This is a more conventional process of tilt-shifting. Here Madison Square Garden (Which isn’t a square) looks like a mini model.

Cowboys Stadium hosted the 2010 All Star Game and set a record for game attendance at a little over 108,000. Tilt shift makes this image look like a little toy. How cute.

The  Los Angeles Lakers Girls are iconic in the cheer leading circuit (if such thing exists). Once again tilt-shift makes them look like figurines.

‘The Shot’ by Michael Jordan taking the Chicago Bulls on the way to another championship. Who wouldn’t want a scale model of this?

Drazen Petrovic and the Dream Team scramble for a ball. It’s great but it’s better in tilt shift

And we all know how the 1992 Olympics finished.

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10. Dennis Shroder – Atlanta Hawks

Did you know that Dennis Shoder played in the NBA? He also punched Demarcus Cousins right in the janglies as he ‘fought his way’ through a pick. Shroeder kicks off our douche list.

9. Marco Belinelli – Chicage Bulls

There is only one NBA player with balls big enough to do the ‘big balls’ dance; and that is Sam Cassell. Anyone else who tries to do it is a douche whether it is Belinelli, Blatche or Butler… Hmmm, all beginning with the letter “B”. B for Balls.

8. Nate Robinson – Denver Nuggets

Steven Adams must feel like a punching bag some times. Dude always seems to be on the end of someone’s fists; but Nate Robinson had his douche moment when he punched the Thunder forward right in front of the referee. Dumb move, Nate. Dumb move.

7. ANY Player or coach who criticizes the referees

Any player or coach who hasn’t realized that they get fined for making comments detrimental to the referees or officiating. Sure, bad calls do happen and from time to time they do/may affect the outcome of the game. It is a long season and if you decide that making comments of this nature is still the best course of action then you are a douche.

6. Matt Barnes – Los Angeles Clippers

Barnes found himself ejected for standing up for his team mates, which in itself could be considered admirable. Instead of having a cold shower to cool down, Barnes booted up the Twitter and dropped the ‘N bomb’ saying that he loves his team mates but is getting sick of standing up for them.

5. Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat

Dwyane Wade is supposed to be a NBA Superstar yet when things don’t go his way he carries on like a little kid with a skinned knee and turns to cheap shots. Check out these two from last season’s Eastern Conference Finals. The “D” in “Dwyane” must stand for “douche”.

4. Tony Allen- Memphis Grizzlies

When Tony Allen went up for the layup he wasn’t expecting to get ripped to the ground by Cousin Balki… I mean Manu Ginobili. The foul was hard and worthy of a flagrant foul. Allen proceeds to roll around on the floor in agony clasping his head. Replays show that Allen never hit his head on the ground and the pain was all a charade.

Congrats, douche. You managed to stall the game for no apparent reason. Blake Griffin, if you don’t change your ways expect to be on this list next year.

3. Birdlady – Miami Heat

So the lady who flipped Joakim Noah as he left the arena got her fifteen minutes of fame but that doesn’t make this douchery any less worthy. Yelling insults is one thing but to get in the face of a player is something else. In fact, get creative with the insults, go absolutely nuts with them. Flipping the bird is the ‘go to’ move of the lowest common denominator. Congrats, Lady. I’m sure the video says your name, but you look like a Barbara, so I’ll call you Barbara.

Yes, Barbara was some kind of pseudo-celebrity for a fractal moment in time but where do you go from here? Look out for Barbara’s next performance in ten years’ time where she tells a documentary crew how she lost her life savings in a Ponzi scheme.

2. Chris Andersen ‘Birdman’ – Miami Heat

There is no denying the Heat v Pacers Eastern Conference Finals was intense but that didn’t stop Heat forward, Chris Andersen coming in at number two in the list.  Taking issue with something made up, Anderson blindsides Tyler Hansborough with a shove to the floor then take further issue and gives Phycho T another shove after chesting him up. Birdman still wants to go at it as the referee is pushing him towards his bench.

All this unprovoked douchery did was further embed Andersen’s white trash image. Armed with nothing but his pretty hair and ‘tough boy’ stickers Andersen has given the NBA very little.

1.       Jason Kidd – Brooklyn Nets

For reasons unknown, Brooklyn Nets coach, Jason Kidd took to instructing his player to “Hit me” as he walked past him so he could intentionally spill his cola and ice all over the court. What makes this douche move odd is that there was no real apparent reason for doing so other than maybe buying a few more time before the Nets lost to the Lakers. It allowed Kidd, who was out of timeouts to draw up on more play before Lakers players Steve Blake and Wes Johnson infiltrated the Nets huddle to oversee the play.

The douche move cost Kidd $50,000 in fines making it one expensive drink.

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Ladies and Gentleman, Classic NBA in color.

Perhaps the most iconic image in basketball history is that of Wilt Chamberlain after scoring 100 points. Here is what Wilt would have looked like in color.

Has there a been better rivalry in NBA history than Larry Bird and his Celtics versus Magic Johnson and his Lakers? I doubt it. Here is Magic grabbing a rebound over Larry Legend and looking to run the floor.

George Gervin, a true swingman, never let not winning a championship get in the way of a decorated career racking up multiple scoring titles, multiple all-star appearances and many All-NBA First Team awards.

Julius Erving pioneered the above-the-rim style of play which is popular today, but he was more than just a dunker. Dr J also has an NBA ring and an NBA MVP award to his name. This polished shot of Dr J looks more like a transition screen from NBA 2Ksomething but I can’t recall the Indiana Pacers being a classic team in the game.

Fred Brown goes under the radar as far as NBA greats go, but Brown was an NBA All-Star and NBA Champion. The Seattle SuperSonics have retired his number 32 jersey. Here Brown takes it hard to the hoop against the Phoenix Suns.

The game has seen many great bigs. Before Shaq, Howard, Olajuwon, Yao, and Ewing there was Bill Russell. The legend garnered just a lazy 11 rings and 5 league MVP awards. Russell has plenty of reasons to smile.

Willis Reed is a man with a long list of NBA accomplishments but none greater than having Whoopi Goldberg wear his jersey in the movie Eddie. Here Willis looks for a way to get past ‘Wilt the Stilt’.

Bill Walton. With a career marred by injury Bill found himself sitting on the sidelines quite a bit. Maybe it was there here found his knack for colorful commentary?

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Artis Gilmore. This hard working big man found himself manning up against the other great bigs of the league, but that didn’t stop him from being a multiple All-star, multiple Defensive First Team award winner and even winning an ABA championship.

But perhaps the greatest image ever seen in the NBA is that of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar mid skyhook. With a career highlight and awards list as long as Kareem is tall, it is no wonder the man then known as Lew Alcindor found himself encased in an exhibit in the movie Baseketball. That skyhook was beautiful.

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