Lamar’s chillin’ for L.A.’s next game.
(Photo. Tim Tadder)
No NBA games on the schedule yesterday, since everyone knows New Year’s Day belongs to college football. To kick off 2008, though, we’ve got a brand-new NBA Hit List power ranking for you. Not much has changed at the bottom — Al Jefferson and Zach Randolph’s squads are […]

Photo. Estevan Oriol
So it’s not just rumors and speculation anymore: Shawn Marion is officially looking for a way out of Phoenix. “I’m tired of hearing my name in trades,” Matrix told the Arizona Republic, the day after it had been reported he was seemingly unhappy heading into training camp. “It’s time to move on.” We […]

First it was Reggie Miller. Then Penny Hardaway. Then Allan Houston, and Doug Christie and Charles Oakley. Now guess who’s lacing ‘em up again? After some rumblings of a comeback last season, none other than Scottie Pippen. And Pip already has a team lined up, but it’s not in the NBA. No, Scottie is reportedly […]

In the down time before the Finals, there’s been a lot of Draft talk in the office. And, no lie, we spent a good chunk of yesterday morning scanning the Orlando pre-draft camp “combine” results. The biggest story: Kevin Durant apparently wasn’t able to bench press 185 pounds one time. Not once. Now, this doesn’t […]

Ray gets a lot of attention.
Here’s how you know your squad is lacking star power: In the Sonics locker room before Knicks/Sonics last night (Dime was in the building), with Rashard Lewis out in the hallway chatting with former teammate Jerome James, every reporter in the room was left crowing around Ray Allen. That left […]

Kobe turned in early on Friday.
The Jazz are trying to hold it together. Last night they got Carlos Boozer (10 pts) and Deron Williams (28 pts, 14 asts) back in the lineup, but were without Mehmet Okur (back) and lost Andrei Kirilenko (knee) during their win over the Nuggets. “It seems like everybody’s in their […]

All this talk about changing the All-Star
Game is kinda aggravating…
First things first: In the wake of a non-competitive All-Star Game, everyone needs to calm down and quit calling for immediate changes. From the TV and radio sports talk shows we saw yesterday to even some of the All-Stars we heard interviewed (most notably Chauncey Billups), […]

‘Melo was popular at Media Day
All-Star Friday was a long day for the Dime crew. After staying out a little too late at Alonzo Mourning’s pool tournament on Thursday night, it was up by 9 a.m. Friday to get press passes. First “celebrity” sighing of the day? Puck from Real World fame. The second? […]