Vince Carter Needs to Be King of the Court

The Orland Magic have a pretty good team this year.  If they want to make a run at a 2010 NBA Championship they need one man to step up.  His name is Vince Carter.  The problem is, Vince made my All-Sometimes Team.

Sometimes he’s great, other times he’s McGradyesque, often disappearing for quarters at a time.  In VC’s last three games he scored 13, 25 and 13.  In order for the Magic to win a NBA Championship VC needs to average a little over 20 points per game.

I think Vince Carter still has something left in the tank.  What he needs to focus on is his mental game.  Seriously.  He’s not getting any younger after playing 11 years in the league and probably won’t be on a better team than the 2010 Orlando Magic.

My advice to VC is simple.  Become “King of the Court.”  Work on preparing yourself mentally each and every game.  Analyze why you sometimes disappear and why sometimes you dominate.  Your vertical leap won’t get your team to the NBA Finals but your mental toughness can.

Vince, people believe in you.  Now it’s time for you to start believing in yourself each and every night. Check out Vince Carter’s best Windmill Dunks featuring music by my boy, C.I.U. called “King of the Court.”

Vince Carter – King of the Court

Jordan Brand Classic International Tour

Good morning!  That was one of the best nights of sleep I have ever had. When traveling Internationally (or across any time zones), it is really important to adjust your body to the time difference as soon as possible.

So, it made the most sense to stay up as long as I could yesterday to get back to regular sleeping hours — for me it was 9 pm to 7 am here locally. My body was so tired even though it was really 12 noon Phoenix time when I went to bed. Crazy, huh? The good news is that Marc received his luggage last night so things are looking up.

My hotel room is very nice and has a lot of unique features. I have a “waterfall” shower, which is just like the deluge ones you used to have in Chemistry class. It just pours down over you from about 9 feet. The television is an incredible flat screen with about 40 channels – but not too many in English.

When entering your room, you have to put your key card in a slot right inside the door to turn on the electricity in the room. The lights are all sensorred so if you sit on your bed for 30 minutes then will all go out automatically — great idea, until you need to stumble over everything to get them back on.

All of the power outlets require a converter so I am limited with being able to plug in my laptop, cel phone, iPod and camera throughout the day. This is pretty standard in any Euopean country. The beds are also very comfortable — but I could sleep on anything during this trip. Well I am off to breakfast for a little bit – I will check back soon! We have a bunch of meetings and prep time today, topped off by my first EuroLeague game tonight – EFES PILSEN (turkey) vs. REAL MADRID (spain). I am very excited about it!

By Kevin Foley

Source:  PositionSports.com

K1X Clothing 2010

K1X recently got shot some portraits with a few of their ballers. K1X then asked them to give us a quote about their personal relationship to the sport, culture, emotion and hype that is basketball.

The result is an intimate and eclectic collection of portraits featuring ballplayers, MC’s, dancers, DJ’s and entertainers that illustrates K1X’s latest spring and summer 2010 collection.

Kadour – Godfather of Dunk: “Dunk or die!”

Wilson – Performer: “Basketball, Wilson, it’s me.”

Bamba Nazar – DJ & Producer: “Take a loss like a champ and win like a rookie – your motivation in this game of life will never die.”

Dave – Friend of the family: “This goes out to my first love… You gave me the passion – you gave me a bunch of nasty injuries -
you gave me unforgettable moments – you gave me homies… I don’t know where I would be without my one true love, basketball…!?”

Evan – DJ: “My first year in High School I was not known for my high percentage jump shot. My coaches were well aware of this and made it clear that even if I had an open look at a 17 foot jumper
I better pass the ball. One game I had that look and I heard the coach – standing right behind me on the bench scream out, “don’t shoot it!”. I nailed that jumper. It might sound like a cliché, but that
one jump shot made me realize that with anything I wanted to accomplish in my life, hard work, practice and determination could prove even my boldest doubters wrong.”

Harry – One Man Show: “Von nix kommt nix.”

Rufus – Entertainer: “Just cuz u got hops, don’t mean u got skills…”

View the entire collection of K1X Spring and Summer 2010

Six Combo Streetball Mixtape

Six Combo is a streetballer from France. He recently emailed me to check out his new mixtape called, “Six Combo Mixtape Volume 3.” The streetball dvd documents the life of Six Combo while he was playing for United Street Ballerz, Slam Nation, adidas streetball and the Nike Dream Team.

The streetball mixtape features highlights from Guy Dupuy, Kadour Ziani and other international streetball players. I haven’t watched the DVD yet, but I’ll let you know how it is.

The Six Combo Mixtape Volume 3 was produced by Brightway Entertainment.

Six Combo Trailer

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Tracy McGrady Traded to Knicks

The highest paid player in the NBA, Tracy McGrady, is headed to the New York Knicks.  The Houston Rockets will get guard Kevin Martin from the Sacramento Kings and forwards Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries from the New York Knicks.  The Rockets will also have the right to swap first- round picks in 2011 with the Knicks in addition to a take on New York’s 2012 first-round pick.

The Sacramento Kings acquire forwards Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey from Houston along with guard Larry Hughes from New York.  Carl Landry will be the 6th Man of the Year in the NBA.

McGrady is coveted for his enormous expiring deal, which could help a club knock significant dollars off the payroll at the end of the season. With several major free agents like Lebron James and Dwyane Wade in the summer of 2010, teams like the Knicks are looking to shed as much salary as possible.

In his sixth season with Houston, McGrady has appeared in just six games in 2009-10 after undergoing microfracture surgery last year on his knee and has scored 19 points.

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