Offbeat

The war of words between Kobe Bryant and Smush Parker continues. Kobe couldn’t stop laughing Friday when talking about Smush Parker’s 35 minute interview where he fired back at him. “I was devastated,” Bryant said. “What’s he going to do? ‘Yeah, Kobe’s right?’ I gave him his little 30 minutes of fame again. I wish [...]

A couple years ago when Brian Scalabrine left Boston and landed in Chicago the Bulls fans embraced Scalabrine more than anyone could have expected. He was quickly nicknamed “The White Mamba” as an obvious play on the nickname of LA’s Kobe Bryant, “The Black Mamba”. Now that Scalabrine has retired and taking up a position [...]

Adam Morrison has had quite a roller coaster career. After being drafted in 2006 by the Charlotte Bobcats with the 3rd overall selection, the expectations for Morrison were sky high. He had a few decent showings in his rookie campaign, putting up acceptable numbers for a rookie, but the problem was he was shooting a [...]

The New Jersey Brooklyn Nets have been reborn. And they are throwing a lot of eggs in the Deron Williams basket (rightfully so). After their big rebrand this summer and move to Brooklyn, they are ready to make a playoff push to impress their new fan base. Sports Illustrated thought the time was right for [...]

And no, the answer isn’t Ron Artest Metta World Peace… [...]

We told you back in March that Jeremy Lin had signed his first major endorsement deal, and it was with Volvo. It was significant for Lin at the time given he was coming off multiple 10-day contracts, and it game him the financial security every professional athlete dreams about before they ‘make it’ in the [...]

The Hoop Doctors are no strangers to the ESPN 30 for 30 (and other film projects). In fact we were even invited to the pre-screening of the Jalen Rose project ‘Fab Five’ to give our thoughts on the film and interview the producer Jalen Rose. But that said, we were still somewhat surprised and thrilled [...]

Have you ever been so afraid of something it borderline paralyzes you? For those of you that answered yes, you will know exactly what Royce White has gone through for years with his fear of flying. He has been open about his mental illness since his days playing college basketball with Iowa State. White has [...]

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These Grantland video podcasts with Jalen Rose are really entertaining. Let’s hope he can keep up the pace. We featured the podcast where Jalen Rose recounted the 81 points Kobe dropped on his Raptors, as well as the time Sam Mitchell got body slammed by Vince Carter. Check out this more heavy podcast where he [...]