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Hoopla / May 9, 2008 / 11:55 am

This Was Sick

By Dime Magazine

Back-to-back plays that sum up one the best games/individual matchups of the playoffs…

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Hoopla / May 9, 2008 / 11:06 am

Not Everybody Digs Chris Paul

By Dime Magazine

Is the face of a flopper?
Apparently the Chris Paul love-fest hasn’t overcome everyone in the hoop universe. You’d be shocked to learn that Spurs fans don’t like him, which it totally understandable.
From Pounding the Rock today (complete with a great post headline by the way):
If flopping is a scourge then Paul is one of the […]

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Hoopla / May 8, 2008 / 11:25 am

Look at CP’s Kicks Tonight

By Dime Magazine

Photo. Mannion
If you catch Chris Paul’s kicks tonight, you’ll see the name “Brian” written on them to honor a fallen fan.

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General / May 7, 2008 / 10:42 am

David West Almost Quit

By Dime Magazine

Yesterday’s Newark Star-Ledger told the story David West and how close he was to quitting the game of basketball when he was a kid.
No mention though of where he picked up the magic trick that makes other teams consistently leave him wide open for that mid-range jumper that he makes 98% of the time. […]

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Hit List / Jan 29, 2008 / 8:05 am

NBA Hit List: Snoop Edition (1.29.08)

By Dime Magazine

The D-O-double-G
After we showed Jay-Z some love in last week’s Hit List, the Dime West Coast contingent (b.k.a. Austin & Nay) demanded we give their side its due shine this week — which is funny considering that this is the week our Seattle natives get to watch their team assume worst-of-the-worst status. So with that, […]

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Hoopla / Jan 28, 2008 / 11:02 am

The Return of the Birdman

By Patrick Cassidy

As we told you in Smack today, Chris Andersen is about to find out if there are any NBA teams out there willing to take a chance on him. Today’s Denver Post has a full update on Andersen and his (potential) road back to the L.
I saw the guy over the summer in Las […]

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