Last night against the Memphis Grizzlies, DeAndre Jordan debuted the upcoming Under Armour Spine Predator on the Los Angeles Clippers home court inside the Staples Center. Even though starting the game in his usual Under Armour sneaker, the Spine Bionic, DeAndre Jordan made the switch during the game into an early of the next-gen UA [...]
April 23, 2013
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Exclusives, Kicks
Carmelo Anthony is overrated. He’s also a ball hog. Or at least, that’s the prevailing narrative coming from The Boston Globe. On Monday, more than 24 hours after the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 85-78 in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA playoffs, The Boston Globe‘s Dan Shaughnessy had a [...]
April 23, 2013
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Blogs
When Danny Granger was hurt to begin the season, we knew that this was Paul George’s chance to shine. He has shown flashes of potential in the past, but he was always in Granger’s shadow. However, this year he showed us all what he’s made of as he has proven to be a go to [...]
April 23, 2013
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Rumors
God, I love the NBA Playoffs. Chris Paul has a flair for the dramatic doesn’t he? Although the shot secured just one win in the series, putting them up two games has to kill the confidence of the Grizzlies. Unless, Memphis plays out of their minds at home, this one is getting out of reach [...]
April 23, 2013
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Highlights
For those of you that frown upon anointing greatness upon a still up-and-coming amateur baller, while they are not yet a finished product in high school, one might change their opinion upon watching the most recent highlights from South Carolina freshman sensation Seventh Woods. The still only 14 year old elite level prospect has been [...]
April 23, 2013
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Offbeat
It remains to be seen how the Memphis Grizzlies will fair in the playoffs for the first time since trading away Rudy Gay. They’re down 0-1 to the Clippers but it’s a long series. What has been so successful for them all season long has been the interior with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. They [...]
April 22, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
It wasn’t as much of a sure thing as Lebron James getting the MVP award again this year, but Knicks’ JR Smith getting the 6th man of the year award is not a shock of any kind. Smith was the Knicks’ second leading scorer behind Carmelo Anthony, and he did it coming off the bench. [...]
April 22, 2013
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Rumors
Kobe Bryant made a guarantee to the media, his teammates, and the organization. That guarantee throughout the Lakers regular season struggles was ‘don’t worry, we’ll make the playoffs’. Skeptics thought there was no way in hell the Lakers would make the playoffs in the tight Western Conference, but the team played great down the stretch [...]
April 22, 2013
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Offbeat
The day after the NBA season ended, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired coach Byron Scott. Towards the end of the season, there were rumors swirling that there was a rift between star point guard Kyrie Irving and Scott. Whenever there’s a perceived issue between the star player and the head coach, the coach is the one [...]
April 22, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Throughout the majority of the Lakers-Spurs Game 1 today, injured Lakers star Kobe Bryant was tweeting thoughts and advice for LA to anyone who was listening. As if Kobe Bryant’s tweets don’t get enough attention, a bunch of his tweets were mentioned on air by the TNT crew. So of course reporters had to ask [...]
April 22, 2013
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Offbeat