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Garnett: Team USA had $1M ‘Bounty’ for Dunking on Yao Ming

Garnett: Team USA had $1M ‘Bounty’ for Dunking on Yao Ming

For those who believed the 2000 Summer Olympics were relatively drama free, you were wrong! According to Kevin Garnett the United States men’s basketball team had a “million dollar bet” for whoever could dunk on center Yao Ming. The former Timberwolves star made the revelation during an interview with Yahoo Sports. IF you want to [...]

February 18, 2019 Anou Enright Blogs 0

Suns Rookie Deandre Ayton Drew a Picture of Him Dunking All Over Joel Embiid

Suns Rookie Deandre Ayton Drew a Picture of Him Dunking All Over Joel Embiid

Deandre Ayton has yet to appear in an NBA regular-season game, but he’s already berthing head-to-head to rivalries. The Phoenix Suns rookie drew a picture of himself on a trading card dunking all over Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid, and it is as glorious-looking at you might imagine: [tweet https://twitter.com/PaniniAmerica/status/1028000871920160769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1028000871920160769&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fnba.nbcsports.com%2F2018%2F08%2F14%2Fdeandre-ayton-draws-himself-dunking-on-joel-embiid-on-trading-card-photo%2F] I’m going to be [...]

August 15, 2018 admin Offbeat 0

Gregg Popovich in NBA 2K is a Sight to Behold

Gregg Popovich in NBA 2K is a Sight to Behold

Gregg Popovich is arguably the greatest coach in NBA history (I would argue that he is) and has served as the coach and GM for the NBA’s most consistently successful franchise for almost two decades. Most of his on court highlights are of him devouring poor sideline reporters with a glare, a well-placed sarcastic quip [...]

July 20, 2016 Anou Enright Offbeat 0

Victor Oladipo Dunks on High School Kid

Victor Oladipo Dunks on High School Kid

Victor Oladipo like many other NBA players this time of the year is currently participating in a summer basketball camp for youth and high school basketball players. Oladipo is involved with the camp at DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland. Today at camp an irrationally confident and very unwise high school camper decided it was [...]

July 15, 2016 Anou Enright Offbeat 0

Aaron Gordon Will Crossover Anybody

Aaron Gordon Will Crossover Anybody

We are finally entering the down period of the NBA calendar where free agency has cooled down. Outside of the rookies and second year players or those on the periphery of the NBA playing for their careers in summer league, most of the league has a good amount of downtime. Apparently when Aaron Gordon is [...]

July 12, 2016 Anou Enright Offbeat 0

The Best Dunker Of All-Time Turns 39 Today

The Best Dunker Of All-Time Turns 39 Today

Half-Man Half-Amazing, Air Canada, Vinsanity, the one and only Vince Carter turns 39 today (don’t you feel old?) As a basketball obsessed kid who’s formative years were in the late 90s and 2000s there was no better dunk artist than Vince Carter, he could do things in games or in dunk contests that didn’t seem [...]

January 26, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Carmelo Passes Bird On All-Time Scoring List

Carmelo Passes Bird On All-Time Scoring List

Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks have been playing great of late and seem to have found their mojo. Melo had another great game at Madison Square Garden last night with 30 points, nine assists and seven rebounds on 13-for-20 shooting and 4-for-4 shooting from the free throw line. It was the Knicks second straight overtime [...]

January 21, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs, News, Ryan Bawek 0

Justise Winslow Is Traveling This Holiday Season

Justise Winslow Is Traveling This Holiday Season

In the third quarter of the Pistons 93-92 win over the Heat in Miami last night Justise Winslow displayed some of his impressive athleticism in cocking it back on the fast break and dunking on Pistons forward Ersan Illyasova in the third quarter. He also took five steps, yes five steps, to get there… Matazo [...]

December 23, 2015 Anou Enright Blogs, Highlights, Ryan Bawek, THD Videos 0

Alec Burks devoured Jon Leuer’s Soul Last Night

Alec Burks devoured Jon Leuer’s Soul Last Night

In the fourth quarter of the Jazz 110-89 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Utah, those in attendance got to see a bonafide dunk of the year candidate as Alec Burks gathered speed on the launch pad that is the left side of the court, catapulted himself into the atmosphere, and not only dunked on [...]

December 22, 2015 Anou Enright Blogs, Highlights, Ryan Bawek 0

2012 Elite 24 Recap: Randle Is Dunk Champ and Gordon Wins MVP

2012 Elite 24 Recap: Randle Is Dunk Champ and Gordon Wins MVP

August 27, 2012 – Allen Moll Every year, the wild and crazy high school hoops scene winds down it’s season with the annual Summer showcase known as the Elite 24 Game.  While this year, the game changed it’s primary sponsor from Boost Mobile to Under Armour, the game [...]

August 27, 2012 admin Allen Moll, NCAA 0