With 2K Sports recently releasing a gameplay trailer, a trailer for All-Star Weekend, and a hilarious ad spot with Blake Griffin, you can tell they’re ramping it up to get ready for the stretch run before NBA 2K13 drops on October 2. We’ve heard so much about the Dream Team being in the game, and about all of the legends that’ll be available to use again, so how about we see a few of them? 2K Sports obliged and is showing off six of them today, including Scottie Pippen, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Shawn Kemp, and the one we’re most excited for – a guy who wasn’t in the game last year as a historic player – Allen Iverson. Read More »

We’re all for pushing the limits. When Kobe said he was skipping college to test himself in the NBA, we said “Do you, kid.” When Dirk Nowitzki said he wanted to stop shooting threes and work to become more of a post player, we thought it was a great move. Even when Pat Riley tried to turn Anthony Mason into a point-forward, we thought the plan might have potential. We’ve supported nearly every basketball move outside of the “Andrew Bynum Three-Point Program” but this summer’s No. 1 pick might be thinking just a lil’ too high. Read More »

Foot Locker killed it last week with their hilarious ads on James Harden‘s backup beard and Carmelo Anthony‘s “Melos.” Here’s another recent commercial from them where Kevin Durant, Scottie Pippen and Deron Williams break down why it’s impossible to be perfect. Read More »

We’re going to need another photoshoot with Andrew Bynum soon. That picture of him in L.A. is getting old real fast. You’d think after getting dissed by the best franchise in the NBA (that’s a fact, even Laker haters can’t really deny it), Bynum might be a tad angry right now, especially considering the day-to-day mood swings he seems to go through. Nope. He’s elated. Now, he’s an hour from home, he’s playing in a conference that he should dominate, and most of all, he’s going to get all the shots he wants. Read More »

Whenever we rate the best ballhandlers in the league, I’m saddened by the absence of Jason Williams because he really had the best handle out of anyone I’ve ever seen. And so it’s not really a surprise to see that he recently pulled out the off-the-elbow pass again, this time to Scottie Pippen in an alumni game overseas. Readers here probably know I’m one of the biggest J-Will fans you’ll ever meet; I was super hyped seeing this. Go to 12:30 on the second video for another look. Read More »

The rich get richer. Luol Deng may not technically need his own personalized Nike jacket, but that won’t stop anyone from giving him one.

As part of Nike’s “Greatness” campaign, which celebrates commitment, dedication and achievement at the highest level, Deng was one of the British athletes honored with a personalized version of the Nike Sportswear M65 jacket. Read More »

If you didn’t know any better, you’d probably say Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen couldn’t play anymore. They’re old, out of shape, and probably aren’t playing much basketball these days. But in an exhibition game against the PBA All-Stars at at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, they put in work during the Americans’ 112-93 win. The squad consisted of Pippen (who had 20 points), Rodman, Mitch Richmond, Jason Williams, Horace Grant and Cliff Robinson, as well as younger journeymen Victor Alexander, Chris Campbell, Charoy Bentley and Jeff Trepagnier. The coach was Oscar Robertson. Read More »

As our friends at Draft Packs remember, on draft night in 1987, 25 years ago, Scottie Pippen was taken No. 5 overall. Because time has warped our recollections of that night, most probably figure it was Chicago that took him. That was the only NBA team he ever played for up until going to Houston after winning his sixth title in the Windy City. Instead, it was Seattle that took him, and ultimately traded him to the Bulls for… wait for it… Olden Polynice (as well as a second round selections in 1988 or 1989 and the option to exchange first round selections in 1989). The big lumbering center, who’s greatest career achievement was impersonating a police officer, played in over 1,000 career NBA games. But it’s still safe to say this trade helped spark a dynasty. Read More »

Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony are getting their feature film debuts. In China. The movie, called “Amazing,” was filmed in Shanghai and New York and has the two stars alongside reportedly the biggest TV and movie stars of Asia. It will come out this summer in China, but anyone on this side of the ocean who wants to get a peek at the movie’s sci-fi/basketball/motivational poster genre will have to wait longer for the full feature, which follows “young people achieving their dreams through hard work.” Scottie Pippen even makes an appearance. After seeing the trailer here’s my review: “Good job, good effort.” Read More »

As we touched on last week, NBA TV’s documentary “The Dream Team” was pretty, pretty, pretty great. While we gave you a look at some of the top plays and what we learned from “The Dream Team,” it’s important to remember that there were two more “Dream Teams” – the 1994 “Dream Team II” and the 1996 “Dream Team III.” Read More »