Watch Memphis’ Courtney Lee Beat Kings With Buzzer-Beating Alley-Oop Layup
Courtney Lee (photo. Snorman Vine) What a comeback by the Memphis Grizzlies. Completing his team’s furious forth quarter rally, Vince Carter found Courtney Lee from the sideline for a game-winning...
View ArticleCourtney Lee’s Game-Winning Layup Vs. Kings Helped Exorcise Demons Of NBA...
Four things to know: 1. The Sacramento Kings were up by 20+ points at one point Thursday night in Memphis (just like how they were in a Tuesday night matchup in Dallas). 2. The Kings were winning and...
View ArticleKings Lodge Formal Protest Disputing Loss After Lee’s Buzzer-Beater
Mike Conley, Courtney Lee (Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports) The Kings believe they won last Thursday’s 111-110 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies following Courtney Lee‘s improbable shot as the buzzer sounded...
View ArticleMemphis Grizzlies Beat San Antonio Spurs 117-116 In Triple Overtime Classic
Tim Duncan, Marc Gasol (Soobum Im, USATODAY) The Memphis Grizzlies led the short-handed San Antonio Spurs by 23 points in the second quarter and 17 points in the third. But Gregg Popovich’s team...
View ArticleThis Memphis Grizzlies Intern’s Car Got Stolen So Players Pitched To Buy Him...
Being an intern of an NBA team has to be grueling and tedious work. Or, it’s the greatest job ever since you get great seats to every game and free gear all year long. I can’t decide. Either way, an...
View ArticleMemphis Grizzlies Buy Car For Staff Member Who Recently Had His Stolen
Mike Conley (photo. Courtney Lee Instagram) The Memphis Grizzlies: America’s team? If the Grit ‘N Grind crew keeps winning games at a 21-4 pace and donating cars to unsuspecting team employees, that’s...
View ArticleOUCH! Harrison Barnes Slips And Does The Splits While Guarding Courtney Lee
Let’s all take a moment of silence for Harrison Barnes, who nearly ethered himself, along with future generations of the Barnes family lineage, while trying to guard Courtney Lee in Game 5 Wednesday...
View ArticleSteph Curry Was Dropping Folks And Draining Threes Left And Right In The...
The Golden State Warriors got off to a blazing-hot start against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 at the Grindhouse, and Steph Curry was doing all sorts of Steph Curry-type things, like crossing people...
View ArticleGrizzlies Guard Courtney Lee Thinks Sheryl Swoopes Would Make A Great NBA Coach
We’ve heard many coaches, players and analysts speak about the hirings of Becky Hammon and Nancy Lieberman by, respectively, the San Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento Kings. The moves have been met...
View ArticleWhy Every Basketball Fan Should Care About This Season’s Memphis Grizzlies
Getty Image The 2015-16 NBA Season starts soon, preseason hoops are in full swing, and playoff prognostications have begun in earnest. Since season previews can get bogged down by team-specific...
View ArticleCourtney Lee Got A LeBron-James-Chase-Down-Block On LeBron James
We’ve grown accustomed to seeing LeBron James involved in a highlight-reel chase-down block on the fast-break. We’re just not used to seeing him on the business-end of one of those. That’s what...
View ArticleGabrielle Union Definitely Wasn’t Happy With Dwyane Wade’s Effort On The...
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Miami Heat 89-85 on Monday to even the teams’ suddenly competitive first-round series at two games apiece. While Kemba Walker’s 34 points and Charlotte’s suffocating...
View ArticleThe Knicks Continued Their Summer Overhaul By Reportedly Agreeing To Terms...
USA TODAY Sports Thanks to the deal that brought Derrick Rose to the Big Apple, the Knicks had two huge needs to address heading into free agency: center and shooting guard. The first hole seems like...
View ArticleCourtney Lee Put His Own Head On Dwyane Wade’s Body In This Knicks Pic On...
Courtney Lee is in somewhat of a weird spot. Sure, he just agreed to a contract with the Knicks, one that would suggest that he will be the team’s starting two guard. But barring something kind of...
View ArticleLeBron James Ruthlessly Pinned This Courtney Lee Dunk Attempt Against The...
The All-Star break officially came to an end on Thursday evening, as the NBA returned to action with a six-game slate. As you might expect, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were prominently...
View ArticleThe Biggest Winners & Losers From Today’s Four-Team Trade
As reported earlier, the Pacers, Hornets, Rockets and Nets were involved in a five-player deal. The Pacers acquired Darren Collison and James Posey, Trevor Ariza will move on to his third team in...
