Two of the best dunks in recent memory happened this week when Blake Griffin ‘Mozgov’d’ Kendrick Perkins and LeBron James jumped over John Lucas III of the Bulls to flush an alley-oop. The boss sent out a tweet asking his followers to submit their best dunks of all-time, and responses came flooding in. So here is a list of our 10 favorites. Plus, a few extras from the Twitter respondees. After watching, how do you think Blake’s and ‘Bron’s stack up? Comments are
There are 15 active players among the list of 35 of the Greatest McDonald’s All Americans announced Tuesday by the McDonald’s All American Games. The active players are Grant Hill (1990) of Phoenix, Jason Kidd (1992) of Dallas, Jerry Stackhouse (1993) of Atlanta, Vince Carter (1995) of Dallas, Kevin Garnett (1995) of Boston, Paul Pierce (1995) of Boston, Kobe Bryant (1996) of the LA Lakers, Carmelo Anthony (2002) of New York, Amar’e Stoudemire (2002) of New York, LeBron James (2003) of
Nominations for dunk of the year are now closed. (See video above). Well, check that. With Blake Griffin, you never know when the next mind-blower might be in his wheelhouse. Griffin turned Kendrick Perkins into Timofey Mozgov 2.0 with an astoundingly athletic slam Monday night during the Los Angeles Clippers’ 112-100 rout of Oklahoma City, just the Thunder’s fourth loss of the season. “I’m going to go home and watch it again. It’s probably going to be the screensaver on my phone,” said Clippers
NEW YORK — LeBron James and Russell Westbrook have been named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 29. James paced the Eastern Conference in scoring (29.0 ppg) in leading the Heat to a 4-0 week. James eclipsed the 30-point plateau three times and averaged 7.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Miami defeated Chicago 97-93 on Sunday despite two poor possessions and two botched free throws by James in
// How good is the NBA’s Western Conference compared to the East? Where will the Hornets’ Chris Kaman land in a trade? CineSport’s Brian Clark & Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com discuss those topics and look back to a fun Sunday.
Remember the old NBA slogan “I love this game!?” (It pre-dates “Where Amazing Happens”). If you are in your early 20s, you may not. But that’s OK. Lots of people in their early 20s seem to believe the world began 10 years ago, and have no recollection of crappy cell phone reception, dial-up Internet or the fax machine. But those who are a bit older certainly remember that ad campaign, and Sunday was one of those days when love for the game
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Critics of LeBron James often point to his late-game disappearances in the postseason. When the Chicago Bulls visit the Miami Heat in the NBA’s best game Sunday afternoon, they will have no recollection of any of those instances. That’s because in last year’s Eastern Conference finals, James was spectacular down the stretch in all four of Miami’s wins. In Game 2, James scored nine points in the final 4 1/2 minutes to take home-court advantage from the Bulls. In an 85-75 victory