Blogs

April 26, 2010 – Kevin Burke Depending on who you talk to, the players in the “best Point Guard in the league” discussion varies. Regardless of who’s on your list, Derrick Rose now belongs in this category. I just officially put him there. Prior to the 2005 draft, guys like Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups were on everybody’s [...]

April 26, 2010 – Allen Moll Is it just me, or are high school aged ball players seemingly getting more athletic every year? While some pundits would argue that the game’s younger generation focus more on how high they can jump rather than how many jump-shots they can drain, it definitely makes the high school [...]

April 26, 2010 – Allen Moll Seemingly on a nightly basis during the NBA Playoffs, the TNT announcing crew has been poking fun of Charles Barkley. It has gotten so bad lately that the Hall of Famer has even resorted to using some obscene hand gestures and straight up calling his announcing contemporaries as*holes, live [...]

April 23, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Remember when we used to play basketball with peach baskets? No? Good, us either. But it happened. Trust us, it really did. The game of hoops has come a long way since having to climb a ladder to fish the ball out of a peach basket. Just the [...]

April 23, 2010 – Allen Moll Usually after the NBA regular season is over we see an influx of every teams’ best plays during the season. For example, we recently showed you the Top Ten Amare Facial Dunks and the Top Ten “You Got Dunked On” Plays of the year. But when it comes to the [...]

April 23, 2010 – Allen Moll In a landmark deal which was marked by a ton of speculation and criticism by coaches, fans, and bloggers all across the web, the NCAA has once again struck a deal with CBS, along with Turner Broadcasting, for broadcast rights for the 2011 NCAA Tournament. In turn, the tournament [...]

April 22, 2010 – Dr. J-Water Just when you think you’ve seen it all in dunk contests, something like this comes along. Check out this replay of 6’4 Louisville bound Justin Coleman reversing his way to a slam dunk title at the Kentucky Derby Classic Allstar Game last weekend. Not only is the pass phenomenal [...]

April 22, 2010 – Allen Moll Do you long for some great throwback NBA and NCAA footage of superstars of the past featuring some of the game’s best players?  Do you miss watching games in which the jump shot was an art form and not an afterthought?  Longing to see some of the hardwood’s greatest [...]

April 21, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors As you are aware from past raving, The Hoop Doctors love us some Skull Candy ever since they started partnering up with the NBA to produce some pretty ill headsets. Just in time for the 2010 NBA Playoffs, today Skullcandy is dropping a limited run of MIX MASTER [...]

April 21, 2010 – Allen Moll I’m sure every fan has heard of incentive laden contracts where players are rewarded for reaching certain statistical levels of excellency. Most player incentives are based on All Star appearances, winning MVP Awards, or for number of games played. But have you ever wondered what teams actually make for [...]