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College, NBA / Feb 26, 2010 / 8:30 am

College Basketball’s Top 10 Future NBA All-Stars

Greg Monroe, Georgetown

Interesting fact: Of the 28 players that made up this year’s NBA All-Star rosters, 16 of them (57%) were Top-5 Draft picks once upon a time.

That could mean nothing. Or it could mean that, while we all love the second-round underdogs and outside-the-Lottery gems, the more boring truth is that we typically know where our future superstars are coming from.

While it’s been fashionable over the last few years to bemoan the drop in talent on the college level, when you look across the ‘09-10 NCAA landscape, you can still see more than a handful of future NBA All-Stars. Read More »

College / Nov 3, 2009 / 12:35 pm

Matty D’s Top 25 College Basketball Preview (20-16)

That’s right, the start of the college hoops season is just one week away and you know what that means: it’s time to unleash the mother effing fury! For the past seven months, I’ve been bottling up a vicious mixture of excitement and rage, just waiting for the moment to release my emotions onto the rest of the world. Well that time has come. Your boy Matty D is back to give you a look at the top teams in the country and to separate the champs from the chumps. Read More »

NBA / Aug 31, 2009 / 1:32 pm

5 point guards to watch for 2009-10

Aaron Brooks

After putting together the modified Top-50 list of players from ‘08-09, I had about 50 leftovers who just missed the cut. And from that, there could’ve been a whole sub-category titled “Wait ‘Til Next Year.”

We’ve gone over the centers, two-guards and small forwards. Now here are five point guards who look the most ready to crack the 2010 Top-10 with their performances next season: Read More »

College, High School, NBA, Playground / Aug 24, 2009 / 8:00 pm

A Recap Of The Best Basketball Weekend Of The Summer

Saturday was a whole different story. While the Tournament of Champions was supposed to take place at Goat Park, it got rained out. Take two, and we’re back at the Gauchos Gym in the Bronx. The gym has a great feel to it, and it was interesting to see some of the playground’s biggest stars tearing it up on the hardwood instead of the asphalt. Read More »

Smack / Mar 29, 2009 / 4:33 am

Gilbert Arenas is back and better, and ‘Nova makes the Final Four

Gilbert Arenas, Dime #29

Are we seeing the early stages of a new, more mature Gilbert Arenas? The other day he announced his “retirement” from blogging, and instead of gunning for 40 in his season debut last night, Gil was clearly making an effort to pass the rock and get other guys their looks. Read More »

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