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ROFLMNBAO: Kobe’s Black Mask, 2012-2012
With the NBA trade deadline just 7 days away, all of the media’s focus is on the big market teams and their needs, which begs the question – which chump teams are gonna get fleeced? The quick answer:...
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The Old NY Knicks (And Suns) Are The Reason NBA Players Can’t Leave The Bench...
Getty Image Prepare to have your mind blown. But first, the backstory. Those willing to sacrifice early morning work productivity can attest Inside The NBA is by far the best show on television....
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What The NBA Finals And LeBron Taught Us About Life
LeBron James (photo. Nike Basketball) Glance back at your childhood and your sprouting love for the game of basketball. Remember how you were too innocent, too inexperienced in anything to know why...
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Shaq Talks Back
Shaquille O'Neal (photo. Chenoa Maxwell) For those of you currently residing under a rock, there’s a lockout taking place in the NBA. According to Ken Berger from CBS Sports, the owners could possibly...
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The Great Point Guard Debate: The Best Of The Rest
Over the past few weeks eight point guards took center stage to determine the best. The arguments were presented and I made my feelings known, but left you enough neutral data to formulate yours as...
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The Raptors Are Planning A Big Move; Karl Malone’s New Nickname
Wilson Chandler (photo. Matt Brown) There’s still one guy left in China who wants back into the NBA. Despite the attempts by the Chinese Basketball Association to keep him where he is, Wilson Chandler...
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The Top 5 0-2 Comebacks In NBA Playoff History
Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett & Paul Pierce (photo. Celtics.com) Ninety-four percent of all playoff series that went to 2-0 were won by the team with the first two. When the figures about the teams that...
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We Reminisce: The Other Dream Teams
As we touched on last week, NBA TV’s documentary “The Dream Team” was pretty, pretty, pretty great. While we gave you a look at some of the top plays and what we learned from “The Dream Team,” it’s...
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Steve Nash Jilts Everyone For The Lakers; Another Frenchman’s Out For The...
Fast, and without looking: Who has been the best point guard to play alongside Kobe Bryant ? Time’s up: It’s 38-year-old Steve Nash, and he’s yet to play a minute with the Black Mamba. Oh, but that...
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The Top 20 Dunking Point Guards Of All Time
Steve Francis (photo. Gary Land) For a very long time, the NBA has been about who has the better athletes. From Bill Russell to Wilt Chamberlain to Oscar Robertson to LeBron James, the better athletes...
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The 25 Best Duos In NBA History
Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook (photo. Rob Hammer) It’s an almost impossible task for one man to carry a NBA team. We are seeing more and more players with unique skill-sets flock into the league...
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The NBA’s 50 Greatest Poster Dunks Of All Time
Blake Griffin (photo. Jordan Brand) There are few things more enthralling and adrenaline-inducing than the art of the poster dunk. It may only be worth two points, but the feelings of awe and emotions...
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More Women Have Come Forward With Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Against...
Getty Image Allegations of sexual abuse levied against Kevin Johnson are no longer an isolated incident. On a Monday night edition of HBO’s Real Sports, two women came forward with accusations of...
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Kevin Johnson Bloodied A Protestor With Punches After He Got Hit In The Face...
Getty Image Kevin Johnson, an accused sexual predator many times over and the soon-to-be-former mayor of Sacramento, was hit in the face with a pie at a benefit dinner Wednesday night. Sean Thompson,...
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Behind The Scenes At The NBA Draft Lottery
Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year. No, it wasn’t my birthday or the night I bet my buddy that Dirk Nowitzki would go H.A.M. Rather, last night was the 27th annual NBA Draft Lottery at...
View ArticleKJ WANTS TO BE SACRAMENTO’S MAYOR
Just what we need: another politician for Hope and Change. Former NBA star Kevin Johnson jumped into the Sacramento mayor's race Wednesday, announcing he will challenge three-term incumbent Heather...
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NBA Fantasy Finals: 2008 Celtics vs. 1993 Suns
KG on Dime #45 To clarify: Our NBA Fantasy Finals have nothing to do with the stat-driven “fantasy basketball” you play online. We’re taking NBA Finals teams throughout history and pitting them against...
