a game. Bad ass. Not only that, his soft touch from 3-point land makes him a very rare breed, as Justin Kubatko of Basketball-Reference.com notes. What's more, Love is the son of a Beach Boy so you know he's got cool in his genes.
As highlight reel Blake Griffin dunks his way into superstardom, Love is putting up similar stats. Not taking anything away from Griffin but Love currently leads the league in rebounds per game and double doubles, while scoring slightly less per game than Griffin.You could make the case, though, that Love has yet to make his team better. Minnesota currently has the worst record in the Western Conference.
Simply put, the world needs to see more of Love and his old school approach to the game. What basketball fan wouldn't want to watch a player with the skill sets of both Dennis Rodman and Steve Kerr?
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Super Bowl Persuasion
Consider this my is-it-worth-it-to-advertise-during-the-Super-Bowl post. The answer is yes, but only if it involves children being thrown into walls.
Adfreak.com provides us with a look at HomeAway.com's upcoming Super Bowl commercial, which features a baby being thrown into a glass wall. Here's an awesome quote, one I hope to use someday in my career, from HomeAway.com CEO Brian Sharpless:
"While everyone loves babies and wouldn't want to see a real infant get mistakenly flung into the air, we hope viewers will get a good laugh from our test baby's unfortunate flight."
Everyone loves babies? Not true. No one would want to see a real infant get flung in to the air? Sounds entertaining to me. Now let's go rent some vacation homes.
Check this out for a seriously good follow up on Pepsi's decision to not advertise during last year's big game.
Adfreak.com provides us with a look at HomeAway.com's upcoming Super Bowl commercial, which features a baby being thrown into a glass wall. Here's an awesome quote, one I hope to use someday in my career, from HomeAway.com CEO Brian Sharpless:
"While everyone loves babies and wouldn't want to see a real infant get mistakenly flung into the air, we hope viewers will get a good laugh from our test baby's unfortunate flight."
Everyone loves babies? Not true. No one would want to see a real infant get flung in to the air? Sounds entertaining to me. Now let's go rent some vacation homes.
Check this out for a seriously good follow up on Pepsi's decision to not advertise during last year's big game.
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