Thoughts and Shit

jnetdilla: Fall 2013 “By Any Means” teaser “Marinus” 5 panel...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:37 -0700

Fall 2013 “By Any Means” teaser “Marinus” 5 panel camp showing at Venue Trade Show @unitedschemers #losangeles #venue2013 #venuetradeshow #unitedschemers #LA #fashion #sanjose #SJ

funsubstance: Sitting beside a black guy

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:40:17 -0700

funsubstance:

Sitting beside a black guy

gotemcoach: Kobe Bryant has passed Wilt Chamberlain to become...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:15:52 -0700

gotemcoach:

Kobe Bryant has passed Wilt Chamberlain to become the 4th Highest Scoring Player in NBA History.

#GotEmCoach

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:45:07 -0700

nbaoffseason: Ricky Rubio goes twice behind-the-back for a...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:23:15 -0700

nbaoffseason:

Ricky Rubio goes twice behind-the-back for a left-handed layup. Also, big ups to the Wolves music guy for playing “You’re The Best” from the KARATE KID soundtrack after it because I mean, Ricky is basically the Daniel LaRusso of the NBA.

gotemcoach: WORK ETHIC A story about Kobe Bryant, as told by a...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:29:44 -0800

gotemcoach:

WORK ETHIC

A story about Kobe Bryant, as told by a professional trainer who worked with Bryant this past Summer, for the Olympics:

I’ve been a professional athletic trainer for about 16 years and have been able to work with a range of athletes from the high school to professional level. Right now I run in a clinic in Cincinnati and have most recently been training with some players on the Bengals.

I activated my reddit account just a moment ago and because I’ve been seeing the videos of Kobe’s most recent dunks and the comments you guys have had to share I decided I might as well chime in what I know about the man. And let me just state by saying that this story doesn’t touch on anything we don’t know about Kobe but rather that he simply is not human when he is working on his craft.

I was invited to Las Vegas this past Summer to help Team USA with their conditioning before they head off to London, and as we know they would eventually bring home the Gold (USA). I’ve had the opportunity to work with Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in the past but this would be my first interaction with Kobe. We first met three days before the first scrimmage, on the day of the first practice, early July. It was a brief conversation where we talked about conditioning, where he would like to be by the end of the Summer, and we talked a little bit about the hustle of the Select Team. Then he got my number and I let him know that if he ever wanted some extra training he could hit me up any time.

The night before the first scrimmage I remember I was just watched “Casablanca” for the first time and it was about 3:30 AM. I lay in bed, slowly fading away when I hear my cell ring. It was Kobe. I nervously picked up.

“Hey, uhh Rob, I hope I’m not disturbing anything right?”

“Uhh no, what’s up Kob?”

“Just wondering if you could just help me out with some conditioning work, that’s all.”

I checked my clock. 4:15 AM.

“Yeah sure, I’ll see you in the facility in a bit.”

It took me about twenty minutes to get my gear and out of the hotel. When I arrived and opened the room to the main practice floor I saw Kobe. Alone. He was drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn’t even 5AM.

We did some conditioning work for the next hour and fifteen minutes. Then we entered the weight room, where he would do a multitude of strength training exercises for the next 45 minutes. After that we parted ways and he went back to the practice floor to shoot. I went back to the hotel and crashed. Wow.

I was expected to be at the floor again at about 11 AM. I woke up feeling sleepy, drowsy, and almost pretty much every side effect of sleep deprivation. Thanks, Kobe. I had a bagel and headed to the practice facility.

This next part I remember very vividly. All the Team USA players were there, feeling good for the first scrimmage. LeBron was talking to Carmelo if I remember correctly and Coach Krzyzewski was trying to explain something to Kevin Durant. On the right side of the practice facility was Kobe by himself shooting jumpers. And this is how our next conversation went — I went over to him, patted him on the back and said, “Good work this morning.”

“Huh?”

“Like, the conditioning. Good work.”

“Oh. Yeah, thanks Rob. I really appreciate it.”

“So when did you finish?”

“Finish what?”

“Getting your shots up. What time did you leave the facility?”

“Oh just now. I wanted 800 makes so yeah, just now.”

