Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
What excuse could the Lakers-haters use after yesterday’s display? Even against a well-coached team that actually plays team defense and doesn’t have any — as far as we know — significant internal locker-room strife or heart/balls issues, the Lakers looked as sharp as ever: Kobe Bryant (38 pts) was unstoppable, Pau Gasol […]

Tyreke Evans (photo. Pineda)
Today’s your day off before we dive full into every NBA fan’s favorite time of year: the postseason. Here at DimeMag.com we ranked the 16 playoff teams in our latest NBA Hit List, as well as wrapping up the season for the Lottery teams. A lot of people had an issue with […]

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 […]

Kobe (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Most of the time, DeShawn Stevenson is just “a guy” on an NBA court: decent defender, decent shooter, gets buckets sometimes. If he didn’t have all the tats and the Che Guevara beard, he’d be Devin Brown with more hops. But the line DeShawn up against either one of the two best […]

With all the attention being paid to Dwight Howard, don’t forget the reigning title-holder in the “Best center in the League” argument: Amare Stoudemire. Last season’s All-NBA First Team pick is on a roll, which we detailed in this week’s NBA Hit List power ranking, putting in work against the likes of Yao and Eddy […]

Cuttino helped ruin Starbury’s return
(Photo. Gary Land)
Turns out Isiah might have been right about this week’s soap opera mini-series with Stephon Marbury. Zeke told reporters he and Steph go through little spats at least once a year, but eventually things cool down and go back to normal. Slapped with a gigantic fine for missing the […]

Still waiting for Franchise…
(Photo. Gary Land)
Just one game on the NBA schedule yesterday, a back-and-forth contest between the Rockets and Mavs that had a little playoff atmosphere going. With no one outside of the Big Two putting in work for Houston and with Dallas’ home-court advantage, it was one of those games where T-Mac would’ve […]

The All-Star Weekend dunk contest participants were announced yesterday: Gerald Green, Dwight Howard, Tyrus Thomas and defending champ Nate Robinson. Through our various “inside sources” we’d already known about Nate, G-Money and Dwight for a while, but when one of the Dime crew found out Tyrus was the fourth guy yesterday, not even kidding, he […]