Dominique Wilkins

In celebration of The Pump’s 25th anniversary, Reebok is adding the Pump custom fit technology to some of their most iconic silhouettes. Coming next is a Pump Kamikaze II. Not only does the ‘Pump It Up’ Reebok Pump Kamikaze II combine the Shawn Kemp-worn Kamikaze II sneaker with The Pump, this sneaker also has some [...]

On the heels of another delusional tirade by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Clippers lost 104-98 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. How? How does the team with the best floor leader (Chris Paul), the best coach (Doc Rivers), and best frontcourt (Griffin/Jordan) lose a playoff series? In the critical game 5, the Clippers blew [...]

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After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

In game 4 of the NBA Finals, James, 33 points, and Wade, 32 points, were in rare form. The Heat crawled back from a 2-3 deficit to win the 2013 Finals. In game 7, James came thru with 37 points and 12 rebounds, Wade 23 points and 10 rebounds. Miami’s made 3 straight Finals and [...]

People have criticized the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest over the years for not having enough star power to captivate the world’s attention. With names like Darrell Armstrong, Jonathan Bender, and Chris Morris, the dunk contest hasn’t even captivated the attention of the basketball world. Even with contestants like Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Shawn Kemp, and [...]

The technology seen during the 90s sneaker scene is was different than it is now.  The leather was heavy, the cuts of sneakers were sky high, and capsulated Air units were a dramatic break thru in cushioning.  This was also a time that Reebok had the game on lock thanks to their Pump line.  Adult [...]

September 27, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Dominique Wilkins, aka ‘The Human Highlight Reel’ was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to chat with The Hoop Doctors Kevin Burke at an EA Sports event in NYC this weekend. Of course we had to hit him up on his thoughts [...]

September 20, 2010 – Kevin Burke One of the most highly anticipated NBA seasons in recent memory is finally just over a month away from tipping off. However, with free agency and the FIBA World Championships, there has been plenty of basketball related stories to talk about to get us through the summer. Well, we can [...]

September 10, 2008 – Dr. Dime Yesterday my boy Dr. Anklesnap had a post about MJ’s greatest old school ‘Air Jordan’ commercials. The day before that my boy Dr. J-Water had a post about Wayne Clark with the mad hops, with as much as a 51 inch vertical leap. Being a bit vertically challenged myself [...]