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June 24, 2011 – Ben Berry When you think of basketball sneakers hi-tops of yester-year come to mind for many. Even though ankle support is very important in the construction of a basketball shoe, the ability to make quick cuts and such is something that low tops can provide; same as it does with soccer. [...]

June 24, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh It wasn’t but a month ago that the Portland Trailblazers were the talk of the NBA because of ominous pretexts. Less than 10 months after hiring a replacement for Kevin Pritchard in Oklahoma City’s Richard Cho, Allen and the crew at Vulcan axed the rookie GM. [...]

Alot of deals went down on draft day. Here are all the deals and the winners.... [...]

What type of career will Jimmer Fredette have in Sacramento? [...]

June 24, 2011 – R.S. De France In this year’s draft, like all others, there will be winners and losers. While we wait to see how this year’s draft picks will work out, let’s look back at some of the great draft steals from the last ten years. 10. Michael Redd, 43rd pick, 2000 PPG [...]

June 23, 2011 – Ben Berry I always felt that if a list of underrated Jordans was compiled, the Air Jordan VII would even be forgotten off that. Just like the unreleased pair of Jordan IIIs that we showed you before, this particular pair of VIIs was suppose to accompany the Jordan XVI in the [...]

June 23, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh As my local radio guy sorted through the mess that is the last few days of the NBA Draft chatter, he wagered a rhetorical question that sports radio hosts tend to extend to their listeners. Whether by thinking aloud or by actual concentration, the airwaves tinged blue at his [...]

June 23, 2011 – Joshua Sexton The Hoop Doctors’ 24th best dunk of all-time goes to Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies. Not only does Rudy Gay get extra points for posterizing both Luis Scola and Dikembe Mutombo, the dunk itself catches me by surprise every time I watch it. Does anybody really expect him [...]

June 23, 2011 – Allen Moll With the 2011 NBA Draft merely a few hours away, team GM’s are gearing up to make that last second trade, somehow nab the sleeper of the draft, or move up to nab a game-changing player. The draft can be either make or break a General Manager. Surely they [...]

June 22, 2011 – Ben Berry   Back in 2008 when the Hyperdunk first came onto the scene, it was an instant hit. Flywire became one of the new standards for sneaker construction for Nike Basketball. With this third incarnation, Flywire is the prominent material with carbon fiber being the base for Zoom cushioning. For [...]