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Derrick Rose, Dime #32Derrick Rose has officially been a pro for a few months now since being selected by his hometown Chicago Bulls with the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. Even though he is just two years removed from high school, we figured we would refresh your memory on how dominant the [...]
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Chris Paul, Dime #36
While Team USA goes for the gold in the Beijing Olympics, we're digging into the Dime archives for a closer look at the players who will make it happen. For the duration of the Games, we'll be re-running some of our best Dime Magazine feature stories on DimeMag.com.
Reprinted from Dime #36, Oct. [...]
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Chris Paul
Yes, Michael Phelps is clearly the man. What he has been able to accomplish n these Olympics has been nothing short of amazing.
But that being said, you can't tell us that you haven't asked this very same question at least once during these Olympics.
(And yes, there's a very loose tie to hoop in [...]
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So the Team USA game ends and they throw it back to the guy in the USA Network studios ... who comes out with something about how it’s time we stop calling them the "Redeem Team" and start calling them the “Cream Team.” That will earn you a PAUSE.
That came right after Craig Sager [...]
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Andrew Bogut
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Why Team USA won: Threes. No, really, and Michael Redd wasn't even involved. Holding a shaky nine-point lead with a few seconds left in the first half, Deron Williams stepped up and drilled a triple at the buzzer to send Australia into the locker room down 12. After the break, Kobe [...]
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Dwight In preparation for this game yesterday, Dwight
Howard was hanging around Team USA practice, holding a
piece of paper that looked like he just had some USA Basketball intern whip up. "Take nothing for granted. We are 0-0." * The Australians ...
LeBron (photo. Mannion)
Not that it will change their level of focus -- which has been at a level close to something you'd see in the NBA playoffs -- but Team USA moves into the one-and-done phase of the Olympics today with the beginning of the medal round. If they beat Australia this morning (8 a.m. [...]
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Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
K1x 187
Every kid dreams of making it to the NBA and having their very own signature sneaker. I remember drawing my own sneaker designs with my logo and jersey number on them.
Conventionally, one would have to drop massive buckets in the NBA to get their own sneaker, but the days of having to play [...]
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Corey Maggette
Corey Williams
Derrick Rose, Dime #32
Today's DimeMag.com poll asked if a team of American college ballplayers would land on the medal stand in these Olympics. USA Basketball used amateur players for decades before the originial Dream Team and was traditionally dominant, but with other countries closing the talent gap over time, could today's collegians still compete?
Putting together [...]
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O.J. Mayo
Michael Beasley
Derrick Rose
Shan Foster
Stephen Curry
Mario Chalmers
Congrats Ray! (photo. Michael Rozman)
Summertime for NBA athletes serves as a time for them to relax a little, work on their game, and get things done that would be very difficult to accomplish during an 82 game season.
Coming fresh off a chip with the Boston Celtics, Ray Allen was a two time winner this [...]
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Ray Allen
Boston Celtics
First, we heard that Javaris Crittenton had been spending time working with Mark Price on his jumper. While that's pretty much as good as it gets, Alando Tucker isn't doing too badly for himself by getting private lessons from Dan Majerle.
Even though Tucker has been in the League for a year, if you search his [...]
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Dan Majerle
Alando Tucker
In just his ninth pro game back in 1984, Michael Jordan hit George "Iceman" Gervin and the Spurs for 45 points, his first of obviously many 40-spots in the League. MJ went on to average 28.2 points, 6.5 rebound, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals in one of the greatest rookie seasons of all-time.
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Michael Jordan
San Antonio Spurs
So says Detroit Free Press writer Jamie Samulsen:
For me, far and away, the answer is Rasheed Wallace. I don’t think any athlete I’ve ever watched or covered has driven me more nuts than 'Sheed. Maybe it’s because he can be so good. Maybe it’s because some suggest he’s talented enough to be one of [...]
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Rasheed Wallace
Detroit Pistons
Philadelphia 76ers
With Dwyane Wade playing completely out of his mind, the Heat could very well address their point guard dilemma by finding some dude on South Beach who promises to get Flash the ball when and where he wants it.
Though they've got that option in hand, Miami is still in search of the best available [...]
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Miami Heat
Dwyane Wade
Kyle Lowry
Mario Chalmers
Shawn Marion
Michael Beasley
No way MJ lets him win
One of our guys from back in the HoopsTV.com days, Dan Wetzel, now writes for Yahoo!Sports. Today he breaks down what a '92 Dream Team vs. today's Redeem Team would look like. (click HERE for massive Dream Team buckets in Barcelona to refresh your memory) The matchups are sick: MJ [...]
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Dwyane Wade
LeBron James
Chris Bosh
Patrick Ewing
Charles Barkley
Deron Williams
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Kind of funny. We guess that's what you
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I Am?" card to skip out of the huge line in the sweltering heat at the Great Wall. Source: Miami Herald
Think back to 2005. You've seen Theo Ratliff all over the League - rocking a Blazers, then a Celtics jersey (wearing No. 50 instead of No. 42), a Timberwolves, and finally a Pistons jersey - it seems like he's been everyone's favorite hired help. But even if he's been racking up frequent flier miles, Ratliff [...]
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Philadelphia 76ers
Theo Ratliff
Portland Blazers
Boston Celtics
Minnesota Timberwolves
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Carlos Boozer (photo. Jeffery Salter) There aren't many
X's-and-O's to break down from Team USA's 49-point inward
teeth-kicking of Team Germany. In short, the U.S. played the role of DeNire and Peschi in GoodFellas, while Dirk and his guys were Billy ...
Mike Miller Lookin' Fresh
A couple of weeks ago Andrew Katz and I shot up to Westchester County, New York for the NBA’s Rookie Photo Shoot/Media Day. Most of the 2008 Draft Class was in attendance wearing their new jerseys and taking photos for their first set of trading cards.
While I was up there I [...]
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Kevin Love
Kevin Garnett
Al Jefferson
Randy Foye
Rashad McCants
There are a million videos of dunks -- good and bad, NBA to backyard -- posted on YouTube and other sites. But this one caught our attention for obvious reasons. The dunker's name is Henry Bekkering, he plays at the University of Calgary in Canada, and dude's got hops. Take notes, Billy Hoyle.
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Team USA vs. Australia Live Look-In