dopemotherfuckingswag:

8’s

kicksnchicks:

FTLOTG 7’s, CDP Hare 7’s, 2011 Cardinal 7’s, Citrus 7’s, DMP Bull 7’s.

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joshmorrissey:

Manute Bol was the original hipster.

——-WTH!

nbaoffseason:

Any kid who grew up in the 90’s knows about NERF. And Kevin Durant once again continues to rule the off-season/lockout by unveiling these new NERF insipred KD IVs for his charity game in Oklahoma City.

(h/t SLAM and Nike Basketball)

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stevenlebron:

Snapshot

One of my favorite things about Tumblr are the basketball pictures from past eras that proliferate my dashboard.

I love photos from draft night, seeing a young Steve Nash and wondering whether in that particular moment in time, he could imagine himself being a two-time MVP. There’s also a series of what could’ve been, whether it’s Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill being introduced by the Orlando Magic, or Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse on the Sixers.

And then there are pictures that brings back memories so specific that it becomes more than just a snapshot.

When I came across this Kobe Bryant photo, the first thing that I noticed was the glove that he was wearing on his right hand. It was the start of the 1999-00 season, when Kobe missed six weeks with a hand injury.

This was one of Bryant’s first games back, specifically his fifth game of the regular season on December 8, 1999 at Arco Arena. I remember exactly the moment when this play occurred. It was the feature game on TNT, and Craig Sager interrupted the broadcast as the play developed to talk about Phil Jackon’s first year as Lakers head coach.

Sager told the viewers that Phil believed the Lakers were a work in progress, and it would take time for the team to get comfortable with the Triangle, especially with Kobe’s layoff to start the year.

As if in unison with Sager’s words, Kobe drove baseline and hammered a reverse dunk over Tony Delk, erasing any attempt by Phil to tamper expectations for this particular incarnation of the Lakers. Los Angeles would lose that night, but they would win their next 16 games, finishing with a 67-15 regular season record, and end the playoffs with the first of three straight championships.

For me, this was one of the plays when I realized this Lakers team — after years of coming up short after Shaq’s arrival — was ready to make the leap.

Or at least that’s how I’d like to remember it.

(photo via officialblogfamily)

 

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