It’s been a long and arduous rehab for future NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant from a torn Achilles tendon suffered late last season. In addition to the almost never done before comeback from such a serious injury at the advanced age of 35, Bryant doesn’t have much talent left on the Lakers roster when [...]
November 4, 2013
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Offbeat
Ray Allen celebrated his second NBA Championship with this special Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XI. The first Miami Heat game of the regular season took place after the team received their championship rings. In celebration of Ray Allen getting his second ring of his 17-season career, Jordan Brand laced the long-time Team [...]
November 3, 2013
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Kicks, PE Corner
The season is finally upon us and there are many story-line heading in. Kevin Burke discusses, as well as giving his season’s predictions…. If you have any questions you’d like answered by Kevin on a future THD podcast episode, feel free to email them to [email protected] [...]
November 3, 2013
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Podcast
Follow our Kicks section on Twitter & Instagram. Use #THDKicks to join in the conversation. Ben Berry wrote this. Add Ben to a Google+ circle of yours and follow his Twitter feed. [...]
November 1, 2013
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Exclusives, Kicks
Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]
October 31, 2013
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Blogs
If the Wizards had John Wall all of last season, who knows where they would’ve ended. Their record since getting Wall back was good enough to make the playoffs, but of course it doesn’t work that way. The Wiz added some good pieces this offseason, but Nene was hurt last night to a calf injury. [...]
October 31, 2013
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Rumors
This is starting to get weird. And quite frankly, a little embarrassing. The New York Knicks are title contenders. That’s what they’re selling us on, anyway. Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, Andrea Bargnani—they’re supposed to be the core of a championship hopeful. Yet talk keeps shifting to the future, like the Knicks [...]
October 31, 2013
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In sports, at one point or another, we’ve all had suspicions of teams tanking during a season in order to improve their draft positioning for the following year. We’ve just never heard of any one associated with that team admit it. Until now. An anonymous NBA GM has apparently admitted that his team may tank [...]
October 31, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
This is the type of stuff you want to hear in the league these days. In an age where everyone is friends with everyone else, seeing two teams that genuinely don’t like one another is refreshing and welcomed. That’s what we have with the Heat and the Bulls. Even with Derrick Rose back, I’m not [...]
October 30, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors