Forget the first 82. The NBA playoffs get underway today: Cavs/Bulls at 3 p.m. EST (ABC), followed by Hawks/Bucks at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN), Celtics/Heat at 8 p.m. (ESPN), and Nuggets/Jazz at 10:30 p.m. (ESPN). Naturally, the Atlanta vs. Milwaukee series is getting the least amount of hype and attention, but honestly? It could be the best of the bunch. Ever since John Salmons came to the Bucks in a deadline trade, their games against the Hawks have routinely gone down to the wire, with Salmons and Joe Johnson serving each other heaping bowls of Bucket Pudding … Read More »
Josh Smith will have a simple message when he takes the court for tomorrow’s opening round game against the Bucks: Our Time! And J-Smoove will bring his message to the court in a custom pair of adidas TS Supernatural Commander shoes he designed on www.miadidas.com. Check ‘em out after the jump. Read More »
Yeah, we know. It took a long time to pick the winners. We were hoping to get some more responses until we realized that writing about Lil’ Dez, LeBron James, and Dajuan Wagner in the same comment would be a difficult task. Anyways, here are the winners: Read More »
To get your juices flowing for the 2010 NBA Playoffs, ESPN will be airing The Association: Los Angeles Lakers tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Think Kobe Doin’ Work but for the entire Lakers team over the course of a season. Even if you don’t like the Lakers, what’s great about these NBA/ESPN films is the unprecedented access to the locker room, training camp sessions, and all the behind-the-scenes footage that any fan loves. Oh, and Andy Garcia’s narrating. Read More »
While there’s been debate all year as to where the NBA Salary Cap will land next season, ESPN.com’s Chris Sheridan is reporting that the league’s Board of Governors projected the 2010-11 cap will be $56.1 million – $2 million to $3 million more than expected. Obviously, this is great news for the Knicks, who will be able to comfortably sign two max-contract free agents this summer. Read More »
NBA.com compiled a video of their top 10 dunks of the season. Here at Dime, we thought this year’s best dunks could have EASILY been a top 20 list. Here’s the rest of the this year’s best dunks (in no particular order): Read More »
He’s not even the most famous second-round draft pick on his own team, but Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is a classic example of the crapshoot reality of the NBA Draft.
While injured All-Star Michael Redd is the Milwaukee Bucks’ signature second-round success story, Mbah a Moute is the one who can help the team make some noise in the playoffs right now. And unlike Redd, the UCLA product wasn’t even a marquee star in college; it was something of a surprise that he was drafted at all when he was taken with the 37th pick in 2008. Read More »
If you missed it on National Signing Day, John Calipari is rebuilding another monster at Kentucky. Right after five of his underclassmen went pro, he immediately landed Brandon Knight, the top senior PG in the country, and Michael Gilchrist, maybe the top player period in the 2011 junior class. In addition to them, Calipari has two blue chip commits in swingman Stacey Poole and Turkish big man Enes Kanter. It’s time to add one more. While All-American senior shooting guard Doron Lamb is formally announcing his decision tomorrow at the Jordan Brand Classic, we already know what it’s going to be. Doron Lamb is headed to Kentucky. Read More »
Dorell Wright has been one of the forgotten names of the NBA’s preps-to-pros era.
While the Miami Heat swingman hasn’t been an All-Star success like KG, Kobe or Dwight, he hasn’t been a bust like Korleone Young, Ndudi Ebi or Robert Swift, either. Drafted out of South Kent Prep (Conn.) with the 19th overall pick in ’04, Wright has flown under the radar with mixed results, winning a championship in his second year while alternately dealing with injuries and showing flashes of being a solid NBA starter the rest of the time. Read More »
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