I was eleven years old when I asked my mother for black socks, a pair of all black sneakers and some yellow baggie basketball shorts. I wanted to be just like the Fab 5, the Michigan Wolverines basketball team. The Michigan Wolverines were led by five freshmen and were given the name the Fabulous 5. […]
Read More Championship MondayThe Grizzlies got off to their best start in franchise history, with a 12-2 start. Holding the best record in the NBA at the time of the 12-2 start, the Grizzlies were number one in everybody’s top NBA rankings. The city of Memphis was extremely excited, by the team’s early efforts on the basketball court. […]
Read More Do You Still Believe Memphis?The love for the game of basketball is deeply rooted in the city of Memphis. With a nickname like Hoop City, it would be hard not to identify the city of Memphis with basketball. Drive around the city of Memphis, and you will find basketball being played all over the city. From hoops in everyone’s […]
Read More Crown Kings Before They Became KnightsThe past three NBA Drafts have not been great for the Memphis Grizzlies. Last year’s draft the Grizzlies had one pick and selected Josh Selby. The verdict is still out on Selby, he might turn out to be a good player or a bust. The 2011 draft the Grizzlies selected Xavier Henry and Greivis Vasquez. […]
Read More NBA Draft 2012! Trade the Pick Grizz!Another bad fourth quarter for the Miami Heat. Game 1 was a winnable game for Miami, but shooting poorly and playing bad defense in the fourth is not going to get you a win in the NBA Finals. The young guns for OKC are hard to match. The Heat did a great job of using […]
Read More Game 1: Give Me a Bucket of OKCSneaker heads and Penny Hardaway fans, I have more pictures of Penny’s latest shoe, the Rookie. This shoe is a mixture of two shoes that Penny wore during his rookie season: the Nike Air Flight One and the Nike Air Go LWP. There still is no release date for this shoe, but I can’t wait […]
Read More Penny Hardaway’s New Shoe! Nike Zoom Rookie LWP Luminous Peal!GrizzNation, there are a bunch of reasons to get excited about next season. But here is a huge one, Josh Selby! Josh Selby just recently had a battle with a top player in the NBA in Baltimore this weekend. Josh went head-to-head with Brandon Jennings in Carmelo Anthony’s Summer League in Baltimore. Both players got […]
Read More Josh Selby VS Brandon JenningsThe best birthday gift to give a sneaker head like myself, would be a pair of sneakers. But what if, you could give someone a cake of a sneaker that is not going to hit retail stores. That would be the coolest gift of all time! For my 30th birthday, my girlfriend surprised me […]
Read More Air Force 1 Penny Hardaway CakeThe University of Memphis’ Joe Jackson helped lead the 19-Under USA Basketball Team to an overtime victory over Lithuania. Team USA is competing in pool play in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Riga, Latvia. Joe Jackson had 19 points, six assists and five rebounds in the 107-105 overtime victory over Lithuania. With the […]
Read More Joe Jackson helps Team USA to a Overtime Victory over LithuaniaNBA talks collapsed and the lockout will begin tonight at midnight. The labor agreement will expire tonight at midnight and the owners will lock out their players. The lockout could have a huge impact on the 2011-2012 season. There might not be a season if the owners and players don’t come up with a new […]
Read More No Deal! The NBA is Lockout!
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