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When Amare Stoudemire signed his huge contract to come to New York and play for the Knicks, he was played up as the savior of the franchise. Coming off the heels of the debacles with Isaiah Thomas and then Larry Brown, New York was in a fragile state. It wasn’t long before Carmelo Anthony also [...]

Need more proof that John Wall is (probably) an alien? Here it comes. Back in January, William Scott Davis of Business Insider wrote an article in which he discussed Wall’s new dribble move. The description of said move went like this: Now, Wall has a new move he’s busting out: the “cut dribble.” Wall’s “cut [...]

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts is arguably the pinnacle of any and all accolades anyone affiliated with the game of basketball could achieve. To join the very exclusive club that includes all time NBA and NCAA greats like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Michael Jordan, it is the ultimate recognition of [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Zach LaVine, destroyed the NBA Dunk Contest in the same way that Stephen Curry destroyed the 3-Pt Shootout. It wasn’t even close. He was a perfect 100 in the first round with two 50 point dunks, then easily handled Oladipo in the finals. Wow, this kid is a leaper, and he’s super [...]

Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard has been spittin’ rhymes on and off for a while now. In fact adidas incorporated his off-court ability into their marketing plan for his shoes with 4 Bar Fridays. Remember when he spit some bars to Conan O’Brien? Well now Lillard is taking his hobby up a notch, as he [...]

It is very rare for the big NBA stars, especially the high flying ones, to never appear in the cornerstone event on NBA All-Star Saturday Night. The Slam Dunk Contest. Dr. J, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, Jason Richardson, etc. etc. are all marquee players who had their stardom take off even [...]

As Shaquille O’Neal is a central part of the NBA on TNT crew, he’s obviously in New York City this weekend for the All-Star Weekend festivities. But the big fella arrived in the big apple a bit early and made his way down to Wall Street to chat stocks with the guys in the investment [...]

NBA league Commissioner Adam Silver has been making changes and implementing new ideas for the NBA left, right, and center this year, in his first year after taking over for David Stern. All while dealing with a variety of complicated issues, none more so than ousting of Clippers’ former owner Donald Sterling for his racist [...]

In honor of their 50 year anniversary, Gatorade has digitally re-mastered their most classic commercial ‘Be Like Mike’, starring Michael Jordan. They plan to release the latest version of the commercial this weekend during the All-Star festivities. We may see it live as early as tonight when the events kick off. Here is a sneak [...]

Now that All-Star Weekend is upon us and we will have a little extra down time with the NBA’s new “bye week” taking effect this week with no regular action from Feb. 12-20, I think this is an appropriate time to share some observations of the first 50 games of the season and what it [...]