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Hoopla / May 1, 2008 / 2:00 pm

The Best Athlete in the Draft?

The hype around UCLA’s Russell Westbrook will undoubtedly grow as this summer’s NBA Draft draws closer. Right now, everyone’s focused on guys like Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, and with good reason. But once individual workouts get going with teams, Westbrook will almost certainly gain a lot of momentum. The always-reliable DraftExpress has a breakdown […]

Hoopla, College / Apr 14, 2008 / 8:20 am

K-Love Headed to the Draft

Of all the prime time freshmen in college ball this past season, it was thought all along that if any of them were going to come back for their sophomore season, UCLA’s Kevin Love could be that guy. Not gonna happen. Reportedly, some time this week (most likely Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Daily […]

College / Mar 20, 2008 / 9:52 am

Big Dance Players 2 Watch (Part 2)

Jamont Gordon (photo. Mississippi State University)
March Madness is where some stars are made (Bryce Drew) while other stars fade (Aaron Gray). What we’re doing over this two-part segment is putting you up on 16 Players 2 Watch during the NCAA Tournament: one guy from every number-seed in the field. For example, out of the four […]

Smack / Nov 6, 2007 / 6:07 am

A Little Help Here?

Still waiting for Franchise…
(Photo. Gary Land)
Just one game on the NBA schedule yesterday, a back-and-forth contest between the Rockets and Mavs that had a little playoff atmosphere going. With no one outside of the Big Two putting in work for Houston and with Dallas’ home-court advantage, it was one of those games where T-Mac would’ve […]

Smack / Mar 9, 2007 / 3:20 am

Wall to Wall

As usual, the NBA schedule was light on Thursday, but wall-to-wall college ball was a good enough fill-in. No lie, there probably wasn’t a point during the workday when at least a couple of the Dime crew weren’t parked in front of the office TV watching one of the conference tourney games: everything from Big […]

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