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Pass the Mic: 2009 Hall of Fame honors — David Robinson
David Robinson With the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony scheduled for this Friday, we wanted to give the true diehard fans of the Dime Magazine community an opportunity to write...
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Who was better: Tim Hardaway or Kevin Johnson?
We argue. You decide. TIM HARDAWAY (by Austin Burton) The first thing you have to understand about Tim Hardaway is that he was more than just a big crossover and a smile. Maybe not Hall of Famer,...
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Kevin Johnson Robbed in San Francisco
Now this is just plain wrong. You don’t do this to KJ. From the San Mateo County Times: SAN FRANCISCO — Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, former Cal and NBA star, was reportedly robbed on the streets...
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Derrick Coleman Is The David Stern Of The Detroit Public School League
As of late, a lot of former NBA players have pursued some interesting post-hooping careers. Kevin Johnson is the Mayor of Sacramento, Rony Seikaly is a DJ, Todd MacCulloch is a professional pinball...
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The Tooth, The Whole Tooth
Dirk Nowitzki = MMA fighter? If all it takes to earn a reputation for toughness is a couple of confirmed badass stories that can morph into tall tales in due time, Dirk Nowitzki might be on his way to...
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Top 10 Dunking Point Guards Of All Time
There’s nothing people like to see more than small guys dunking. Just ask three-time slam dunk contest winner Nate Robinson. And thankfully NBA TV analyst Eric Snow has given us a list worthy of...
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Jared Sullinger tops updated Dime/2K Sports Top 50 Ranking
Rajon Rondo isn’t the only guy making his national magazine cover debut this month. On the other half of our Dime #56 double-cover we have Jared Sullinger, the first-ever Dime/2K Sports National High...
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Toronto takes care of must-win; Tyreke Evans chases history
DeMar DeRozan (photo. Nicky Woo) Pretend for a second that the Raptors make the playoffs and have a chance of beating the Cavaliers in the first round. If Chris Bosh‘s face heals up and the rest of the...
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Jason Kidd: Best PG of the last 20 years?
Jason Kidd, Dime #40 Welcome to the “extreme” era of sports media. Thanks to an increasing number of outlets having to fight for an decreasing attention span of the audience, we’re not getting an...
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2011 Is The Year Kobe Bryant (maybe) surpasses Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant (photo. Nike) As it stands now, Kobe Bryant has five NBA championship rings. If his L.A. Lakers were to win it all again this upcoming season, that would give Kobe the illustrious sixth...
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1990’s vs. 2010 NBA Comparisons
Who is the new 'Zo? As time passes, the faces change, but the game stays the same. As a result, it’s easy to notice similarities between NBA players from different eras. The Golden Age for me as a...
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The Warriors have the next Steve Nash on their roster
Looking back, the depth chart of the 1997-98 Phoenix Suns at the point guard spot was crazy: Jason Kidd (starting), Steve Nash (2nd-year backup) and Kevin Johnson (combo guard near the end of the...
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Derrick Rose: “Why can’t I be MVP?”
Derrick Rose (photo. Chad Griffith) We’ve all read the book on Derrick Rose: If He Develops An Outside Jumper, He’s Gonna Be a Problem. (Foreword by Kevin Johnson.) Well, D-Rose has apparently improved...
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10 Best NBA Teams That Didn’t Win a Championship
With the beginning of every new NBA season, there are a few teams whom we consider to be favorites to win the championship. But as we all know, only one can be crowned NBA champions. And the teams...
View ArticleBest Of Luck, Mustached Americans
The American Mustache Institute has announced its list of 19 finalists for this year’s Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year. Sadly, your elementary school lunch lady once again missed...
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Bidding Basketball: Kevin Johnson Figure & Brad Daugherty Pumps
The NBA and adidas may have an exclusive merchandising deal, but the $400 million-plus agreement is definitely not respected on eBay. Even if the Association expands into Europe, Stern won’t be able to...
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San Antonio Suffers A Huge Loss; Deron Williams May Stay With Nets
Deron Williams (photo. Christian Kozowyck) First the Lakers with Andrew Bynum and now this? The juggernauts of the West really should’ve just skipped the final few days of the regular season all...
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