T-Mac (photo. Marc Morrison)
After the Rockets notched consecutive win #19, we asked in the DimeMag.com poll when T-Mac’s crew would finally lose. Understandably, not many of you thought last night’s game in Atlanta would be the streak-breaker. But there the Rockets were, in a one-possession game with five minutes left before Mac (28 pts, 9 […]

Hide your eyes. (Photo. Chenoa Maxwell)
Detroit is not the team you want on your schedule when you’re still trying to figure out your own identity. The new-look Suns got waxed by the Pistons at home, getting worked in every facet of the game, even in transition. True, the Suns are still adjusting to life with […]

Like us, Smush had the day off.
(Photo. Tim Tadder)
You know how in baseball spring training they do the split-squad games? That was what Heat/Pistons looked like last night. Miami left Shaq, D-Wade and Zo at home, while Udonis Haslem, Smush Parker, ‘Toine and Penny were in the building but didn’t play either. That left a […]

Yeah, we’d rather deal with Drejer
Apparently Christian Drejer is a bit easier to deal with than Kevin Garnett. One day after watching KG dunk all over them, the Raptors beat Lottomatica Roma of the Italian pro league and their star, Drejer (23 pts), the ex-Florida Gator. (Who was the only college player we’d ever heard […]

We start off Smack today on a tragic note. Over the holiday weekend, the search for Jameer Nelson’s father, Floyd “Pete” Nelson, ended when the 57-year-old’s body was pulled from the Delaware River. Mr. Nelson had gone missing last week, when co-workers at the tugboat company where he worked last saw him walking on a […]

Shaun Livingston’s hard-knock NBA life took another sad turn last night. Four minutes into Clippers/Bobcats, Shaun came down after a breakaway layup and had a Joe Theismann-type spill, his left knee literally looking like it snapped in half. He had to be carted off the floor in an air cast. Just a gross, cringe-inducing moment, […]