Archive for September, 2007

Smack / Sep 30, 2007 / 12:54 am

The Price is Right

If you’re gonna hire the Phoenix Suns’ top assistant to be your head coach so that you can play Phoenix Suns basketball, you best have a roster built like the Phoenix Suns. You need guys who can A) get up and down and B) shoot the hell out of the ball. And while their roster […]

Smack / Sep 29, 2007 / 5:56 am

Overseas-Webb

We didn’t think Chris Webber would stay on the showroom floor this long — it made too much sense that someone from the Dallas/San Antonio/Phoenix group would snatch him up just so the other ones couldn’t get him — and we definitely didn’t think C-Webb would be on the verge of pulling a Dominique Wilkins […]

General / Sep 28, 2007 / 5:13 pm

The Money Line

Vegas likes KG and the Celtics
Not that we’re condoning gambling or anything, but we were interested to see what the odds-makers have to say about the upcoming NBA season. Popular online sportsbook bodoglife.com rolled out its odds to win the ‘08 chip, so we broke down where they could be right, and where they might […]

Smack / Sep 28, 2007 / 6:02 am

Steve Nash: the Anti-Deron

Shawn Marion won’t be going anywhere if the rest of the Suns can help it. Doing the anti-Deron Williams, Steve Nash told the East Valley Tribune, “We have a great team, we’re very close to winning a championship and we want everyone on board. All his teammates love him.” The paper said Nash, several other […]

General / Sep 27, 2007 / 2:49 pm

The Dime Network, 9.27

On HighSchoolHoop.com:
- The Baller’s Workout - The Core - We drop the second installment of the Baller’s Workout video series. Today’s vid breaks down how to strengthen your core muscle group - the key to your explosiveness and vertical leap. If you can knock all of these out, you’re a beast…
- Breaking News - We […]

General / Sep 27, 2007 / 1:25 pm

Matrix Evolutions

Photo. Brandon Sullivan
I was doing a radio interview yesterday when the host and I started talking about Shawn Marion. A few hours before I’d gone on the air, Matrix had gone from “rumored to be unhappy” (a running storyline for the last few years with him) to actually publicly asking for a trade. Later on, […]

General / Sep 27, 2007 / 12:41 pm

Exclusive $5 Offer to Dime Readers

Photo Stanley Lumax
About a year ago, we added Bounce to the Dime family. Bounce is the ball player’s magazine, for anyone who loves to play the game - whether that’s in a gym, in a driveway, or on a playground. Anywhere with a hoop and a ball.
We want you to get to know Bounce, […]

Smack / Sep 27, 2007 / 6:00 am

Declaration of Independence

Photo. Estevan Oriol
So it’s not just rumors and speculation anymore: Shawn Marion is officially looking for a way out of Phoenix. “I’m tired of hearing my name in trades,” Matrix told the Arizona Republic, the day after it had been reported he was seemingly unhappy heading into training camp. “It’s time to move on.” We […]

Playground / Sep 26, 2007 / 4:36 pm

Take No Prisoners @ Dime

Charles Jones (far right) and TNP.
Every now and then we have some special guests pop into the Dime office. Earlier today we got a visit from ex-NBA and Long Island University baller Charles Jones and some of the crew from Take No Prisoners (TNP), the squad who won the Nike Tournament of Champions we put […]

Hoopla / Sep 26, 2007 / 2:35 pm

Bassline

Photo. Jonathan Mannion
The following appears in Dime #36, on newsstands now…
On the same night in late-July when 2K Sports gave us a very-early sneak peek of NBA 2K8, they brought NBA ballers Andre Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, Rudy Gay and 2K8 cover guy Chris Paul to Rucker Park for the first-ever outdoor, nighttime motion-capture session. In […]

Smack / Sep 26, 2007 / 12:24 am

What’s Your Beef?

Photo. Brandon Sullivan
What’s Shawn Marion’s deal? Usually when an NBA player is “unhappy” with his situation, it’s over money, shots or losing. (Notice how that term is only used in sports? You never hear your boys saying, “Man, I’m unhappy with my role at the post office.”) In Marion’s case, reports and rumors have circulated […]

Hoopla / Sep 25, 2007 / 6:10 pm

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing premieres tonight at 9PM
Over the course of the summer, ballplayers from all over the tri-state area signed up to take part in the ultimate basketball survival competition, otherwise known as “The Last Man Standing Tournament.” 300 players went mano-y-mano in the massive one-on-one, make-it-take-it, blood-and-guts tourney and the TV show that chronicled […]

General / Sep 25, 2007 / 3:51 pm

The Dime Network 9.25

On HighSchoolHoop.com
- Too $hort? - Check out the Dime video and feature story about the BK’s Erving Walker - arguably the best guard in all of New York City.
- The Top 25, 9.25 - The Top 25 high school players in the country. Making power moves this week: Brandon Jennings, Dexter Strickland and Willie Warren.
On […]

Hoopla / Sep 25, 2007 / 2:41 pm

What’s in the Box?

What’s in the Box?
This past weekend, Dime’s Associate Editor Austin Burton hit up the Steve & Barry’s showroom in Manhattan to chop it up with Ben Wallace and to check out his new signature shoe, the “Big Ben” by Starbury.
Today, as a thank you, the Steve and Barry’s crew sent over a signed shoe. Good […]

Hoopla / Sep 25, 2007 / 12:43 pm

What the Experts Say…

Boom Dizzle. Photo. Tim Tadder
Last week, when I was at Reebok HQ in Canton, Mass., when I wasn’t getting after it on the softball field with A.I., Baron Davis and Co., I had a chance to get some early predictions for the upcoming NBA season straight from the guys themselves …
BARON DAVIS
MVP: “Lebron or […]

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