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Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:45 am EDT

Phenomenal Swag: Another 'MVPuppets' shirt


Trey Kerby of The Blowtorch searches high and low across the Internet for NBA-related goods you never knew you needed. You know, phenomenal swag. Email Ball Don't Lie any relevant products you find here.

No offense, Nike marketing team, but if this "MVPuppets" meme doesn't die soon, people are going to start parodying it on the Internet. (Whoops!) But seriously, this thing won't go away. Want more evidence? The fake T-shirts are happening.

First Cuts had the first bootleg one about a week ago, and Skeets (via BDL reader Johnny P) hipped me to the one displayed here last night while we were talking about Bernoulli's principle. Obviously the shirt isn't fake in the sense that it doesn't exist, because it does. But to these piercing blue eyes, it looks like someone got a nice screenprint and put it on one of those blank Nike shirts your dad got from the outlet store. You know, the ones he wears golfing. Nonetheless, as far as these things go, it looks pretty well done, though the Kobe puppet certainly has a "V for Vendetta" look to him. Creepy.

Adding to its legitimacy, we have absolutely no idea how or where you can buy this (UPDATE: right here), but I'd guess they're pretty abundant in Cancun's open-air market.

Ball Don't Lie's Swag Rating: Two Muggsy Bogues puppets.

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  1. joe g
    1. Posted by joe g Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:16 pm EDT

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    retarded
  2. Anton
    2. Posted by Anton Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:01 pm EDT

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    Be better if they had Lebron pointing to Kobe in a congatulatory manner with Kobe holding up his fingers with four rings on them
    Or
    Kobe with a crown on his head. "Real King, baby."
  3. Anton
    3. Posted by Anton Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:02 pm EDT

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    Or Kobe holding baby James. lol
  4. Airlock
    4. Posted by Airlock Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:52 pm EDT

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    what's everyone making a big deal out of these puppets for? Dont they know these puppets arent real? To make matters even sillier Kobe and Lebron arent even controlling these puppets so who cares? One of these puppets steps to me and I'm going to punch it right in it's felt face!
  5. Ron Burgundy
    5. Posted by Ron Burgundy Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:11 pm EDT

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    nice information there, airlock.
  6. Anton
    6. Posted by Anton Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:32 pm EDT

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    Easy there, big airlock. We know you don't mess around with puppets.
  7. IDGAD
    7. Posted by IDGAD Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:49 pm EDT

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    Right on, airlock! Where is Celebrity Death Match when we need it? We need an animated 'Reality series staring Kobe, LBJ, Wade, Carmelo, & DH as fun-loving housemates in Beverly Hills. Oh, wait, was that already piloted last year?
  8. Walter E
    8. Posted by Walter E Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:55 pm EDT

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    Lechoke shames the choken one fans really must have hated this shirt!! ahahahahahahaaa!! you thought its a sign that lechoke will be on kobes level in the finals?!???! ahahaahahahahahahaaaaa!!!lechoke shames the choken one fans are so full of wishful thinking!!! calling that greg oden look-alike a king even with zero rings~~!!!! ahahahahaahahahahahaaaaa!!!!
  9. Lakergirl
    9. Posted by Lakergirl Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:09 pm EDT

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    they should have placed a fishing rod in Lebron's hand
  10. shesaidshewas18
    10. Posted by shesaidshewas18 Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:22 am EDT

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    i want one
  11. PleaseFireMJD
    11. Posted by PleaseFireMJD Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:36 am EDT

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    Attempting to make Kobe seem more "white" than Lebron? Hat, Nose, clothes? Lebron has bling, Kobe doesn't. I don't really see why they'd do that, but the images are there.
  12. JB
    12. Posted by JB Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:23 pm EDT

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    Dumb da dumb dumb.
  13. tim
    13. Posted by tim Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:05 am EDT

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    small shops like und, supreme, and alife would sell these

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