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Smack / Mar 27, 2008 / 3:04 am

Focus Factor

By Dime Magazine

Kevin Garnett (photo. Gary Land)
Before the Celtics and Suns tipped off last night ,we went over the many reasons why the C’s, despite having locked up the Atlantic, shouldn’t take the game lightly. Turns out there was nothing to worry about, as Kevin Garnett (30 pts) and crew were extra-focused, jumping out to a double-digit […]

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High School / Mar 26, 2008 / 9:09 am

The Dunk Champ

By Austin Burton

DeMar DeRozan
A couple recent items on HighSchoolHoop.com you should know about:
- USC-bound senior wing DeMar DeRozan (featured in Dime #39, still on newsstands) won the dunk contest at the McDonald’s High School All-American Game. DeMar’s contest-winning dunk, which the Compton (Calif.) High star coined, “Tap the Baby,” might have been better than Dwight Howard’s backboard-assisted […]

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General / Aug 28, 2007 / 3:13 pm

Elite-ism

By Dime Magazine

Dime #34
See the five kids to the left? When we slapped them on the cover of Dime #34 this summer, we wanted to capture a group that would represent the best that American high school basketball has to offer. It wasn’t about getting the flashiest or the most famous, and rather than five randomly-selected individuals, […]

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General / Aug 6, 2007 / 8:31 am

Face the Nations

By Dime Magazine

The adidas Nations ballers
“The Dream Team.” That’s the tag we put on Lance Stephenson, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, Derrick Favors and Luke Babbitt when they made the cover of our Summer ‘07 issue. Five of the top high school ballplayers in America, they’re all part of the adidas Nations, a sort of Team USA-in-training program […]

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