In the fourth quarter of the Hornets’ win over the Mavs last Sunday, Byron Scott helped neutralize Dirk Nowitzki by going with a small lineup: David West was moved to center, and James Posey went to the four, where he held Dirk to just four points down the stretch. Before that, Dirk had dropped 25 points through the first three quarters. Read More »

One of my job in here is to show off all the dope product that comes through the door. The other day we got two boxes of sick Mitchell & Ness NBA stuff. Read More »

What message did Rick Carlisle need to communicate to his team before facing off against the Timberwolves at home yesterday? With a one game edge on the eight-seed Jazz and the season finale coming up against the Rockets (Dallas is 1-2 vs. HOU this year), this was a must-win game, right? God knows nobody wants to draw the Lakers in round one.

But Carlisle’s crew didn’t put forth a top-notch effort last night. They blew a 13-point lead against the T-Wolves, only to pull out the win because of a boneheaded mistake by Sebastian Telfair. So should Carlisle have to explain his team’s shoddy effort for the vast majority of the night? Read More »

Over his four years at Duke, Greg Paulus proved one thing: he really isn’t that good at basketball. But the former Gatorade Football Player of the Year in New York hasn’t proved that he can’t play on the gridiron just yet. His opportunity to do so came recently with the Green Bay Packers, who worked out the former QB. Read More »

The Magic have been like the Chicago Cubs of the NBA. Their talent and regular-season record makes it impossible to leave them completely off the list of title contenders, but at the same time, nobody’s really gonna step up and put money on Orlando to win the big prize. Read More »

Well this escalated quickly. Last night I saw the crawl along the bottom of ESPN that said “Florida International University trying to hire Isiah Thomas as head coach,” and immediately hit the crew with a “WTF?” email. I thought it was kind of funny, at best a stunt by FIU to at least show potential recruits that they’re trying to do big things in the college basketball world.

And then this hit a few minutes ago: Read More »

When JR Smith is locked in, he’s one of the five most compelling players to watch in the League. Last night he drained eleven treys with Kings hanging all over him. But as you’ll see in this montage, a significant portion of those three’s came when the game was already way out of reach. Even though Sacramento has locked up the top spot in the Blake Griffin lottery, they weren’t happy that JR was pouring it on, gunning for the NBA record.

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If you’re spending money on NBA tickets right now, or if you’re in a fantasy league that’s still going, this is the most uncertain time of the season. With some teams having locked up playoff seeds, Lottery teams randomly benching vets to give their young guys some run, otherwise minor injuries upgrading to “shut-down” worthy, and each playoff team’s coach having his own philosophy on whether stars should be rested or stay in rhythm headed to the postseason, you never know who’s gonna be suiting up in this last stretch of games … Trying to lock up the NBA’s best record and homecourt throughout the Finals, the Cavs ran their full squad in Indiana last night. Read More »

Hot on the heels of Dwyane Wade going Cloverfield on the Knicks yesterday, Converse announced today that they’re going to reissue a limited amount of the WADE 1 (pictured here at the WADE 1 launch event back in ’05), the shoe Dwyane wore during Miami’s championship run a few years back.

The WADE 1 features “.08” displayed on the inner heel to reflect two game-winning shots in his first two NBA season seasons. His number “3” is shown on the shoelace eyelets and his name appears on the back and top of the shoe. (more pics after the jump) Read More »

Here’s a first look at the Spike Lee documentary on Kobe Bryant, “Kobe Doin’ Work,” which will air on May 16th on ESPN. It’s supposed to cover Kobe’s life both on and off the court – it should include some footage from his 61-point night at MSG will be in there, as Lee and Bryant left the Garden together after that historic performance.