Offbeat

I think everyone knows Kobe Bryant’s former Lakers teammate Ronny Turiaf is a jokester. He’s one of the good guys of the NBA. Light hearted and fun, but don’t get me wrong, plays with a ton of passion on the court. Check out this latest YouTube spoof by Turiaf poking fun at his old teammate’s [...]

The New York Knicks may be right when they thought that bringing in former NBA Defensive Player of the Year Metta World Peace in free agency would help to bring some toughness to the Knickerbockers’ front-line. But along with some much needed defensive intensity and another scoring option comes the other side of Peace, as [...]

It seems as if the talent in scholastic basketball keeps getting better and better deeper into the younger ranks as time goes on. I remember not being able to dunk until 10th grade, as even some of today’s top NBA players like Vince Carter, Drew Gooden, and Jason Kidd were well into the HS ranks [...]

This shouldn’t come as a big shocker to anyone, but the latest viral video sweeping the basketball web, is a video of Michael Jordan this weekend dunking at age 50. The feat occurred at a Michael Jordan Flight School basketball camp in Santa Barbara, California. This is no small feat, given the wear and tear [...]

What took so long for Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to team up in an ad? Whatever the reason may be, Foot Locker has done the dynamic duo justice. Blake can be dry, but that dryness has a way of being funny by accident when he’s starring in commercials. CP3 has good camera presence usually, [...]

In the game of basketball, or more specifically streetball, the most important attribute to have on the blacktop is some insane verticals to wow the crowd with some rim wrecking dunks. But when you are barely 4’5, like Venice Basketball League veteran Jamani “Mani Love” Swanson, one must rely on quickness and basketball IQ to [...]

As we all know, former #1 overall pick John Wall is fast, really fast on the hardwood.  So fast that some have labeled him the NBA’s fastest player in the league, although I’m sure Russell Westbrook, Ty Lawson, and Derrick Rose when healthy might have something to say about that. Of course, Adidas jumped quickly [...]

Shaq has never had anything nice to say about Dwight Howard. Clearly Shaq has always been offended by fans, analysts, and even ‘Superman’ himself comparing Dwight Howard’s game to that of his own. While I agree with Shaq’s assessment that Dwight’s game falls way short in that comparison, in fact their names/games shouldn’t even be [...]

The interwebs are a wonderful place aren’t they? Where else could you have the pleasure of coming across gems like this Michael Jordan poster from China that depicts the GOAT as a military war general. It’s an old cliche, love not war, and in this case love=basketball. Although, of all the players in the NBA, [...]

Remember back when Shaq blew the internet’s mind after posting this picture of him and girlfriend Nicki ‘Hoopz’ Alexander. Keeping in mind Hoopz isn’t exactly a large person, you still get a better picture of just how massive Shaquille O’Neal really is. Or when he dwarfed ‘The Rock’ at a fitness gym. And now there [...]