Offbeat

The Miami Heat made history last night during their 96-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves by having five left handed players on the court at one time. This was the first time this has ever happened and the lineup featured Goran Dragic, Tyler Johnson, Justise Winsow, Josh McRoberts and Chris Bosh. Confirmed: Heat having five [...]

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob apparently slept with the Larry O’Brien Trophy at some point after his team won the championship. Some other stuff might have been happened, too. We don’t really know. And it seems we’re better off that way. From Kelly E. Carter over at Haute Living: An NBA Championship and a [...]

As was expected coming into the season, the Lakers haven’t exactly gotten off to a hot start through three games. And all eyes have been on Kobe Bryant, who doesn’t as quick as he has even just two years ago. After all, it is the man’s 20th NBA season, so we’ll give him a break. [...]

Just in time for the return of the NBA (and Mtn Dew’s first season as a proud partner of the league), Mtn Dew is happy to announce new, limited-edition cans of original Mountain Dew and Mountain Dew Code Red. Both cans were created by Naturel, an emerging name in the art and design world, and [...]

Jeremy Lin has had a rocky couple of years in the NBA. Now with the Charlotte Hornets, Lin is hoping to reinvent himself and get back to the days of Linsanity. While most are skeptical about whether or not he can ever get the magic back at this point, you’ve got to give Lin credit [...]

It seems like it has become an annual tradition over the past few years when ESPN releases their NBA Player rankings. The ranking of Kobe Bryant is always a topic of much debate. This year Bryant has slid to a new low being ranked by ESPN as 93rd best player in the league. 93rd. Lakers [...]

During the Cavs recent preseason game against the Hawks, Lebron James was having fun with the fans. Preseason games aren’t the most exciting NBA product, but getting to take home a souvenir of being in a selfie shot with one of the greatest players of all time is certainly worth the price of admission. This [...]

If you could choose one player on the Cleveland Cavaliers to hit a deep three pointer on your behalf to try and win $30,000, who would it be? My guess is that most Cavs fans would point to JR Smith given his propensity for hitting clutch shots from well-deep of the three point line, in [...]

Shaquille O’Neal’s son Shareef is a 15-year old standout high school prodigy, following in his father’s footsteps. But where they differ is that Shareef (6’8″) does his damage on the perimeter, handling the ball while his dad was back-to-the-basket. Shaq recognizes this and told his son to study Anthony Davis’ game, as he can see [...]

In addition to a player dropping 30+ points on an opponent or a rim rattling dunk in a defender’s face, ankle breaking crossovers and having ball-on-a-string handles are easily the most exciting plays in basketball. In years past, NBA players like Allen Iverson, Jason Williams, and streetball legend Rafer “Skip To My Lou” Alston have [...]