2009-10-22T16:40:52-04:00 H-O-R-S-E could revitalize NBA All-Star weekend 2009-02-03T23:55:27-05:00 46 2009-02-03T23:55:27-05:00 1 5 10 2009-02-04T22:32:58-05:00 5 IL john0834 Glenview 693762 47 -- quote: &quot;The best thing about H-O-R-S-E is that everyone plays it, and nobody loves it more than superstars.&quot; I doubt that -- DJRauce You obviously dont know much about nba players and their practices, but not many people do. Listen to the writer when he says nba stars love it because he is one of the few that has access to practice. NBA players love playing HORSE at the end of practice because the gamble with one another and try to hustle their teammates. Since this isnt official this year TNT should allow each player to throw down like 100,000 or something that would make it real interesting. 4222543 2009-02-05T20:28:50-05:00 92 XX DJRauce No City 428311 DJRauce You obviously dont know much about nba players and their practices 50 I doubt that 4234281 2009-02-05T00:02:01-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/440/961/thumb/flameeye.jpg 2775 CA ahung: The Last Fighter Santa Clara 441401 48 I'd like to see Kobe vs. Lebron crazy dunks but that's about it. 4223202 2009-02-05T15:41:24-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/493/647/thumb/vick.jpg 25 ON mattharp london 494087 I'd like to see Kobe vs. Lebron crazy dunks but that's about it. 49 dotn forget about howard....hurdle over both for a 360 slam that woul;d be sick 4231154 2009-02-05T00:02:01-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/440/961/thumb/flameeye.jpg 2775 CA ahung: The Last Fighter Santa Clara 441401 48 I'd like to see Kobe vs. Lebron crazy dunks but that's about it. 4223202 2009-02-04T22:32:58-05:00 5 IL john0834 Glenview 693762 47 -- quote: &quot;The best thing about H-O-R-S-E is that everyone plays it, and nobody loves it more than superstars.&quot; I doubt that -- DJRauce You obviously dont know much about nba players and their practices, but not many people do. Listen to the writer when he says nba stars love it because he is one of the few that has access to practice. NBA players love playing HORSE at the end of practice because the gamble with one another and try to hustle their teammates. Since this isnt official this year TNT should allow each player to throw down like 100,000 or something that would make it real interesting. 4222543 2009-02-04T21:31:50-05:00 2 FL codetoad Crestview 693631 46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JLJunoxlc There was once a H-O-R-S-E Tournament in the NBA.... Pistol Pete Maravich would smile if he heard today's news. 4222239 2009-02-04T21:31:37-05:00 2 FL codetoad Crestview 693631 45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JLJunoxlc There was once a H-O-R-S-E Tournament in the NBA.... Pistol Pete Maravich would smile if he heard today's news. 4222183 2009-02-04T21:05:23-05:00 1 NH SAM in NH Hollis 693620 44 Don't forget Pistol Pete maravich's HORSE contest way back when in the all-star games. 4222027 2009-02-04T20:33:29-05:00 2 FL A Non Y Mous Lutz 693645 43 Great! I played hundreds of games of H-O-R-S-E when I was in school. Always had a lot of laughs. This will be awesome! 4221864 2009-02-04T20:30:54-05:00 2 FL A Non Y Mous Lutz 693645 42 Great! I played hundreds of games of HORSE when I was in school. We always had a lot of laughs. This will be awesome. 4221874 2009-02-04T18:41:11-05:00 162 CA Lex from NorCal San Francisco 14569 41 &quot;Kudos to Bill Simmons for this. They def. took his idea.&quot; Who said what? Your kudos are way off dude. watch nbatv hardwood classics and you will see footage of HORSE from the 70s - Don Criqui hosting and guys like David Thompson and Rick Barry playing. 4221071 46 <div class="photo_container image_center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <div class="photo_container image_center"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/22661/horse.set4.jpg" alt="Horse" width="665" height="350" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">The new NBA on TNT Rig should provide an interesting challenge for the yet-to-be-named H-O-R-S-E participants.</div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">TNT</div> </div> <p> <p>For years fans and analysts have talked about ways to revive the night before the NBA All-Star Game. In its heyday it was a night where you could watch<strong> Larry Bird</strong> win the Three-Point Shootout and then see <strong>Michael Jordan</strong> battle <strong>Dominique Wilkins</strong> in the Slam Dunk Contest. It was a night more talked about and anticipated than the actual game. Think about it. Everyone remembers Jordan's slam dunk from the free-throw line and Bird winning the three-point contest in his warm-ups but does anyone actually remember what happened the next day during the actual all-star game?