If you weren’t out in Chicago this past weekend for the fourth annual adidas Nations global experience, then you missed out on things like THIS. As one of the premier international grassroots basketball programs, the world’s elite 18-and-under players from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S. battled it out all weekend at the Attack Athletics Center to make it to tonight’s championship and third place games held at UIC Pavilion. And with Quincy Miller and the Class of 2011 taking on Kyle Anderson and the Class of 2012, we suggest you tune in. Read More »
Amidst all the confused looks, raised eyebrows and exasperated questions being asked after the Knicks announced they’d hopped back in bed with Isiah Thomas — the majority sounding much like, “The f*** are they doing?” — my biggest query had nothing to do with potential NCAA violations, NBA conflicts of interest, or what dirty photos Isiah may or may not have on Knicks owner James Dolan:
My question: What does Isiah do so well that the Knicks need him to do this job and nobody else? Read More »
Chances are you tuned in to the NBA Finals this June. Other than it being the most-watched Finals in nine seasons, and the series going seven games, the Lakers and Celtics also have two of the strongest (if not the strongest) fan bases in the League. So for all you fans out there in Laker Nation, here’s your chance to take home a personal all-access, behind-the-scenes pass for the archives. Read More »
Nothing hurts like getting beat in a video game when someone like Richard Jefferson goes off for 14 dunks in one game. It’s a continuous, unending slap in the face. Being at the receiving end of a Kobe Bryant 65-point game is one thing. But losing because your opponent discovers the sweet spot for some scrub three-point shooter is worse than jury duty.
In real NBA games, coaches want certain guys doing certain things and everyone has a role. In the gaming world, if you want Kwame Brown to drop 25 a game, you could probably make it happen (he actually catches passes). Read More »
If you’re as excited as we are for NBA 2K11 to drop, then you’re going to want to check this out. 2K Sports‘ senior game designer Mike Wang and game producer Jerson Sapida just published a new set of developer diary insights for the game, and illustrated them with some new screens as well. Check them out below. Read More »
Before high school basketball became a presence on the Internet, superstars were created through news clippings, subjective rankings, and word-of-mouth. Kenny Anderson was one of those players from back in the day whose prep exploits generated tall tales of mythic proportions.
“Chibbs,” as he was known at Archbishop Molloy H.S. (Queens, N.Y.) in the late-1980s, was that dude. From the first day he laced up his sneaks as a freshman, stardom was written all over him. Read More »
With the world becoming more globalized every day, it was only a matter of time before sneaker companies from overseas started planting roots on U.S. soil. And this week, some of those seeds will finally come to fruition. Beginning on Friday, August 13, Baron Davis and Li-Ning‘s BD Doom line of footwear and apparel will be available in over 60 Champs Sports stores along the West Coast. After getting up with the Beardman himself this Spring for Dime #56, we talked about his BD Doom shoe, the response around the League and the buzz in Los Angeles. Check out the exclusive interview below. Read More »
Usain Bolt has been the most dominant athlete in the world over the last two years. Why? Because in a sport where the margin for error is almost non-existent — where competition plays out over the course of just 10 or 20 seconds — Usain made it so his only competition was the clock.
Until now. Tyson Gay beat Bolt over the weekend in a 100-meter final in Stockholm. Gay is widely considered the second-fastest man in the world, so on paper this shouldn’t be as much of a shock. But at the same time, Bolt hadn’t lost a race in two years and had made the gap between No. 1 and No. 2 so large that it seemed he wouldn’t lose for at least another couple of years.
Is there a realistic upset on this level in the NBA?
I guess once you’re in the NBA fraternity, you’re in it for life. (Try telling that to Stephon Marbury.) Anyways, although Smush Parker has been playing basketball in China with the Guandong Southern Tigers Hongyuan for the past two years (with two championships to show for it), the five-year NBA veteran wants back in. And according to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, he’s going to do what it takes to get there. Read More »
-->