With the NBA Draft Lottery all sorted out, and the selection order now set, people can start their Mock Draft frenzy. But before we delve into the future, let’s break down the best and worst picks of the past decade by 2010′s Lottery teams. Read More »

I never thought this headline would ever hit DimeMag.com, but after last night it had to. Kobe might just have to dunk on him in Game 3.

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The Grizzlies were one of my favorite teams to watch this season. Not just because they employed my main man Zach Randolph and helped him get his first All-Star nod, but because I like seeing a young team begin to realize its potential.

While the Grizzlies ultimately fell short of the playoffs after hanging in there with the best in the West most of the season, their 40 wins was the most they’ve had since 2006, when Pau Gasol was the face of the franchise and Mike Fratello was the coach. The Oklahoma City Thunder occupied the spot as the NBA’s shiny new toy this year, but the Grizzlies were the silver medalists.

Going into the ’10-11 season, making the playoffs is a reasonable goal. While a couple of Memphis’ key players will be free agents this summer, they can still improve with a few smart moves: Read More »

After he used Game 1 as an announcement to Phoenix that they can’t guard him when he wants to score, Kobe Bryant used Game 2 to prove he can also burn the Suns as a distributor — putting up 21 points (8-18 FG) and 13 dimes in another convincing Lakers win. If you watched any of the NBA highlight shows last night, you probably heard the word “facilitator” used dozens of times, as well as some analysts dusting off the old “If Kobe wanted to, he could lead the League in assists!” argument … Kobe never had to take over as a scorer. In the first half it looked like Phoenix’s strategy was to leave Ron Artest alone and let him shoot, but Ron-Ron made them pay by sticking 5-of-7 from the field with three triples for 15 points before halftime. Read More »

The most controversial college basketball recruiting saga of 2010 is over, at least in terms of determining a winner and a loser.

Terrence Jones, the 6-9 All-American guard/forward who made headlines when he verbally committed to Washington a couple weeks ago before almost immediately re-opening his recruiting to consider Kentucky, has in fact signed a letter-of-intent with John Calipari and the Wildcats. From the Seattle Times: Read More »

While it was obvious that Kiki Vandeweghe wasn’t returning as head coach for the Nets next year, in his opening press conference today Mikhail Prokhorov made it obvious Kiki won’t be the GM either. When asked about Vandeweghe this is what Prokhorov had to say: “With Kiki, he’s a very talented guy, he did his job in a very tough season for the team, and his agreement expires in summer and I wish him well.” Basically Prokhorov is saying, ‘Thanks for holding the fort down last year, but we don’t need you anymore.’ Read More »

Contrary to what you’ve heard, LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh and Amar’e won’t be fielding the biggest big-money offers in the NBA this offseason.

The Golden State Warriors are up for sale, and unlike other cases where a seamless ownership switch is set up behind closed doors and only unveiled on a need-to-know basis, G-State owner Chris Cohan basically put his team up on the billionaire’s version of CraigsList. Read More »

You might not know this, but I have well over 365 t-shirts. While some people collect kicks, I collect tees. So it naturally takes something crazy to catch my attention. Last week after Steve Nash single-handedly won the game for the Suns with one eye, twoeightnine design dropped this amazing t-shirt called the “Nashty.” And thankfully for us, they’re hooking up one lucky DimeMag.com reader. Read More »

When the Cavs saw their season end in Boston following a decisive Game Six loss and the entire basketball world was busy making it all about LeBron James, I thought the two most fortunate guys in the League were Antawn Jamison and Mo Williams.

With all the attention being paid to LeBron’s mishaps during a 27-point, 19-rebound, 10-assist effort, Jamison quietly went 2-for-10 (5 pts), while Williams followed up a 20-point first half with a 2-point second half, short-arming jumpers left and right as the Cavs let the game get away from them. Read More »

Maybe it’s cruel to do this to Orlando Magic fans after what happened last night, but it’s never a bad time to show some of The G.O.A.T.‘s best work. In 1993, Shaq‘s first visit to Chicago, MJ dumped 64 points on the Magic on 49 field goal attempts. So it wasn’t the most efficient, but still impressive…