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Basketball Criminology: Even some of the biggest stars in our sport can make mistakes that cost them; sometimes dearly NBA players (even the all-stars) are people too. They make mistakes just like everyone else does at some point in their lives. The key difference is their lives are under a microscope while constantly being prodded [...]

August 5, 2008 – Dr. J-Water This weekend I went out of town to a family reunion and fortunately for me and my basketball jones there was a hoop. Although the majority of the day the rim was set to a whopping 8 feet high so the 10 and unders could play with relative ease, [...]

“NYC has the grit and physicality, we have the style and flash, but both have skill and talent.” August 1, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap Slam Magazine called him the King of Cali Streetball. And for real this dude has being doing it nationwide. The kid from California with the sickest handles has played on the [...]

July 31, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Today felt like Christmas when I was surfing the web. I saw something that gave me the game day feeling. You know that excited yet slightly nervous feeling in your stomach that you get before a big game or event that you have been thinking about forever. You know [...]

July 30, 2008 – Dr. Dime Given my deep love for the game of basketball, I think that 90% of the players in the NBA are actually overpaid. Especially the ones that are in it for the money and not for the love of the game or for the thrill of the win. Every single [...]

For ten bucks, a slurpee, and a bag of Lay’s Stax July 29, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap So let the laughter out. That’s right let out a good hearty laugh. I was in the middle of drinking a five alive when I read the news. Liquid came out of my nose. It hurt. Are you [...]

Ex-NBA Referee Tim Donaghy gets sentenced today to 15 Months July 29th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water The Can. The Slammer. The House of Correction. The Brig. The Penitentiary. The Holding. The Prison. The Lock-down. The Cell. The Clink. The Cooler. The Tank. The Stockade. The Joint. The Pen. Hell it doesn’t really matter what you [...]

Kwame to Pistons, Ricky Buckets to Clippers, Krstic considering Russia, and Okafor/Smith still no solid offer July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious After a fairly eventful day around here discussing the potential then ultimate close of the Renaldo Balkman to Denver trade, there were quite a few other interesting notes on the NBA free agent [...]

July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Dime We posted a link to the NewsDay article this morning in our Daily Dimes section that outlined a potential trade discussion getting serious between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets for a swap of Renaldo Balkman for PG Taurean Green and SF Bobby Jones. Well one of [...]

Are Pritchard’s comments about Darius Miles sending the wrong message to his current young roster? July 27th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap There are a lot of fans out there that consider Darius Miles to be one of the biggest unfulfilled child prodigy’s in the history of basketball. There was a time when Miles was a [...]