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The Air Jordan XX9 stakes the claim of being the first woven upper basketball sneaker designed for performance. Called Flight Web, its purpose is to provide the wearer with a more custom fit thanks to the upper materials to be made from a single layer. It is also said to be very resistant to scratches [...]

Name five things more difficult than playing in the NBA playoffs. Pogo-sticking nude down the busiest of causeways during rush hour in blizzard-like conditions. Tap dancing across a tightrope that’s strung across the mouth of a volcano. Riding on the back of Gustave, the man-eating crocodile. Sitting through any Jamie Kennedy movie for more than [...]

According to Craig Sager’s son on Twitter, Craig as leukemia and will start treatment very soon. Given this, we likely won’t see Sages on the sidelines for TNT duing this playoff run. We’d like to wish Craig and his family all the best. My Dad's 3-4-week acute leukemia treatment starts tmrw.Be thinking of him & [...]

Damn. Canada is coming strong this playoff season, son. Check out this hype video for the Toronto Raptors reppin’ not only the team but putting Canada on their shoulders in doing so. Get ready, the Raptors are not an easy out. They definitely could surprise some folks in the Eastern Conference…. Please enable Javascript to [...]

It took the final day of the regular season to figure it out exactly, but the playoff matchups are finally set. And as is the case every year, this one’s going to be good. There’s a lot going on beginning Saturday when it all starts, so here’s a look into who’s playing who and when. [...]

Folks, you made it. Congratulations. The NBA regular season is over. It’s done. Finished. Finito. And good riddance. Don’t get me wrong, this season was crazy. Downright exciting. But it also sucked. It sucked so freaking hard. More than it’s sucked in the past few years. Did it rival the 2011-12 lockout-truncated season? Shit, I [...]

This has been an absolutely forgettable season for the Lakers and Kobe Bryant. After playing only 6 games this year, you have to wonder what Kobe will look like next year. The entire roster (coach included) for that matter. Needless to say, Kobe is probably frustrated at the whole thing. Rather than waiting for his [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks have a rich NBA tradition, dating back to the days of Lew Alcindor but they franchise has been down for a while now. They’ve made the playoffs here and there recently, but nothing to get too excited about. Well maybe this news will jumpstart the team. According to ESPN, the Bucks have [...]

Is Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge above premature attempts to drum up a player’s trade value? I’m not sure. Kidding. Or am I? No, I’m definitely kidding. But that doesn’t make Ainge’s infinite faith in Rondo any less weird. Speaking with The Boston Globe‘s Gary Washburn, Ainge made it crystal clear he expects big [...]

Thanks to the ever trending YouTube, seemingly every day a new video pops up of supposedly the next great adolescent hoops star. While it may be cute to see these pint sized ballers imitate their favorite pro athletes in rec league action, crossing over opponents and doing Kevin Durant’s “free throw shake”, these talented youngsters [...]