NBA.com: Van Gundy, Gentry named Coaches of the Month

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The Orlando Magic’s Stan Van Gundy and the Phoenix Suns’ Alvin Gentry today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in October and November.

I did another interview about the NBA and social media. This one was with Rey-Rey from TheNoLookPass.com. We started this interview way back in April and didn’t officially finish it until last week. Check it out!

I recently talked to Alexis Gentry, the daughter of Phoenix Suns’ head coach, Alvin Gentry. I thought she’d be a good person to talk to when it comes to NBA-related stuff. I mean, being an NBA coach’s daughter, I thought she could provide a view on what it’s like to be in that position. Alexis also runsTrashwire.Com, a very good entertainment news site that has TV, movie, and concert reviews among other things. Also, if you’re into Big Brother, check that out as well.

Ms. Gentry was kind enough to answer all the questions I had in the E-Mails we exchanged and was quite candid in this conversation. I’m in purple and Alexis is in orange. It’s no secret what team she roots for. Duh.

Read the rest at TheNoLookPass.com http://www.thenolookpass.com/2009/09/24/tnlp-talks-to-alexis-gentry/

If you haven’t already seen my tweets about this, here’s a link to my interview with ValleyoftheSuns.com about the NBA and social media. Check it out!

When Suns head coach @AlvinGentry first started tweeting, he credited his daughter for getting him to join Twitter.

So who better to go to for the second part of ValleyoftheSuns’ in-depth look at social media and the NBA than Alexis Gentry herself?

OK, so the head coach has only sent out a happy Fourth of July tweet since the draft lottery, but he provided some insightful commentary on the Suns’ season last year and promises to do so again this season.

Alexis answered a couple of my questions via e-mail about how her dad got on Twitter, what grade she’d give him as a tweeter and what she’s doing with her entertainment Web site, Trashwire.com.

Read the rest at ValleyoftheSuns.com http://valleyofthesuns.com/2009/09/15/talking-twitter-with-the-coachs-daughter/

If you haven’t seen Stephon Marbury’s 24/7 live internet reality show StarburyTV then you’ll probably have no idea what I’m talking about in this post. But before you scroll down or close this tab on your browser, let me just say that it is one of the most bizarre, fascinating and oddly entertaining things I’ve ever watched. It’s almost like the first time I saw “Trapped in the Closet” and couldn’t really think of a way to explain it to my friends. It’s really just something you have to see to understand.

Anyway, there’s all kinds of debate raging on Twitter and other sites as to weather Marbury’s just an out of work athlete who’s fueling some kind of ego-driven desire for attention or a completely insane person who’s having a mental breakdown live via webcam. I won’t weigh in either way because, honestly, I’m not really sure.

After checking out the “show” for about an hour today, the only way I could describe it was with a quote from Seinfeld. In the episode “The Letter” a snobby older couple analyzes the portrait of Kramer saying…

“I sense great vulnerability. A man-child crying out for love. An innocent orphan in the post-modern world.”
“I see a parasite. A sexually depraved miscreant who is seeking only to gratify his basest and most immediate urges.”
“His struggle is man’s struggle. He lifts my spirit.”
“He is a loathesome, offensive brute. Yet I can’t look away.”
“He transcends time and space.”
“He sickens me.”
“I love it.”
“Me too.”

Skip forward to 1:30 on this video:

Everyone knows I love the Suns and, if you follow me on twitter, you know that I have a recurring theme of tying the Suns to Prince’s outstanding 80s music/movie extravaganza Purple Rain. Never could I imagine that the two things would meet in one place, but now they have… plus a little Michael Jackson, Karate Kid and Star Wars.

I took a lot of camera phone pics while I was in Phoenix this past week, but here’s just a few of the better ones.

Even if you’re not a Suns fan, this is a must-see! The guys make great points about the film, but the “cameos” make this video extra awesome.