Offbeat

Do you think Reggie Jackson is looking to make a good impression with his new team? The Pistons won Jackson’s debut against the Washington Wizards Sunday 106-89, but not without a small hiccup for Jackson. Call it nerves, call it ‘winded’, but Jackson was going so hard on the court for the Pistons on Sunday [...]

Once again, The Hoop Doctors were fortunate enough to receive an invitation from adidas to attend their VIP Gifting Suite at NBA all-star weekend. We stopped by last year in New Orleans and did the same this year in New York as well. After checking in, we were immediately pointed towards a photo shoot, of [...]

Floyd Mayweather was taking a break from his training to get in some cardio at Michael Jordan’s private gym ‘Terminal 23’ in NYC. Apparently the gym is a state of the art facility that was built by Jordan Brand for the GOAT. Legend has it you need to be wearing all and only Jordan Brand [...]

It’s stories like these that fill our days and our hearts as NBA fans as we wait for the return of game action following All-Star Weekend. Remember when Andrew Bynum went to Philly, got injured while bowling, then made a half ass effort at rehab? We already know when Bynum was supposed to be rehabbing [...]

The basketball World just saw an impressive 3 point shooting performance by Stephen Curry on All Star weekend, as Curry scored an incredible 27 points in the Final round, to take home the 3 Point Shootout Saturday night. Curry’s performance has furthered the debate as to if he will become the NBA’s best shooter of [...]

In 2017, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook becomes a free agent, which means that there may be a possibility that he decides to take his talents someplace else and there may be a slight chance that he considers joining the Lakers. Westbrook is well-known to be an LA Native and many purple and gold [...]

Charles Barkley has been in the news a lot lately. Not much of it good, although for fans of NBA on TNT, you probably appreciated Barkley this weekend for a few positive things. The first was Craig Sagar’s comments to the TNT crew, that Barkley and Garnett are two guys that have been calling and [...]

Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard has been spittin’ rhymes on and off for a while now. In fact adidas incorporated his off-court ability into their marketing plan for his shoes with 4 Bar Fridays. Remember when he spit some bars to Conan O’Brien? Well now Lillard is taking his hobby up a notch, as he [...]

As Shaquille O’Neal is a central part of the NBA on TNT crew, he’s obviously in New York City this weekend for the All-Star Weekend festivities. But the big fella arrived in the big apple a bit early and made his way down to Wall Street to chat stocks with the guys in the investment [...]

In honor of their 50 year anniversary, Gatorade has digitally re-mastered their most classic commercial ‘Be Like Mike’, starring Michael Jordan. They plan to release the latest version of the commercial this weekend during the All-Star festivities. We may see it live as early as tonight when the events kick off. Here is a sneak [...]