View ArticleChris Bosh admits to “playing” with public before choosing Miami
twitter.com/chrisbosh LeBron, D-Wade and Chris Bosh could take a summer-long vow of silence (plus a Twitter fast) and they’d still be the most hated-on group of players in the NBA. So of course they’re...
View ArticleFantasy Analysis: Yesterday’s Trade Affects More Than Those 5 Players
The NBA: Where off-seasons don’t happen. Yesterday afternoon, a four-team deal involving five players hit the NBA. Darren Collison and James Posey head to Indiana, Troy Murphy lands in Newark, Trevor...
View ArticleK-Mart isn’t buying Denver as an NBA championship contender
Kenyon Martin, Dime #3 A lot of talk around the Dime office yesterday focused on 2011 NBA championship contenders. Are the Nuggets in the mix? One of our guys thinks so, which is why he says Denver...
View ArticleNBA Trade Pitch: Carmelo Anthony to Houston for Kevin Martin
Carmelo Anthony, Dime #53 Since I’m guessing the Denver Nuggets won’t take my advice and keep Carmelo Anthony this season, and the list of rumored destinations for ‘Melo grows by the week, it’s time to...
View ArticleYao Ming Is Still A Mess
Yao Ming Speaking of Daryl Morey, the Rockets GM might have some enemies when it comes to diehard Yao Ming fans who have been waiting to see him on the court. After missing all of last season following...
View ArticlePatrick Patterson: Kentucky Wildcats Will Win A Championship Before The...
Patrick Patterson (photo. PEAK) We may be only six games into the new season, but Houston is already feeling the pressure to win as much as any other team in the NBA. After last night’s 120-94 win over...
View ArticleFantasy Trade Analysis: Terrence Williams To Houston
Terrence Williams (photo. Nicky Woo) A three-team deal emerged Tuesday night that had the New Jersey Nets send Terrence Williams to the Houston Rockets and Joe Smith to the Los Angeles Lakers. In...
View ArticleNBA Trade Rumor: Omri Casspi To Chicago Or New York
Omri Casspi Despite all the “young talent” in Sacramento, the Kings are headed back to the Lottery this June. So what do you do as a franchise when you’re sitting at 7-24 a third of the way through the...
View ArticleRose vs. Rondo is a rivalry again; Turkish Magic hands out 17 dimes
Derrick Rose (photo. adidas) His star-making postseason debut series aside, Derrick Rose had kind of established a script recently whenever he faced the Boston Celtics. The most explosive point guard...
View ArticleNBA Trade Rumor: Bulls, Mavericks targeting J.R. Smith
J.R. Smith (photo. Mark Mann) At the end of the day, talent trumps everything. Two contending teams need an explosive scoring two-guard, so in spite of all the red flags he may produce via bad...
View ArticleSo Close: 7 Trades That Almost Went Down Before The Deadline
Another year, another NBA Trade Deadline gone by. As you probably would expect, the Dime office was Ground Zero today for anything and everything trade related. Whether it was Twitter, texts or phone...
View ArticleTonight, A Chance To Watch The Best Dunker You’ve Never Seen
Jacob Tucker (photo. Illinois College) The Best Dunker You’ve Never Seen. That’s the headline we used earlier this month when Jacob Tucker, a 5-11 senior from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Ill.,...
View ArticleNBA Fantasy Team Analysis: The Houston Rockets
Kevin Martin (photo. Kelly Turso) Despite the fact that Yao Ming is gone from the NBA, the Houston Rockets will be virtually unchanged next season – assuming they can re-sign its only free agent (Chuck...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 2.15
Nick Young (photo. Keith Allison) Beast of the Night: Nick Young makes an unexpected appearance here thanks to his 35 points, three rebounds, two steals and seven three-pointers last night. He shot 71...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 3.14
Josh Smith (photo. Blake Peterson) Beast of the Night: Josh Smith busted out something nasty last night, to the tune of 33 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, one steal, two blocks and two...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 3.21
Beast of the Night: Marcus Thornton finished with 31 points, seven boards, six assists, three steals and three three-pointers. He shot 55 percent (12-22) from the field and 67 percent (4-6) from the...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.3
Wesley Matthews (photo. Aaron Hewitt) Beast of the Night: Wesley Matthews produced a fine line to the tune of 33 points, one rebound, two steals and five three-pointers. He shot 83 percent (10-12) from...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony Serves Up A Stunner; San Antonio Keeps A Rollin’
Mike Breen called it. A Knicks announcer when he’s not doing national TV, Breen called Carmelo Anthony‘s 43-point performance Sunday against Chicago his finest moment as a Knick. How could it not be?...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.9 (Weekend Recap)
Kevin Durant (photo. Rob Hammer) Weekend Wonder: Kevin Durant averaged 33.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steal, 2.0 blocks and 3.5 threes in two games over the weekend. He shot 58 percent...
