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July 26, 2012 – Kevin Burke Ball Up, Presented by Simple Mobile, is the hottest thing going on the street-ball circuit these days, and they just wrapped up the portion of their tour that made its way to the east coast. [...]

July 9, 2012 – Allen Moll By now we all know of the heartfelt story of Knicks free agent PG Jeremy Lin and his meteoric rise from undrafted rookie playing for an Ivy League school at Harvard, to finally getting a chance at serious NBA minutes in New York, and making the most of it. [...]

July 9, 2012 – Check out the Top 30 NBA Free Agents and potential destinations in 2012….. [...]

June 15, 2012 – Allen Moll While the real Kevin Durant is busy winning 3 consecutive NBA scoring crowns and attempting to lead his Thunder teammates to the franchise’s first NBA Championship in OKC, the next KD is already tearing up HS varsity competition as a 6’11 freshman in New Jersey. Even though some may [...]

June 12, 2012 – Allen Moll Unlike most other years, some the top recruits in the 2012 HS recruiting class took their time in making their final announcement as to where they will be playing their college ball. Among those that announced late were Amile Jefferson to Duke, Anthony Bennett to UNLV, and Devonta Pollard [...]

June 8, 2012 – Check out the Top Ten Nicknames we could think of for #1 NBA Draft pick Anthony Davis. This is just a starting point to get the creative juices flowing. What you got? [...]

June 7, 2012 – Allen Moll When you are sometimes referred to as the “Best dunker ever”, you constantly have to defend that title by taking on any and all comers, even if the challenger is a girl. That’s precisely the predicament that was on the table for resident Ball Up superstar Air Up There, [...]

June 6, 2012 – Allen Moll A player finally knows he’s of elite status when he gets compared to his All Star and POY predecessors, which is precisely the case of incoming Baylor Bears freshman center Isaiah Austin, who has not only a similar physique but a similar game to that of future #1 overall NBA [...]

June 4, 2012 – Allen Moll Despite rumblings by some NBA executives that the 2012 Draft Lottery was somehow rigged, reality has already begun to set in that the longtime struggling New Orleans Hornets now have a chance to get two franchise cornerstones on NBA draft day, June 28th. Many thought that losing perennial All [...]

May 30, 2012 – Allen Moll The Charlotte Bobcats and Washington Wizards had such dreadful seasons in 2012 that both teams are worthy of landing the #1 overall pick in Wednesday’s 2012 NBA Draft Lottery.  Just prior to the tip-off of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Boston and Miami, NBA Deputy Commissioner [...]