The Best Dunk Ever

I don't normally post stuff like this, and I know it's been a while since I posted on here last, but you can't call yourself a basketball blogger if you're not linking to or posting or tweeting about the all-time posterization of Kendrick Perkins last night, courtesy of Blake Griffin.

Okay, okay, Griffin uses his off arm on Perkins for leverage -- like he needs any help getting higher. And yeah, it's not the cleanest finish. I suppose if you want to go strictly by the book, it's technically not even a dunk.

Call it whatever you want -- it's the most spectacular play of its kind I've ever seen. Check it out for yourself.

Wisconsin Gets Well; Will Pittsburgh?

It has been a very interesting start to the conference season in college basketball, and nothing over the first couple of weeks of 2012 has been more surprising than the horrific starts of two perennial power-conference powers: Wisconsin of the Big Ten, and Pittsburgh of the Big East. The Badgers dropped three straight after opening conference play with a win at Nebraska, including losses to Iowa (yuck) and Michigan State on their usually impenetrable home floor. The Panthers have dropped their first four conference games (and five overall), including two defeats at the Petersen Events Center, where they were practically unbeatable before this season (they also dropped non-conference games at home to Long Beach State and Wagner).

Both of these teams are accustomed to being at or near the top of their respective leagues, and both were expected to more or less maintain the status quo this season. So is there any hope for either of them?

Metal Monday: Lord Stereo

Programming note: Nearly a full month without posting. Two reasons: 1) I bit off more than I could chew with my initial posting schedule, and 2) I'm studying for the Nevada bar exam. The latter is taking up quite a bit of my basketball-viewing time and even more of my posting time, so I expect that I won't post much over the next couple of months. I do hope to post a bit more often, though, especially with conference play starting to ramp up and some really interesting stuff happening (surprising Big East teams, Wisconsin losing three straight Big Ten games, etc.).

One thing I also plan to resume/keep going is Metal Monday. And so, via Metal Underground, I give you the stream of the debut album of Lord Stereo, a Polish garage band.