The halftime entertainment as this year’s NBA All-Star game: Carrie Underwood and John Legend. I don’t know who Carrie Underwood is, but I’m down with John Legend. Of course, after last year’s abortion of a halftime show, they could’ve said, “Hey, we’re gonna take Neil Diamond, shoot him up with some heroin and send him out there with an accordion,” and I couldn’t have been too upset.
I’m still not over Cowboy fucking Troy. I wish Eddie Sutton would’ve disabled the passenger-side seatbelt and taken him for a drive sometime. I’m still not even sure what happened there… the guy may have just been lost. In a way, it was worth it… Cowboy Troy gave Charles Barkley a lot of material. I was thinking that David Stern, in the interests of equal time, may have brought in Tony Yayo to sing some country western tunes this time around.
Also, Andrea Bocelli is performing at the All-Star Saturday Night festivities. I mean, I’m not going to piss on Andrea Bocelli (unless he brings Kenny G with him)… but you know, nothing gets me psyched for the slam dunk contest “Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves).” I’m picturing Cuttino Mobley and Steve Francis sitting attentively up front for this one, holding each other and gently swaying back and forth. If they’re not at a Willie Nelson concert.
Gregg
Carrie Underwood is your most recent American Idol winner. And yes, she sings country music. What is the NBA trying to prove here?
February 16, 2006 at 11:58 am
Bouj
Carrie won American Idol last year, or before, or whenever. I think she’s more of a country singer than a pop singer.
Seriously, these leagues need to get their acts together as far as musical entertainment. Legend is a fine choice, but Bocelli?! Here in Houston, I don’t see anyone clamoring for Bocelli. Kanye, Beyonce, even some pop songstress would be better. Or go out on a limb and get Talib Kweli. I’ve been to a couple of Rockets games. I don’t hear Bocelli. I know the guy who plays the music at Toyota Center during the game. No one ever asked him to play Bocelli.
And don’t get me started on the Rolling Stones in Detroit. The NFL is trying to make up for their own mistake with Janet by killing the crowd with old geezers.
February 16, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Cox
I don’t give a damn about Carrie Underwood’s singing. I’ll be watching with the mute button on.
February 16, 2006 at 1:00 pm
DookieStyle
You’re actually gonna watch?
February 16, 2006 at 1:43 pm
BigBoi
That shit about Francis and Mobley is classic. Cowboy Troy is a disgrace to black people everywhere, white people, ya’ll can have him and don’t try to give him back like you did with OJ.
February 16, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Unsilent Majority
Bouj, no chance they get somebody legit like Talib. i figure as long as they’re in houston why not let some of the local morons have a showcase, cause you know you can’t get enough of MIKE JONES!
February 16, 2006 at 3:21 pm
BigBoi
Man what you got against Mike Jones?? But if you’re gonna do it Houston local style, you gotta go and get the Ghetto boys, or at least just Scarface (am I alone in wanting to see Bushwick Bill again. Wait, did he die recently??). Other acts that would be nice; Devin the Dude, Bun-B, Beyonce, the Fifth Ward Boyz, and how about 36 Mafia “Sippin’ on the Sizzurp” would be a good All-Star game theme right??? lol
February 16, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Andy
White people in the middle of nowhere love country music and American Idol, and David Stern desperately desperately wants white people in the middle of nowhere to like the NBA again, to the point of selling out his true fan base.
Think of him as the sports version of the Democratic National Committee, and you’ll get the idea.
Also, white people in the middle of nowhere have never heard of John Legend and will assume he’s the warm-up country singer to Underwood.
February 17, 2006 at 1:34 am
Unsilent Majority
Andy, don’t you think all those whitey’s out there were the backbone of the grammy audience as well? Could you watch the grammy’s and still not know who John Legend is?
February 17, 2006 at 8:13 am
Emmit>Barry
I think a Houston-heavy line-up of Mike Jones, SLim Thug, Paul Wall, and Lil Boozie would be awesome. Particularly if Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes the all-star game, to see the look of terror and confusion on his face.
February 17, 2006 at 10:18 am
BigBoi
Yeah but you have to throw the Ghetto boyz in there too, just for the shock and awe their songs would cause to the average white american families, you know songs like “you gotta let your nutz hang”, or Bushwick Bill’s “Chucky”, or Scarface’s self titled song with the classic sample “all I have in this world, all all I have in this world………. Balls and my word!!!”
February 17, 2006 at 11:08 am
the sockk
Yeah, I don’t think Ilgauskas has ever met a black person before.
February 18, 2006 at 11:40 am