It’s NBA All-Star Sunday, a good time to look back on the history of the annual mid-season event in which the best basketball players in the world get together and don’t play any defence. Fingers crossed one of the teams cracks the 200 point mark tonight, we’ve gotten close the
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Top French Basketball League Renamed Jeep Elite League
France’s top national basketball league has succumbed to the financial allure that is selling your naming rights. The Ligue Nationale de Basket’s Pro A will now be known as Jeep Elite, a deal said to be worth €1.3 million per year (US $1.6 million) and running through the 2020-21 season,
NBA Unveils Charlotte-hosted 2019 All-Star Game Logo
You know how everyone just loves that the NFL is doing the same logo every year for the Super Bowl? Well giddy-up, because it looks like the NBA’s joining the party with their All-Star Game. Like the logo used for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles later this
Photos of 2018 NBA All-Star Game Uniforms Leaked
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been seeing hints and possible leaks of the 2018 NBA All-Star Game uniforms. Today we can finally put an end to the “rumours” tag. I’ve obtained official photos of the black set of uniforms, specifically the LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook
Miami Heat tease new Vice City alternate uniforms
Over this past Holiday season, the NBA unveiled City uniforms for the vast majority of the league. Only a handful of teams were left out, but now those teams are starting to unveil their new uniforms as well. The Toronto Raptors were one of those holdovers and they just recently
Hornets to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of First Season
The Charlotte Hornets are getting set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first season of NBA basketball in their city. Plans for the milestone season next year include a new “classic edition” uniform, the selection of the 30th anniversary team via fan voting, 1980s and 1990s music played throughout
Head-Scratching Possible 2018 NBA All-Star Jersey Leaks
Let’s just hope this one is a prank or a simple misunderstanding. We’ll get it out of the way right away, we cannot confirm the authenticity of this jersey – at all… but it’s plausible enough that it’s worth a post to present what we know and let you decide
Sixers G-League team sports Spongebob uniforms
The Delaware 87ers, NBA G-League affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers, took to the court last night wearing uniforms inspired by Spongebob Squarepants. The team, which goes by the shorthand nickname Sevens, wore the uniforms for Nickelodeon Night in a 112-111 loss to the Erie BayHawks. The uniforms (which are kind
NBA City Edition Uniforms Officially Unveiled by Nike
Nike and the National Basketball Association today unveiled the final set of new NBA uniforms for the 2017-18 season. Known as the “City Edition” it’s one of the four new uniform sets for each team which replaced the standard home, away, alternate uniform designations – in their place are Icon,
Lonzo Ball is dunking in the Big Baller league logo because LaVar thinks nobody dribbles anymore
In case you may have missed the news, Big Baller Brand CEO and general heat magnet LaVar Ball has come up with another provacative idea. This time, he is taking aim at the NCAA by coming up with a league that will be open to the country’s best high school
Video Game Leaks Nearly Full Set of NBA City Edition Alternate Jerseys
UPDATE: I’ve received a 1080p video of the menu screen of a 2K user on PC, so we’ve got much cleaner, color-accurate versions of all 28 uniforms now. Thanks to Twitter user @JMoneyMikita for the video! The saga of the Nike NBA City Edition uniforms has hit fever pitch this afternoon,
Triple-A Reno Aces don’t love the name of the new WNBA franchise
When the WNBA’s San Antonio Stars announced that they were relocating to Las Vegas for the 2018 season, the speculation was that they would go by the name Vegas Stars. When the team changed direction and announced that they would be called the Las Vegas Aces instead, a certain Triple-A