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LeBron James Is Done Playing For Team USA, Unless He Wants To
Yahoo's Marc Spears reports that, right now, LeBron James is "doubtful" to play for Team USA in the 2016 Olympics, and that USA Basketball is unlikely to even ask him to play in international competition in 2014. This is a great way to get people to freak out right now, before LeBron reconsiders....
Even Dwight Howard And Hakeem Olajuwon Look Small Next To Yao Ming
We've marveled at pictures of Yao Ming standing next to baby elephants and pint-sized waitresses, but the photo above—brought to us by Lang Whitaker's NBA.com blog—illustrates just how gigantic Yao Ming is like no other photo has before. He looks like he could eat Dwight Howard....
Let's Watch Charles Barkley Grind With A Middle-Aged Lady
Ray Allen recently celebrated his 38th birthday with a party that successfully combined the vibes of an awkward high school dance and a boozy karaoke outing. In other words, it was a great party, as evidenced by Sir Charles getting his freak on with your mom, who is obviously enjoying her "girls tri...
J.J. Redick And His Ex-Girlfriend Had An Abortion Contract
The muckrakers at MediaTakeOut have done it again, this time uncovering a very odd legal document that was drawn up in 2007 by lawyers representing NBA player J.J. Redick and his then-pregnant ex-girlfriend, model Vanessa Lopez. The document is essentially a contract that seems to be the result of R...
NBA's 499th Best Player Has “499” Stitched Into His Shoes
More Kent Bazemore news! Last year, in ESPN's annual ranking of the 500 best players in the NBA, the Warriors' maestro of the bench celebration was ranked No. 499. During yesterday's summer league action, the always vigilant CJ Fogler noticed that Bazemore has the number 499 stitched into the tongue...
Ex-Oakland Basketball Players Claim Coach Gave Them Eating Disorders
Beckie Francis, the former Oakland University women's basketball coach, was fired last month without much explanation. Now, three former players—and others off the record—have come forth to the Detroit Free Press and accused Francis of intimidating them, criticizing their bodies and pushing them to ...
Watch Dwyane Wade's Ex-Wife Make Her Case On Chicago's Streets
There's now video of Dwyane Wade's ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, ranting about child support and judges and such. h/t Wayne Dade...
Dwyane Wade's Ex-Wife Is Having A Meltdown In Downtown Chicago
A tipster just sent along the picture you see above. That's Dwyane Wade's ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, in the middle of what appears to be some kind of meltdown. Our tipster tells us that he briefly overheard Funches ranting about "$90 million contracts" and "houses on the water." Earlier this month...
Nate Robinson Signed A Baby
That headline probably doesn't look as odd as it should, because Nate Robinson is awesome. The free-agent guard made an appearance at Vegas summer league yesterday, and he went ahead and signed this baby. Because that's the kind of thing that one does at Vegas summer league....
Schools That Profit From Unpaid Labor Upset About For-Profit School
We told you last fall about Grand Canyon University, the for-profit school in Phoenix that began transitioning to NCAA Division I on June 1, with its basketball team (led by new head coach Dan Majerle!) slated to compete this winter as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Now comes word that...
Rejected Pooldunk Theater: No Pool, Still Awesome
After we posted Pool Dunk Megahighlight: The Splashening, Joshua sent me this Vine. It sadly doesn't qualify, but deserves its own post....
Your Best Pool Basketball Dunks: Trampoline Edition
Yesterday we brought you what we dubbed the Greatest Pool Basketball Dunk of All Time. Then we were sent one that might've been even better. Now? The field is wide open....
A Challenger Appears: Is <em>This</em> An Even Better Pool Basketball Dunk?
We're still binge-watching, and incredibly jealous of, this seven-man alley-oop pool basketball dunk. What could be better? How about a 10-man dunk?...
The Rare Alley-Alley-Alley-Alley-Alley-Alley-Oop
The problem with doing something this awesome is knowing that your life has peaked and it's all downhill from here....
Newspaper Typo: Senior Basketballer Wins “Hot Shit Contest”
From today's Daily Times in Maryville, Tenn. An easy typo to make, but not inaccurate: I have no doubt that Peggy "Baller" Ballard is indeed hot shit....
Awesome Little Kid To Shaq: “Don't Ever Disrespect Houston Again!"
This kid makes me want to root for the Rockets. H-Town, baby!...
Here's Old Footage Of Wilt Chamberlain Dominating College Basketball
This video comes to us from the same good soul who gave us old footage of Bill Russell jumping over a guy. This particular highlight reel features Wilt Chamberlain's performance during the last five games of his 1957 season with the Kansas Jayhawks. It is 20 minutes of Wilt destroying his hapless o...
Jeffery Taylor's Poster Dunk Is The Highlight Of Summer League
You've probably never heard of Jeffery Taylor, because Jeffery Taylor is a second-year role player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Well, now he's also the guy who detonated Aron Baynes with this spectacular dunk during a summer league game over the weekend. Now you know....
Only The Ball Was Brown
From his website, here's David Kamp's 2006 GQ story on Early Lloyd:...