Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
The ‘94 Nuggets. The ‘07 Warriors. The ‘08 Hawks? A monumental playoff upset can do a lot to legitimize a franchise and its star player, which is why Joe Johnson (or Josh Smith) is one game away from putting himself on the mainstream map, just like Baron Davis did last year […]

Chauncey Billups (photo. adidas)
If you were pulling for the Sixers to at least make last night’s Game Six interesting, you didn’t want to get an e-mail like the one Jed sent out amongst the Dime crew during the first quarter, the one that read: “I’m not sure if Philly is going to score in this […]

Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
As crazy and unpredictable as the ‘07-08 NBA regular season was, already in these playoffs we’ve seen some pretty predictable events. For example, was there any doubt the Wizards would lose their collective heads and starting acting a fool once LeBron and the Cavs started embarrassing them? Did you ever question whether […]

Kobe (photo. Mannion)
Talk about an East Coast bias; yesterday the New York City airwaves were devoid of the Lakers/Nuggets game until about midway through the fourth quarter, with every major network pre-empting their regular programming to show the Pope conducting a mass at Yankee Stadium. It was understandable — after all, there are more Catholics […]

Photo. Stephen Hill
Of all the teams out there, is it really the Bobcats who have the blueprint on how to beat the Celtics? The first time the teams played, Charlotte didn’t have Gerald Wallace and still had the game in their hands before losing on Ray Allen’s buzzer-beating three. After Charlotte pulled off the NBA’s […]

New American pastime?
Apparently there were other sports-related things on TV yesterday besides You-Know-What. Heat/Wizards was supposed to be a chance for D-Wade and Shaq to officially get back on track: national TV audience, playing at home, riding a two-game win streak, coming off an impressive W at Phoenix, and facing a Gilbert-less Washington squad. So […]

How will I score next?
(Photo. Jonathan Mannion)
Who says you can’t just turn it on and off? After playing a few ho-hum minutes in the first half against Seattle last night, Kobe came out in the second half and decided to start destroying everyone in his path. And since Kevin Durant only matched up with Mamba […]