A.I. on Dime’s 2005 Collector’s Issue
Ask any top-level defensive stopper — be it Kevin Garnett or Bruce Bowen or Ron Artest or Gary Payton — and they’ll tell you that playing tough defense ultimately comes down to effort and desire. So when an ultra-talented offensive team like the ‘07-08 Denver Nuggets run risk of missing […]

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Aside from Tim Duncan beasting Kwame Brown (who’s starting to develop a Jermaine O’Neal-sized forehead), the Spurs didn’t play well at all in the first half yesterday. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili weren’t doing anything, and the San Antonio defense was opening up left and right to allow the Lakers open shots. Then, […]

They love you this week, Steph
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FYI, we had some problems with DimeMag.com server yesterday, which is why the site was so slow to load for most of the day. Apologies to all of you who had to deal with it, and trust us, we were more frustrated than anyone about it. So in […]

Ricky’s gonna get his. Now who’s with him?
We were watching NBA TV yesterday when all of a sudden they broke into a “special presentation” and went out to a press conference set-up in Minnesota. Since we hadn’t heard any T’wolves-related news at that point, we had no idea what was about to happen — at […]

Facing his first kinda/sorta NBA comp since the summer leagues, Yi Jianlian looked like a Lottery pick against the D-League “Ambassadors” at the Stankovic Cup tourney in China, dropping 28 points on dudes like Rick Rickert and Kevin Lyde. Yi was getting his on turnaround jumpers, scoring in the post and driving, and the home […]

He’s out like…
It still didn’t feel real until maybe 15 minutes into the press conference. Watching not only Kevin Garnett sitting in front of a Boston Celtics (and Dunkin Donuts) backdrop, but also seeing him flanked by Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, an emotional Danny Ainge and a too-giddy-to-function Doc Rivers was an odd and […]

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“Is it done?”
“Is it official?”
That was all you heard around the Dime office yesterday — not to mention all the calls and e-mails we got asking the same questions — and you know what “it” is: the Kevin Garnett-to-Boston trade. Over the weekend, word leaked that the Celtics and Timberwolves had resumed KG […]

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Caught some more summer league games yesterday, with the marquee matchup being Sonics/Knicks. Another L and another bad shooting night for Kevin Durant, who went for 18 points on 4-for-19 shooting. Just like last time, KD got where he wanted to in order to get his shot off, but they weren’t falling […]

So much was made about Kobe Bryant and how he would approach Game 2 of Suns/Lakers (”Is he gonna share or go solo?”) that everyone kinda forgot one thing: the Suns are really really good, and the Lakers are somewhere between “aiight” and “awful” when Kobe’s not bustin’ everyone’s ass. Last night Mamba only scored […]

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 […]