Offbeat

The New Jersey Brooklyn Nets have been reborn. And they are throwing a lot of eggs in the Deron Williams basket (rightfully so). After their big rebrand this summer and move to Brooklyn, they are ready to make a playoff push to impress their new fan base. Sports Illustrated thought the time was right for [...]

And no, the answer isn’t Ron Artest Metta World Peace… [...]

We told you back in March that Jeremy Lin had signed his first major endorsement deal, and it was with Volvo. It was significant for Lin at the time given he was coming off multiple 10-day contracts, and it game him the financial security every professional athlete dreams about before they ‘make it’ in the [...]

The Hoop Doctors are no strangers to the ESPN 30 for 30 (and other film projects). In fact we were even invited to the pre-screening of the Jalen Rose project ‘Fab Five’ to give our thoughts on the film and interview the producer Jalen Rose. But that said, we were still somewhat surprised and thrilled [...]

Have you ever been so afraid of something it borderline paralyzes you? For those of you that answered yes, you will know exactly what Royce White has gone through for years with his fear of flying. He has been open about his mental illness since his days playing college basketball with Iowa State. White has [...]

(H/T to Reddit.com for the Image) [...]

These Grantland video podcasts with Jalen Rose are really entertaining. Let’s hope he can keep up the pace. We featured the podcast where Jalen Rose recounted the 81 points Kobe dropped on his Raptors, as well as the time Sam Mitchell got body slammed by Vince Carter. Check out this more heavy podcast where he [...]

Kobe Bryant’s 81 point performance is one of the moments where you know where you were when you found out about it. It wasn’t a nationally televised game, so many didn’t get a chance to see it. But Jalen Rose did. Jalen was a member of the Raptors and recalls what exactly happened that January [...]

Nice boots Turkoglu! I guess Hedo figures it will be all hands on deck, men at work this season with Dwight Howard gone. The Magic did get a slurpee and a box of crackerjacks in return though, didn’t they? [...]

Last week we showed you an image of the Miami Heat’s newest “Big Five”. But what about the LA Lakers, they have a pretty big starting five themselves don’t they? Here is the first image of the Lakers new Big Five all together for the media… Who’s got the better big five? Miami or LA? [...]