Happy Birthday Sam Young

Six months ago we promised you Sam Young windmills.

Sam Young delivered on our promise. Thank you Sam, and Happy Birthday.

Nesterovic on Bagaric

Balkan showdown ft. Kevin Garnett.

Radoslav Nesterovic on Dalibor Bagaric

(November 28, 2000)

GIF of the Week: Columbia

Legend Blue.

Michael Jordan breakaway dunk
(February 11, 1996)

Inside Stuff: Jim Cleamons

Assistant coach Jim Cleamons in the classic Inside Stuff t-shirt for the Bulls '92 championship parade. At least we think that is Jim Cleamons.

The Romantic

Everything that needs to be said about Boris Diaw has already been said by Bill Walton.

D-Bands

We are all responsible for letting this happen.

Who Dunked It Better? Ricky Davis vs Alonzo Gee

Cleveland edition of Who Dunked It Better? featuring the genius Ricky Davis and current Cavs swingman Alonzo Gee.

Ricky Davis on Zeljko Rebraca
(December 20, 2002)

Alonzo Gee on Kevin Love

(December 7, 2012)

Ricky had another worthy example in the same season against Vincent Yarbrough's Nuggets.

World Game

In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup, we'd just like to pay tribute to one of the great moments of USA94.

Twenty years ago, Golden Ball recipient Romário scored this infamous goal on our 486.

This one's for Shirt Off Man.

Glen Rice Cradle Dunk

Glen Rice vs Orlando Magic

(April 11, 1992)

Massive Photo of Glen Rice's Head

Click through for the largest resolution image of Glen Rice's head on the internet

Timeless

Mr Jerry West
(Sports Illustrated, February 8, 1965)

KB8 vs Spurs

Kobe Bryant alley-oop dunk vs San Antonio Spurs

(May 27, 2001)

Kobe's numbers for the 2001 Western Conference Finals:

Fresh

Still slept on.

Card of the Week: The Chris Morris Collection

This is what Chris Morris was about. High resolution on the click through.

Baller Genetics: Jonah Bolden

UCLA has good reason to be excited. Your boy Bruce, he got game.

Landshark to Caron Butler: Get off the blower

Concerned that Caron Butler was getting away with inappropriate gestures in a Playoff environment, we called on our post season expert Landshark to weigh in. And weigh in he did.

Landshark on Butler:

"I am not down with Caron Butler ringing people during games.  Get off the phone mate.  Your hand isn’t a phone.  You are not Get Smart or James Bond.  You look ridiculous.  Where I come from, when people are on the phone anywhere near a game/training you owe the team a slab.  By my accounting, poor as it may be, he owes every NBA fan 3 slabs each.  And I notice now that they are losing, he doesn’t do it anymore.  Reeks of an ill-conceived “celebration” that is absolutely flawed.  Chop his hand off."

Landshark is one of the greatest players of his generation. The Robinson Rd Assassin carved a name for himself in the East as a one man wrecking crew. His thunderous dunk against the Titans in '03 resulted in the unscheduled renovation of the entire MLC stadium. Many still hold him personally responsible for the infamous Scandinavian Tip Dunk Crisis of 2009.

He's bigger than the game itself.

Shout outs to Don Adams.

#MJMondays: Charles Barkley

Mehmet Okur's shoemaker

Got more soul sole than a sock with a hole

The Greatest Poster in NBL History? Timmons on McAndrew

Marcus Timmons on Craig McAndrew
(November 14, 1998)

Shane Heal x Schweigen

#3PointRangehood

This is ridiculous. We're off to watch every Tubby Fujitsu commercial on YouTube.

Curry to Gill

Dell Curry to Kendall Gill
(March 9, 1993)

Happy Birthday to Kendall Gill

 

 

 

McGrady on Harrington

Arguably better than the Shawn Bradley one.

Tracy McGrady on Othella Harrington

(December 30, 2001)

The Young T-Mac Gallery

GIF of the Week: Happy Birthday Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars dunking was a rare sight, particularly at the age of 67. The Junkyard Dog is going berserk.

The Very Best of Andrés Nocioni

http://youtu.be/tDhANNAkTsE

And we know we've missed a few.

Andrés Nocioni aka Chapu aka The Wild Bull of the Pampas, is the only player to willingly get posterized and not give a damn.

And like Bradley, we shouldn't overlook the fact that Nocioni won some of these battles too.

For the record, Olympic gold medals:
Nocioni - 1
Richard Jefferson - 0

3-D to Penny

Dennis Scott to Anfernee Hardaway

(May 23, 1995)

Coulda been

Twenty years ago today, the dream ended.

#TBT Jimmy King

Card of the Week: Malik Sealy

February 1, 1970 - May 20, 2000

Who Dunked It Better? Michael Jordan vs Dwyane Wade

Mike's putback during the Shrug Game gets the nod, but the similarities are worth noting if nothing else.

Michael Jordan putback vs Portland Trailblazers

(June 3, 1992)

Dwyane Wade putback vs Indiana Pacers

(May 19, 2014)

Paul George doin' his best Clyde Drexler.

Jersey of the Week: Allen Iverson home via Chris Martin

Nobody told us, but the film clip for the hip hop anthem "The Scientist" features an Allen Iverson home jersey circa 2002.

In lieu of The Scientist, here is Apollo Brown's The Answer for your listening pleasure.

Terrell Brandon to Kevin Garnett

Terrell Brandon to Kevin Garnett
(April 23, 1999)

Terrell Brandon had game.

Sports Illustrated
(February 10, 1997)