0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 8/23/2013
Last month as teams gathered in Orlando and Las Vegas to evaluate young talent and watch (sometimes sloppy) basketball, it was hard not to hear the reminder that this was "only Summer League." Yesterday's Summer League heroes — paging Marco Belinelli — rarely become today's and tomorrow's future All Stars. Unless the player is returning […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
By now, NBA fans must be starving for any action from their favorite NBA players. With training camps still months away, luckily the summer has been filled with pro-am leagues such as the Drew League out in Washington, D.C. And luckily, Thunder's Kevin Durant was on hand and on the court to put on a […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
For a two-week period, Jeremy Lin was the fascination of the whole basketball world. He revitalized the Knicks and was playing at the highest level on the league's biggest stage. It was awe-inspiring and the media latched onto him quicker than his ascendance. The breakout season put him out of the Knicks' price range ultimately […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/22/2013
Facing the Bucks presents teams with one hell of a challenge. How do you get to the rim when Larry Sanders is in the game? Sanders can be a game-changer on the defensive end. That is why people were talking about him for Defensive Player of the Year. And he is only just getting started, […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Reports started coming out Wednesday that Allen Iverson would officially retire from professional basketball, having not caught on with an NBA team for the last three years. And so, the odes to one of the best players of his generation have begun with the endless highlight tapes of his scoring prowess, killer crossover and dogged […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
The NBPA has elected Chris Paul as its next President, Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY reports. Paul previously served as one of the Executive Committee's vice presidents and takes over at an interesting time for the players' union. The league is only two years removed from a lockout that took 16 games from the regular […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 8/21/2013
Ahhh yes! The luxurious life of an filthy rich, professional NBA basketball player such as Knicks' J.R. Smith. After signing a whopping 24 million deal with New York, Smith felt the best way to show off his new-found wealth was to purchase a freaking amored truck. I lived in NYC for 8-years and there's no […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
It seems things got a bit heated at the Drew League for Pistons' Brandon Jennings. During a game, former Iowa State star Mike Taylor was balling. I mean getting to the rim, scoring with ease and it made him confident enough to start some trash-talk with the NBA'er Jennings. During a possession for Taylor, he […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
The Lakers will be one of the teams wearing sleeved uniforms next season, Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles reports. So much for being second in Paul Lukas' rankings of NBA uniforms. The Lakers, one of the premiere and tradition-rich franchises in the NBA, have a classic uniform in gold and purple that needs very […]
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When the NBA offseason reaches this time of the year — somewhere stuck between late free agent signings and the anticipation of the start of training camp — trade rumors start swirling around and leaving debris of speculation in its wake. We officially have touch down in Sacramento with a number of reports involving Jimmer […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Whether it be on the court or anywhere else, it seems Nuggets' Nate Robinson will take time to work on his game even if it is in an airport. That's right, an airport. Nate was catching a flight and while heading to his game for his departing flight, Robinson used human beings to work on […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 8/20/2013
You remember Shannon Brown right? You know, brown of "Let Shannon Dunk" fame a few years ago for the annual NBA Dunk Contest. He is a high flyer but while on a promotional tour out in Latvia, the former NBA Dunk contestant came up a wee bit short on a dunk attempt. While trying to […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/19/2013
I'm important like the Pope, I'm a Muslim on pork I'm Makaveli's offspring, I'm the king of New York -Kendrick Lamar on “Control” Kendrick Lamar shook up the rap world with a single verse on Big Sean’s song “Control.” Aside from calling out a bunch of today’s rappers, Kendrick, a Compton, Calif. native, really touched […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
There are few truths in this world. One appears to be the Lakers wanting Phil Jackson to be their head coach. Whether Jeanie Buss, Jackson's fiance(?), talks about the possibility of Phil returning more or not, the two are tied together and, thus, the franchise is tied to Jackson. Let Phil Jackson put the kibash […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Cleveland's Kyrie Irving took part in the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am recently and showcased his impressive dribbling skills. An by "skills" I mean he absolutely destroyed a couple of would-be defenders en route to the rim. Yeah, he obliterated one guy and dunked with his left! Nasty! Sure it was versus amateurs but still! Check out […]
