I was in Portland last week and my boy who works for Nike, Chad Easterling, had on these crazy sneakers that I had never seen before. Read More »

This might be the only good contribution that Damon Jones has ever made to the League. Back when he was on the Cavs, he developed intricate handshakes with everyone during the pre-game, one of which included LeBron. One guy pretended to box while the other pretended to snap photos. With Jones off the roster, LBJ took that old routine and morphed it into what is now the Cavs’ pre-game “family portrait.” Read More »

With 12 games left on the docket for most squads, the Lakers are pretty much guaranteed the No. 1 seed in the West. (They’re up 10 games on the second-seeded Spurs right now.) On the other side of the playoff picture, Dallas is currently in the eight-spot, but could very well end up finishing anywhere from four to nine (all of those teams in those spots are within five-and-a-half games of each other). Mavs’ backup C Ryan Hollins doesn’t want his squad making any moves – he likes Dallas’ playoff draw if they finish eighth. Read More »

I am not sure what is funnier, the fact that she fainted or the double screen when they cut back to the studio and she is still sprawled out on the ground. Hilarious

I’m not going to lie. I hadn’t seen Illinois State’s Osiris Eldridge play that much this season until I saw him against Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. But after one ridiculous pull-up jumper after another, I was ready to hand him a 10-day contract. Read More »

Surely you realized that. But perhaps you didn’t know just how much bigger Al Jefferson’s hands are than yours. On his site, www.AlJefferson25.com, he uploaded a life-size paw print for his fans to stack up against. The site also allows you to plug-in your own hand size and see where it falls against Al’s hand. Read More »

General consensus among Dime readers on Nene‘s headbutt/elbow was that Louis Amundson was acting like a softee. Well, Sweet Lou’s comments about the incident with Nene will only serve to exacerbate his reputation as such. Read More »

It’s not the greatest block you’ve ever seen, but it’s worth watching because Kobe getting swatted happens maybe twice a season. At about the 35-second mark in last night’s Lakers/Thunder game, Thabo Sefalosha tracks down Mamba on a break and sends his shot to the frank man.

Watching Amir Johnson in his 10 minutes off the bench last night, two things occurred to me: (1) Instead of barely cracking the Pistons’ rotation, the 21-year-old could have been a senior at Louisville this year, and (2) Amir has the tightest waves in the NBA. Read More »

In the Bulls final push for the playoffs, in which they’ve won five of their last six games, we’ve seen John Salmons, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Tyrus Thomas all kick it into a higher gear. When Johnny Buckets, Hinrich, or Gordon do so, they become tough, efficient scorers. But when Ty Thomas turns it up a notch, he is capable of being a big-time game changer.
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