Give it up for San Diego: It’s got the best weather in the country, one of its best college basketball teams and arguably now the best rapper in college, too. All of which means it was a good Monday in San Diego for the Aztecs, and an even better start of the week for one of their stars, Tim Shelton. Read More »

With Twitter and such slashing attention spans and news cycles, our culture more than ever possesses an instant gratification mentality that screams, “What have you done for me lately?” Never mind your last performance, you’re only as good as your last moment.

How else to explain the relentless early-season scrutinization of Duke freshman guard Austin Rivers? Read More »

It’s been a big week for Drake. After the release of his sophomore album, Take Care, Drizzy flew across the country to perform at the Google Music launch party in L.A. While backstage at the event, he chatted with Rolling Stone about a few things, including a strange comparison to Kevin Durant. Read More »

It doesn’t look like the NBA will be back anytime soon, as the lockout continues in the wake of the players deciding to dissolve the union. With games already officially cancelled through December 15th, it seems likely more of the same will be soon to follow.

Unfortunately, we’ve been in this position before when the 1998-99 season was locked out through mid-January and the schedule was shortened to 50 games. So what better way to pass the time than by looking at the best albums from each of the two (relatively non-existent) NBA seasons? Read More »

The best one-on-one player in the game? We thought we already answered this earlier this summer. Dime’s fanbase seemed to think Dirk Nowitzki would take home the top spot, but yet we can’t help but think that was a little bit of the championship hangover as well as crazed fans doing whatever they can to get him some extra votes. The Los Angeles Times recently interviewed some pretty big name players – Kevin Durant, John Wall, Matt Barnes and Trevor Ariza – and all of them except for Wall said in a game of one-on-one, Kobe Bryant would beat LeBron James. Read More »

You can thank Kevin Garnett for the lockout. No, he isn’t playing the same role he did in the last one when his newly-minted $126 million contract was seen as the albatross that the owners needed to kill and never allow to come back from the dead. Now he’s in another mode: old veteran looking for one more big pay day. From that angle, it’s cool that he came to NYC and pointed a finger at the owners and at his fellow players. No more concessions, he told his guys over and over. Things got nasty in the meetings – as they’re bound to do with someone like KG – and then progress was halted. In some cases, things went backwards. Read More »

We’ve seen these two debating for NBA 2K12 before. Drake is gonna keep repping the 2011 Miami Heat, even though they didn’t win a ring. Brian Wilson is gonna keep it old school, and stay strong with the 1986 Boston Celtics. We gotta say, Wilson kills him with the comebacks. Give your own argument by submitting a video at NBA2KDebate.com and join the #NBA2KDebate on Twitter.

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We’ve all done it, but now Michael Jordan and Drake have joined the debate over what the greatest NBA team of all time is. Drake thinks there won’t be any question after his Miami Heat pass the 72 wins MJ’s ’96 Bulls got. Think he’s wrong? Prove it by submitting a video at NBA2KDebate.com and join the #NBA2KDebate on Twitter. Also, make sure you check out the dope official 60-second spot after the jump.

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Drake has caught some criticism lately for his musical content, specifically his intent to make all of us feel so bad for him because he’s famous. In his world, the spectacle of fame is so up and down, like an elevator. “Headlines” is no different, and the new video reflects that. Toronto is put on center stage in this one, whether we’re on the ground or among the skyline. Drake might fantasize in his music about a fall from grace, but Take Care probably won’t do anything but take him higher. Lyrics in this one are NSFW.

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You know those players who over time fail to live up to their deal and by the end of it – speaking of the last year or two – when their trade value spikes and they’re referred to as “So and so’s contract?” Well, that’s sort of where Rashard Lewis is. He’ll be the second-highest paid player in the league next season, and for the last year or so hasn’t looked at all like the guy who once regularly dropped 20 a night in Seattle, or even the three-point specialist during his first run in Orlando. Injuries have played a big part. The situation with the lockout has put added attention onto the contract of a guy who has become the very definition of a one-dimensional player. Lewis is promising next year won’t be like that. He’s working out, showed more explosiveness in the Impact League and even had platelet rich plasma treatment in March. Read More »