The Heckling Society of Gentlemen have returned with what they’re calling “The Final Chapter” of Stephen A. Smith being heckled at the NBA Draft. Stephen A. is no longer with ESPN so putting an end to the series makes sense, but do we really want to get rid of moments like “The People’s Princess?” No.

There’s no heckling of the actual Stephen A. Smith but watching the sock talk to Thabeet, Rubio, Hansborough, and others is enough. Read the full story

To hear the critics tell it, allowing high schoolers into the NBA ruins the league. For some reason, high school basketball players are deemed to be less worthy prepared to deal with professional life than young tennis, hockey, and baseball players. ESPN’s True Hoop author Henry Abott wrote about the issue, and refers to Michael McCann’s paper that refutes the idea of high school players damaging the NBA. Read the full story

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The crew over at Deadspin dropped this classic video. I’m pretty sure the hand puppet will be getting it’s own show on the “Ocho”, or he might hang back and see how things shake out at Cold Pizza First Take. If you’ve got 6 minutes to spare, do yourself a favor and watch this video. And don’t forget what these guys did last year.

The Stephen A. Smith Hecklers Return. Courtesy of Deadspin

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Anybody that has seen any movie based around time travel knows that you are not allowed to talk to your future/past self. You could dramatically alter the course of history. Somebody needs to pass this info along to Greg Oden… Future Greg was probably here to let little Greg know which suit not to wear at next week’s draft. And even if Future Greg needed to talk to 6 year old Greg, did he have to bring Walton with him? That’s horrible.

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