Olympics

LeBron James is on record as being “emotional” when he really sits and realizes that this is Kobe Bryant’s final season. In fact, they embraced for a while after they played one another on Wednesday night, and Kobe gave LeBron a signed pair of his game-worn sneakers. LeBron’s admiration for Kobe goes beyond. It reportedly [...]

Damian Lillard is flying under the radar so far in his young career. Much to his chagrin. He’s none to pleased about constantly being overlooked for all-star games and being left out of the “best PG” conversation. But in his defense, he’s sixth in scoring so it’s hard to argue against him. Today, Lillard was [...]

Family first, basketball second. That’s the motto that most guys in the league live by. Tony Parker appears to be one of them. The Rio Olympics are right around the corner and guys love nothing better than to suit up for their homeland. That’s typically what the Spurs PG does every four years, but he [...]

Forget about the “brawl” David Lee helped instigate against the Indiana Pacers, he’s got bigger things on his plate. Global-sized things even. Per Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports Florida, Lee approached Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the USA basketball team, to see if he could join in on the festivities: Colangelo, chairman of USA Basketball, said [...]

August 10, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim When you ask yourself  which national men’s basketball team has the best set of bigs, a few names come to mind. Spain, boasting the Gasol brothers, is considered (and rightfully so) to be the best example. Russia has a competent front line too, Turkey as well. Here’s a much [...]

August 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Although he has been the veteran leader Team USA expected of him, Kobe Bryant has yet to play like the international superstar basketball player that everyone expected of him coming into the London games. [...]

August 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Team USA did some pretty special things versus Nigeria on Thursday. Let’s talk about it… [...]

August 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Whenever the U.S. defeats a “lesser” opponent, there are still always the people who say “they should’ve won by more”. Well, they won’t be saying that after yesterday’s 156-73 dismantling of Nigeria. In fact some are today blaming Coach K of trying to ’embarrass’ the Nigeria team.  Carmelo [...]

June 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Despite adidas not being the official sponsor of USA Basketball this summer that won’t stop them from the red, white, and blue-colored sneakers. The asymmetrical Sprintframe, Sprintskin, and all over features of the other Crazy Light 2 releases are present here and color blocked in a way where the [...]

June 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Thanks to the internet, information about upcoming sneakers are easier to get your hands on. There are pictures of the ‘Gold Medal’ Jordan VII on MarqueeSole but those are the GS (grade school) pair which features slightly different tooling like a different neoprene bootie that doesn’t feature the “zig [...]