On Thursday morning the participants arrived at The Avenue Colleges gym for the first workout of this year’s Elite 24 festivities. After a light cardio workout, the participants were divided into groups to work on different skills at different stations. Then player rotation were formed to allow teams to rotate in-and-out seamlessly while scrimmaging. Not [...]
This past weekend, I was invited out with the AND1 design team as they toured around the Coney Island side of Brooklyn, NY with Lance Stephenson as they gather inspiration for the upcoming Born Ready collection thru AND1 apparel. Very fittingly, the first stop on the tour was famed Abraham Lincoln HS where Stephenson led [...]
With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]
February 12, 2014
Rob
Lists, Offbeat
The summertime is a great stretch of time where you can consistently run basketball games outside. Since basketball never stops, Nike shows you how the summer is serious by running a pickup game in Brooklyn this Friday with teams chosen & coached by either Kevin Durant or James Harden. Both Harden and Durant picked 7 [...]
August 15, 2013
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Kicks
Just this past weekend, Lincoln HS in Brooklyn retired the high school jersey of 2009 alumni Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers. For this event, AND1 created a one-off pair of their classic Tai Chi sneaker. For the former Railsplitter, a mostly navy upper surrounded by white tumbled leather features Stephenson’s face on the tongue [...]
June 25, 2013
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Kicks, PE Corner
July 17, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Brand new Net Joe Johnson has already stated that he thinks the Nets are the best NBA team in New York. Now he’s professing that it won’t take them long to win a championship. Does he realize they haven’t even played a game yet? Q: Why did you [...]
July 17, 2012
Anou Enright
Rumors
August 18, 2010 – Sneak-a-Peek Nike introduced their latest quickstrike pack designed by the famous DJ Clark Kent. Clark Kent as most know is the only one out there that can make the Air Force 1 appealing again. His brilliant ability to blend neat colorways into each other and match up signature patterns has helped [...]
August 18, 2010
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Blogs, Kicks