Blogs

June 7, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I was reading an ESPN blog called True Hoop by Henry Abbott today and came across this really interesting excerpt from a Larry Bird book called “Bird Watching”. The excerpt is basically a recount of a story from Larry Bird when he was on the set of the [...]

June 7, 2012 – Ben Berry Next-generation Flywire, a Hyperfuse upper, and Lunaron and Zoom Air cushioning are all packed in this performance monster from Jordan Brand. Even though the focus of the company seems to be more on the Retro models these days, its releases like that that shows us that sneakers with a [...]

June 7, 2012 – Allen Moll When you are sometimes referred to as the “Best dunker ever”, you constantly have to defend that title by taking on any and all comers, even if the challenger is a girl. That’s precisely the predicament that was on the table for resident Ball Up superstar Air Up There, [...]

June 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Thanks to the internet, information about upcoming sneakers are easier to get your hands on. There are pictures of the ‘Gold Medal’ Jordan VII on MarqueeSole but those are the GS (grade school) pair which features slightly different tooling like a different neoprene bootie that doesn’t feature the “zig [...]

June 6, 2012 – Dan Favale After the Boston Celtics’ Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena Tuesday Night, it became clear that 36 is the new 20. Kevin Garnett exploded for 26 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Celtics to a 94-90 victory on the road and thus securing 3-2 [...]

June 6, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The amount of hyper-focused onion-peeling that follows every Miami Heat postseason loss (or game, rather) has always felt a bit much. [...]

June 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The New Orleans Hornets organization has to be ecstatic right about now. They got the steal of this year’s NBA draft by defying the odds in the draft lottery and beating out the Charlotte Bobcats for the number one spot. In this case that ultimate prize is the [...]

June 6, 2012 – Allen Moll A player finally knows he’s of elite status when he gets compared to his All Star and POY predecessors, which is precisely the case of incoming Baylor Bears freshman center Isaiah Austin, who has not only a similar physique but a similar game to that of future #1 overall NBA [...]

June 5, 2012 – Allen Moll After 30+ years as arguably the nation’s best Summer League outside of the professional ranks, Los Angeles’ Drew League has served as a proving ground for some of the nation’s up-and-coming young ballers and NBA stars alike. [...]

June 5, 2012 – Griffin Gotta As Chris Bosh, the suddenly very-much-missed third man of the Miami Heat’s Big Three, is set to return in some capacity for tonight’s crucial Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, he enters a situation in which anything he can give to his Heat teammates will likely be accepted [...]