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This season Hawks' management went TMNT on their roster and got Tiago Splitter. I'm sure I don't have to explain the meaning behind this picture. What I want is to know who can be the next acquisition to even take it to another level of TMNT likeness.
All props go to my homie. 

Washed Up Bradley Cooper

Don't even try to convince me that dude in the middle between Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner doesn't look like totally washed-up Bradley Cooper. The resemblance just can't be denied. Let's pretend that's B Coop though. Could you imagine what kind of lifestyle he must've lived to become such a bum? How many lines of cocaine he should have snorted (obviously more than Keanu had in the first 45 minutes of Matrix, because he had 80 lines, and that's officially the most random comparison)? That's actually how Eddie Morra would've looked like if he hadn't figured proper use of NZT-48.

By the way, this bum's name (no offense) is Alex Steyermark. He is a director/producer/writer, basically a one-man-band.

"The D Train" In 3 Pictures

The 1st full length movie on Instagram

So what do you do when you have a lot of free time? You do whatever you like. I, for one, uploaded the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead to Instagram. I don't want to sound too cocky (who am I kidding, I really want to) but I believe it's the first time someone (in this case me) uploaded the full movie. The very first time in the history of mankind. Can you imagine what it feels like? Probably not, since there aren't too many pioneers in the world these days. And I, by the shockingly incredible combination of my mind's power and unemployment, which is a true blessing, generated this, what now feels like a crappy idea, work of art and became one of those pioneers. Well, enough with bravado.

You might ask, "Why is 1968 Night of the Living Dead?". It's easy. NotLD is in the public domain which means you can do whatever you want with it (please tell me I am right). As soon as I've settled on the movie, it took me just a half an hour to divide it into parts up to 15 seconds each, and only then started the long and boring process of actual uploading from the end of the movie to its beginning(it's more convenient that way)

Now as I've finished I see that people enjoying this page, but not on the scale I thought they would be. You know how it is. So follow it)    

Who Shot It Better?

Yo, guys, some of you might think what the heck is this infographic about. Totally legit question. Just try to think of the last time you saw none other than Luke Babbitt on the top of the list, I mean, literally, any list. He's even second on the most famous Galena High School graduates list (it's in Reno, Nevada), the first is Shannyn Sossamon (actress) and the third is Bob, he works at Walmart.

Anyway, Luke made it this time, simply because I've come up with this (feels like he owes me). As you can see here this graphic consists of players whose 3P% was better than their 2P% during this season (there aren't a lot of them). To make the cut the player only had to have at least 40 3Pt Field Goals. That's it. Hope you enjoy this literally useless information. 

Fake Vans Old Skool Experiment

I bought fake Vans the other day. I knew they were fake otherwise how else did they only cost me 28$ plus I tried them on while sitting in the front seat of the plug's Hyundai. Sounds legit, right? Aside from that, they passed all the signs that usually help to tell the fake from the authentic shoes. So you may ask, why did I buy them? First of all, I am cheap, cheap as hell and it might have something to do with me being Asian. Secondly (not sure why I've started counting, I only have like two things to say, well, anyway), and more importantly, I really want to know how fast they wear out. Does the quality really differ from those in the real shop? So basically I bought them to find out "do I have to pay more?".

I have some experience behind my back dealing with the fake Vans, in particular with Authentic Ones (feel the irony) which I got from eBay. After two months of every other day, light usage they were like "I was ballin' hard in them, they wanna fine me", holes on the sides probably from my crazy street lateral moves, or because I have freaking flat feet that could destroy any shoes no matter what. 

On the other hand, I also have Vans Zapato Del Barco which have been serving me for a solid half a year of hardcore usage(ok, not so hardcore) and they don't look like tearing apart anytime soon. They are 100% real and I purchased them at the legitimate store.

At that point, you're probably thinking, "that fool should buy real stuff and stop whining".  Perhaps you're right, but (there is always "but") just for the sake of getting to the bottom of this (and saving my money) I shall proceed with the experiment. As you can see(I sincerely hope you can) I'm posting pics of sneakers on the very first day of me having them (interesting how many people had tried them on before I stuck with them), and I'm going to upload new ones as soon as they'll start cracking. Start counting dayyyyys))
UPD. 1 month passed, still looking good.

#fakeVans

Фото опубликовано Victor Badmaev (@victorbadmaev) Авг 19 2015 в 9:42 PDT

 UPD. I totally forgot about this. Unfortunately, their fakeness came through pretty fast so I had to throw them away. But it's all good I still have my Zapato Del Barcos. I'm going to stick to real ones from now on. Probably. 

Chuck Taylor's Air Jordan Ad

You probably heard that a couple of days ago was Chuck Taylor's birthday. I don't know why but I decided to pay him a tribute by making up an Air Jordan ad featuring an old photo of Mr. Taylor wearing Air Jordan 11 "Bred". 

Colin Farrell knows what's up

Tom Chambers aka Taste My Knees turned 56

Monday's Stats Day: Kyle Korver's shooting pct

As the season is coming to the end, I suggest you to take a look at this graph of how Kyle's shooting percentage has been changing over the course of the regular season.   

Denzel and Keanu in White Men Can't Jump

Few people know that Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves were initially discussed for the roles in the iconic movie White Men Can't Jump. As we all know Denzel can ball (scored 4 straight baskets on Jesus, man) and I'm sure he would've been great in it, but he'd decided to go with Spike and make Malcolm X. That's an easy one.
Then Blade aka Wesley Snipes showed up and got the part. Despite the fact that he wasn't a very good ballplayer, he was pretty athletic and after the training camp prior to shooting, his game became convincing enough to fool everybody including me into thinking he was legit.
As for Keanu, he like most white men (although his dad is partly Asian, which makes it even worse for basketball) is cursed with a White man's disease i.e. being unathletic. He played hockey growing up and apparently never laid his hands on a basketball for long enough which made it possible for Woody Harrelson to get this part (that's a straight-up quote from Woody's interview with British Newspaper Metro, almost a straight-up quote). Woody's career would've been a lot different if he hadn't landed this part, just imagine, he wouldn't have banged that chick in True Detective per se.
On the other hand, Keanu said in an interview in 1996 that they ruined the movie, because, "it had, it used to have more heart and more, they, they, punked out and made it this buddy film. I mean, it wasn't a buddy film." It is an interesting take,  dude must've wanted some Point Break-like deep relationship between the main characters.
And finally, the man, who would've brought trash talk of the flick to another level and made it more hilarious overall, I'm not talking about John Cusack (who was also considered), I'm talking about Michael Rapport. Practically nobody at the time, to be honest, nor the biggest star right now, but still a super funny actor. He is the guy who I would love to see in a movie like that.
At the end of the day casting crew did its job, the dynamic duo of Wesley and Woody still looks great and ranked right up there in the pantheon of the best dynamic duos of all time, somewhere between Spongebob and Patrick and Dr. Dre and Snoop. I would say it's a well-done job.
Who would you cast to play these parts if this movie were being made today?