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February 24, 2012 – Dan Favale We’ve seen this movie before. The New York Knicks play the Miami Heat. New York hangs tight with Miami for an entire half. Heat pull away from Knicks before the fourth quarter. Who would have thought a rivalry could get so boring? The Knicks assembled a team laden with [...]

As we head into the celebrated All Star break, the Heat and Thunder are surging. Chicago and San Antonio have overcome health issues and are not far behind. Check out the full Power Rankings at the season's midpoint. [...]

February 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In anticipation of the release of the movie ’21 Jump Street’, a contemporary re-invention of the classic 80s TV series that introduced the world to Richard Grieco (and Johnny Depp), Complex and Sony Pictures are hosting a contest on Venice Beach sure to be fun for basketball fans [...]

February 23, 2012 – Dan Favale When it comes to improbable prodigies, Jeremy Lin is in a class all his own, yet the Sacramento Kings’ Isaiah Thomas is rapidly proving to be a not-so-distant second. The 60th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft is on a tear in Sacramento right now, and is giving [...]

February 23, 2012 – Griffin Gotta By now we know Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee has the wingspan of a pterodactyl and freakish athleticism that lends hope to believe he’ll one day make a difference in the NBA. Then things like this in the video below happen, substituting any idea of progress with the hope [...]

February 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A few weeks ago Jeremy Lin was living on his brother’s couch. During his rise to fame in the last couple weeks he moved off that couch and started renting David Lee’s old apartment. Well Lin this week decided he wanted to live a little closer to downtown. [...]

February 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors NBA legend and current owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, Michael Jordan, is going through the process right now of suing a Chinese sports apparel and footwear company called Qiaodan Sports Company Limited. He’s doing so for unauthorized use of his name for their business and products. In case [...]

February 22, 2012 – Ben Berry Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James make up the Swoosh’s “Big 3” and will be the only Nike players to have their signature sneakers given the ‘Galaxy’ treatment. All five sneakers tie into the space theme and have glow in the dark soles. Along with All-Star versions of [...]

February 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors What do you guys think of the new Team USA uniforms Nike Basketball has created? Yesterday, Nike gave us all a sneak peek at the new design via twitter. They said its their ‘lightest bball jersey. Approx 96% recycled polyester.’ And they are calling it the “Nike Hyper [...]

February 22, 2012 – Griffin Gotta TWith every team in the NBA playing around half of their scheduled 66 games for this lockout-shortened regular season, it is appropriate, given the turning of the page that is this weekend’s All-Star break, to look towards each conference’s respective postseason hierarchy. What we could be seeing in the [...]