Brian Scalabrine, or the White Mamba as he's come to be known, has been forced into an early retirement. No, not because of injury or illness, or anything nefarious. Sadly, Scalabrine's time at the end of the bench seeems to have come to an untimely end because no team wanted him, literally. But still, because of Scalabrine's success at... well, I'm not sure what he was successful at as a player, but Scal had two intriguing options to continue his life in basketball.
With the nation holding its breath, Scalabrine has turned down a coaching job with the Chicago Bulls to work for Comcast New England as an announcer and on-air personality for their Boston Celtics coverage. Somehow, this makes total sense for one of the most popular Celtics players in recent memory. Seriously. Scalabrine scored a grand total of 723 points in his Celtics career, yet the fans would go wild for him at the drop of a hat! Even a glimpse of the red head on the bench would ...
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The ultimate Scalabrine highlight video
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September 11, 2012
This could be one of the greatest highlight videos in the history of highlight videos. The fact that the NBA was able to find enough clips of Brian “The White Mamba” Scalabrine doing positive things deserves its own highlight reel. Brian, your tenacity and cheering will be greatly missed.
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September 11, 2012
'The Ultimate Brian Scalabrine Highlight Video' Featured on NBA's Official YouTube Page (Video)
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September 11, 2012
Brace yourself for two minutes of Brian Scalabrine awesomeness. The former Celtics forward, who is stepping away from the game, has reached a new level of popularity, thanks to the NBA. There is now "The Ultimate Brian Scalabrine Highlight Video" on the league's official YouTube page, and as you could imagine, it's quite awesome. The video features mroe than two...
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September 11, 2012
Brian Scalabrine’s career highlights video is even cooler than it sounds
Via Celtics Town
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September 11, 2012
No description necessary, which is good because proper descriptions of Scal defy all conventional vocabulary.Scalabrine, as always, for the win.
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September 11, 2012
Tribute To Brian Scalabrine – VIDEO
Via Menudo Bol
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September 12, 2012
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September 12, 2012
BREAKING: Bulls To Sign Josh Howard?
Via Menudo Bol
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September 11, 2012
Ok.
A reliable source out of Deerfield, Illinois just reported to us that the Chicago Bulls will be signing Josh Howard and Ike Diogu. A conversation took place today, involving a certain coach and a certain VP of Basketball Operations, a few minutes away from The Berto Center (the Bulls’ practice facility) in Chicago.
Josh Howard would be a huge acquisition for the Eastern...
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September 11, 2012
The return of Derrick Rose Part II (Video)
Via Crossover Chronicles
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September 10, 2012
Chicago Bulls' fans and franchise have to be counting down the days until they see their MVP Derrick Rose hit the court again.
By now you know what happened to him in last season's NBA playoffs (ACL injury) but adidas has been chronicling Rose's return to the court in a series of commercials. Those commercials feature Rose workout out, putting in some major work...
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September 10, 2012
The Ultimate Brian Scalabrine Highlight Reel
Via The Nosebleeds
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September 12, 2012
Greatest. Of. All. Time.
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September 12, 2012
NOT CHEESY AT ALL
Derrick Rose spotted filming pizza commercial
Via Terez Owens
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September 11, 2012
I served up assists before I got hurt T...
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose recently hunkered down some cash into Chicago pizza joint Giordanos — Check out Derrick Rose who not only owns a pizzeria, but also serves at one as well. Rose was spotted filming his first commercial spot for the pizza chain. Looks like his knee is doing OK.-TO
The Return of D Rose: Episode 2 Derrick...
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September 11, 2012
Derrick Rose’s Return Part 2
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September 09, 2012
ADIDAS biggest sponsor is no question Derrick Rose. The Bulls superstar point guard is recovering from an ACL injury, and ADIADAS is following Rose’s recovery. Recently ADIDAS recently the second video of Rose titled “The Return”. Check it out below.
Here is some of what Rose says in the video
“The whole time the playoffs was going on I only watched a couple...
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September 09, 2012
Behold, The Ultimate Brian Scalabrine Highlight Video
Via Midwest Sports Fans
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September 12, 2012
Our Andrew Wittry got to hang out with Indiana hoops coach Tom Crean recently, and the Tan One let it be known that he wants senior forward Derek Elston “to be Scalabrine for us this year.”
By Scalabrine, Crean of course is referring to Brian Scalabrine, who recently retired.
I am Scal…hear me roar! (Image credit: Elsa – Getty Images via CelticsBlog.com)
It seems...
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September 12, 2012
White Mamba Retrospective.
Via The Victory Formation
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September 11, 2012
Recently, Brian Scalabrine announced his retirement from the NBA and move to the commentary booth of the Boston Celtics. On its YouTube channel, the NBA, probably one of the best with regards to its use of social media, decided to honor the former Net, Celtic and Bull with a little tribute package. It won’t be [...]
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September 11, 2012
Adidas "The Return of Derrick Rose": Part 2 (Video)
Via That NBA Lottery Pick
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September 09, 2012
Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we featured a post that contained a mini-series created with the help of the folks at Adidas chronicling the return of Bulls guard Derrick Rose from his ACL injury.Now, here is part 2 of the mini-series for your viewing pleasure:
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September 09, 2012
I Want Brian Scalabrine To Live Forever, Underneath The Sky So Blue
Via With Leather
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September 12, 2012
The “ultimate Brian Scalabrine highlight video”, which is mostly announcers going HEH HEH THE WHITE MAMBA and being shocked whenever he makes a shot. Glorious. (via Brobible)- Follow us on Twitter @withleather - Follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and Burnsy @MayorBurnsy - Like us on Facebook.LinksAre We In Midst Of The 8 Strongest Months For New Music Since 2000? |UPROXX...
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September 12, 2012
Brian Scalabrine Returns to Boston
Via Sports Blog Net
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September 08, 2012
[caption id="attachment_2232" align="alignleft" width="224"] Celtics fans may not get to see THIS again, but Brian Scalabrine's retirement and migration to CSN means the return of a player whose popularity defies both his own talent and logic in general. (basketbawful.blogspot.com)[/caption]
Bust out the "Hope" signs. Dust off those ironic...
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September 08, 2012
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