Loving this video reminding us that Jordan is still the greatest.

Another great take on that awful LeBron Nike commercial, Michael Jordan Responds To Lebron.

How cool is this?: NYC’s public basketball hoops are handmade by blacksmiths.

I love DJ Steve Porter’s Press Hop. “Not a game not a game not a game…”

Fantastic Nike commercial featuring a Kobe Bryant puppet heckling a LeBron James puppet over his three championship rings. (via kottke)

LeBron’s 60 Minutes shot. Just like tossing a rock in the ocean.

Radiohead donated one of their tracks, “Videotape”, for use in a commercial by Leo Burnett designed to raise awareness of the fragile UK housing situation. Samantha Morton, who was homeless for a time before becoming famous, does the voiceover (also donated).

According to Lürzer, this is the first-ever commercial Radiohead has allowed their music to be used for, but a quick search turned up this Steve Nash/Jason Kidd commercial for the NBA (there are a bunch of those There Can Only Be One spots; I like the Shaq/Kobe one). Maybe this is the first one they’ve donated rather than sold. Doesn’t matter, great commercial.

Every time I hear something about Shaquille O’Neal he just sounds like a fun guy. And as of today, he is responsible for the best Twitter story to date.

Twitch has the trailer for Thai movie Fireball. Oh my. “Full contact basketball to the death.” That has the potential to be gleefully bad.

Michael Lewis is one of those guys I’ll always read. He has a new piece out on Shane Battier. I haven’t read it yet because I want to print it out and my printer isn’t available at the moment, but such is my confidence in him that I’ll link it up now anyway.

Michael Conley warming up doing two-ball dribbling drills. Better with sound. « via kottke »

• Revisited my Pulling, Climbing, Twisting workout for the first time since March. I like it.
• Remember those two days of Scott Sonnon videos I linked to? Well, he has days 3 through 6 up now (scroll down "Video Performance Clips"). Good stuff! His creative use of the rings continue to provide the highlights.
• Two on YouTube: Beyond Burpees « via RT » and a 720-degree (!) Dunk.

A couple Friday diversions: past and present YouTube highlight reels: Larry Bird and Dwyane Wade.