By Bounce
BOUNCE #20 with Chicago’s Will “The Thrill” Bynum on the cover can now be read online! Simply click here or on the top right box on our homepage. You can flip through pages, read your favorite articles, search keywords, download the whole magazine to your desktop, and even print it!
Bounce print issue #20 will be available for free at our NYC and Chicago orange distribution boxes this week, and can be ordered at the Bounce online store soon.
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By Sean Couch
Sundiata Gaines standing on right
I stood up in the middle of the Dime Magazine Office about two years ago and said “Will Bynum should be in the NBA.” I told anyone who I knew in the scouting game that they should take a look at him. “The Thrill,” who’s featured in the upcoming Bounce Edition 20, was the best player in the Piston’s ragged 2009 playoff run. However, Bynum consistently demonstrated the NBA guard skill-set of breaking down defenders, hitting open jumpers, and elevating over bigger players for strong finishes.
There is another Bynum-type talent developing in NYC this summer just waiting for the opportunity to wet his feet in the NBA and make a strong statement. What scout wants to get some dap and advancement? Take my advice and sign the 6-1 Sundiata Gaines. While I hear some of the Euro scouts complaining about his free-throw percentage, about 59% for his college and pro career, I feel he’s worth the risk.
Here’s why it makes sense. Read More »
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By Ali
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In March of ‘81, Isiah Thomas became a college basketball legend. He was the one indispensable member of coach Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosier squad that captured the Big 10 Championship en route to March Madness.
The team leader in scoring, steals and assists was not only the best pure guard in the country, he was the best the college game had seen since North Carolina’s amazing Phil Ford. Read More »
Tags: bobby knight, dean smith, doc rivers, isiah thomas, larry hoover, magic johnson, mark aguirre, maurice cheeks, phil ford, sherron collins, tiny archibald, will bynum
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By Ali
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During this holiday season, I’ll be dipping into the archives to offer up some updated goodies in the form of some of the most delectable “The Playground Gave Us…” joints from ‘08.
Isiah Lord Thomas III, aka Zeke, aka The Baby Faced Assassin, was among the game’s greatest little men ever, sharing that exclusive, luxurious penthouse suite with non other than Tiny Archibald. Read More »
Tags: bobby knight, glenn rivers, isiah thomas, maurice cheeks, sherron collins, will bynum
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