It’s the dog days of August. Free agency is basically over and teams can’t make any trades of those free agents until mid-December. But do the debates end in the NBA? Of course not. This next one can get fans heated: Who has the nicest threads in the league? The internet’s apostle of apparel, Paul Lukas, at Uni Watch brought up this debate today and crowned the Boston Celtics as the gold standard to go with their 17 titles. (See Paul Pierce above as the example, of course). We even dig the alternate with the black piping. It even gives KG a harder edge on the court, not that he needs it. No. 2 surprised us a little: San Antonio. No doubt black and silver is a dope combo but is it better than the Lakers or the Bulls? The Spurs unis that George Gervin rocked, with the black on black text and inset diamond on the shorts (like the Bulls) are undisputedly nasty. … Speaking of Paul Pierce these custom Air Force 1s are must cops for Celtic fans. … Damn, if things weren’t getting worse for Sacramento this week, their uniforms were ranked as the worst of the league. Of course we’re referring to the drama of a Virginia Beach move, or so a report said on Thursday. The Kings denied it up and down today. Well, Kings fans are still having a better week than Prince Harry and Samsung. … LeBron James is great — amazing, even — but Dwyane Wade made the right call by saying his teammate still isn’t close to catching Michael Jordan. Our guy Sean Sweeney took up Wade’s argument and put it into a head to head matchup. There’s this point that can’t be forgotten by people who are judging solely off of stats (which is stupid but, you can’t stop them): Michael will be about six seasons behind LeBron by the time LBJ hits age 32. That’s a hell of an advantage. Could Bron win five more titles to match MJ? We all were thinking, uh oh, he figured it out, in June but now that the Lakers have turned into your fantasy team on steroids, it just got a lot more difficult. … Seattle residents be warned: You don’t have an NBA team anymore but that’s not an excuse not to drop by an estate sale at a house on some land owned by Nick Collison. You ever wanted some former furniture from a Sonic? If you want a half-moon sofa, it’s all yours. … Hit the jump to read about why Baron Davis isn’t leaving NYC anytime soon…
Shame on us for thinking Baron Davis was done for this league. Back when he ripped up his knee at Madison Square Garden last spring in the playoffs it did not look good for the original high-flying point guard out of UCLA (lookin’ at you Russell). His agent came out today and said that he expects Davis to be involved with the Knicks somehow after walking without a cane and easing through his rehab. Davis still wants to play down the road but bet on him being a “mentor” behind the scenes, his agent said. Is he the mentor you want for your young guys? He gets a bad rap because he put on the weight and got heckled by his own owner as a Clipper, but Davis was a weapon early on. He could be whispering in the Knicks’ guards ears this winter. Well not Jason Kidd‘s. He knows everything there is out there. … We’re not sure how his knee is feeling but after seeing Baron in some of Stephen Jackson‘s Instagram shots, he looks like he’s having a hell of a time on whatever island they’re on. … Speaking of New York, although the nets want you to know it’s Brooklyn, SI.com had a nice Q-and-A with Joe Johnson today about the trade from the Hawks. He said he’d never been in Brooklyn before the press conference and was overwhelmed by the people who came out to meet him. But let’s rewind for a second. Once he heard from the GMs involved in the trade, he instantly traded himself in NBA 2K to the Nets. You always wonder if guys go into the games and alter their ratings. Now we know at least one makes sure his rosters are always dead-on accurate. … J.R. Smith would like to show you his Jordan XIIIs. All seven. …. Carmelo had some media time today at one of his events and was asked if Jeremy Lin has anything to be afraid of. Sidestepping what the point of that question actually was, here’s Melo’s gold-medal response, via Nate Taylor: “No, not at all. I don’t play against him. I don’t guard him so he doesn’t have anything to be scared of.” … We’re out like Kings rumors.
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