Though they signed contracts over the summer totaling about $286 million, and each is seen in some way as a franchise-changing superstar for their respective new teams, there has been a lot of nit-picking and hate spread around for Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Bosh and Carlos Boozer before and during the season. But lately, all three fours have been killing it, especially Boozer. Over the last seven games – during which the Chicago Bulls have gone 5-2 without Joakim Noah in the lineup – Booz has averaged 26.2 points and 12.1 rebounds – including last night’s 31-point, 11-board effort in an overtime W against Detroit … Read More »
LeBron James said it the other day: He didn’t get any prizes for beating the L.A. Lakers in the regular season when he was with Cleveland. And now that the name on the front of LeBron’s jersey is different, they’re still not giving out trophies for beating L.A. in December. Still, following another dominant performance on the Miami Heat’s biggest stage – LeBron dropped 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a Christmas Day ass-kicking of the two-time defending champs – the King and his Heat at least delivered a statement that they are going to be a problem for everybody in the League, champs included … Read More »
All die-hard NBA fans look forward to Christmas Day games because of the numerous storylines, as last year’s games had a similar star-studded lineup to this year’s games. With all of this hoopla in the holiday atmosphere, we decided to take a look at the Top 10 storylines to follow today. Read More »
Even the richest man in the world wants something else. And when an opportunity like Christmas pops up on the calendar, that rich man isn’t shy about asking. And if that rich man has an influential role in running an NBA franchise, now is the time to turn those requests into results.
As the season reaches the two-month mark, the haves are distancing themselves from the have-nots, and yet all of them need something. Here are five NBA teams whose wish lists to Santa Claus have been revealed: Read More »
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the League, Not a player was playing, not even Jeff Teague. The matchups were set with the rivalries ripe, Some were historical and some were just hype. “Now, Kobe! now, ’Bron! now, Dwight and KG! On, Amar’e! on, Rose! on, ’Melo and KD! From the start of the game! For every loose ball! Now dunk away! Dunk away! Dunk away all!” … Can you tell we’re excited? With no NBA games on the docket last night, we had all day to think about the storylines for today’s action. Read More »
To celebrate the 12 days leading up until the NBA’s Christmas Day games, Dime and tünr will be giving away an exclusive pack of tünr laces and socks each day. Each pack – which you’ll get in your size – contains 10 pairs of matching laces and socks, including the limited edition Dee & Ricky collaboration. If you’re interested, here’s all you have to do: Read More »
Of all the versions of the Nike Hyperdunk 2010 that I’ve seen, I’ve got to say that I like this version personalized for Stephen Curry. Maybe it’s the Golden State colorway, or maybe it’s his “SC 30″ logo embellished on the tongue. Check ‘em out: Read More »
Perhaps there is something we don’t know about going on between Dwight Howard and Chris Quinn, because last night Superman was just plain mean. In this first clip, Dwight saves the ball from going out of bounds by launching the rock at his head. In the second clip (after the jump), Dwight catches his shot midair as if just to taunt him.
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