This. Is. Ridiculous. Had it been Frederic Weis under there, he might have jumped over him.

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You think Brandon Jennings forgot that Stephen Curry got 187 more votes for Rookie of the Year last year? I don’t think so.

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Weekend Wonder: Steve Nash averaged 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 1 steal and 1 three in two monster games over the weekend. He shot 65 percent from the field, 82 percent from the free-throw line and turned the ball over just once per game. After a sluggish start to the season, Nash has notched double-doubles in his last four outings. Read More »

Once upon a time, Michael Beasley was a can’t-miss future NBA superstar. But just two years after being drafted No. 2 overall, he was deemed expendable in Miami and traded to Minnesota for next to nothing. Aiming to silence critics who label him a bust, Beasley says he’s grown up now. Will his game grow along with him?

Ten games into this season, Beasley is averaging 20.5 points and 5.2 rebounds on 48 percent shooting from the field. Last week he dropped a new career-high 42 points on Sacramento, before pouring in 35 on New York and 25 on Atlanta over the weekend. For our Dime #60 NBA Preview issue, we got up with Beasley before the beginning of the rest of his career: Read More »

If there is any truth to the rumors that the Knicks have been prying about Steve Nash‘s availability, Sunday provided two clear examples why New York would want to get the Nash-Amar’e-D’Antoni band back together again … In L.A., Nash delivered daggers down the stretch in leading the Suns to an upset W over the Lakers. As a team, Phoenix went bananas beyond the arc — they hit 22 threes, second-most in one game all-time, hit more threes than twos, and shot a higher percentage from deep than from closer range — thanks to J-Rich (35 pts, 7 threes), Hedo Turkoglu (17 pts, 5 threes), and Channing Frye (20 pts, 4 threes). Read More »

Now it’s just getting ridiculous. On their final outing of a four-games-in-five-nights road trip, Jerry Sloan‘s boys faced a prototypical trap game: After huge wins in Miami, Orlando and Atlanta, last night’s tip in Charlotte presented a not-so-glamorous opponent and an understandable excuse to let one get away. But that’s not the Jazz way. Once again they fell behind by double-digits, this time in the first quarter, and once again their collective toughness and Deron Williams brought them back … Read More »

A lot of people have made jokes about Kevin Love. Slow. Chubby. Can’t get crunch-time minutes on the worst team in the NBA. Even Clyde Frazier said last night: “(Minnesota) didn’t expect this. I saw him play in college and wasn’t impressed.” But just a few days after he hung 23 points and 24 boards on the Lakers, K-Love outdid himself with a 31-point, 31-rebound effort against the Knicks … Trailing by 21 in the third quarter, Minnesota came back thanks to Michael Beasley (35 pts) canning jumpers all over the place and Love eating the glass — and killing Amar’e Stoudemire — to create putbacks. Read More »

After a dynamic Thursday night doubleheader, this evening’s action presents slightly less star power but some solid matchups:

Jazz @ Hawks: Unless you have been living under a rock you know that the Utah Jazz have had quite a week, with comeback wins against the Clippers in double OT, in Miami in OT and in Orlando. The combination of Deron Williams and Paul Millsap, in addition to key contributions from Al Jefferson and Andrei Kirilenko have the Jazz starting to believe they can be a top-four team in the west. Read More »

In addition to the mixtape we dropped earlier today, Mick Boogie collaborated with the vintage t-shirt designers of HOMAGE to create a limited edition ’93 ‘Til Infinity/NBA JAM inspired tee to celebrate the release of the mix. And as we’ve been known to do, we’re hooking up our faithful readers. Check it out after the jump. Read More »

There’s been big things going down on the NBA JAM Invasion Tour lately. Earlier this week, the tour experienced its 10,000th player after only four weeks, and after spending last week in SEC and ACC country, this week was spent in the heart of Big 12. Making sure to steer clear of the Red River Rivalry (commonly known as the Texas-OU Game or the OU-Texas Game, depending on who you ask), they spent the first half of the week in Oklahoma and the second half in Texas. Read More »