As you have heard by now, we are a month into NBA free agency and the Phoenix Suns and their 24-year-old do everything point guard Eric Bledsoe (or “Mini LeBron” as he’s called) are still far apart in their negotiations for a new contract for the restricted free agent. The Suns reportedly offered Bledsoe a [...]
July 29, 2014
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Over the weekend, LeBron made the announcement that he’s ditching #6 and is returning to #23. Initially, LeBron said he made that decision because he didn’t feel as if anybody should in the league should ever wear 23 in honor of Michael Jordan. However, the real reason is probably because the Heat retired 23 (for [...]
July 29, 2014
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Offbeat
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson don’t think the Warriors are going to trade Klay Thompson. #MindMelting (#NotReally) Speaking with Yahoo Sports’ Marc J. Spears, Thompson addressed the Kevin Love trade rumors that continue to envelop Golden State, often at the expense of Klay himself: We got a good core. I feel we have one of [...]
July 29, 2014
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Derrick Rose is still brimming with confidence. Two campaign-crippling injuries later, the Chicago Bulls point guard could be timid. He’s played in 50 games—regular season and playoffs—since 2011-12. He’s spent the last two years or so riding the pine. There is reason for doubt, for fear. Not everyone believes he will return to form, or [...]
July 28, 2014
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With a very deep heritage of classic basketball sneakers in their archive, Reebok went for one of their best silhouettes in their archive bringing back the Battleground III from their Blacktop series early in the year. Check out two upcoming colorways of the Reebok Blacktop Battlegrounds III. The black/white/red colorway of the Reebok Blacktop Battleground [...]
After deciding between No. 6 and No. 23 as his jersey number for next season, the King has finally made the decision to return to his old number with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He made this announcement via twitter and instagram. [tweet https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/493440487957622786] It looks like all those Cleveland fans who burnt their old LeBron jerseys [...]
After easing into retirement from professional basketball, Shaquille O’Neal still remains very relevant to the basketball community thru his current focus of being an on-air personality for the NBA as well as a partial team owner. His footwear choices from the early 1990s helped shape the current signature sneaker landscape as well know it now. [...]
Not sure why this took so long. Mike D’Antoni unceremoniously quit as Lakers coach on April 30, and nearly three full months later, they’ve finally offered someone the job. That someone is Byron Scott, who has been the reported frontrunner for a while now. Even though Kobe is on his way out, he publicly endorsed [...]
July 25, 2014
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