Chris Paul (photo. Mannion)
Breaking from tradition, the final day of the NBA regular season wasn’t totally useless, as there was still some playoff positioning left to be done in the West. And one of the few games that meant something for both teams involved was Mavericks/Hornets. If Dirk Nowitzki and Co. won, they’d secure the […]

Photo. Jonathan Mannion
Up at 8 a.m. to watch Cavs/Magic from China, and we didn’t learn anything that we didn’t already know: Dwight Howard (31 pts, 14 rebs) is going to have a monster season, Tony Battie’s season-ending injury hurts Orlando more than you’d imagine, and the Cavs aren’t good at all when LeBron isn’t on […]

Yeah, we’d rather deal with Drejer
Apparently Christian Drejer is a bit easier to deal with than Kevin Garnett. One day after watching KG dunk all over them, the Raptors beat Lottomatica Roma of the Italian pro league and their star, Drejer (23 pts), the ex-Florida Gator. (Who was the only college player we’d ever heard […]

The Cavs got jokes
In case you missed LeBron on “Saturday Night Live,” here’s another Cav who will make you laugh: Apparently Anderson Varejao’s agent is asking for Cleveland to break his man off with $10 million per year. Yeah, good luck taking that number into the negotiating room. Pretty sure Danny Ferry and crew already […]

Following that Game 3 disaster, the Bulls actually held onto a lead yesterday, keeping the Pistons away and avoiding the sweep. When Chicago was up by 9 with about four minutes left, did you think they were safe? We didn’t. We were waiting for a couple ‘Sheed threes or Chauncey jumpers, and next thing you […]

Just like the pro ballplayers, we’re gearing up for the playoffs here in the Dime office; only with much worse eating habits and much lazier workouts. Yesterday we posted the Playoff X-factors to watch for in the first round, and the Best Playoff Matchups. We even dropped the visuals on D-Wade’s Playoff Kicks that he’ll […]