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The five most disrespectful dunks in NBA playoff history
It’s getting to be that time when important NBA basketball starts being played....
It's 4:20 on 4/20, let's fire one up for the sports heroes who smoke weed
With every 4/20 that goes by, sports leagues seem to care less and less about weed. As they should....
LaMarcus Aldridge was <em>way</em> better than we’re going to remember
When LaMarcus Aldridge abruptly retired yesterday due to a cardiac issue, he leaves the NBA as one of the most under-appreciated stars of his era....
These Guys Were Great, They Just Never Got Enough Credit: The 10 Most Underrated NBA Players Since 1990
In today’s edition of “Let’s talk about sports to distract ourselves from apocalyptic horrors,” we follow up our list of most overrated NBA players with their diametric opposites: the most underrated....
A Shawn Kemp Dunk Reel Set To Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
These two minutes and 13 seconds capture the zeitgeist of the 90s better than perhaps any other random peek into that era. For a ten-year period, people stopped following rules and started throwing shit together and stuff like this was just...normal, everyday stuff. That's what NBA Inside Stuff did...
Shawn Kemp Feels Bad For Sacramento Losing The Kings, But Says Seattle Has Better Fans
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Reign Man says business is business....
Shawn Kemp Does Shakespeare
Yes, that's Kemp and Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley doing a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. The performance was part of a recent fundraiser for the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Kemp gave a stilted reading of his lines the whole way through, but he ad-libbed the last one, and The Bard him...
There's A New Shawn Kemp In Town, Seattle
Shawn Kemp, Jr. (not pictured), a 6'9" center from Canton, Georgia has signed with the Washington Huskies and has already started classes at the university. It's not the Sonics, but it is a Kemp. [ESPN]...
Shawn Kemp Refuses Courtside Seats To Oklahoma City Game; Remains Seattle's Hero
Shawn Kemp has been retired from professional basketball for about eight years now, but after eight seasons with the SuperSonics, he still lives in the Seattle area and makes time for a weekly appearance on local sports radio with the "Ian Furness Show" on KJR. In yesterday's show, Kemp shared tha...
Treat Yourself To The Motherlode Of NBA Slam Dunk Contest Videos
Let's say you want to weep for Shawn Kemp's dunks in the '91 slam dunk contest, because everyone is forgetting the talent that preceded Blake Griffin. Hoopism is here for you, with video for any single dunk you want to see....
That Will Be All For Shawn Kemp
Well, this appears to be it for Shawn Kemp, the former NBA All-Star whose comeback has ended before it even began. Kemp, who recently signed a one-year contract to play for the Italian club Montegranaro Premiata, was cut by the team when he left training camp last week and didn't return. Kemp spent ...