James Harden and Jeremy Lin have transformed the Houston Rockets into a playoff contender. A couple years from now. Despite an impressive three game stretch that has seen the Rockets go 2-1, Harden average 35.3 points and Lin dish out 7.3 helpers, Houston is not playoff-bound. Not this year. I love a lot of the [...]
It’s always impressive when a smaller guard climbs the ladder to throw it down on a big man. Now, Kevin Durant isn’t a “big man” in the true sense of the term, but he’s pretty tall and that’s close enough. Kudos, Jeff Teague. [...]
Back in late April, coach Ben Howland and the UCLA Bruins were fresh off assembling the #1 rated recruiting class in the nation, and had a fighting chance at getting back to the program’s rightful place among the NCAA elite teams. But then came the disappointing news that fellow Top 5 rated recruits Shabazz Muhammed [...]
Despite another amazing 40 point outburst from Kobe Bryant, albeit on a badly bruised foot, the new look LA Lakers could not withstand the onslaught of CP3, Jamal Crawford, and Blake Griffin of the Clippers Friday evening, falling to an astonishing 0-3 on the season. While an injured Steve Nash sat out, Kobe passed Magic [...]
The October 31st deadline for the Milwaukee Bucks to offer an extension for former 2009 NBA Lottery pick Brandon Jennings has come and passed and apparently the highlight reel point guard has made it his mission to prove to his current team that they’ve made a mistake. The career 16 ppg and 5 assist player [...]
Even though Derrick Rose is sidelined right now, adidas Basketball is continuing to drop new colorways of the adidas Rose 3. The latest Rose 3 sneaker we have official news about is the ‘90s Throwback’ edition. This ‘90s Throwback’ adidas Rose 3 is said to be inspired by the vibrant colors often worn & related [...]
Kyrie Irving and Pepsi took the internet by storm last year with their viral video campaign which told the story of a much older baller named “Uncle Drew” who showed up young studs in a streetball game. Uncle Drew was played by none other than Irving covered in makeup and white hair. Well this season [...]
The Golden State Warriors are all about taking risks. They took a risk when they paid David Lee an arm and a leg to join the team. They took a risk when they shipped out Monta Ellis last season and they took an even bigger risk bringing Andrew Bogut back in return. And now they [...]
James Harden has agreed to a 5 year, $80 million deal with Houston, source tells Y! — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) October 31, 2012 [...]