Serge Ibaka received an early (late?) Christmas gift from the NBA. Following an incident where Ibaka maliciously (yes, maliciously) struck Blake Griffin in the groin, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s power forward was fined $25,000 for his actions and his Flagrant 1 was upgraded to a Flagrant 2. Serge Ibaka has been fined $25,000 for his [...]
March 6, 2013
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The NBA has a big issue on their hands. A huge one. Gigantic even. They have a sportsmanship problem. Almost a year ago, I penned a piece about sportsmanship, one that involved Serge Ibaka and Dwyane Wade. In that particular situation Ibaka and Wade became entangled. Okay, Ibaka essentially fell on Wade’s neck. The way [...]
March 4, 2013
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February 28, 2013
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With the Miami Heat in Chicago for a road game against the Bulls being a homecoming of sorts for Dwyane Wade, the CEO of WADE Brand had Li-Ning put together a new Way of Wade pair for the trip. Going with the lower cut Li-Ning Way of Wade, the ‘Chicago’ features a full-grain black leather [...]
February 22, 2013
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Not only does Dwyane Wade tell you the difference between the all of the current pairs of the Li-Ning Way of Wade sneaker, you can actually see nuances on all the sample pairs he holds. It is also good to hear him speak on things like what got him to leave Jordan Brand and exactly [...]
February 20, 2013
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Ray Allen remains one of the NBA’s best shooters, but we may not get the opportunity to bear witness to such talents for much longer. Though the 37-year-old Allen signed a three-year pact with the Miami Heat, the next two are both player options. Contracts never prevent players from retiring in the first place, but [...]
January 24, 2013
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Since it was announced that Dwyane Wade would be forming a partnership with Li-Ning to launch the Way of Wade line, people wanted to see the sneaker. Pictured above is Dwyane Wade with associate Nile Patrick and two big boxes of different pairs of the Way of Wade, the first WADE Brand sneaker that Dwyane has [...]
January 21, 2013
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Joel Anthony doesn’t look like much, but to the Miami Heat, he means everything. Though the big man has never been much of an offensive player (2.6 points per game for his career), he is a rim-protecting savant, someone who the Heat actually utilized more than slightly last season. But that was then and this [...]
December 11, 2012
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The Miami Heat are not playing like a championship caliber team right now. Not at all. Except for LeBron James, that is. Miami is fresh off its second-straight loss, the first of which came against the Washington Wizards and the latter of which came against the New York Knicks. As demoralizing at the loss to [...]
December 7, 2012
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