WGRD 97.9 » NBA http://wgrd.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 See How the Amazing NBA Time Travel Promos Were Made [VIDEO] http://wgrd.com/see-how-the-amazing-nba-time-travel-promos-were-made-video/ http://wgrd.com/see-how-the-amazing-nba-time-travel-promos-were-made-video/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:28:16 +0000 gary.chenoweth http://wgrd.com/?p=8160 If you've been watching pro basketball lately, you've probably seen one of the NBA "Encouragement" promos, in which fans go back in time and tell younger versions of players like Steve Nash, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant all about their subsequent basketball careers.

In this two minute video, the technology behind the Steve Nash spot is explained.

]]> http://wgrd.com/see-how-the-amazing-nba-time-travel-promos-were-made-video/feed/ 0 YouTube The Crazy Blake Griffin Dunk That Didn't Count and Others That Did [VIDEOS] http://wgrd.com/the-crazy-blake-griffin-dunk-that-didn%e2%80%99t-count-and-others-that-did-videos/ http://wgrd.com/the-crazy-blake-griffin-dunk-that-didn%e2%80%99t-count-and-others-that-did-videos/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:52:49 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=7729 Phoenix Suns' head coach Alvin Gentry labeled the dunk Los Angeles Clippers' rookie Blake Griffin threw down over Suns' center Marcin Gortat on Sunday as "impressive of a dunk as I have seen in the NBA in 23 years."

]]> http://wgrd.com/the-crazy-blake-griffin-dunk-that-didn%e2%80%99t-count-and-others-that-did-videos/feed/ 0 You Tube Pic Pistons laugh during Kuester ejection [VIDEO] http://wgrd.com/pistons-laugh-during-kuester-ejection-video/ http://wgrd.com/pistons-laugh-during-kuester-ejection-video/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:27:17 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=6577 More than obvious there are disgruntled Pistons in the locker room at the Palace.  A supposed player protest gets some players benched, then watch the players on the bench try and stifle chuckles when head coach John Kuester gets tossed

]]> http://wgrd.com/pistons-laugh-during-kuester-ejection-video/feed/ 0 (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)