Hey Dude, Don’t Prank The Toronto Raptors On Canada Day!

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You know, it seems awfully mean of whoever stealth edited the standard Wikipedia profile for free agent with a capital b Baller, LaMarcus Aldridge today. Didn’t they know that today was Canada Day? It’s a little rude to pull on the heartstrings like that during a national holiday. Don’t tease the possibility of him signing with the Raptors. Sure, he said he’d meet with them. But people are always saying nice things about Canada they don’t mean. Like, “Yeah, my vacation to Niagra Falls was great.” Or “No, it’s not weird at all to have the queen of another country on the front of your twenty dollar bill.”

LaMarcus Aldridge will, in all likelihood, end up as the newest commanding officer on the basketball Death Star that is the San Antonio Spurs. That’s good for him; he’s from Texas. That’s good for the Spurs; he’s a great basketball player. Those last two sentences were strange for me; I never use semi-colons. They were also sad for Canada; the Raptors are not located in San Antonio. Anyway, don’t play mean tricks on Canada on Canada Day. Don’t give false hope to our friendly neighbors to the north. That’s a terrible birthday gift.

Although… maybe that’s not a prank so much a drunken Canadian’s celebratory wish, a crazed idea born in maddening flames like a former Toronto mayor’s pipe dream? If that’s the case, keep doing do you Canada. And happy Canada Day!

UPDATE: But hey, Canada, it looks like you got DeMarre Carroll! That’s not LaMarcus Aldridge, but he does have two letters capitalized in his first name and is a pretty good basketball player!

Lebron To CP3: “Shhh, dont talk, just listen” 

The bromance between best friends King James, and Cliff Paul’s twin is well documented and known in the basketball community.  So its no surprise that when Chris tossed up that haymaker over old-man-rivers to oust the defending champions San Antonio Spurs, Lebron could barely hold it together.

Not just because, they denied him a 3-peat NBA Championship last year before sending him home to Cleveland. Not just because Tim Duncan appeared to be getting too close for their bromance comfort, as pictured below:

“Respect, man. Love you, bro.”

 

“HEY! WTF! THAT’S MY BRO! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY BRO! (Savannah, let me borrow your phone)”

But, just CAUSE, MAN! BRON LIKES THE GUY – and he was happy for him (and not having to face the Spurs again, seriously – that was brutal last Finals).

King James recalls the story
“I called him from my wife’s phone, he answered like, ‘What’s up?’ I told him don’t say nothing, you’re not allowed to reply, don’t say anything. I told him how amazing he was and how great he was. And I hung up on him. I haven’t spoken to him since. It’s the truth.”

Relationship Goals, indeed.