While the Grit and Grind Era of basketball in Memphis officially ended this summer, the Grizzlies are still making sure to honor two of the most influential members of this great era of Grizzlies basketball even after they have moved on to different teams. I am talking about Zach Randolph and Tony Allen. Allen will [...]
October 13, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Taj Gibson is one of the key veteran additions for the Minnesota Timberwolves that the organization hopes will help them reach the postseason for the first time since 2004. Gibson isn’t really a standout on the court or in the box score per se to the average NBA fan as nothing jumps off the page [...]
October 5, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
According to reports from TMZ Sports and ESPN, The Lakers will retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey during their game against the Warriors on December 18. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/907594866238132225] So which number of the Black Mamba’s will be hanging up in the rafters No. 8 or No. 24? The answer is both according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. [...]
September 13, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
For jersey fanatics like myself this off-season has been especially exciting as virtually every NBA team is unveiling some sort of updated or completely re-done uniforms for the 2017-18 season with the move to Nike as the league’s official apparel sponsor. Most team have unveiled their normal home and away uniforms and many chose to [...]
September 6, 2017
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Offbeat
Paul Pierce played 15 seasons for the Boston Celtics after being taken 10th by them in the 1998 NBA Draft. In those 15 seasons, he essentially averaged 22 points, six rebounds and four assists, made four All-NBA appearances, 10 All-Star appearances and won an NBA Finals MVP award in 2008. Pierce ended his career as [...]
August 18, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
With the transition to Nike as the official apparel and jersey provider for the NBA for the 2017-18 season, teams have been unveiling their new Nike uniforms the past few weeks. Most have made minor adjustments, some have virtually changed nothing and others have used the opportunity to completely change their design. Now that most [...]
August 16, 2017
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Today, the McDonald’s All American Games is unveiling this year’s 2017 adidas uniform collection. The collection pairs the latest uniform innovations with design elements that speak to the rich history of the Games and celebrate Chicago. To add an element of personalization, the 2017 adidas uniforms will incorporate the various sports cities and states where [...]
March 21, 2017
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Gear
The San Antonio Spurs are now 11 games into the post Tim Duncan era, a world in which they had not known since the 1996-97 season. They are 8-3 and mostly doing Spursian things but it still doesn’t feel right to not have Number 21 patrolling the middle and showing very little emotion outside of [...]
November 16, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
Michael Carter-Williams is a smart man. Soon after his trade to the Chicago Bulls became official, it also became official that the team was going to let him wear No. 1, Derrick Rose’s old number, per Sean Highkin of the Athletic: [tweet https://twitter.com/highkin/status/788135729830297600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Some tiny level of hysteria naturally ensued. How could the Bulls do [...]
October 18, 2016
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Blogs
Beginning in the 2017-18 NBA season, you will begin seeing advertisements on team jerseys. When this news first broke a few years back, it immediately made the skin on NBA purists crawl. The thought of that is seems very far from anything we’ve seen in major North American team sports. The 76ers were the first [...]
October 11, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors