With the trade and no-trade rumors centered on Carmelo Anthony becoming admittedly tiresome, we figured some people might need to be reminded why ‘Melo is so coveted by so many teams and why Denver isn’t so eager to give him up.
Whether you love him or you hate him for (allegedly) wanting out of Denver, you can’t help but respect all he’s done for the Nuggets’ organization. The season before he was drafted out of Syracuse, the Nuggets finished with a miserable 17-65 record. Since then, ‘Melo has led the Nuggets to the playoffs seven straight times. Along the way he’s earned the reputation as arguably the League’s best pure scorer and one of the most clutch players. Read More »
Combine the typical widespread preseason optimism of every NBA team with the fact that the start of training camp means Media Days all around, and you know why this time of year is always good for blatant bulletin-board material and more subtle jabbing comments … On one hand you have Chris Bosh, who (intentionally or not) sneak-insulted the Raptors by telling everybody that he’s never been in a training camp as intense as Miami’s — probably because they’re focusing on, you know, defense. Read More »
It can’t be very entertaining to watch a guy pull down rebound after rebound, right? Unless it’s Dennis Rodman. On March 4, 1992 — before the hair dye, before the flood of tats, before the wedding dress — Rodman notched 34 rebounds in an overtime game against Indiana. Check the stat line: 18 offensive boards, 16 defensive, and 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting. If you must have “highlights,” skip ahead to the 1:55 mark. Otherwise, appreciate and enjoy The Worm at his finest…
Outside of maybe the NBA All-Star Game and USA Basketball, I can’t imagine a time in Shaquille O’Neal‘s life when he’s even had to pretend to “battle” for a starting job. This is the same person who, upon meeting his future college coach Dale Brown for the first time, had Brown thinking he was already in college when he was like 13 years old. In other words, I’m pretty sure Shaq had a starting job on lock when he was in eighth grade.
But as his NBA career enters its final chapter, Shaq finds himself fighting to be a starter. Read More »
Quick, name the top point guards in the high school class of 2003 playing in the NBA right now. There is Chris Paul, who has solidified himself as one the top guards in the world. You have the reigning Most Improved Player in Aaron Brooks. There’s Shannon Brown, who has two rings with the Lakers. And now you may have to add Mustafa Shakur to this list after singing with the New Orleans Hornets this summer. Read More »
Check out the latest spot for NBA 2K11 as Andre Iguodala, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Josh Smith and Russell Westbrook compare MJ‘s classic Chicago Bulls teams to squads in the NBA today. And Genghis Khan. Hilarious.
During one of the many Carmelo Anthony conversations-slash-arguments waged in the Dime office lately, one subject was how the Denver Nuggets would proceed should they lose ‘Melo in a (talent-wise) predictably lopsided trade.
Does the franchise start over and rebuild? Do they try covering the loss of ‘Melo like nothing happened and construct a contender for 2011 without taking a step back? Do they happily tread water and accept being first-round or second-round playoff chum for the real sharks of the Western Conference? Read More »
With his name put on the trading block (again) about a month ago, J.R. Smith — the Denver Nuggets’ erratic but electric shooting guard — is entering the last year of a contract that will pay him $6 million this season.
It’s not the first time that J.R. was a part of trade rumors, but he’s already stated that he plans on remaining a Nugget for the rest of his career. Read More »
With Jeremy Lin’s sudden rise to the NBA out of Harvard being one of the more intriguing storylines of the summer, Crimson basketball has been getting a lot of attention it may not be used to. Not only did Harvard graduate Lin to the League, but they also recorded the most wins in their history (21) this past season and received a verbal commitment from Kenyatta Smith (one of the top centers in the country). Recently I caught up with the head man in Cambridge, Tommy Amaker, to talk Lin, academics and Coach K. Read More »
For most of us, our Kobe Bryant memories come from the past 14 years he’s been in the NBA. Seeing as how he never played college ball, unless you were from the Philly area, chances are you never saw Kobe before he became Kobe. With that said, check out the 17-year-old dominating at the Gym Rat Midnight Madness in New Jersey. He’s kind of a beast.
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