My jaw dropped. Mother of holy God. It was then that I realized that there’s no surprise to why he’s been as effective as he was last season. Every story about his dedication, every quote that he’s said about hard work all came together and hit me like a train. It’s no surprise to me now that he’s dunking on players ten years younger than him and it wasn’t a surprise to me earlier this year when he led the league in scoring.

Thanks for reading and allowing me to share you my Kobe Bryant story. If anyone has any questions I can clarify. Sorry if the story was at all hard to follow as this is my first time on reddit.

Rob.

#GotEmCoach

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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:36:38 -0800

funnyordie: Trent Reznor’s 10 Other Offensive Email...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:28:30 -0800

funnyordie:

Trent Reznor’s 10 Other Offensive Email Accounts

During a Reddit AMA, Trent Reznor told off a fan when asked about working with a major record label again, saying “Sorry, the wifi on our yacht is having issues, we can’t get your full question to load. Try sending me an email at gofuckyourself@youcunt.com.”

But that’s not the only email Reznor gives fans who ask questions he doesn’t like. Here’s a whole slideshow of them!

Classic lol

billidollarbaby: Kanye West & Kim Kardashian for L’Officiel...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:36:11 -0800

billidollarbaby:

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian for L’Officiel Hommes Paris Spring 2013
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian for L’Officiel Hommes Paris Spring 2013 shot by Nick Knight

funsubstance: -Obama

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:54:42 -0800

funsubstance:

-Obama

collegehumor: How to Jump Chain Barrier If You Want to...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:36:05 -0800

collegehumor:

How to Jump Chain Barrier If You Want to Embarrass Yourself

Walk it off.

There’s some fucked up people in the world man, check handles at gas stations. In Florida...

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:03:15 -0800

There’s some fucked up people in the world man, check handles at gas stations. In Florida 10-14 people got aids because some jackasses put needles on lever and it’s pricked peeps.

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Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:52:24 -0800

"ESPN: I always wanted to see you play Tracy McGrady. Kobe: I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:54:26 -0800

“ESPN: I always wanted to see you play Tracy McGrady.

Kobe: I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn’t even close. Ask him, he’ll tell you. When I was about 20, we were in Germany doing some promotional stuff for that other sneaker company and we played basketball everyday. We were in the gym all the time. We played three games of one-on-one to 11. I won all three games. One game I won 11-2. After the third game he said he had back spasms and couldn’t play anymore.

ESPN: His back bothered him for most of his career.

Kobe: Well, now you know.

”

- Kobe sat down with ESPN and talked a lot of shit. (via nbaoffseason)

fuckyeanba: He’s like heroin for basketball junkies, and Darius...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:19:29 -0800

fuckyeanba:

He’s like heroin for basketball junkies, and Darius Morris was just another unlucky guy caught up in the game. His corpse will be a reminder to future defenders to give the former Demon Deacon some room.

Damn

foreverla: Leave it to the kids…

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:17:57 -0800

foreverla:

Leave it to the kids…

"Six months ago he was unbelievable in the Olympics. That’s still in there somewhere."

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:17:18 -0800

“Six months ago he was unbelievable in the Olympics. That’s still in there somewhere.”

- Steve Nash on Pau Gasol (via foreverla)
C’mon pau

"I learned at a very young age you can debate who was or wasn’t the best player, but you can’t debate..."

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:01:37 -0800

““I learned at a very young age you can debate who was or wasn’t the best player, but you can’t debate who won or lost””

- Jamaal “Silk” Wilkes (via foreverla)

gotemcoach: …and it lead to a dunk. Fuck you david stern

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:59:07 -0800

gotemcoach:

…and it lead to a dunk.

Fuck you david stern

nprfreshair: Aziz Ansari on what his parents think of his...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:14:43 -0800

nprfreshair:

Aziz Ansari on what his parents think of his chosen profession:

My parents have seen me do stand-up. I did Carnegie Hall January of last year. And a few days before, I thought, ‘I have to fly my parents in to see this.’ … I was a little worried that they would be offended by some of the bits. There’s some pretty harsh stuff. But the positives outweigh the negatives. And after the show, they didn’t say anything about the language. Someone was sitting next to my parents and saying they were laughing the whole time. They weren’t getting offended. Maybe every now and then my mom put her hands in her face, but I think any mom would do that with some of the stuff I say. Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.”