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On today’s show, we attempt to pick our 2012 NBA All-Star Reserves. (Is Paul Millsap a lock? Do you go with Tony Parker or Kyle Lowry? And who in hell do you pick in the Eastern Conference?) Also discussed: Which team Kenyon Martin should sign with, whether the Rockets will make a run at Hornets’ center Chris Kaman, and why LeBron James should consider doing the Dunk Contest, once and for all.
All that, plus NBA Yearbook Awards, Leigh’s “Tweet of the Weak,” Bill Simmons’ concept of NBA “chemists,” a rough round of “The Pun-Gun Game,” Super Bowl predictions, Kobe vs. LeBron, and more.
So give your eyes a rest, and embrace this audio explosion.
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And Martin signed to the Clippers … http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_kenyon_martin_clippers_nba_020312
Yup.
I personally would save great players on poor teams as injury replacements, so I like the Tony Parker pick over Kyle Lowry
Regarding Kaman and the Rockets, Kaman would not affect the Rockets’ cap space so long as the guys mentioned are the only ones traded. The Rockets turned down the options on all of the ’09 Lottery guys, so all that money is coming off the cap, regardless.
The Rockets’ cap situation is wide open. They don’t have anyone with a significant guaranteed salary next year besides Lowry ($6 million), Martin ($11 million), and Scola ($9 million), and of those only Scola is really a candidate for a salary dump. But I think it’s almost impossible that he would be included in any deal for Kaman.
Anyways, the Rockets could use Kaman, I guess, but any trade for him would be entirely about what he can provide on the court, not what he does for their cap room this summer.
What is his favorite organ? Dante Spleen
My pick for “The Chemist”: Eddie House. He carries the legacy of Damien Jones, and of course is the new guy LeBron can hammer with high-fives. He’s small, and he doesn’t play that much. Perfect, in my opinion.
Those pun-guns were like no-fun-guns…
No Dante Greensleeves?
I hear his favorite doctor is the ortho-dante-green-ist.
Actually that kind of sucked, and not in the good way. Maybe that really is a deceptively difficult name to work with…
Weak round of puns today.
No Spu-dante Bambino for you.
You’re all one step closer to Dante’s Inferno.
Great show guys. Here’s the thing on the dunk contest. Youtube has virtually eliminated the “dunk-we’ve-never-seen” factor from the NBA dunk contest. Any dunk that an NBA player is gonna do has already been done (and probably better) by a streetballer/dunk specialist somewhere on the internet, with the only exception being dunks that use props (shout out to Gerald Green’s cupcake dunk).
So with that in mind, wouldn’t you rather watch superstars (LBJ, D-Rose, etc.) doing B+ dunks than lesser known players doing A+ dunks? When I watch the dunk contest (or any event during All-Star weekend), I want to watch superstars being superstars. This is what All-Star weekend is all about. When we look back on a superstar’s career (like MJ), a dunk contest is a fondly remembered piece of the legacy. Don’t we want the same for guys like LeBron?
What do you think? Would you rather have better dunks with lesser known players, or superstars doing “maybe-not-quite-as-phenomenal” dunks? For overall entertainment factors, I’m voting for the superstars.
The Chemist for me would be Patty Mills. He’s not able to sign until March but he’s still at every Blazer home game with his towel waving aroundand probably the greatest bench cheerleader ever.
It’s going to be really awkward when the Blazers’ GM finally tells Patty he’s not required. About half as awkward as when Patty turns his attentions to another team and starts turrning up and waving towels. Let’s face it – all the guy wants is a job in the NBA.
Pasta al donte?
Do the Lakers really deserve a third All-Star at 6th place in the west and 2 games over .500? Go with Danilo or Dirk over Laker #3…
The chemist for the Kings is ironically Donte Greene. Has the same ritual everytime he walks onto the court, he and JT do their “dust off” before every start the game, he goes to the scorers table and and fist bumps all the crew and radio guys, and then starts the Goon Squad bounce. Off the bench before everyone on timeouts and is the #1 towel waiver on the team. Infamous on the Reke half court buzzer beater.
http://youtu.be/NhLdQzSWJdg
LMAO @ Tas’ explanation of why Kobe is better at pool. Women giving birth don’t labor that much. Skeets’ grilling him makes it even funnier.
Also, admit it guys, we all want to see Ricky Rubio in the All Star game. It would be way more entertaining than Lowry or Parker.
I really wanted Kenyon Martin to sign with the Hawks. The Hawks could really have used him. However if I was him I would have chosen the Clippers as well. More exposure and it sounded like more money this year.
I can’t believe you guys didn’t get this one for the pun gun: What is Dante Green’s favourite Stephen King novel? The Donte Greene Mile.
Hey! Thanks a lot guys!
There’s no reason to ever give any attention to Bill Simmons. The only reason to read him is to get a glimpse into the average fan’s mind. He is the worst. He is quintessential ESPN: spend a lot of time to say nothing of substance.
lol Just watching Minnesota vs New Jersey. Three Williamses in S5 in the Nets lineup…
And fourth sitting on the bench. And we have Derrick WIlliams playing for the Wolves team ;)
Can’t believe nobody once mentioned Dr. Quentin Richardson down in Orlando, though it seems even he can’t save the Magic.
Yo, here’s all the members of the 50/40/90 club.
Guys, we don’t play ball ’til Thursday, but I’ll make sure to snap a photo of “The Shower Club” then.
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Q: What’s Mr. Green’s favorite mythical spring?
A: The Donte-n of Youth.
how does danny grangers name not even come up when talking about all stars
Maybe because he’s shooting .377 from the field?