Don’t you hate it when somebody clowns you, but what they’re saying is true?

Responding to one Dime reader (appropriately named Eugene) accusing the magazine of an “institutional bias” against LeBron James, another reader, control, pointed out: “I think the main people Dime jocks on undeserving is Rondo, Stephan (sic) Jackson back in the day, guys who have potential but don’t fulfill it (Beasley/Gerald Green) and AB has this weird and sick mancrush on Zach Randolph.”

And I don’t even have a comeback. Yeah, I can admit I’m a bigger fan of Z-Bo than just about anybody I know who isn’t related to him, but I have my reasons: Read More »

Perhaps his basketball career hasn’t gone as expected, but don’t give up on Joe Alexander just yet. Sure his contract option for next season was declined back in November – making him the highest-drafted rookie to ever have his rookie option declined – but Joe Alexander is back on the right track. Having injured his right hamstring back in October, he’s yet to play an NBA game this year. But starting today, the second-year forward will be playing for a new team: the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Read More »

We don’t normally post non-basketball related videos on the site, but this is kind of hilarious. No stranger to controversy, you can see Hitler‘s reaction to when Lane Kiffin left Tennessee.

Yesterday, I put together a list of my picks for the league’s five best backcourts. Although the Sacramento Kings’ explosive backcourt of Kevin Martin and Tyreke Evans didn’t make the cut, they were strongly considered. The two haven’t played together much since Martin missed 32 games this season due to an injured left wrist and Evans is just a rookie. But the thought of a backcourt consisting of two young, 20-plus point scorers is scary. The question is: Is it feasible? Read More »

With many teams at or past the 41-game halfway mark of the regular 2009-10 NBA season, it’s time to look back at the first half of fantasy basketball and to make some projections about the second half.

Though it’s tough to cover everything in a concise manner, let’s attempt to traverse this broad topic by way of using a simple grading system. The first letter grade after each player’s name will be based on their performance thus far, in addition to how they’ve fallen short of, met or exceeded expectations; and the second grade will be based on their expected value during the second half of the season. Read More »

This is kind of great. Bill Simmons just posted this video on his Twitter feed: someone synced up Eminem‘s portion of “Forever” with LeBron’s singing during a timeout in crunch time against the Lakers last night (lyrics NSFW):

Now that the All-Star starters were announced last night, that means there are now 14 spots up for grabs to play in the league’s midseason classic. One person, who wants the free trip to Dallas is Chris Kaman. The Clippers’ center has never made the team, but has a good chance this season considering his stats: 20.4 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.37 bpg. Just a few days ago, we posted this article about how he deserves to be an All-Star this season. Kaman apparently agrees with that idea. Read More »

If you don’t ask, you don’t get. That’s the slogan Stephen Jackson apparently lived by when he asked out of Golden State over the summer. His choice to publicly demand a trade made his life a living hell for the first few months of the season. On top of being fined by the league, Jackson went through a messy divorce with the Warriors organization and became the hottest topic in the basketball media for the first quarter of the season. Read More »

Beast of the Night: LeBron James stepped up to the plate and slammed the Lakers with 37 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and hit a three in the process. He shot 52 percent (13-25) from the field, 77 percent (10-13) from the line and had 4 turnovers. James is clearly the king of fantasy ball this season. Read More »

Whatever words you would use to describe 2010 Kevin Durant — phenomenal, next biggest thing, etc. — Michael Beasley was once upon a time on the fast track to be even better.

But you don’t need B.I.G. to tell you that Things Done Changed.

One year after Durant (25.8 ppg, 11.1 rpg) owned college basketball and got picked No. 2 in the NBA Draft, Beasley duplicated the feat, topping KD’s freshman stats with 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds per game. Read More »