Offbeat

I don’t know about you, but the Slam Dunk Contest for me has always been one of the two best things about the NBA All-star Weekend. Sure it has had its ups and downs with rule changes, weak talent pool years, and controversy, but you can’t tell me that if you love basketball you don’t [...]

Kevin Durant kisses his mom before games, gives respectful interviews and always makes time for the fans. He’s the nicest guy in the NBA. There’s no way he could be responsible for a rash of vicious highlight dunks. Or could he?” [...]

Shot selection has always been the biggest weakness of JR Smith. Then again any streaker as lights out and streaky as JR Smith is bound to test the limits with “heat checks” from time to time. It’s a good thing the Knicks were pounding the Pistons last night when Smith airballed on this gunner from [...]

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Chris Bosh has been known for a few outrageous flops throughout his career. This one comes to mind obviously. But I’m not sure any of them compare to the flop he orchestrated tonight against Reggie Evans of the Brooklyn Nets. Bosh pulled up for the outside shot, and although there was plenty of airspace between [...]

In hockey you randomly see teams screw up the line changes that happen on the fly and you get too many men on the ice penalties. In basketball this rarely ever happens, as you can only make lineup changes at stoppages in play. The refs are not supposed to inbound the ball until the right [...]

Photobombing is a fine art. Photobombing is the act of inserting oneself into the field of view of a photograph, often in order to play a practical joke on the photographer or subjects of the photo. Yesterday, the Miami Heat were in the White House visiting POTUS Barack Obama, to celebrate their NBA Championship victory [...]

Lebron James and the Miami Heat had a chance today to visit the White House to honor their NBA Championship season in 2012. It was cool to see how humble and overwhelmed Lebron James got when he was talking to President Obama, and specifically when he was asked to say a few words on behalf [...]

Okay does the clapping from fans mean the bucket counted, or was there laughter mixed in with the cheers because of the Coach’s attempt to get away with being involved in the play from the sidelines? It seems like it would be the latter, but the opposition’s faces and body language towards the referee, seems [...]