You may know Cappie Pondexter as the sweet-shooting New York Liberty guard – the one who has posted an 18.4 scoring average through the first third of the 2011 WNBA season. But that’s just her summer job. In the winter, you can find Pondexter in Russia hooping in the EuroLeague for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Or you can find her working for 4 Season Style Management, the image consulting company she co-founded. Read More »
John Wall makes this Hoopmixtape cut with a dope fast-break windmill, as does Austin Rivers (the best angle yet of his Lorenzo Brown embarrassment). Still, I don’t know how Shaquille Johnson (no. 4) wasn’t higher.
Even just after his wedding reception, Chris Boshstill can’t escape the hate. Shaq wasted oh, maybe a few days before going in on one of his favorite targets, the recently-wedded CB. During NBA TV’s show to announce the league’s schedule, Shaq frequently referred to the Heat as the “Big 2.” We had joked it wouldn’t take O’Neal long to kill someone on air. But even we are surprised he made jokes this quickly … Read More »
You know that girl you’ve secretly liked for the past six months but haven’t told anyone about. The one you comb your hair for, even though the class you have with her is at eight in the morning. The one you change your traditional walk-back-from-class route for, just so you can see her and say “hi.”
Yea, well imagine your best friend just started dating her.
In the month leading up to the NBA Draft, Dime had former Northern Illinois guard Xavier Silasvideo blog for the site. Before each of his workouts, Silas showed us the how to “look good, feel good, and play good”. I caught up with Silas this week to talk about going undrafted, getting an invite to the Philadelphia 76ers training camp, and Twitter. Read More »
This might be the only time in basketball history that a junior varsity head coach (John Boeteng) missed a dunk, probably nearly broke his back, but shattered a backboard and it was all good. A situation like this is a perfect time for the slow clap. Thankfully, it sounds like Boeteng’s team obliged.
What’s hotter than a pair of adidas adiZero Crazy Lights? A new pair of adidas adiZero Crazy Lights. That’s right, adidas is dropping an all-new, all-black colorway that’s now available for pre-sale exclusively at FinishLine.com. Check ‘em out: Read More »
Ty Lawson has arrived. After shipping off Denver native Chauncey Billups to New York last February, the Nuggets saw a resurgence of both energy and speed to finish the season – ending as the fifth seed out West. At the helm of that spike was the 5-11 Lawson. He’s now resting comfortably in the Nuggets’ starting point guard slot and has taken the reigns of a suddenly refreshed squad. Read More »