Any speculation about how Boston would cope without Kevin Garnett in Game Two was silenced around the time they slapped a 21-0 run on Miami in the second quarter. By the time the C’s went on another 18-0 run in the third, it was just a matter of exactly how much the Heat could embarrass themselves. You know it’s bad when it’s still the third quarter and the announcers — whose job is to convince us NOT to turn away in a blowout — are clowning Erik Spoelstra for believing Miami could get the margin within 10 points … Read More »

In turning themselves around from a Lottery team to a tough playoff out, the Milwaukee Bucks have thrived on a commitment to defense. While high-volume scorers Brandon Jennings and John Salmons currently get the headlines, it’s guys like Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Ersan Ilyasova and Kurt Thomas whose unsung efforts on the defensive end will ultimately give the Bucks its best chance at upsetting the Atlanta Hawks in the first round. Read More »

I don’t smoke tweeds, but I grew up much closer to the greenery than just listening to The Chronic and Cypress Hill. So while 4/20 is more significant to me because the new season of “Deadliest Warrior” debuts tonight, I understand the importance of the stoner’s holiday.

According to some of my more laid-back colleagues, “nuggets” is a term commonly associated with 4/20. You can probably guess why. So with that, here are my 10 favorite Denver Nuggets of the past 25 years: Read More »

Whether you like it or not the NBA did what we all thought they were going to do – suspend Kevin Garnett for Game 2. While you never want one of your top guys out, whether he’s at full strength or not, the Celtics are going to have to compensate at both ends of the floor in order to win a crucial game two tonight in Boston.

Yes, the Celtics have played well on the road this year, but if the Heat win Game 2 in Boston, the crowd on South Beach is going be more than juiced for Game 3, and we know what D-Wade can do with all of that momentum and energy in the building. Doc Rivers has not announced who will start in place of KG (though it is reported that The Gooch is getting most of the first team action in practice) and to be perfectly honest it doesn’t matter. Read More »

Yesterday, we told you about the rumor that Portland was working toward securing soon-to-be free agent Marcus Camby to a contract extension. Today, the Blazers did just that. According to General Manager Kevin Pritchard, Camby signed a two-year contract extension today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More »

For the second year in a row — and really coming as a surprise to no one — Dwight Howard has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, following his second straight season leading the League in rebounds and blocks.

Howard put up 13.2 boards and 2.8 blocks per game to go with 18.3 points, and helped Orlando lead the NBA in field-goal percentage defense while finishing with the League’s second-best record. Read More »

For the Basketball Lifestyle magazine, hip-hop and basketball have always gone hand-in-hand at Dime. So with the news this morning that Keith Elam, a.k.a “Guru” best known from the group Gang Starr, has died of cancer at just 43 years old, it’s a sad day for the Dime family and hip-hop music. Read More »

As the NBA season wound down a few weeks ago, we were talking in the office about what members of the NBA’s Most Exciting Team do during their downtime in Oklahoma City. So we decided to go and find out.

DIME TV went and spent an off day with Thunder rookie James Harden to see what a typical day is like for him. On the itinerary? Picking up his brand new customized Range Rover, a recording session in his in-house studio, the bowling alley, and walking our cameras through his impressive sneaker collection. Check it out and let us know what you think… Read More »

Mayweather vs. Mosley is less than two weeks away. Watch as Shane Mosley shows off his love for the game of basketball by continuing to play in his regular hoops league, despite leading up to the biggest boxing event of 2010 on May 1. A huge basketball fan, when Mosley’s not training in the gym, you can find him on the hardwood. Check it out.

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Perhaps it’s all just talk, or perhaps it’s not. But the Toronto Raptors are surely sick of losing. Looking in from the outside this postseason, Raptors president Bryan Colangelo is apparently willing to do whatever it takes for a franchise that missed the playoffs for the seventh time in nine seasons. Read More »