Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
The ‘94 Nuggets. The ‘07 Warriors. The ‘08 Hawks? A monumental playoff upset can do a lot to legitimize a franchise and its star player, which is why Joe Johnson (or Josh Smith) is one game away from putting himself on the mainstream map, just like Baron Davis did last year […]

Baron Davis (photo. Land)
Have you ever spent all night watching a movie or TV-show marathon that was amazing all the way through, until you got to the end and it was a total letdown? That’s what it was like watching the NBA last night. Pistons/Suns and Lakers/Warriors were both fantastic overtime games, only the nightcap […]

LeBron on #31
Some might disagree, but we think the Cavs did get better with its haul from the 11-player deadline deal. That said, they didn’t cover up all of their flaws, at least one of which came to light in Wednesday’s loss to the Celtics. While LeBron (26 pts, 8 rebs) struggled with his shot […]

“Have your ball back, Chauncey.” (Photo. Gary Land)
Early on it looked like the Pistons were going to make life miserable for the Nuggets: It seemed every Detroit bucket in the first quarter was a layup or a wide-open jumper, and every play Chauncey Billups called was executed to perfection. But some 1-on-1 play by A.I. […]

Photo. Chenoa Maxwell
After a first half that sat somewhere between “awful” and “aiight” depending on what you expected, Shaq showed increasing flashes of Cloverfield-style, old-school Shaq down the stretch of Suns/Lakers. As the Suns were trying to mount a fourth-quarter comeback that ultimately fell short, Diesel (not feeling that “Big Cactus” nickname) got some shot […]

Photo. Marc Morrison
Rockets vs. Cavs was the good defense/bad offense affair you’d expect from those two teams until Houston pulled away in the fourth quarter behind a bunch of Cleveland turnovers and Houston fast-break buckets. T-Mac (17 pts, 8 asts) was playing point guard better than Rafer or any of the team’s other official PG’s […]

Vacation’s over for T-Mac and the sizzling Rockets.
Monday was the NBA’s day off, as everyone was traveling and/or recouping from All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. Of course, if you were checking DimeMag.com throughout the weekend, you know we had everything covered … A few airport sightings on our respective flights back to New York. Pat […]

Photo. Mannion
Way back last Friday during NBA All-Star Media Day — which honestly feels like it was a week ago — one reporter was going around asking various All-Stars what they would do to fix an All-Star Game that usually hasn’t competitive. Tim Duncan gave the best answer when he deadpanned, “I can’t answer that […]