Tag: NBA

RJ’s beach volleyball team eliminated in open weekend tournament

Richard Jefferson is staying busy during the lockout.

The Spurs small forward was a part of a group of locked-out NBA players who participated in the International Surf Festival Charles Saikley Six-Man Volleyball Tournament in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Jefferson was joined by Kevin Love, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton and David Lee on Team Trim Lords.

Despite the athleticism from the NBA players, Team Trim Lords was eliminated after two losses in Sunday competition in a tournament that was dominated by more conventional beach volleyball players.

The tournament was played under “old school” rules, with the larger court, side-out scoring and net serves counting as points for the opposing team. Easy Reader News.com reports that the tournament was won by Simmzy’s/Beckers,.

Love has talked about playing in several beach volleyball tournaments during the lockout.

I wonder if Jefferson has any interest in joining him to fill a desire for some athletic competition while he can’t play during the lockout?

Bosh’s expanded back tattoos are … really something

Observant NBA fans have noticed that Chris Bosh’s back tattoo was pretty involved during the playoffs last season.

The Miami forward is taking advantage of the respite provided by the NBA lockout to add a few more elements to the storyboard that is his torso.

Now, Bosh’s tattoo incorporates a tree, an eagle, an animal that appears to be either a tiger or cougar, musical notes, a Zeus-like figure, a woman holding a skull and the Roman Colosseum. The blogs and report it took about 40 hours to finish this amalgamation. 

The work apparently was so involved and time consuming that Bosh brought 10 videos from home to watch while the work was taking place.

And apparently, there will be additional elements added to Bosh’s work over the next few weeks.

We can only imagine what will be next.

Pop plans trip to Olympic qualifying tournament in Argentina

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is forbidden from contact with his players during the NBA lockout.

But it doesn’t mean he can’t watch some of them play at tournaments.

According to the L.A. Capital website, Popovich at Mar Del Plata, Argentina, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 12. (Hat tip to Spurs World.com)

Among the players who are set to play in the tournament include Spurs guard Mario Ginobili, who will be playing for the Argentina team in his first substantial action since recovering from his broken arm sustained during the playoffs.

The tournament will be full of NBA quality players.

But I would bet  Popovich’s major interest will be in checking out Ginobili and his progress – even if he isn’t supposed to talk to him if the lockout is still continuing.