Whenever somebody asks me how I became a Georgetown Hoyas fan growing up in Seattle, I give them one of three reasons:
1. When I was a kid, U-Dub barely had a basketball team as far as I knew.
2. I didn’t realize G’town wasn’t an HBCU until I was like 12 years old.
3. Joey Brown.
Who is Joey Brown? He was a 5-10 point guard and four-year starter for the Hoyas in the early-’90s. Imagine Earl Watson without the height and you get the picture. Read More »
This week is Jimmy V week on ESPN which means they will show clips of Jimmy Valvano’s 1993 ESPY speech. I realized today that I had never seen this speech in its entirety. 16 years later I finally saw the speech that launched the Jimmy V Foundation and it is as inspiring as ESPN promotes it to be.
All due respect to Ray Allen and Jimmy Chitwood and THIS KID, but a Mavs/Suns game gives us an opportunity to watch probably the two best shooters in the planet: Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash. Dallas kept threatening to pull away down the stretch as Dirk (33 pts) canned pretty fadeaway and turnaround jumpers over Grant Hill and Jared Dudley. But it seemed every time the Mavs needed that one defensive stop to wrap things up, Nash (27 pts) would knock down a three without scraping the rim … Read More »
In the past, NBA players have participated in the reality show craze. There was that reality show starring Doug Christie and his wife (which we’re not sure even aired), then there’s that show about the life of Eddie House’s son . Technically, Stephon Marbury has his own reality show too. But the latest one has to do with NBA players’ wives and girlfriends. Read More »
JASON TERRY (by Gerald Narciso)
For the last three or so seasons, Jason Terry and Manu Ginobili have been arguably the best and most talented bench players in the league. Terry was last season’s Sixth Man of the Year winner, while Manu copped the award in 2008. Read More »
There is a buzz circulating around NYC as of late. For the past week, the Knicks have actually been playing some decent basketball. They’ve won three in a row and four of their last five (three of which were against winning teams). Coach Mike D’Antoni’s troops have definitely played harder and more importantly, they’ve been playing some defense. Last night against the Blazers, the Knicks forced 19 turnovers and blocked six shots. By the third quarter, New York was blowing out Portland. Read More »
All around the country, high school basketball is either already underway or getting started soon enough. In Dime #53 we had our high school season preview, and today, HighSchoolHoop.com unveils its updated ranking of the Top 50 players in America regardless of class or position. Read More »
Ever since Michael Jordan called out Bryon Russell in his Hall of Fame speech over the summer, B-Russ has been challenging the greatest basketball player of all-time to a game of one-on-one. Utah Flash (of the D-League) owner Brandt Anderson has gone through great lengths to promote the possible game and even offered to put up $100,000 to the winner’s preferred charity. This over-hyped, one-on-one talk got even more ridiculous last night when 7,000 anxious Flash fans were duped into thinking MJ was showing up during the Flash/Dakota Wizards game to play Russell. Read More »
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