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July 22, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim The USA’s 2012 Olympic basketball squad just finished a competitive exhibition game against Argentina. Ranked 4th in world basketball, Argentina surprised very few in their execution and fluidity. Team USA stormed off to an early 14-1 lead, behind perfect shooting from deep, to the tune of 5-5. It looked [...]

July 20, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Dwight Howard has taken fans, journalists, and executives alike on one heck of a ride for the past few months. [...]

July 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Kevin Burke discusses the latest trade and signing activity from the past week, centered around the Lingate…. [...]

July 20, 2012 – Ben Berry Converse moves into the current generation of basketball sneakers with the Converse MVP Mid. The latest performance hoops sneaker from the brand that brought you the All-Star boasts visible Flywire on the toe and a molded upper with spacing on the side panels which provides ventilation. The two Converse [...]

July 20, 2012 – Dan Favale The New York Knicks allowed Jeremy Lin to continue his career with the Houston Rockets, yet this wouldn’t have been the case if the team had landed Steve Nash. Nash is now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, but he almost joinedthe Knicks. And had he done so, [...]

July 19, 2012 – Kevin Burke It’s summertime, so that can mean only one thing: streetball. The Ball Up Streetball Classic presented by Simple Mobile, will be invading New York this Saturday, July 21. City College of New York (Nat Holman Gym) will be the venue and on display will be notable streetballers such as [...]

July 19, 2012 – Ben Berry Back in May we gave you your first look at the ‘Scoring Title’ Zoom KD IV with detailed pictures but now there is a definitely release date. A lot of Kevin Durant’s fourth signature sneaker had plenty of detailing and this one is no different. The Zoom KD IV [...]

July 19, 2012 – Allen Moll When thinking of some of the hardwood’s best highlight reel dunkers, those of the caucasian persuasion rarely, if ever enter the mind of the average fan’s psyche.  But in fact, their have been quite a few elite level white dunkers that have fared well even on the highest level [...]

July 18, 2012 – Dan Favale Jeremy Lin is officially a member of the Houston Rockets—again—rendering Yao Ming’s former team exciting and relevant again, right? To an extent, yes. Lin is a global icon and will undoubtedly generate an absurd amount of revenue for a Rockets team who is no stranger to housing global icons—again, [...]

July 18, 2012 – Joshua Sexton For the past couple of days it has been widely speculated that the New York Knicks owner James Dolan will not match the Houston Rockets offer to Jeremy Lin. In probably the funniest (unless you’re a Knicks fan) and most ironic twist in the Lin saga, reports are surfacing [...]