Blogs

After some creative marketing yesterday the entire adiZero Rose 2.0 commercial is now available to watch in its entirety. With the swagger that only the reigning MVP could bring, D Rose drives the lane through an entire bull fighting arena crossing up anything in his path and finishes with a thunderous two-handed slam. Anyone else [...]

September 29, 2011 – R.S. De France If Larry Bird and Magic could eventually become friends, if the various interests in the U.S. government could come to a resolution on the debt crisis, and if the NFL owners and players could come to an agreement, surely it must be possible to end the NBA lockout [...]

September 28, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh Long ago, way back before most of you started seeing David Stern and Adam Silver as Statler and Waldorf, the NBA was a league that fully embraced social media as a part of its marketing plan. As clips were amiably put up on YouTube, Twitter accounts were created and [...]

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

September 27, 2011 – Ben Berry Without a doubt the Air Jordan III is one of the most iconic silhouettes in the sneaker world. After seeing an onslaught of Jordan III colorways since the release of the Doernbecher edition last November there was bound to be pairs that didn’t receive a barcode and these two [...]

September 27, 2011 – Allen Moll Not too many coaches in the college ranks can recruit as well as Ohio State Buckeye head man Thad Matta. He annually reels in one of the Top 10 recruiting classes in the country and has seen many of his players move on to the professional ranks like most [...]

September 27, 2011 – Joshua Sexton On Veterans Day, the Michigan State Spartans will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the inaugural Carrier Classic. The game between the two storied college basketball programs will be played on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson. I can’t think of a more patriotic, unique way [...]

September 27, 2011 – Allen Moll In one of the feel good stories during the NBA Lockout, the Philadelphia 76ers are in the news for something other than bloated contracts(Elton Brand), disappointing rookies(Evan Turner), or star players that are continually on the trading block(Iguodala). The Sixers public relations staff is amongst the best in the [...]

September 26, 2011 – Allen Moll Earlier this month, NJ Nets PG Deron Williams became the first NBA player to officially play a game overseas during the Lockout, winning his debut with Turkish team Beskitas nearly a week ago. Many fans in Europe were already calling Williams the biggest NBA star to ever suit up [...]

September 26, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh How the league’s marketability after the lockout is affected is something that should be of great interest to fans — it certainly will be for NBA owners. As the lockout is predicated on the issue of money, jersey and merchandise sales are a healthy branch of the revenue NBA [...]