Adidas and Eastbay have linked up to host an online video chat with reigning rookie of the year, Derrick Rose, tonight at 7 p.m. EST/6 p.m. CST.
Fans will have the opportunity to drop DRose a line and hear his responses at Eastbay.com/adidas.
The conversation merges with the release of adidas’ TS Cut Creator Mid and TechFit apparel, Derrick’s go-to gear for the upcoming season.
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Other than being known as the Blake Griffin Sweepstakes, this year’s selection of up and comer’s will be synonomous down the road as the 2009 Point Guard Draft. As a matter of fact, there were five floor generals taken among the first ten picks overall.
And despite the pundits that opined about the precipitous drop off in talent after the Clippers selected the Super-Duper Griffin, I was particularly delighted with the array of options at the #1 position. Read More »
Free Darko’s cerebral approach to unclothing the statistical trends and maverick hardwood luminaries in “The League” is more sardonic than superior, more deductive than scientific. Penned largely by a cat they call Bethlehem and a dubious dude named Joey, (with the occasional guest lecturer in between) the blog is teeming with cultivated theory on all things NBA—I fully expect a Stern Manifesto to arise out of the camp sooner or later. With the success of their first title, “The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today’s Game” added to their abacus, the independent camp collaborated with adidas to assess two of basketball’s brightest young stars: Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose. The result is two fully animated commercials that break down each player’s strengths and advantages, and how their tendencies are augmented by Three Stripes swag. Charli 2NA of Jurassic 5 fame provides the narrative vocals in the spots, infusing hip-hop with uncanny observation to create something that’s notable on all counts. Hit the jump for DRose’s “The Inner Workings of a Creator” commercial!
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At the conclusion of the greatest opening round playoff series the NBA has ever seen, folks couldn’t help but marvel at the exploits of Ben “Madison Square” Gordon, Ray “Jesus Shuttlesworth” Allen, Rajon “Better Call Us The Big 4″ Rondo, Paul “The Truth” Pierce and the dramatic unfolding of a spectacle that Hollywood script writers would have had trouble fathoming.
But the one element that surpassed all others was the placement of a once in a generation talent, a 20-year-old point guard who earned Rookie of the Year honors, in the epicenter of the hoops universe. And although the Bulls succumbed to the Celtics in the series finale, the play of Derrick Martell Rose – which was consistently succulent throughout the entire year – made even the most exacting aficianado nod in sincere appreciation. Read More »
Jeremy Tyler, seen here at the LeBron James Skills Academy, announced this week that he will forego his senior year of high school to play overseas. Photo: highschoolhoop.com
David Stern was met with fierce opposition when he ruled that players had to be a year out of high school before entering the NBA.
Coaches, including then Texas Tech head Bobby Knight, argued that the age-minimum hurt the college game because there would be too many “one-and-dones,” and NBA players said it was unfair to make more-than-ready high schoolers wait an extra year to accomplish their dreams. Read More »
With stat-stuffing playoff debuts like this, a ratchet like this, (The commentator is on some Life Alert steez. Hilarious.) and a highlight reel like this, it’s no surprise that yearling Bulls point guard Derrick Rose conquered the NBA’s coveted Rookie of the Year Award. Rose received 111 first-place votes (574 points) from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.To commemorate DRose’s accomplishment, The Brand With 3 Stripes released a celebratory “ROY” t-shirt in his honor. The tee is available beginning today at the adidas Sport Performance Store in Chicago at 845 North Michigan Ave, at the United Center and online at NBAStore.com.
To cop, drop, and roll: NBA Store.
Inside Hand Exchange a.k.a. “In-and-out-dribble”
So your on your School, CYO, YMCA, or Winter Community League team and your coach screams at you to “take em.” You approach your player on the dribble, on the run. What are you going to do? The move above is a front-step inside hand exchange. It is used to create space and get to the backboard off the move or on the crossover to lay a defender off the glass, steel, or perforated metal. The cones are there to make the move quick and effective. Let’s break it down and go through the steps and don’t miss the move demonstrated by D.Rose at the end. Read More »
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