Offbeat

I know that when I was back in Middle School playing for the 8th grade school team, it was a major accomplishment to touch rim or maybe even slap the backboard on a lay-up, before running up the court to play defense on the other end. Well, times have definitely changed as we have seen [...]

There’s no denying that the most decorated and premier player to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame this weekend was 9 time All Star guard Gary Payton. With all do respect to fellow 2013 inductees NY Knicks legend Bernard King, International superstar Oscar Schmidt, and 2 time NCAA Champion coach Rick Pitino, it [...]

Some things in the NBA we have just grown accustomed to whether we like them or not. A few examples have to be an annual Ron Artest/Metta World Peace name change, Kevin Garnett shadowboxing the padded goalpost, and JR Smith getting suspended for one reason or another. Some other common re-occuring trends and themes that [...]

One of the more amazing things about Lebron James’ history and ‘story’, so to speak, is growing up in front of a camera. From a very early age, Lebron James was tagged as ‘The Chosen One’, the second coming of the GOAT. And in large part he has yet to fail to live up to [...]

During his playing days, Allen Iverson never failed to disappoint his fans, leaving everything he had on the court.  But, apparently his time away from the game hasn’t been so spectacular, as he may be headed towards another court date with his estranged wife over failure to pay child support. Despite everyone looking back at [...]

I’m not really sure this is what most people picture as ‘rehab’ from an achilles surgery, but in Kobe Bryant’s case it appears to be so. Kobe posted this to his Vine account last night as an example as to how far he has come since he first started running. Hey Kobe, terrible form, splash [...]

Back in the late 80’s and into the early 90’s, the urban music scene was going through a transformation from pop or disco to the much more lyric driven, message sending hip-hop that eventually spawned the era of gangsta rap. Leading the charge back then, was West Coast based icons NWA, who not only tried [...]

Micro sensor equipped basketball delivers real-time audible feedback to help coach professional shooting mechanics, creating a new basketball experience They are calling the ball ‘EVO ONE’ and its already getting a lot of hype in basketball training circles. The they in the equation is a company called Shooters Revolution™, creators of innovative technology-infused basketball products [...]

Dubbed as the world’s most famous trick shot artist, Dude Perfect has been entertaining millions of followers for half of a decade on YouTube with their amazing, even death defying trick shot videos. They began back in 2009 as just a bunch of college friends that decided to film themselves in their own backyards, sinking [...]

Realizing the title may be a bit alarming for those thinking the team is infringing on players’ rights and freedoms, let me clarify. NBA teams are only using the tracking devices on jersey’s worn during team practices. The player movement information is used by teams for training purposes, to get a better understanding of players [...]