Brazil

Damian Lillard is flying under the radar so far in his young career. Much to his chagrin. He’s none to pleased about constantly being overlooked for all-star games and being left out of the “best PG” conversation. But in his defense, he’s sixth in scoring so it’s hard to argue against him. Today, Lillard was [...]

Now that the World Cup is here, Jordan Brand jumps into the fray of sportswear companies with themed releases surrounding the (actual) Football event being held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil by releasing the limited ‘Brazil Pack’ featuring new colorways of the Air Jordan VI (6) and Jordan CP3.VII AE as well as a complete [...]

August 10, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim When you ask yourself  which national men’s basketball team has the best set of bigs, a few names come to mind. Spain, boasting the Gasol brothers, is considered (and rightfully so) to be the best example. Russia has a competent front line too, Turkey as well. Here’s a much [...]

July 2, 2012 – Ben Berry Four countries are represented in this pack in the form of Brazil, China, USA, and the yet-to-qualify team from Puerto Rico. From these official images we see that along with the ‘Home’ version of the Team USA Hyperdunk, the Obsidian/Red pair serves as an away-type color for Team USA. [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll Many of you probably don’t remember the 6‘11 and 265 lb Brazilian double-double machine, known as “Baby”, taken as the #8 selection by the Toronto Raptors in the 2004 NBA Draft, but his name is Rafael Araujo. It’s ok, I didn’t either, especially since he played in only 139 NBA [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Houston Rockets Forward Luis Scola is leading the FIBA World Championship tournament in points, and today was no different as he put up a huge 37 points to help Argentina beat Brazil and advance to the quarter finals. Luis Scola scored 37 points, carrying Argentina to a thrilling [...]

August 30, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “They came, they saw, they survived. The United States got their first real test of the FIBA World Championship on Monday night and edged Brazil 70-68 as Leandro Barbosa’s potential game-tying lay-up at the buzzer stayed out. In probably the most thrilling encounter between the two countries since [...]

September 1, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious This morning I was chatting streetball with my boy Haneef, the President over at Macleem Sportswear, and he was sayin’ how the staff over at Macleem is really pushing to bring a more ‘real’ flavor back to streetball. Not that there is anything wrong with the cats that have [...]