The LeBron V
Before this past summer’s NBA Draft, one of the points that made Yi Jianlian so interesting was that he came up on the playgrounds, as opposed to the government-monitored development that was Yao’s upbringing. When you watch Yi play though, he doesn’t exact bowl you over with a style born on the streets. […]
Tag: Yi Jianlian
Hoopla / Mar 13, 2008 / 12:05 pm
China Flow
Hit List / Feb 5, 2008 / 7:12 am
NBA Hit List, 2.4.08
CP didn’t represent #1 very well.
(Photo. Mannion)
30. Miami Heat (9-37) — How does a team hit two low points of its season in the same week? The drubbing at the hands of the Raptors on Monday night was just as bad as the shellacking Miami took from Garnett/Ray-less Boston team that could’ve rested Paul Pierce […]
Hoopla / Feb 4, 2008 / 12:43 pm
This Would Have Been Better
Saturday’s “Chinese Super Bowl” was pretty underwhelming (not that we were expecting anything spectacular).
Anything more closely resembling this would have been so much better….
All Star / Jan 31, 2008 / 8:53 am
Rookie Challenge ‘08 - S.O.S.?
Daniel Gibson
Remember the NBA’s first All-Star Weekend rookie game? OK, I only barely do myself. Back in ‘94 — the same season Hakeem led the Rockets to the championship while winning League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year — the debut rookie game was known as the Phenoms versus the Sensations, and featured youngsters […]
Hoopla / Jan 31, 2008 / 8:34 am
Where Are They Now? (Pt. 2)
Yi Jianlian (Photo. Bradley Meintz)
Dime’s NBA preview issue (#37, Nov. 2007) included our list of “Players 2 Watch.” These were the guys we felt, at the time, made for the most compelling story lines heading into the ‘07-08 campaign — from MVP candidates to potential breakout stars to standout rookies to teams ready to explode […]
Hoopla / Jan 7, 2008 / 12:02 pm
Redd Alert
Photo. Steve Hill
Of all the problems that the Milwaukee Bucks have, you would think that Michael Redd is not one of them. Apparently though, there are those in Milwaukee who feel differently. From a post today on Bucks blog Brew Hoop:
What’s wrong with the 07/08 team?
Ironically, Redd has often been the scapegoat this season, frequently […]
All Star / Nov 19, 2007 / 6:29 pm
Diss-fest ‘08
Yi (Photo. Bradley Meintz)
One of our favorite running arguments year-after-year is the one about who got snubbed for the All-Star Game. In ‘06, everyone in the Dime office was up in arms that Chris Paul didn’t get the nod despite his ridiculous rookie-year stats. Last year, at least one of us (me) thought Zach Randolph […]
Smack / Nov 1, 2007 / 5:23 am
Point Taken
Photo. Jonathan Mannion
Just when you thought the Cavs were better than mediocre, reality stepped in. More accurately, the Mavs stepped on Cleveland’s neck. LeBron didn’t even take a shot for most of the first quarter, yet Cleveland stayed in the game partly due to his passing. On one play ‘Bron had it on the block […]
Hoopla / Oct 18, 2007 / 12:32 pm
Magic vs. China All-Stars
Dwight Howard (Photo. Eriberto Oriol)
In case you missed it, the Magic played a team of Chinese “all-stars” early this morning. It wasn’t the actual Chinese national team — which is why they suited up Major Wingate and Olumide Oyedeji (who lived on the same block as my Mom back when he played for the Sonics; […]
General / Oct 17, 2007 / 6:05 am
Sneak Preview
Dime #37, on newsstands 10/23
Normally we’d wait until the new issue of Dime hits newsstands before talking about it here. But since we’re pretty pumped about our latest creation, we couldn’t hold back. On Oct. 23, you can get your hands on Dime #37, our NBA preview issue. We’ve got two covers for this one: […]
Smack / Oct 11, 2007 / 5:54 am
Retaliation, Revenge & Get-Back
Photo. Gary Land
There are only five reasons why you would normally be extra-interested in watching an NBA preseason game: 1) It’s the first game of the year and you’re dying to watch any form of basketball, 2) There’s a hotshot rookie involved, 3) Michael Jordan’s playing for the Wizards, 4) You’re going to the game, […]
Smack / Oct 10, 2007 / 5:27 am
Go Hard or Go Home
Rudy Gay (Photo. Tina Williams)
How did the Grizzlies lose to Unicaja Malaga yesterday? You could chalk it up to the Spanish pro team having more continuity and Memphis having a lot of new guys to break in. You could say it was because Malaga was basically playing a home game, while the Grizzlies had a […]
Smack / Oct 5, 2007 / 5:21 am
Rep Your City?
Photo. Jonathan Mannion
LeBron was at the Indians game last night. In Cleveland. Wearing a Yankees cap. Craig Sager (it’s weird watching Sager and David Aldridge doing baseball games) tried to give ‘Bron a hard time for it, but he was just like, “I’m here to represent for the Yankees.” Guess you can’t blame LeBron too […]
Smack / Sep 10, 2007 / 4:35 am
CP Poppin’?
CP is rapping now? (Photo. David Deal)
One of our guys was in D.C. yesterday and heard a radio announcer talking about a new song about the Redskins by Chris Paul. “I figured the dude had to be off; maybe he meant to say Chris Brown or Sean Paul,” our guy wrote. “I looked it up […]
Smack / Aug 30, 2007 / 1:57 am
Made to be Broken
Photo. Jonathan Mannion
Yeah, yeah, it’s supposed to be a team thing, but how’s Coach K gonna sit LeBron for the entire second half last night when ‘Bron could have easily broken the all-time USA Basketball single-game scoring record? The King was just unstoppable in the first half against Team Uruguay, dropping 26 points on 11-for-11 […]
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