Blogs

July 15, 2011 – Ben Berry   In 2006 when the Jordan V made its return, several original colorways were re-released among a few new colorways. For those who aren’t as familiar with the many original colorways of the Jordan V, there are technically two versions bearing the Fire Red colorway. One pair features an [...]

July 14, 2011 – Ben Berry Trash talk in basketball is as big of a part of the game, to some players it’s almost as big as the basic fundamentals themselves. Former Stripes athlete Kobe Bryant is captured on camera talking to someone in the crowd about sneakers. When the “his shoes’ lighter” comment is [...]

July 14, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh I woke up in a cold sweat last night. I dreamt that there was no NBA offseason, no free agent signings to pour over and no rookie development during the summer league. Goodness, what kind of sickness is this? During my restless slumber I felt the heat of my [...]

July 14, 2011 – Joshua Sexton I guess it was only a matter of when and not if LeBron James was going to make an appearance in our countdown to the best NBA dunk of all-time. [...]

July 14, 2011 – Allen Moll When thinking in terms of the World’s greatest dunkers, international streetball legend Kadour Ziani has to rank at or near the top. But as the legendary dunk artist creeps into his 40’s, athletes on the And 1 and Ball Up Mixtape tours as well as the Team Flight Brothers [...]

July 13, 2011 – Ben Berry   Inspired by Carmelo Anthony’s alma matta Syracuse and his current team the New York Knicks, 15-year-old Allen Largin had his design chosen from over 20,000 submissions as a part of Nike/Jordan Brand’s Future Sole program. Back in March when we brought you the story on these Anthony all [...]

July 13, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Recently THD interviewed filmmaker Jeff Camarra about his NBA D-League documentary “Up And Down”. The documentary details the travels of Los Angeles Lakers guard Trey Johnson through the D-League. THD: When can fans expect to see the finished product? Camarra: The film is done and again the only hurdle [...]

July 13, 2011 – Allen Moll While it’s obviously unfair to anoint a 15 year old high school hoops phenom the “next” anything just yet, sometimes the comparison to former greats or current superstars aren’t that far off. One such case may very well turn out to be exciting Class of 2013 big man Aaron Gordon, [...]

July 12, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh With the NBA lockout seemingly looming for an extended amount of time those of us in the NBA media sphere consider the coming months to be daunting considering we may have to cover an entire season of journalism without actually watching a game. It will be any wonder that [...]

July 12, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Most basketball fans would likely deem Penny Hardaway’s career a disappointment, considering the lofty expectations surrounding him when he came into the league in 1993. Despite his overall lack of living up to those expectations, there is still footage of why people thought he could be one of the [...]