Offbeat

Isaiah Thomas is used to breaking down barriers and proving doubters wrong as the rare 5’9″ human being to make the NBA. The newly anointed all-star perseveres through his shortcomings (literally) by using his quickness, craftiness and desire to score around the rim among actual modern day giants. He proved he can elevate every now [...]

Brothers Mason and Miles Plumlee squared off in Portland Tuesday night as the Milwaukee Bucks came to the Rose Garden, or excuse me the “Moda Center” to take on the Blazers. Miles wasn’t a very polite guest in Mason’s home though as he proceeded to dunk on every large white man he could in a [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is rocking a fresh new hairdo these days and his teammates think he now looks like a 7’1″ version of Ellen DeGeneres. He decided to tweet the Ellen Show this information during the during the Suns-Mavs game in Dallas last night as he sat out for rest purposes… Whole team calls me Ellen [...]

NBA players probably find out about All-Star selections in all different types of ways. Agents, coaches, teammates, social media, etc. likely all play a role in how the news is delivered. And though there have been some unconventional All-Star epiphanies in the past, there has never been one better than that of Draymond Green. He [...]

Like many NBAers whose shelf life expires, Jason Maxiell is now earning his basketball money overseas in the Chinese Basketball Association. Apparently, if there’s one thing we should know about Maxiell, it’s that he doesn’t like being fouled hard. Watch as Maxiell chases an opponent the entire length of the court after a hard foul. [...]

Former Grantland reporter and current ESPN Reporter Zach Lowe wrote a humorous and odd story about Celtics GM and former player Danny Ainge’s obession with Mexican and Southwest-inspired fast casual restaurant Chipotle. Ainge is such a staunch supporter of the popular chain he will regularly have dinners or lunches with draft prospects, free agents and [...]

ESPN Reporter Nick Friedell caught up with some members of the 1995-96 Bulls team that won 72 games this week, interviewing Toni Kukoc, Bill Wennington and Randy Brown about whether they thought this year’s Warriors team could break their record or compete with the 95-96 Bulls in a hypothetical series. Kukoc had no doubts that [...]

Ask any basketball loving kid ages 5-18 and they will tell you old school black or white socks are totally out and swaggy socks featuring different colors or professional athletes faces are the way to go. The Pistons are joining the swaggy sock party this weekend as they honor former defensive anchor and rebound gobbler [...]

Today the NBA has announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Drake and comedian/actor Kevin Hart will face off as head coaches of the Canada and USA teams at the 2016 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game taking place in Toronto. Drake will be joined by two-time MVP Steve Nash and Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista. Canada’s team will [...]

With today marking the first official day that football fans in St. Louis do not have a professional football franchise after owner Stan Kroenke was granted his wish by NFL owners yesterday to pick and move his Rams franchise back to LA, I’m sure many basketball fanatics in Seattle can relate to what many Rams [...]