A couple days ago, I started drafting a column about the concept of shutting a player down for the season when he’s dealing with a lingering injury and his team is out of playoff contention. Exhibit 1A was going to be Chris Paul. As soon as the Hornets were mathematically knocked out of the postseason, if I were running the team, I would have sat CP and his not-100-percent knee. Read More »

If only Radio Raheem was around to see this. Back in ’89, Do The Right Thing, Radio elaborated the concept of love versus hate with the assistance of five-finger rings and a big-ass radio.

He was talking about true hatred, the hate that begets stress and the type of violence that would eventually cost him his life. But today, the word “hate” in pop culture has been watered down to something more like criticism. Read More »

Everything in the Dime office just a stopped for 10 minutes to watch Tiger tee off at Augusta. Pretty quickly, the talk turned to the new Nike TV spot that was released yesterday. It seems that, as if with everything in the world, some people love it, some people hate it. We figured that we’d take the pulse of our (always opinionated) readers.

Tell us – what do you think of the ad?

Three things every Black person in America was afraid of when Barack Obama was elected President of the United States:

1. You already know. I don’t even want to spell it out. 2. Obama not getting enough leeway. If he doesn’t fix every problem the country has within two or three years, his critics will quickly peg him as another “do-nothing” president. 3. White people claiming racism no longer exists in America because we elected a Black president. Read More »

Marcus Thornton and Will Bynum were just smashing on the rest of the League last night.

Beast of the Night: Stephen Curry blasted the Timberwolves with 27 points, 3 threes, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 7 steals. He shot 55 percent (12-22) from the field and had 4 turnovers. There’s not much else you can say about his stellar rookie season except for the fact that it holds tons of promise for 2010-11. Read More »

There’s a reason why — despite his team having clinched its first-ever playoff berth — Michael Jordan can regularly be seen near the Charlotte Bobcats bench looking like he needs some Milk of Magnesia.

The new majority owner of the ‘Cats has to appreciate the progress his franchise has made since its expansion days, but MJ expects more. He expects greatness. Read More »

Overall, Gerald Wallace had to consider Wednesday a good night. By beating the Hornets, his Bobcats clinched the franchise’s first-ever playoff appearance, and Wallace was able to rest his legs (and his sore shoulder) a little in the process. But then there was this…

Well, at least the Raptors video production crew is in playoff form. Twenty-four hours after losing Chris Bosh for at least the rest of the regular season, the “Who will step up?” video before last night’s Toronto/Boston game was a dramatic epic that put Jarrett Jack only slightly behind Morgan Freeman as a narrator, and almost had you believing Marco Belinelli and Amir Johnson are really gonna come off the bench like Marlon Wayans in The 6th Man and carry the Raptors to a ‘chip. Read More »

This is kind of crazy. I can’t remember the last time that the NBA felt the need to issue a statement on a play that was made/not made, but the following statement is from Joel Litvin, NBA President of League and Basketball Operations, regarding the final seconds of the Thunder/Jazz game last night: Read More »