Tag: michael jordan
Culture of Hoops
Lebron James is the best now and may be the best ever
It's LeBron James' world... we're just living in it. I was on a flight to San Francisco when Game 7 of the NBA Finals was scheduled to tip off. There was DirecTV on the plane,...
Culture of Hoops
Reminiscing on the New York Knicks' 1994 NBA Finals Run and O.J. Simpson
Image courtesy of Lanyap/Flickr . June 17, 1994 … twenty years ago today. Game 5 of the 1993-94 NBA Finals between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks. My Knicks. I was only 13 years...
Culture of Hoops
Heart Of New York: Meditations On J.R. Smith
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . J.R. Smith is the New York Knicks. Not in the way Michael Jordan was the Chicago Bulls or Johnny Carson was late night television, but in the sense that...
Culture of Hoops
Baselines vs. Bass Lines
Hoops and hip-hop merged together as a unified cultural phenomenon around the world in the last couple of decades. The video below is a tribute to the two cultures merging as one, extracting hip-hop lyrics...
Culture of Hoops
NBA Uniform Watch 2013
By Sandy Dover Plenty of this season’s NBA teams have optioned for changes in their uniforms, presenting a pool of squads who differ from the tiniest bit to the largest of sweeping changes. In a...
Culture of Hoops
Kobe Bryant to retire after 2013-14 season?
Kobe Bryant is seriously considering retirement after the 2013-14 season when his current contract with the Los Angeles Lakers expires. Could it be true? According to CBS Sports , it very well could be: Speaking...
Culture of Hoops
Charles Barkley thinks LeBron James can be better than Michael Jordan
The game of "Who's Better?" continues, but on a much bigger level than Dwight Howard versus Brook Lopez . This debate/hypothesis is about being the greatest basketball player of all-time: LeBron James versus Michael Jordan....
Culture of Hoops
LeBron James doing nothing except passing the ball
LeBron James is one of the strongest finishers at the rim and an overall great scorer. However, what really separates LeBron from every other run-of-the-mill scorer is his uncanny passing ability, especially for someone his...
Culture of Hoops
Parody: Mars Whiteman on Ricky Rubio
Mars Whiteman loves him some Ricky Rubio and you should loves yourself some Mars Whiteman. First off, you should know that this video is NSFW in that there's cursing, so lower the volume if you're...
Culture of Hoops
How much would you pay for Michael Jordan's AMEX card?
This is a bit odd, but a bit cool. Well, maybe more odd than cool, but if you're a wacked-out Michael Jordan fan with an open schedule, particularly for October 10th, you'll be able to...
