Going Upstairs: Friday Links (1/27)

Only three items this week:

• Where can I find this D-Rose shirt?
• Michael Jordan loves to wear ripped jeans.
• What this week's links lack in quantity, it makes up for in quality with this must-read article. There are so many good quotes, but I'll let you discover them yourself.

Going Upstairs: Friday Links (1/20)

In case you haven't read previous editions of Friday Links, this is a compilation of funny/interesting/awesome things I've come across over the last week regarding the NBA. Enjoy:

• Welcome to Toronto, home of falling Raptors

• More falling Raptors: watch Amir Johnson trip over the optical illusion of a 3D sign as if it's actually a 3D sign

• Interesting story about Derrick Rose (about the 3:10 mark)

• Tyler Hansbrough reads Chicken Little. (Watch again for Terry's reaction)

• Hey, remember Jamaal Tinsley?

• Great article about race and the NBA

• Luol Deng with a commercial for Nike. Yes, really.

• A day in the life of the White Mamba

Going Upstairs: Friday Links (1/13)

Our second installment:

• More Sir Charles: Only he can make SNL a must-watch again

• Myth busting the "MJ was cut by his high school coach" story

• How do you describe Derrick Rose?

• People in Miami have finally Fanned Up

• Oh, how I miss going to Kroger

Going Upstairs: Friday Links (1/6)

Starting today, and continuing possibly never again, I'm going to do a weekly post sharing links that I've come across over the last seven days or so that I found interesting or entertaining. These will usually be a consildation from daily links posters such as TrueHoop or HoopSpeak, as well as links I find on Twitter. Anyways, enjoy the first installment below:

• If you don't like J.J. Redick, now you know he's at least kinda funny

• Charles Barkley is always honest (the video has since been burned)

• No that's not Brian Scalabrine (or me)

• Richard Hamilton doesn't like Joe Dumars anymore

• Coach Thibs may be running his players into the ground, but he's a genius

• If you want more extensive Bulls coverage, check out Bulls 101, done by our friend Jason Patt

• Hawk

An Open Letter to Basketball

Dear Basketball,

My name is Kevin Connors, and I am a disheartened Bulls fan. But today I am speaking for all mildly angry basketball fans throughout Chicagoland. The Bulls are off to an attractive 6-1 start, but within these 7 games, we’ve seen four different outcomes, and accordingly, four different types of Bulls teams. So far the Bulls have two squeaker-wins (Lakers and Hawks), three solid performances (Kings, Clippers, and Pistons), one horrific display of basketball (Warriors), and one game of utter dominance (Grizzlies). What does this tell us about the Bulls? Who is this team? Are they who we thought they were?

Jonesin' Around: New Years Arcade Basketball

Before we get started, a quick Happy New Year to our readers. May it be filled with lots of on the court drama.
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January 1st, 2012 has the potential to become an important date in this season's NBA landscape. Yesterday, fans across the world, most likely in post NYE recovery, sat in front of their televisions to start the year off right. What they were treated to were two standout games of video-game like proportions.

The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat showcased wins of a destructive nature, continuing the league-wide belief that the teams may once again face-off in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bulls posted a 40 point victory over the Grizzlies, while the Heat defeated the Bobcats by 39.

You could almost hear the commentators ask, "Is it the shoes?!"

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