ESPN called it when they said Dallas’s supporting cast wouldn’t miss shots for long. Even Earvin’s ol’ stammering self saw it coming and predicted a comfortable lead. Nevertheless, I still thought Game 5 would be a race to 90 given the series’s penchant for producing offensive struggles. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil, Kobe and the gang tried to pull the usual jedi mind tricks surrounding Kobe’s ankle. Yeah, he “limped around” and didn’t score in the first. Nevertheless, you’d be hard pressed to believe Bryant would remain quiet as New Orleans had a healthy lead heading into the second quarter. Read the rest of this entry »

Typically, I just get a bunch of mediocre music in my inbox. Now, I’m getting tickets for half-*ss basketball too. Instead of postponing this meaningless game until after the roads weren’t deathtraps, the Detroit Pistons organization is offering free tickets to tonight’s match-up at The Palace versus the Bobcats. Read the rest of this entry »

During the summer of 2017, I will be 31 years old – a full 13 years removed from my high school graduation. The day I received my diploma, the only thing that crossed my mind for the next week was what the rest of my life would hold. Well, I’m sure the same thing will dominate Adrian Moore’s mental, but in a slightly different context. That context being the NBA. Read the rest of this entry »

Kids don’t get enough credit in my book. For instance, until about six months ago, I would have put money on myself in a footrace against my 13-year-old brother, despite the fact he made Varsity soccer as a frosh. I’d surely lose, but the age gap simply won’t let me compute an L in my head. Unfortunately for my ankles, that same lopsided logic would probably apply if I were to see 11-year-old hoopster Damon Harge shooting around in the gym. Read the rest of this entry »

During a press-conference thanking the Kentucky Wildcats for generously generating and donating a cool million via their recent “Hoops For Haiti” telethon, President Obama not only acknowledged he spends his free time catching up on NBA-bound John Wall’s game, but that he has no desire to get schooled by the young man people refer to as the next Jordan Harold Minor Penny G.Hill Kobe Vince Carter LeBron.

That’s the best decision the President’s made in months.

President Obama Thanks Kentucky Wildcats For “Hoops For Haiti” Fundraising Effort [ESPN]

You should all stand up from your computer chairs & give a round of applause for K-State guard Denis Clemente. Even though I consider myself to be masterful with trick shots, that was quite a remarkable.

Via Deadspin

Earlier this week I broke my usual routine to shoot around. I hadn’t played ball in awhile so I figured that I wouldn’t feed myself to the sharks too early. It wasn’t hard to find my shot but now I dribble like a toddler. I was never on Booger Smith’s level but I wasn’t terrible in my day. Now I got Zydrunas Ilgauskas-type handles at the top of the key and it ain’t pretty.

My failure on the court reminded me Read the rest of this entry »

I used to referee my dad’s Jr. Pro basketball league every Saturday for roughly a dozen years. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say that I saw my share of future scrubs as well as a handful of “let me remember that kid’s name for the future.” All those Read the rest of this entry »

SMH. Even the White House is subjected to crappy Youtubey footage. It looks like Joe Biden was filming with Read the rest of this entry »

Gladiators! © Maximus

How does one type up goosebumps? How does one convey a pee-pants level of excitement? How does one write the feeling of wanting to puke, but in a good way, without sounding putrid? I’ll tell you how…

Three words: One Shining Moment.

Tonight’s game at Ford Field in Detroit is sure to be a nail-biter; with two teams who have been here often and are practised in cutting little pieces of net down at the end. Now allow MZ and I to bloviate on why our favored team should and will walk away with the key to the city, the crown to the throne and the trophy to Bragging Rights for one year’s time. Read the rest of this entry »

I can’t front. At first, I tried not to laugh. “A couple of frat boy types with their staged antics again? This should be great.” I believed that I wasn’t susceptible. It didn’t really start to get funny until Read the rest of this entry »

– I don’t care what anyone says, Dwight’s dunk off the side of the backboard was monstrous. What was even more impressive was that he did it in one take, making it look completely effortless. But… Read the rest of this entry »

That was the final score in a girls’ high school basketball game between the Covenant School of Dallas and Dallas Academy. Before you go off with a “Cotdamn! What an ass beating!” there’s a catch: Dallas Academy is a school for students with “learning differences” and is a member of the Council of Exceptional Children. Read the rest of this entry »

What the hell they feeding these high schoolers nowadays?

Only thing missing from this clip is the announcer from NBA Jam. Read the rest of this entry »