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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 [...]

July 18, 2012 – Allen Moll After Washington Wizards management parted ways with longtime franchise player Gilbert Arenas over the guns in the locker room incident, traded the ever enigmatic and often knuckleheaded Javale McGee and oft times frustrating SG Nick Young during last season, the writing was on the wall that owner Ted Leonsis [...]

July 18, 2012 – Ben Berry adidas has sponsored a lot of high profile players with signature sneakers for as long as I can remember. Arguably the most liked signature series was the one given to Tracy McGrady. McGrady, being a Stripes lifer, exclusively rocked with adidas throughout his entire career and because of that, [...]

July 17, 2012 – Ben Berry The World Basketball Festival is in full swing right now and to celebrate, Nike Basketball is scheduled to release a set of sneakers drawing inspiration from the event early next month. Unlike the more tonal sneaker sets seen on the Jordan Brand City Pack for the WBF, this pack [...]

July 17, 2012 – Griffin Gotta A happy O.J. Mayo proclaimed on Twitter last night that he would be heading southwest from Memphis to Dallas, as sources said he and the Mavericks agreed to a multiyear deal. Mayo had been involved in seemingly just about every trade rumor that the Memphis Grizzlies were apart of [...]

July 17, 2012 – Jonathan Lee The Charlotte Bobcats finished last season with a 7-59 record and an NBA record low .106 winning percentage. The team ended the season with a team record 23-game losing streak, after setting a team record 16-game losing streak earlier in the season. After the season, the Bobcats announce that [...]