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May 9, 2008 / 2:46 pm
By Dime Magazine
Kyle Korver
Today, Converse and Eastbay have announced the launch of “MyChucks,” a contest where participants design their own Chuck Taylor All Star kicks with the chance to have Converse actually make the shoe and sell it exclusively by Eastbay.
As part of the contest, Kyle Korver submitted his own design, which will be featured online, along […]
Tags: contest, Converse, kicks, Kyle Korver, NBA playoffs and Sneakers
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Hoopla /
May 9, 2008 / 1:42 pm
By Dime Magazine
This story in the Chicago Sun-Times breaks down how R. Kelly leases a gym in Chicago for his crew so that he can blow off steam … and apparently do a bunch of other R. Kelly things (including throwing a ball at a reporter watching him play).
One of our favorite highlights from the article:
Though […]
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Hoopla /
May 9, 2008 / 11:55 am
By Dime Magazine
Back-to-back plays that sum up one the best games/individual matchups of the playoffs…
Tags: Chris Paul, Michael Jordan, NBA playoffs, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs and Tony Parker
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Hoopla /
May 9, 2008 / 11:06 am
By Dime Magazine
Is the face of a flopper?
Apparently the Chris Paul love-fest hasn’t overcome everyone in the hoop universe. You’d be shocked to learn that Spurs fans don’t like him, which it totally understandable.
From Pounding the Rock today (complete with a great post headline by the way):
If flopping is a scourge then Paul is one of the […]
Tags: Chris Paul, NBA playoffs, New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs
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Hoopla /
May 9, 2008 / 10:38 am
By Dime Magazine
Photo. Mannion
Solid Cavs blog Cavalier Attitude is understandably distressed over the way LeBron & Co. are playing against Boston. CA describes ‘Bron as “befuddled,” correctly pointing out that James is playing into the Celts’ hands by settling for long jumpers over and over and over again.
Another object of Cavalier Attitude’s ire? Anderson Varejao. From […]
Tags: Anderson Varejao, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James and NBA playoffs
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Smack /
May 9, 2008 / 3:12 am
By Dime Magazine
Tim Duncan (photo. adidas)
Remember that Nike ad from a few years back when a 5-on-5 run devolved into Paul Pierce and Jermaine O’Neal going 1-on-1 full-court while the other guys just sat on the sideline and watched? That was kind of like what we saw between Chris Paul (35 pts, 9 asts) and Tony Parker […]
Tags: Ben Wallace, Bonzi Wells, Chris Paul, David West, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Manu Ginobili, Michael Finley, Sam Cassell, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Tyson Chandler and Zydrunas Ilgauskas
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By Dime Magazine
At least we put it nicely. We’d like to give Pop the benefit of the doubt given that his team is in a 2-0 hole and about to step on the floor for their first must-win game of the season. But as Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News writes, Brent Barry says it’s a […]
Tags: Brent Barry, gregg popovich and Manu Ginobili
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Hoopla /
May 8, 2008 / 11:25 am
By Dime Magazine
Photo. Mannion
If you catch Chris Paul’s kicks tonight, you’ll see the name “Brian” written on them to honor a fallen fan.
Tags: Chris Paul, NBA playoffs and New Orleans Hornets
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By Dime Magazine
Co-Ed Magazine was nice enough to compile images of all the remaining playoff teams’ dance squads. Then we went through and made sure they were all there for you. Twice.
Check out the galleries HERE.
Tags: NBA playoffs
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By Dime Magazine
Kevin Garnett (photo. Gary Land)
To answer some of the questions we’ve received about criteria for this list, we are including guys whose teams have been eliminated so long as they’ve played at least one game since the previous power ranking. So while names like Caron Butler and Josh Smith will be seen in this week’s […]
Tags: Chauncey Billups, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Pau Gasol, Rasheed Wallace and Tracy McGrady
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Hoopla /
May 8, 2008 / 10:31 am
By Dime Magazine
Photo. G.Land
Really? We have to be honest, we didn’t think of Steve Francis once this year after he shut it down…
Tags: Houston Rockets, Steve Francis, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming
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Hoopla /
May 8, 2008 / 10:10 am
By Dime Magazine
Photo. David Deal
Yesterday Gilbert Arenasput up a monster post on his NBA.com blog that covered everything from his Wizards‘ series with the Cavs to his offseason free agency plans to Grand Theft Auto IV.
Gil also breaks down each remaining playoff series:
Scouting the Playoffs
BOS-CLE — There are players I like on each of those teams, but […]
Tags: Gilbert Arenas, GTA IV, LeBron James, NBA playoffs and Washington Wizards
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By Dime Magazine
Will Steph play for Mike D in NYC?
The news out of Jim Dolan’s office is that the Knicks are ready and willing to make a “staggering” offer to lure Mike D’Antoni away from the Bulls and into Madison Square Garden. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Knicks are prepared to offer D’Antoni roughly $6 million […]
Tags: Chicago Bulls, mike dantoni and New York Knicks
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Smack /
May 8, 2008 / 2:52 am
By Dime Magazine
We told you so…
Everyone wanted to see what Kobe Bryant would do on the night he was presented with the MVP trophy; one notoriously loud national analyst casually predicted he’d score 50, while others talked about triple-doubles and game-winning buckets for the game’s ultimate big stage performer. After telling his adoring L.A. minions that it […]
Tags: Antawn Jamison, Carlos Boozer, Chauncey Billups, David West, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Gilbert Arenas, Jameer Nelson, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Rashard Lewis, Richard Jefferson, Rodney Stuckey and Tayshaun Prince
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Hoopla /
May 7, 2008 / 4:17 pm
By Dime Magazine
Photo. Zandy mangold
Bad things (allegedly) may happen.
Tags: new jersey nets and Richard Jefferson
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