View ArticleD-Rose is back, D-Wade is hurt, and T-Pain puts Phoenix on the brink
Derrick Rose (photo. adidas) Saturday morning, things looked pretty good for the Heat: All they had to do was beat the craptastic Wizards at home, and if the Bulls lost to the Mavs in a game that...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.27
Patty Mills (photo. Nicky Woo) Beast of the Night: Patty Mills finishes the wild 2011-12 NBA regular season with this honor, thanks to his 34 points, five boards, 12 dimes, one steal, one block and...
View ArticleDeron Williams Stays With Nets; Jason Terry Signs With Boston
Deron Williams, Team USA (photo. Jaimie Canterbury) A picture can say a thousands words. But in some cases, all you need is six, and people all over the 30-mile radius in the Northeast United States...
View ArticleMarShon Brooks Is A Wanted Man; Coach Calipari Can’t Win This Tournament
MarShon Brooks (photo. adidas) We never thought we’d hear MarShon Brooks and Dwight Howard linked to each other this much. You’d think they were either bitter enemies or recruiting each other through...
View ArticleReport: Boston Celtics Acquire Courtney Lee For JaJuan Johnson
Courtney Lee (photo. NBA) Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Boston Celtics, who have been trying to find a way to acquire Courtney Lee for a while now, have finally landed their man....
View ArticleDerrick Rose Says He’ll Be Back; New Details In Dwight Howard Trade Talks
Derrick Rose (photo. adidas) Derrick Rose believes in the process. In fact, he says “My biggest concern is don’t worry about me. I know I’m going to be all right” (that doesn’t really make sense). The...
View ArticleThe 10 Offseason Moves That Matter More Than You’d Expect
Aaron Brooks Believe it or not, there were some other significant moves this offseason than what “SportsCenter” would lead you to believe. Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to the Lakers, Deron Williams...
View ArticleVideo: The Celtics Serenade Courtney Lee On His Birthday
Maybe we can blame it on jet-lag from flying to Istanbul, or maybe everyone’s still trying to figure out if Courtney Lee is as cool a guy as we’ve all heard this summer, and thus deserving of such a...
View ArticleThe Top 20 Shooting Guards In The NBA Today
In the midst of the NBA’s point guard revolution, the off guards have lived up to another moniker — cast to the side, buried underneath near endless highlight reels of Russell Westbrook and Derrick...
View ArticleRussell Westbrook And Kevin Durant Take Turns Torching L.A.; Andre Miller Is...
Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant — when they’re both at their best as they were Friday night against the Lakers — don’t resemble so much a one-two punch combo as much as they do two flamethrowers....
View ArticleChris Paul’s Amazing Sneaker Room and the Best of NBA Twitter and Instagram
Twitter and Instagram have added yet another avenue for basketball fans to connect with the personalities of their favorite NBA, college and high school players. It’s damn near impossible though for...
View ArticlePaul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, The Celtics & The Craziest Trade Rumor You’ve...
Kevin Garnett (Photo. Gary Land) When Danny Ainge first acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen back in 2007, the new Big Three, in theory, was providing the Celtics with a three-year championship window....
View ArticleVideo: Watch Jason Williams Dazzle At The Orlando Pro Am
We saw Chandler Parsons dominating in Orlando’s Summer Pro Am this past week, and he’s back in this Orlando Pro Am mixtape with Courtney Lee, Austin Rivers, Nick Calathes, Marquis Daniels and more....
View ArticleThe NBA’s 10 Nastiest Crossovers Of 2013, Starring Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving (Evan Habeeb/USA TODAY Sports) You know you have handles when the NBA releases a “best of 2013” video and you’re on the top 10 three times. But that’s the life for Kyrie Irving, a cat so...
View ArticleOne Knicks Player Claims Some Teammates Aren’t Paying Attention During Practice
Getty Image The New York Knicks aren’t supposed to be good this season, at least according to the vast majority of projections. That is the nature of a rebuilding roster that no longer features Carmelo...
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