basketball

August 29, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap He was the only player to average a double double in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He was the 2008 Olympic leader in blocks. He was the 2008 Olympic leader in rebounds. No, we are not talking about USA’s Dwight Howard here, it’s the Iranian national team Center [...]

August 27, 2008 – Dr. J-Water We all have them, you have to admit….there are those songs or albums in your collection that seemed pretty cool at the time you bought them, that you look back on 2, 5, or 10 years later and laugh that you once bobbed your head or tapped your foot [...]

August 26, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Watching the USA redeem team win gold this weekend was amazing and eye-opening at the same time. Everyone knew that Team USA was still the team to beat, and that is probably what fueled the collective gasp across the USA as Spain pulled within striking distance several times throughout [...]

August 25, 2008 – Dr. Dime The self-proclaimed “Starbury” of the NBA, Stephon Marbury, is upset about not being paid his fair share of the pie in the Starbury movement to provide basketball shoes to kids at an affordable cost. You remember all the hoopla about how Marbury was so distraught about New York inner-city [...]

August 22, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap The Portland Trail Blazers don’t know Greg Oden. The media doesn’t know Greg Oden. The fans don’t know Greg Oden. Heck his college team Ohio State from 2006-07 doesn’t even know Greg Oden. So who does know Greg Oden? In a basketball sense, probably nobody but Greg Oden knows [...]

August 21, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Who doesn’t love dunks? I’ve come to the conclusion that if you don’t love dunking there is something wrong with you in your brain. And if for genetic reasons you can’t dunk, then you love watching people dunk. I’m not sure what the actual science behind the fascination is, [...]

August 14, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Danny Ferry finally made a bold move. Sure there have been other Cleveland Cavalier trades to surround King James with more role players and more defensive stoppers, but never something like this. Ever since the final days of Andre Miller in the Cavs old uniforms Cleveland has been struggling [...]

August 11, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Let’s be honest, aside from being able to play basketball all day, every day and having someone pay you for it (handsomely I might add), what is the next greatest thing about being an NBA Player? Money? Sure i’ll give you that one. In fact my colleague Dr. Dime [...]

August 7, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When it was rumored last week that Shawn Kemp aka ‘The Reign Man’ was coming out of retirement to play professionally in Italy I almost wet my pants. Along with the other high fliers of the day; such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkens, Spud Webb, etc., growing up Shawn [...]

Basketball Criminology: Even some of the biggest stars in our sport can make mistakes that cost them; sometimes dearly NBA players (even the all-stars) are people too. They make mistakes just like everyone else does at some point in their lives. The key difference is their lives are under a microscope while constantly being prodded [...]