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Photos: 2009 NBA All-Star Uniforms
Photos: 2009 NBA All-Star Uniforms
by Brett Pollakoff Take a look what NBA.com slipped into their online store this fine New Year's Eve: the jerseys for the 2009 NBA All-Star game, which will be played February 15th in Phoenix. I'm going to go out on a limb and sum these up with one word: underwhelming. Seriously, what is it ...
The year of Ball Don't Lie 2008: Beauty and the Machine
The year of Ball Don't Lie 2008: Beauty and the Machine
sports.yahoo.com — Well, there's only a few days left in the year of 2008, and Ball Don't Lie is wrapping up things in high spirits by listening to some Green Day and talking in the third person. Here's a look back at BDL's busy '08, featuring the work of Skeets, ... (more) The year of Ball Don't Lie 2008: Beauty and the Machine

BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up
BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up
sports.yahoo.com — The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts champagne with one part flippant observation to create the most unbalanced ranking possible, and to offer the least accurate look at the state of the NBA on a weekly basis. If you disagree with your ... (more) BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up

2008 Beer of the Year Awards - the NBA Edition
2008 Beer of the Year Awards - the NBA Edition
nbamate.com — Probably the best NBA-beer related blog ever. I don't know if anyone has managed to compare Ray Allen to a Japanese beer before, but this writer does it convincingly (more) 2008 Beer of the Year Awards - the NBA Edition
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New Years Eve Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Brett Pollakoff at NBA Fanhouse offers us a sneak peek at the 2009 All-Star jerseys and wonders, "[W]hat is it about the Phoenix game that brings out the worst in the people that design the uniforms? Remember the purple monstrosities from the 1995 game with the big cactus on the front? ...

The 2009 NBA All-Star uniforms are futuristic
Ball Don't Lie — For the first time ever, the new NBA All-Star uniforms were unveiled exclusively in Men's Fitness. (Well, sort of. Brent Pollakoff of NBA FanHouse caught them online weeks ago.) Regardless, via NBA Noise, here's a bigger and better look at the new ASG digs Kobe, LeBron and Jameer Nelson will be sporting this February: According to someone in the know, the influence of Phoenix in the design is undeniable: "The horizontal lines resemble Arizona's rock formations, while the progression of color (desert red for the West, sunset ...

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