New Jersey Nets guard and the 2007 NBA Slam-Dunk contest champ, Gerald Green, who has been keeping a low profile, recently found himself in contention to have quite possibly the year’s best dunk. This past weekend, Green, who’s currently playing on a 10-day contract with Nets, made a spectacular finish off a fast-break with an alley-oop windmill dunk in the [...]
On Sunday (March 11), the New York Knicks lost once again, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers, and before pre-game introductions, the fans of New York showed their dismay in their superstar Carmelo Anthony. According to Nydailynews‘ Frank Isola, Melo was hearing the boo’s before the game against the Sixers even started. Then the fans turned their frustration [...]
On the left (in the photo below), we have former Minnesota Timberolves Stephon Marbury and Kevin Garnett’s classic 1997 SLAM magazine cover. On the right, current T-Wolves Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love show respect in the newest issue of the magazine. According to Ryan Jones, Love suggested that if their going to imitate the iconic cover, [...]
It’s not often that Kobe Bryant gets hit with blame by multiple members of his team after a loss but after the L.A. Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards on consecutive nights in which Kobe shot horribly, that’s what happened. Both head coach Mike Brown and Pau Gasol had something to say about [...]
Carmelo Anthony’s once bright star has gradually dimmed since becoming a New York Knickerbocker. With the emergence of point guard Jeremy Lin while Melo was on the sidelines nursing an injury, the team found mild success, but since his return, Melo has struggled to find his role within the team’s new system. Lin’s success has [...]
While on SportsCenter this past Tuesday (March 6), ESPN NBA analyst Ric Bucher made the internet go crazy when he suggested that the Los Angeles Lakers should begin looking into trading Kobe Bryant, which we all know won’t happen, because Kobe doesn’t want to leave LA and has a no-trade clause in his contract. Therefore, the [...]
When the game is on the line, you want your superstar players with the ball. You want them to make the right play, which usually means creating a shot to win the game. Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose demonstrates how the right play is putting the last shot up as the best shot maker on [...]
After getting posterized by Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin last month, this past weekend, Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins recently witnessed his teammate Serge Ibaka suffer the same fate, only this time, it was by Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith. Check out the video below: I wonder which Thunder will get dunked on next month! [...]
Lamar Odom finally rejoined his Dallas Mavericks teammates for a game against the Utah Jazz over the weekend, but he didn’t reveal the issue that kept him away from the team for a few games. Nonetheless, his teammates and coaches were glad to have him back and he was glad to be back: “It was really personal [...]
Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs has certainly been slowed down by old age over the past few years, but you wouldn’t know by how he victimized Denver Nuggets forward Chris ‘Birdman’ Anderson. You’ve got to feel for Birdman on this one… there’s no way he saw this embarrassment coming: Birdman’s going to hear about that one [...]
Some people might say that Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant is arrogant or just plain confident, but after reading the Kobester’s recent comments, you might just label the Lakers great a complete and utter asshole. According to ESPN LA: “I didn’t have one,” Bryant said after scoring 38 points in the Lakers’ 115-107 win over theSacramento Kings on Friday. [...]
According to ESPN.com‘s Marc Stein, the reigning NBA Sixth-Man of the Year has been delegated to play in a NBA D-League game. Odom is likely to play at least one game with the Mavericks’ D-League affiliate in nearby Frisco to, as one source said, “get his legs back under him.” The Texas Legends play the Austin Toros at [...]
