Standing Tall and Ticked (photo. Mannion)
Cue another summer of the Phoenix Suns (secretly) and their fans (very publicly) blaming the refs and whatever other straws they can grasp onto while trying to come to grips with another heartbreaking playoff exit. You could say last night’s game hinged on a few crucial calls/no-calls, most of which […]

Photo. adidas
As good as this past NBA regular season was, Day 1 of the playoffs topped everything by giving us the best single game we’ve seen all year on any level. We don’t care who you love or who you hate, Spurs/Suns was an amazing display of ball that included a virtuoso performance from one […]

Baron Davis (photo. Tim Tadder)
Watching the Warriors’ postseason hopes evaporate in Phoenix, there was only one question on everybody’s mind: Why isn’t Baron Davis playing? After a pretty awful first half (2-for-13 FG’s), Baron was on the bench and never played in the second half. It was originally reported as a “coach’s decision,” but most […]

Darrell Arthur (photo. KU)
No need for the NBA last night, as Kansas and Memphis gave us one of the best national championship games we’ve seen in a long time. The two deepest and most talented teams in the country got major contributions from a lot of guys, but the night will ultimately be remembered for […]

Photo. David Deal
Last night the Dime crew was up at Rucker Park for something unprecedented and pretty cool: 2K Sports’ motion capture session for NBA 2K8 on the world famous playground court with Andre Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, Rudy Gay and 2K8 cover guy Chris Paul. Chris Bosh was also in the house, but he was […]

The Bulls gave the Pistons a run, but in the end they fell short in yesterday’s deciding Game 6. Chicago is one or two players away from being for real: a low-block scorer who commands double-teams, and a guy who can create his own shot. Wait a sec — weren’t we saying this exact same […]

At some point during last night’s montage of flagrant fouls, it dawned on us that the Warriors are like a hybrid of the Bad Boy Pistons and the circa-2000 Blazers, and Stephen Jackson is officially the new Rasheed Wallace. GS even have their own crushing inbounds turnover (a la Bird stealing Isiah’s inbounds) to think […]