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Surprise Door: Here’s the NBA’s Chinese New Year commercial

Here’s a cheesy Chinese New Year commercial from the NBA featuring Jeremy Lin, James Harden, Steph Curry, Benny the Bull and Dwyane Wade.

By stuart

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Basketball

Carmelo plays in All-Star Game, then quits on Knicks (and no one is surprised)

Of course Carmelo Anthony played in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game and called it a season a couple days after. It would have been out of character if he didn’t.

By stuart

February 19, 2015February 20, 2015

Basketball

Zach Levine killed the NBA slam dunk contest

When was the last time you actually paid attention to the NBA Slam Dunk competition during NBA All-Star Weekend?

By stuart

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

Basketball Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin shoots just 2-12, but aggression keeps Lakers flowing

Jeremy Lin didn’t have the best shooting night, in fact he only hit two shots in twelve attempts, but he was instrumental in getting the Lakers on the cusp of a road win vs. the Milwaukee Bucks.

By stuart

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015

Basketball Society

We all can’t be good at everything, so just fucking go for it

Compared to the rest of the world, American men seem to have a lot of anxiety around dancing.

By stuart

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Basketball Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin highlights vs. Orlando Magic

Jeremy Lin led the Lakers with game high 18 points Saturday night. Los Angeles was playing with Kobe Bryant and notched a rare easy win over the Orlando Magic 101-84.

By stuart

January 11, 2015January 11, 2015

Basketball

Steph Curry freezes Russell Westbrook with one-handed yo-yo dribble

Kyrie Irving has the best handles in the NBA in the I’m-going-to-rock-your-ankles kind of way, but Steph Curry has the trickiest moves.

By stuart

January 6, 2015September 24, 2015

Basketball

The Knicks just blew up their roster, will try to rebuild around Carmelo Anthony (AGAIN)

The New York Knicks just blew up the team and gave up on the season, getting rid of three of their top eight players, and about to shut down their superstar.

By stuart

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015

Basketball Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin plays well vs. Memphis Grizzlies, still gets yelled at by Kobe Bryant

Jeremy Lin had himself a game against one of the Western Conference’s best teams, the Memphis Grizzlies, but unfortunately the Lakers came up a little short 109-106.

By stuart

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015

Basketball

‘Melo on offense, Mellow on defense (Knicks lose in overtime)

Anyone that’s watched Carmelo Anthony over his career knows that he doesn’t really like-like defense, but this sequence against the Sacramento Kings is even substandard for ‘Mellow’s usual lazy effort.

By stuart

December 29, 2014December 29, 2014

Basketball

Could the Los Angeles Lakers have played any better without Kobe Bryant?

When Byron Scott decided to sit Kobe Bryant in order to rest the fatigued 36-year old star, the rest of the Lakers knew that they had to step up. Not because they didn’t want to be embarrassed

By stuart

December 25, 2014December 25, 2014

Basketball

Hey Kobe, maybe you’re fatigued because you lead the NBA in field goal attempts

After two straight close losses in which Kobe Bryant shot a combined 11-45, Kobe admitted that he was physically fatigued.

By stuart

December 22, 2014December 23, 2014

Basketball Race

Lakers wear “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts: Why it’s important we see Jeremy Lin wearing the shirt

As everyone knows by now, Eric Garner, a 43-year old African-American male, died after New York police put him in an illegal chokehold.

By stuart

December 10, 2014December 11, 2014

Basketball Society

NBA stars wear “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts during pregame warmups to build awareness for Eric Garner

It’s great to see that NBA superstars Derrick Rose, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Deron Williams, and Kyrie Irving wearing “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts over this last week.

By stuart

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014

Basketball Video

Kyrie Irving brings his circus act to Madison Square Garden

Most players hope to make a great move here and there, maybe hit a tough shot, and perhaps make a highlight reel or two.

By stuart

December 7, 2014December 9, 2014

Basketball Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin highlights (18 pts, 11 asts) from Lakers vs. Timberwolves match

Jeremy Lin had 18 points, 11 assists and 4 steals in a close 120-119 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves last night.

By stuart

November 29, 2014November 29, 2014

Basketball

Video of Derrick Rose’s fake jump pass to Pau Gasol, instead passes to Joakim Noah (all before he hits the ground)

(Ooof… now that’s one helluva title. Do you even need to read this post anymore?)

By stuart

November 12, 2014November 26, 2014

Basketball Jeremy Lin

Lin leads Los Angeles Lakers to less losses

The Lakers not only won their first game last night of the season, but Jeremy Lin!!!!!

By stuart

November 10, 2014November 26, 2014

Basketball

Gordon Hayward added 7 pounds of muscle this summer, barely looks like teenager anymore

Over this past summer Gordon Hayward, the 6-8 forward for the Utah Jazz added a noticeable amount of muscle to his frame.

By Benjamin Rose

October 16, 2014April 26, 2017

Basketball Video

Nik Stauskas a perfect 15-15 from three in 46 seconds

We really don’t need another video to tell us how good a shooter Nik Stauskas is, so let this video of Stauskas shooting a perfect 15 for 15 during a summer workout be the last.

By stuart

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014

Basketball Culture

Fake Facebook: Allen Iverson is broke and begging for money

Another day, another fake news story being shared out on Facebook. This time it’s a story about former NBA player Allen Iverson being broke and begging for quarters at Atlanta’s Lenox Mall.

By stuart

August 25, 2014September 24, 2015

Basketball

Steph Curry’s sweet behind the back, no look bounce pass for James Harden dunk (GIF)

Last night Team USA’s Steph Curry assist to James Harden was one of those rare instinctive basketball plays that makes basketball so exciting.

By stuart

August 23, 2014September 24, 2015

Basketball

From a small basketball website to courtside seats at Madison Square Garden

Earlier this month was the 11th anniversary of Interbasket, a website I founded as an outlet to my then-growing interest in international basketball.

By stuart

August 22, 2014August 23, 2014

Basketball

Zheng Haixia: The first Chinese player to play pro basketball in USA was a woman

Now retired, Haixia Zheng (pronounced Hi-Shaw Jheng) was a 6-8 center from China and the first Chinese player to play in the WNBA, and the first Chinese player, man or woman, to play professional basketball in the United States.

By stuart

August 19, 2014August 20, 2014