Around the Dime HQ, the weeks after March Madness are all about appreciating the passion of college ball, cheerleaders, Gus Johnson, and NBA projections. Around this time last year, opinions about Dukie DeMarcus Nelson‘s NBA future were mixed. But Nelson is proving doubters wrong now, as he’s tearing up the Development League and looks poised to get back to the big show. Read More »

List of things that Ron Artest loves: (1) His kids. (2) Queensbridge. (3) Being a Rocket: “We’re going to Mars.” (4) Carrying 50 stacks whenever he goes to L.A. (5) Having a $40 phone, no blackberry, no iPhone.

After going 0-for-2 with my NCAA championship picks (really 0-for-3, if we’re counting my pre-Thanksgiving call that Georgetown would take the whole thing), my basketball prognostication skills have come into question.

So allow me to highlight one thing I did get right: Read More »

Add another chapter to Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash‘s rivalry/bromance — this year going down as the one when Dirk symbolically closed the door on Nash’s championship window from more than 500 miles away … Going into last night’s schedule, the Suns’ anti-magic number was one; either one loss or one Dallas win away from being eliminated from the playoff race. Read More »

KixAndTheCity.com has a plethora of pics of Nike’s Hyperize. Read More »

While no one really knows for sure if Ricky Rubio is entering the NBA Draft this June, you can already see that the 6-3 Spanish phenom is marketing himself quite well.

Let me just come out and say it: No point guard will ever be better than John Stockton.

When I was watching the Mavs/Suns game the other night, I thought about it for a second. Jason Kidd had notched 20 assists and passed Magic Johnson for third place on the NBA’s All-Time Assists Leaders list behind Stockton and Mark Jackson, but that was only the second time that Kidd had dropped more than 20 dimes in his career. Read More »

So this is what it’s come to – potential NBA deals being hashed out over Twitter. Apparently Shaq has let it be known that he wants to play for Mark Cuban, a rumor that only gained some more momentum after the two were going back and forth over Twitter the other day. Read More »

Which was more impressive last night: Brandon Roy scoring 13 of his 24 points in the final period to bring Portland back from a double-digit deficit, or Travis Outlaw hitting that prayer of a 17-foot bank shot?

Yao Ming vs. Dwight Howard is the overgrown freak of nature version of Deron Williams vs. Chris Paul; One guy gets all the mainstream love and attention and highlights, while the other just keeps quiet and racks up the W’s in their head-to-head meetings. Yao (20 pts, 16 rebs, 2 blks) got the better of Dwight (13 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks) again last night, giving him the entire offensive arsenal in a double-digit Houston win. Read More »