Photoshopped by Casey Schuler.
NYC photo from: destination360.com. Chicago photo from: insideyourchicago.com
According to ballhype.com, a site that lists where NBA players were born, there are currently a combined 34 players in the league who were born in NYC and Chicago, 17 from each city. While the site only lists where they were born and not where […]

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Tyrone Curtis Bogues, a.k.a. Muggsy, was the most unique, revolutionary hoops talent that the courts have ever seen. A one man defensive press and human fast break, he was one of the world’s premier point guards. Standing only 5′3″, he’s the shortest man to ever play in the NBA, yet routinely stood atop the […]

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Before he reached 5,000 points and 2,500 assists faster than anyone in NBA history except The Big O, and prior to the Nike commercials that raved about his “skeeels”, the playgrounds of the Windy City knew him as “Tim Bug.”
Timothy Duane Hardaway was raised in the notorious Altgeld Housing projects on Chicago’s South Side, […]

With Beijing-mania in full swing and the United States Men’s Basketball team runnin’ through teams like the Pharcyde, I figure it’s a good time to remain grounded. And to accomplish this, I figure there’s nothing better than this event:
Oh, and pay attention to Wade’s facial expression at 1:14—it characterizes the day quite nicely…

Love it or hate it, the Converse Wade 3.0 is a marvelous piece of design. And while there were echoes of consumer disdain in regards to the shoe’s awkward aesthetics this past fall, riddle me this: Do you vividly remember the 3.0 or the Nike Zoom Durability? (My point exactly…)
From a performance standpoint, the […]