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The basketball world watched in awe as 5’7″ Spud Webb won the NBA Dunk Contest in 1986 (video after the jump), as the shortest player to ever compete. So it is with shock and awe that we bring you this video from Ballislife.com of what may possibly be the shortest ‘dunk contest ready’ player in [...]

The NBA’s 2012-13 season got off to a blazing start with some amazing highlight reel plays. We packed as many as we could into this mixtape of highlights from Week 1. Buckle your seat belts folks, if the first week is any indication, this season is going to be a wild ride… [...]

It was only a matter of time that someone would be the ‘first’ to fall victim to the new NBA flopping rules. After reviewing the film, the league has issued two “official warnings” to Wolves J.J. Barea, and Cavaliers Donald Sloan for their respective flops last Friday. After receiving a flopping warning your next offense [...]

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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 [...]