Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, who along with Klay Thompson have been taking the league by storm, recently recorded a little rap video ‘Chef Curry With the Pot’ with his wife Ayesha. The song is a remix of the Drake track ‘0 to 100’. Ayesha Curry is behind the blog Little Light of Mine [...]
December 3, 2014
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At this stage of his career, and as bad as the Lakers are, Kobe Bryant is simply playing for more accolades in the NBA record book. He’s likely to pass Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list in the next few weeks and he was recently asked about his recollection of entering the league and [...]
December 3, 2014
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You know things are getting bad for the 0-14 Philadelphia 76ers when turnovers are turning into viral memes on the internet within minutes. The play below from tonight’s loss to the Portland Trailblazers is making the rounds already, with headlines like this one about the Sixers looking for help from the refs in knocking down [...]
November 24, 2014
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Tim Duncan is a class act. He’s the big fundamental. But that doesn’t mean after all the years of playing with Manu Ginobili he hasn’t picked up a trick or two when it comes to selling a call to the refs. But in tonight’s game against Minnesota Timberwolves, Duncan put up what may be considered [...]
November 21, 2014
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Allen Iverson has been slaying giants for his entire career as an undersized scoring guard in the NBA. Now in his life after the NBA he has just slayed another giant. This time a corporate one. Nike. Back in October, Nike let the world know they were releasing 2-3 tribute editions of the “Zoom Flight [...]
November 21, 2014
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Exclusives, Kicks, Offbeat
Jason Kidd made his return last night to Brooklyn as the Bucks faced the Nets. Based on the way in which he departed Brooklyn, fans aren’t that fond of Kidd who is arguably the best player in franchise history. Listen to the reception Kidd receives when he is announced. Please enable Javascript to watch this [...]
November 20, 2014
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Vince Carter parted ways with the Toronto Raptors in 2004 when he basically forced a trade to the New Jersey Nets. Needless to say there was plenty of hard feelings on behalf of the Raptors organization and fan base who considered Vince ‘Air Canada’ Carter their franchise player. In fact for the last decade the [...]
November 19, 2014
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Here’s something I bet you didn’t know before, say, right gotdamn now. Michael Carter-Williams loves him some Ellen. During a piece for the The Players’ Tribune, wherein he sounds off on allegations that the Sixers are tanking, MCW offers some insight into how he copes with losing: Every guy in the league deals with losing [...]
November 13, 2014
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At this point virtually everyone under the sun is aware of the fact that Lebron James was a two-sport star in high school at St.Mary-St.Vincent in Akron, Ohio. Basketball and Football were his passions, and if it weren’t for him giving up football in favor of his virtually cemented NBA future in basketball, many speculate [...]
November 11, 2014
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