All-Star Weekend starts this Friday. Celebs and musicians coming fresh off of the Super Bowl and the Grammy’s, are all headed to Arizona to have even more fun. This year adidas, the official outfitter of the NBA, has made all this year’s All-Star Game apparel (obviously. lol). Read More »

Our friends at adidas sent another new Dwight Howard video our way this afternoon. This one features Dwight and Kevin Garnett in a gym talking about the prep work that went into Dwight’s dunk contest performance last year. How’s this for dedication? Dwight says he practiced for a year-and-a-half on his behind the backboard dunk. Check it out in the video …

If you look back through the Dimemag.com archives about five months ago, you’d see a whole lot of Carmelo hate in the comments section. The talk about him being overrated, out of shape and indifferent ran rampant. But since Chauncey has come to Denver, ‘Melo is now seen as the consensus best small forward in the West. And according to the folks at 82games.com, he is also one of the best, clutch performers in the game today. Read More »

With the devastating news that Al Jefferson will miss the rest of the season the fantasy implications are huge and your actions must be swift. Most likely the biggest benefactor is Kevin Love who is probably owned. If he is not, you should stop reading and pick him up. That being said, Ryan Gomes may be the big winner here. Gomes has been playing 30+ on most nights but his production has been inconsistent. The Wolves will need his scoring for the rest of the season. The other place that deep leagues may want to look is Craig Smith. Smith has been dreadfully inconsistent but may get the first shot at big center/power forward minutes. He’s a little bit of a reach but I guarantee you he has some big games.

As for Jefferson… ugh. If you’re in a keeper league, you obviously can’t cut him. If you’re not in a keeper league, close your eyes and press that “drop” button. It’s going to sting though.

This past Saturday at Palmetto High School in Miami, Converse held another session of their Open Gym program. Open Gym is now in its third phase down in the 305, and has been consistenly bringing 300 plus participants through to come and hoop. Read More »

After we were just talking about Al Jefferson as an All-Star snub, looks like Big Al wouldn’t have been playing in Phoenix either way. Word out of Minneapolis is that the Timberwolves’ star center is out indefinitely with a torn ACL in his right knee.

If by indefinitely, they mean the rest of the season, then we’re on the same page. But regardless of Coach Kevin McHale’s optimism, I don’t see the 17-33 Timberwolves winning many more games. Read More »

adidas is doing big things in Phoenix for NBA All-Star Weekend. Leading the charge is Dwight Howard, who will be the first player ever to give his fans continuous, first-hand access all weekend long, both on-court and off for the entire trip.

In this video, DH shows off his pre-game ritual with a look at the new adidas TECHFIT PowerWeb and Padded compression gear, his TS BOUNCE Commander shoe and starter instructions on how to be a part of Dwight’s inside access this coming weekend.
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If you missed last Saturday’s Philly Run you missed a great day of basketball. Girard College was packed all day with kids from in and around the Philadelphia area hoopin’. 200 plus kids of all ages came out and showcased their skills. Read More »

We were reading some articles on the Blazers-dedicated blog Blaze of Love when we spotted a tribute to the current trend among NBA dance squads employing “boy shorts” for their talent.

Apparently they noticed the look on the Blazers dancers and further “research” turned up samples from around the League.

Sure, the post is from November, but we thought it was important to share. Otherwise you might have missed out on our friend from the Rockets here on the left. Read More »

After Steve Nash‘s 15-point, 21-assist performance in Detroit last night, he was interviewed by the NBA TV studio crew. Beyond discussing the game itself, Nash addressed the trade rumors surrounding the Suns, plus some of the issues that currently have them sitting in eighth place in the West standings.

Then near the end of the interview, Nash casually dropped this line: “I’m playing a lot more than I have in years.” Maybe it’s just me, but I thought I caught a hint of frustration there. Read More »