Hushd - Kobe sack daddy here. "Kobe couldn't get around Pierce?" You must be kidding me.
One-on-one is Kobe's specialty, among all his other talents.
Lebron might have a chance if he's allowed to back Kobe down every time.

pierce - caron butler
lebron - kobe
granger - melo
wade - artest
roy - j. johnson
josh smith - rudy gay
voskul - Pecherov (why the hell not?)

@tbj: no commercials plz

1on1 is old. You know, like: KD wrote about it once. I can't recall, it was an all-star event. Long ago. KD, please help.

Rafer Alston for entertainment value.

Depending on how much it would cost. Would it be a good idea for Portland to pick him up and bench him?

1. i am dropping my quest to bother skeets about new shoes until he gets them. they've grown on me.
2. for the pay-off, the winner can dress the loser for a week's worth of shows. put skeets in a suit, put tas in sneaks and a white tee. or... loser gets a mohawk... shaved by the winner! thats gold right there.
3. anybody see the JT prank with the popcorn in the car? high-larious.

round 1:
Kobe vs Vince Carter (Kobe wins)
Gerald Wallace vs Melo (Wallace wins)
Pierce vs Wade (Wade wins)
LeBron vs Joe Johnson (LeBron wins)
round 2:
Kobe vs Wallace (Wallace wins)
Wade vs LeBron (LeBron wins)
Final Round:
LeBron vs Wallace (Wallace wins)

you can call me crazy but Im going with John Salmons. Dude is great at 1 on 1 offense and defense. He cant play with the four guys around him but he definitely can hang with the likes of Kobe and the rest.

pretty sure Kobe's fadeaway jumper is unblockable.
regardless of that, i have yet to see someone match his quickness elevating and getting a shot off.
whether he can get around Pierce or not, he can shoot it over him.
Pierce? not so much, he'll try to get his points from the foul line, while claiming himself NBA's best during intermissions.
J.E should go back to doing Abercrombie & Fitch wallpapers.

Wow. No arguments today. That's a change. :)

Book off challenge: Loser must eat, constantly, for the entire broadcast. Leave it to you two to choose the food (Any Canadian "delicacies" that might work?)
As far as that 1-on-1 Tournament goes, there's obviously a ton of ways for it to work, and I'm gonna try to be as realistic about this as possible. First off, you gotta think you're looking at C-level talent for something like this. It should include as many international players as you can-- which you know Stern would love.
And that way Yi plays on All-Star weekend against other C-level players, where he belongs.
I think it'd be great for the fans at the arena to start with 16 guys, not televised. Even with the way NBA basketball is played these days, it can be difficult to gauge 1-on-1 skills, so that'd be a great way to at least get rid of the dudes who clearly- if surprisingly- aren't gonna cut it in a nationally televised tournament. Just show highlights before the 2nd round starts. Then you're only looking at 3 rounds televised, 7 games total. 2nd round games could even go on at the same time on opposite ends of the court while we just cut back & forth, or PIP as we sometimes see, or even split-screen. Imagine the Charles & the rest of the TNT crew trying to keep up with that. Hilarious.
Games can go to 7, 9, or 11 by 1's & 2's, no free throws, and with a ref calling fouls (which are taken out up top). Stern may hate this street ball style, but this is for the fans. Is it asking too much of him? Probably. But this is how it should go.
Here's a list of 16 guys that might well participate, & that Stern might actually choose (Sorry J.R.):
Yi (there's your ratings), Nick Young (consolation for the dunk contest), Delonte West (feel good story? Or would Stern not even wanna touch that?), Battier (A vet known for his D-- Curveball!!), Rafer Alston (Absolutely would HAVE to have him), Kapono (Only cause he won 3 contest), Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Adam Morrison (Hilarious choice, & might be unaware of us laughing about it), Batum (Holla à votre garçon), Sasha (Machine win trophy, scrap for parts), Belinelli, Azubuike (Sounds foreign), Travis Outlaw (just skinny enough to qualify), Stuckey (though he might be too good already), & Ben Gordon.
Maybe Thaddeus Young, Ramon Sessions instead of Stuckey, Foye unless that's too many PGs, & Ridnour because according to All-Star ballots he has way too many fans (Think Skiles is stuffing the box?).
Great show guys, &, as always, great T-shirts Skeets.

Gerald Wallace taking all those superstars in one on one tourny Luke? He isn't even in the discussion. Kobe takes it hands down!

uh, Luke, in case you havent noticed Wallace can barely even score when he plays the cavs( 8.5 pts and guarded by Lebron)... so what makes you think he could even compete against Lebron?

Kobe
Lebron
Roy
Granger
Marbury
Pierce
Mayo
VC

book-off payoff: loser's gotta dress up like rex kwon do from napoleon dynamite. what the loser does while dressed up is up to you guys (doing the show is a possibility, but they'd be sitting down so the pants might not show).

The Best 1-1 Player is the league (Doesn't mean they are the best in the league)
1Lebron
2Kobe
3Roy
4Granger
5Pierce
6T-Mac
7Iverson
8Josh Smith
9Michael Redd
10Wade
11Rafer Auston
12Kevin Martin
13Baron Davis
14Devon Harris
15Chris Paul
16Manu Ginobli
Who wouldn't want to watch this?