Mayor KJ Tries To Keep His Kings

((HT: CBS Sacramento/News 10))

Pick whatever sports cliche you want, but Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson is trying to make his last case for keeping his team and not having the group out of Seattle take them over and move them out of town...

It was the major topic of Commissioner David Stern's last press conference as commissioner at the All-Star Game in Houston...

The full press conference of Stern talking about everything in the NBA is hyah...

Here's the local spin...the first take...


And here's the one-on-one in Houston...

Amare' Stoudemire's All-Star Marketing Plan

Yeah, we know it is blatant commercialism. We know it is an opportunity for a cheap pop. But we always admire a good marketing gimmick.

This one is for Foot Locker and New York Knicks center Amar'e Stoudemire. The premise is pretty simple. Stoudemire is shown giving up what is portrayed to be his NBA Lockout job at Foot Locker so he can return to the NBA. The spot is to promote his bid for a berth in the NBA All-Star/Practice game.

The rest, while amusing, might not necessarily qualify for what George Costanza would call "Comedy Gold".