With the rise of 3-on-3 basketball nationwide, Mountain Dew has an exciting announcement ahead of the upcoming NBA All Star weekend – DewNBA 3X. Following a six-city tour of DewNBA3X, Mountain Dew, the NBA, and TNT are bringing the event to a national stage in New Orleans, where Shaquille O’Neal and Dennis Scott scouted the [...]
January 31, 2017
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Mo Williams has had a very solid NBA career that has spanned 14 seasons. He has averaged 13 and 5 for his career and appeared in one All-Star game in 2009 (thanks LeBron). Williams began the 2016-17 season on the Cavaliers before being traded to the Hawks as part of the trade that landed the [...]
January 26, 2017
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After eight years as the President of the United States, Barack Obama’s presidency is officially coming to an end. In honor of Obama’s 8 years in office, LeBron James posted a touching video last night to thank him for all that he’s done. The video was posted on Uninterrupted, a multimedia site created by the [...]
January 20, 2017
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Even though the Spurs are still doing Spursian things, sporting a 31-9 record through 40 games and are well on their way to proving once again that the only constants in life are death, taxes and the San Antonio Spurs winning 50 games, it still feels bizarre not seeing No. 21 patrolling the middle of [...]
January 19, 2017
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Blake Griffin has seemed to make as much news off the court as on it the past few seasons with his continued foray and interest in Hollywood and his injury struggles. While Griffin is due back on the court for the injury hampered Clippers in the next couple weeks, news broke Wednesday that Griffin will [...]
January 19, 2017
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Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat for the Chicago Bulls in July under less-than-warm circumstances, but that didn’t stop the franchise from playing a video tribute when he first returned. Or from keeping his old locker vacant, presumably as some form of honor for all he did and gave to the organization. Until now. The [...]
January 18, 2017
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Joel Embiid is a mesmerizing talent on an NBA court and a constant source of entertainment, personality and humor off of it. The rookie of the year (let’s just crown him now) is leading the 76ers in points, rebounds and blocks and his stats per 36 minutes are mind-numbing for a rookie: 27.8 points, 10.8 [...]
January 13, 2017
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Do you often go to bed fantasizing about the NBA of the early and mid-2000s and wish you could see some of your players from your childhood grace the hardwood again? Do you wish that a professional 3-on-3 basketball league existed where these retired stars could flourish? I have good news for you, your dream [...]
January 12, 2017
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We all have probably gone down the rabbit hole at one point of what the next five years in the NBA would look like if the Thunder hadn’t blown a 3-1 lead to the Warriors in the western conference finals or if the Warriors hadn’t blown a 3-1 lead to the Cavaliers and won back-to-back [...]
January 11, 2017
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Matt Bonner played 12 NBA seasons averaging 5.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game and serving as the bit player for a championship caliber Spurs team for a decade. He also has occupied the ratified air as the comedically non-athletic (by NBA standards) goofy white guy with red hair that is a beloved bench warmer [...]
January 9, 2017
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