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Is it too early to consider Kyrie Irving a top 5 PG? Regardless of where you want to slot him, his game is as smooth as they come. By himself, he’s must-watch basketball. Last night, his Cleveland Cavaliers were in Brooklyn taking on the Nets and Kyrie pulled something out of his bag of tricks. [...]

On November 12th in NYC, Footlocker held a party for members of the media celebrating next week’s Week of Greatness event; the most packed release week of the year for kicks. A wide variety of sneakers hit store shelves and anticipated releases are literally dropping every day.  Besides the open bar, there were screens set [...]

Judging by the video updates from adidas, Derrick Rose seems to be progressing nicely from his torn ACL. He’s been back in the gym for a while now, and apparently he has begun cutting on that knee. Good news, but just take it easy, D-Rose. Derrick Rose began cutting on his surgically-repaired left knee, the [...]

Who knew he had it in him? Ever since former 5 time NBA All Star Chris Webber became a member of the media on either NBA TV or TNT, he’s kind of been the guy in the shadows of Chuck, Kenny, Ernie, D-Scott, and even Brent Barry on national telecasts. He sort of became the [...]

There was a really scary scene in the Knicks @ Magic game tonight. But it wasn’t an injured player this time. It was actually in between quarters and had to do with an Orlando Magic Cheerleader who slipped and fell from the shoulders of a male cheerleader. It wasn’t just the fact that she fell, [...]

What a week in the NBA! I swear we could do a whole ‘end of season’ highlight reel from the dunks, blocks, assists, and buzzer beaters just from the last week alone. We had to settle in though on some of these highlight reel dunks from the past week in the NBA, ending Sunday November [...]

While he’s celebrated as an offensive genius, Mike D’Antoni’s perception is that he’s equally as bad as implementing defense. Proof of that is when the Knicks hired Mike Woodson last year to be a defensive assistant. That was pretty telling. Will there be more of that? New Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni is expected to reach [...]

The first word that comes to mind when you think of OKC point guard Russell Westbrook is usually “Athletic” and not that Rondo isn’t athletic but the first word that comes to mind with Rondo is usually “Crafty”. But last night Westbrook was crafty and thinking quickly on his feet, or off them rather, on [...]

Let’s get one thing straight: It’s still incredibly early in the NBA season. Now, let’s get another thing straight: J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks is already a legitimate candidate for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award. No seriously, I’m not kidding. Smith has improved by leaps and bounds heading into this [...]

While they were together in New York, it was widely rumored that Carmelo Anthony and Mike D’Antoni didn’t see eye to eye. In fact, it’s rumored that ‘Melo more or less forced D’Antoni to resign. Whatever truly happened, we’ll never know. But what we do know is that Mike is now in L.A. and Melo [...]