NBA All Star

If you’re wondering whether Derrick Rose’s unflappable confidence in his game has somehow wavered, rest assured he’s as confident as ever. Just take a look at what he said about this year’s NBA All-Star game, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: [tweet https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/811636719808344064] This reads incredibly funny. The irony of Rose downplaying the importance of an All-Star [...]

Last season, Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine gave us one of the most memorable dunk contests in NBA history. They were creative. Electrifying. Refreshing. It’s only right they get together this coming February, in 2017, and match up with one another again. But that might not happen, because Gordon isn’t sure if he’ll participate in [...]

All of you should know by now that the NBA made good on its stated intent to remove the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte if North Carolina’s House Bill 2 wasn’t overturned. The decision isn’t a bold one. HB2, aka Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, is a terrible piece of legislature, essentially precluding cities [...]

Kawhi Leonard is the man. That’s all I have to say after being directed toward this anecdote by Pounding The Rock’s Quixem Ramirez. It comes from a feature penned by ESPN.com’s Tom Haberstroh and divulges Leonard’s response to a congratulatory text for his first NBA All-Star selection: Which helps, in a way, explain one last [...]

Inspired by the location of the 2016 NBA All-Star Game is this new, upgraded version of Damian Lillard’s current adidas signature sneaker. For the ‘Aurora Borealis’ adidas D Lillard 2.0 Boost, the upper usually made from synthetic materials have been replaced with adidas Primeknit woven textile. The cushioning has also been drastically updated with a [...]

Carmelo Anthony was named to his ninth NBA All-Star team on Thursday, which is pretty cool. That he’s grabbed this many All-Star selections without ever making an NBA Finals appearance is not. At the same time, the company he joins is pretty damn esteemed, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Melo now tied with Gervin & Nique [...]

A little over half-way thru the first year as being the official on-court sock of the NBA, brand Stance can already call this partnership a success. Having already done specialty on-court socks for league happenings like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day celebration or a specific franchise retiring a player’s jersey number, Stance has already [...]

With the current NBA season’s All-Star Game finished, adidas and Packer Shoes keep the basketball celebration going by re-releasing a Player Exclusive pair of the adidas T-Mac 3 worn by Tracy McGrady exactly 10 years ago in the 2004 NBA All Star Game. While still in Orlando, T-Mac started for the Eastern Conference team in [...]

With the city of New Orleans not having the same space ties as Orlando and Houston, Nike will go away from their infamous Galaxy theme in favor of playing off of a fictional NOLA Gumbo basketball league. Just as alligators kind of serve as protection in New Orleans culture, the LeBron XI ‘Gator King’ features [...]

February 27, 2012 – Dan Favale With just under nine minutes to go in the third quarter of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, Dwyane Wade mauled Kobe Bryant on his way to the basket, a foul Wade, and the rest of the basketball world should bask in. The All-Star game is a hotbed for superstar [...]