Pencils, NBA Horse, JE Skeets

By On February 4, 2009 · 26 Comments · In Blogs, Facebook, NBA

I realize my old horse, Pencils, is an icon, okay? I’m even cool with it.

That doesn’t mean that people just get to run around doing Pencils fan fiction on Facebook, though.

Actually, I do encourage it – please send me yours.

I spent an inordinate amount of time looking through all the pictures from YAYsports! that are stored on my hard drive lasterday. This amounts to like 2000 pictures, so my ears are actually bleeding this morning.

Anyway, for some reason I got into a discussion on Twitter with JE Skeets, who does The Basketball Jones video podcast, about some old picture I had Photoshopped of him. If you were around, you may remember we used to collaborate a bit, before I quit and he ascended to corporate NBA blogger.

(Side note – the thing I’m linking to there is his write-up about the NBA adopting HORSE into its All-Star coverage.

I’m going to say this one last time – that’s so dumb. Watching people play HORSE is like watching people play video games. Why the NBA blogosphere as a whole seemed to always think this was such a great idea is beyond me.)

So we were talking about this pic of him I had Photoshopped, where he was looking up at some big picture of an NBA player with fascination. If I remember correctly, this was from when AOL sent him to the All-Star Game. I insisted I had Photoshopped him looking at Rudy Gay, while he was 100% positive, as was Becky, that it was Yao.

So I’ve looked through everything, and right here is a montage of every pic I ever did that was either named after or related to Skeets. (Why the Hey Deer banner had “Skeets” in the file name, I don’t know.)

How could we both be this wrong? I’m still positive about Rudy Gay, but I’m pretty sure he and Becky are thinking of the base picture I worked off of, which was indeed Yao.

There’s no winner here – we’ve all lost.

 
  • nrojb

    The reason everyone thinks it is a good idea: Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. He has been going on about it for 3 or 4 years now. I don't care though, because I just found out my local theater has the Saturday all star festivities in 3D, and that might even make horse interesting.

  • nrojb

    The reason everyone thinks it is a good idea: Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. He has been going on about it for 3 or 4 years now. I don't care though, because I just found out my local theater has the Saturday all star festivities in 3D, and that might even make horse interesting.

  • TVBrain

    I thought it was Chris Bosh.

  • TVBrain

    I thought it was Chris Bosh.

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    I think it could also be just because it is something new they are trying that doesn't force the WNBA down our throats like 2 ball, shooting stars, or whatever it will be this year. Plus, you have to expect they will be miked up and talking trash, which could be quite amusing

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    I think it could also be just because it is something new they are trying that doesn't force the WNBA down our throats like 2 ball, shooting stars, or whatever it will be this year. Plus, you have to expect they will be miked up and talking trash, which could be quite amusing

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I hate anything that isn't All-Star 1-on-1.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I hate anything that isn't All-Star 1-on-1.

  • Josh

    Hey, I remember this!

    It was when Skeets went to the 2005 NBA draft. The base picture was Yao in actual size mode at the NBA store in NYC. After the draft, you shopped Bargnani into the pic and Skeets had a thought bubble of a Canadian Mountie.

    As the honorable Stuart Scott would say, boo-yah!

  • Josh_M

    Hey, I remember this!

    It was when Skeets went to the 2005 NBA draft. The base picture was Yao in actual size mode at the NBA store in NYC. After the draft, you shopped Bargnani into the pic and Skeets had a thought bubble of a Canadian Mountie.

    As the honorable Stuart Scott would say, boo-yah!

  • Josh_M

    I just looked at the montage and confused myself.

  • Josh_M

    I just looked at the montage and confused myself.

  • Josh_M

    Maybe you can petition the NBA or TNT to implement the TBAG.

  • Josh_M

    Maybe you can petition the NBA or TNT to implement the TBAG.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    You think you're confused – I did it and no memory of it except doing the Rudy Gay one.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    You think you're confused – I did it and have no memory of it except doing the Rudy Gay one, which apparently doesn't exist.

  • Sara

    I'm pretty sure you did one where you put Steve Nash in there too. I'm sure I'm right about this. I think it was in like a Nash cartoon or something.

  • Sara

    I'm pretty sure you did one where you put Steve Nash in there too. I'm sure I'm right about this. I think it was in like a Nash cartoon or something.

  • http://www.ndeddiemac.blogspot.com NDEddieMac

    I think it could also be just because it is something new they are trying that doesn't force the WNBA down our throats like 2 ball, shooting stars, or whatever it will be this year. Plus, you have to expect they will be miked up and talking trash, which could be quite amusing

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    I hate anything that isn't All-Star 1-on-1.

  • Josh_M

    Hey, I remember this!

    It was when Skeets went to the 2005 NBA draft. The base picture was Yao in actual size mode at the NBA store in NYC. After the draft, you shopped Bargnani into the pic and Skeets had a thought bubble of a Canadian Mountie.

    As the honorable Stuart Scott would say, boo-yah!

  • Josh_M

    I just looked at the montage and confused myself.

  • Josh_M

    Maybe you can petition the NBA or TNT to implement the TBAG.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    You think you're confused – I did it and have no memory of it except doing the Rudy Gay one, which apparently doesn't exist.

  • Sara

    I'm pretty sure you did one where you put Steve Nash in there too. I'm sure I'm right about this. I think it was in like a Nash cartoon or something.

  • atea41

    thanks!