Beast of the Night:Manu Ginobili torched the Cavs with 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, nailing 7 threes in the process. He shot 52 percent (12-23) from the field and 100 percent (7-7) from the line and is poised to be huge for the Spurs (and his fantasy owners) down the final stretch of the season. Read More »
We’ve been down with Allen Iverson since the beginning. From the cover of Dime #1 up until now, there has probably never been a player that meant more to us. Personally, the walls of my bedroom growing up are still covered with poster of A.I. (in seemingly every different iteration of a Sixers jersey), and my AAU teammates can attest to the headbands, arm sleeves and even temporary tattoos I wore during games. That’s why after all that has surfaced in the past week, it’s so hard to read this: Read More »
It’s Championship Week in college basketball, otherwise known as the week of tournaments before THE Tournament. And honestly, it seems this year people only really care about two conference tourneys: the Big East and the Big 12 … and maybe the ACC based on history and hype.
That was Brent Barry‘s line before last night’s Cavs/Spurs game, his way of saying Mo Williams needed to step up and lead Cleveland since LeBron was out with a sore ankle. After sticking a big three midway through the fourth quarter to tie it, Mo (17 pts, 8 rebs, 8 asts) was at the line with nine seconds left and the Cavs up one. He made both free throws (between shots, did you see that girl in the crowd who looked exactly like J.J. Hickson?), and although Greg Popovich drew up a beautiful play to get Roger Mason a wide-open three, “No Shot Rog” bricked to complete his 0-for-8 night beyond the arc … Read More »
Two weeks ago, I went to the “2010 @thenyknicks Tweet Up,” a pioneering event held at Madison Square Garden with some of the industry’s biggest names. Jack Dorsey (Creator, Co-founder & Chairman of Twitter), Amy Martin (Founder of Digital Royalty) and Jim DeLorenzo (VP of Octagon Digital), among others, were in the house to talk about the future of fan-brand engagement. Today, the NBA proved just how dominant they have become as a brand, surpassing two million fans on Facebook – an unprecedented number for a sports league on the social networking site. And here’s why. Read More »
Where Brooklyn At! is a clothing company that celebrates Brooklyn’s storied history. Based around the borough’s many icons, famed architecture and celebrated past, you’d be lying if you didn’t say Brooklyn is a special place that has influenced the world profoundly on many different levels. Tomorrow, March 9, is the anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G. and WBA! is dropping some special tees in his honor. Read More »
We spend a ton of time on Twitter every day. We have to, it’s the fastest way to get breaking NBA news and information and to connect with our readers, basketball fans and other basketball outlets.
Along the way though, we find ourselves laughing every single day at the tweets from NBA players, bloggers and fans. We decided that every afternoon we’re going to put the best tweets (both funny and informative) we see that day in one place for our dimemag.com readers who either aren’t on Twitter or don’t have the time to sit and follow tons of feeds all day long like we do.
Check out today’s best tweets below – these are some of the best yet: Read More »