Blogs

September 10, 2012 – Allen Moll It was a glorious time for the Duke University basketball program just 2 short seasons ago as the Blue Devils and Coach Kryzewski won the program’s 4th National Title, outlasting Butler in a thrilling Championship Game 61-59. But unfortunately due to the actions of former Duke forward Lance Thomas, [...]

September 10, 2012 – Allen Moll By now, most or all of us have heard of streetball legends on the Ball Up Tour like Pat The Rock, Bone Collector, the Professor, and of course the high flying Air Up There. But coming this October, Ball Up will have two of the NBA’s former star players [...]

September 10, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim As part of the core of perhaps the NBA’s most despised team, Dwyane Wade knows a thing or two about “making it work”. Despite acquiring the league’s best big man and one of its best floor generals, skepticism abounds among the NBA’s elite when it comes to the Lakers. Kevin [...]

September 7, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Jerry Reinsdorf knows what he’s got in Tom Thibodeau. After all, you’re talking about the guy who led the Bulls to records of 62-20 and 50-16 in his first two seasons. “Thibs”, as his players like to call him, spearheaded a renewed effort on the defensive side of the [...]

September 7, 2012 – Ben Berry The Micro G Torch is the latest sneaker from the Under Armour Basketball division. It was first seen during All-Star Weekend this past February on the feet of Kemba Walker during the Rising Stars Challenge and most recently on the participants of the Under Armour Elite 24. As with [...]

September 7, 2012 – Dan Favale The New York Knicks aren’t a bad team, but they’re not a great team either. What separates them from the rest of the NBA’s powerhouses? Chemistry, in that others have it, and they don’t. That’s why this training camp, this pre-season and this regular season are so important, because [...]

September 6, 2012 – Rob De France Celtics’ General Manager Danny Ainge’s criticism of how the Celtics’ dynasty of the 1980’s came crashing down in the early 90’s does not tell the whole story. In fact, it leaves out entire chapters. [...]

September 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Lebron James had a year for the history books. League MVP, Finals MVP, NBA Championship, Olympic Gold Medalist to name a few. That spotlight throughout the year cast a bit of a shadow over the incredible season of the OKC Thunder superstar and league leading scorer Kevin Durant. [...]

September 5, 2012- Ben Berry Every year Jordan Brand chooses a Retro silhouette or two and makes them the focal selling point of that particular year.  This year it is clear that 2012 belongs to the Jordan IX & Jordan IV.  With the Jordan IX really making its presence felt in the latter half of [...]

September 5, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Recently, some news has been made of plans to commence the American Basketball League, a competitor of sorts in the category of minor league basketball. The league, set to kick off its first 24 game season in January 2013, is trying to serve as a sort of alternate bridge [...]