Exactly 18 years ago today, Reggie Miller beat New York in Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals with his iconic “eight points in 8.9 seconds” run. And now with New York and Indiana meeting again to relive their playoff rivalry, Miller and Spike Lee are having their own little game-within-the-game. Read More »

The complex layers of the relationship between Josh Smith, Atlanta fans and NBA fans at large run deep, and they’ve been there throughout his entire career. Not quite an All-Star. Incredible all-around talent. Not a jump shooter. But he can make them. Not a building block. But building-block level talent. In the third quarter against Indiana last night, with Atlanta slowly blowing what should’ve been an easy win, the Josh Smith demons came to the surface again. Read More »

Michael Jordan turns 50 on Sunday, a milestone that marks a half-century of the greatest player ever to play the game. He’s been out of basketball for nearly a decade, but his legend remains whether on sneakers, memories or game tape. Dime explores the greatest aspects of the GOAT’s career for his birthday. Today: MJ’s 20 best commercials of all time. Read More »

*With all of the recent events surrounding the Carmelo Anthony/Kevin Garnett feud, and the trash talk involved that lit the Internet on fire, we figured it was a good time to repost our piece on the top 20 trash talkers of all time, originally published in October of 2012.*

David Stern and the rest of the suits might be charged with trying to take the fun out of the NBA, but trash talk will never die. Read More »

In the latest installment in the BIG campaign directed by Spike Lee, we get the cool commercial called “Disappearing Act,” which features Steve Nash, Magic Johnson and Chris Paul (as something resembling a ghost) coming together at a table reserved for only the best point guards. Read More »

There may not be a fan as buoyant about this season than Spike Lee is about his Knicks. The creation of a Brooklyn-New York rivalry, with the Knicks taking Round III last night at Madison Square Garden, coupled with the surprise of the Eastern Conference-leading Knicks, has the filmmaker reveling every time he’s shown on TV. In time for the five Christmas Day games, including Knicks at the Lakers, a new NBA ad caught up with Lee to reminisce about his favorite Christmas game. One that was fit for a King, and one that just so happened to pit Knicks vs. Nets. Read More »

I’m already seeing a change. The moment I posted a first look at Jordan Brand and Tinker Hatfield‘s latest creation, the Air Jordan XX8, on my Instagram, it received some hate. Somebody forget to finish… those look like women’s shoes… why are they so plain? No innovators are celebrated at first. It takes time for the masses to catch up. Read More »

With Mike D’Antoni literally sitting in Phil Jackson‘s old seat (and even walking like him) along the Staples Center sideline, the new Lakers era didn’t exactly start according to plan. They couldn’t make free throws (19-for-37). They couldn’t make shots. They couldn’t even stop Brook Lopez. But down the stretch, their defense was suffocating, and Kobe Bryant (25 points) hit enough free throws to hold off Brooklyn, 95-90. Read More »

*This feature was originally printed in Dime #71. To see the piece in its entirety, check out the issue, currently on newsstands nationwide…*

Columbia basketball hasn’t had much success in a long time. For All-Ivy League senior point guard Brian Barbour, the 2012-2013 season is about establishing a winning culture and making the Lions a fixture atop the Ivy League standings. Read More »

In the new issue of Dime Magazine, we took a look at the best – and worst – the game has offered since the turn of the century. From the players to jerseys to sneakers to teams to even trends, you can relive the past 12 years by scooping up the new issue currently on newsstands nationwide. In those pages, you’ll find the following feature… Read More »