</p> <p>The problem is few all-stars want to actually participate in the Saturday night events (thankfully, <strong>Dwight Howard</strong> has given the Slam Dunk contest a rebirth) and many of the events are played out at this point.</p> <p>Well, on Tuesday TNT announced that it will add a live H-O-R-S-E game to its programming lineup during All-Star Saturday Night. The interesting thing is the game, which will be played among three players who will be announced later, will take place outside of the US Airways Center before the official All-Star Saturday Night begins.</p> <p>That's right. Arguably the most interesting and exciting event of the night isn't officially on the line-up. The game will take place on a 45x50 foot court alongside the network's new NBA on TNT Rig outside the arena.&nbsp; The best part about this, though, is that the rig can rise up to 14 feet off the ground and rotate. Think about the shots that can be created off this thing -- shots from the top of the rig, shots from the top of the truck holding the rig, shots from the top of the makeshift bleachers next to the court. We haven't seen this kind of potential creativity since <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oACRt-Qp-s">Jordan and Bird battled it</a> out for a Big Mac.</p> <p>The best thing about H-O-R-S-E is that everyone plays it, and nobody loves it more than superstars. Ever watch an NBA All-Star practice? Most of it is guys playing H-O-R-S-E and trying one crazy shot after another. Most teams finish off practices that way as well to break the daily grind of practices and games. No one really engages in three-point shooting contests or slam dunk contests or any of the other convoluted games that now litter the Saturday night lineup ... but everyone, from grade-schoolers to grandfathers, has played H-O-R-S-E.</p> <p>While many of the game's best players have shied away from engaging in All-Star Saturday Night events in the past, something tells me that TNT will find a way to attract the game's best for this inaugural competition. I'm not saying that it will be <strong>Kobe Bryant</strong>, <strong>LeBron James</strong> and <strong>Dwyane Wade</strong> -- but I won't be shocked if it is, considering the game will take place on a set that will seat 117 guests and accommodate only a handful of reporters, according to TNT.</p> <p>This is the sports equivalent of performing at the most exclusive club in Hollywood in front of&nbsp;an audience of your peers. You might not want to do a full-fledged show at a sold-out arena, but there's nothing wrong with jamming in front of a hundred or so friends and a few cameras that just happen to be broadcasting the action to a worldwide audience.</p> </p> </div> http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987 47141 <div class="photo_container image_center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <div class="photo_container image_center"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/22661/horse.set4.jpg" alt="Horse" width="665" height="350" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">The new NBA on TNT Rig should provide an interesting challenge for the yet-to-be-named H-O-R-S-E participants.</div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">TNT</div> </div> <p> <p>For years fans and analysts have talked about ways to revive the night before the NBA All-Star Game. In its heyday it was a night where you could watch<strong> Larry Bird</strong> win the Three-Point Shootout and then see <strong>Michael Jordan</strong> battle <strong>Dominique Wilkins</strong> in the Slam Dunk Contest. It was a night more talked about and anticipated than the actual game. Think about it. Everyone remembers Jordan's slam dunk from the free-throw line and Bird winning the three-point contest in his warm-ups but does anyone actually remember what happened the next day during the actual all-star game?</p> <p>The problem is few all-stars want to actually participate in the Saturday night events (thankfully, <strong>Dwight Howard</strong> has given the Slam Dunk contest a rebirth) and many of the events are played out at this point.</p> <p>Well, on Tuesday TNT announced that it will add a live H-O-R-S-E game to its programming lineup during All-Star Saturday Night.</p> </p> </div>