GIF: Josh McRoberts’ Forearm Shiver to LeBron James’ Throat
The Heat went up 2-0 on the Bobcats Wednesday night in Miami — they’re the only home team to do so in the first round — and LeBron James led the way with 32 points, eight assists, six rebounds, and...
View ArticleLeBron James Shrugs Off McRoberts’ Forearm Foul, Leads Heat To Win
Despite a tendency to relax after a pretty overwhelming Game 1 win at home, the Heat held on against a feisty Bobcats squad that had to deal with a tough injury to the focal point of their offense. But...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Plays From The NBA’s First Round
After a barrage of Game 7s this weekend, the first round is now finally over. There isn’t one second-round series that looks to be a mismatch; even Brooklyn won all four games against the Heat this...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Moments From The NBA Playoffs So Far
Good news: We are still very early into the conference semifinals, meaning there is still a lot more trash-talking to be had, buzzer-beaters to be made and dunks to be slammed for the rest of the...
View ArticleReport: Heat Sign Josh McRoberts & Danny Granger
It’s not Pau Gasol and Carmelo Anthony, but Pat Riley has finally begun to re-build the supporting cast of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. Multiple sources are reporting that the Heat have...
View ArticleLeBron’s Second Decision, And The Danger For Cleveland Fans
It wasn’t supposed have the same circus atmosphere this time around. Not after what happened in 2010, with The Decision, the Miami welcome celebration after, and the eventual fallout. Nonetheless, here...
View ArticleReport: Miami Heat Won’t Abandon Small-Ball
LeBron James was the Miami Heat’s identity over the past four seasons. The inverted offense and hyper-aggressive defense that became the team’s calling-card were certainly bigger than one player, but...
View ArticleGIF: “Greek Freak” Goes Coast-To-Coast Despite McRoberts Groin Smack
We already showed you Giannis Antetokounmpo thumping it on Chris Bosh, but he also found time to grab a rebound and go the length of the court on those insanely long gazelle limbs for the lay-in....
View ArticleVideo: Bosh’s Hustle Leads To D-Wade Behind-The-Back Dime To Josh McRoberts
The Grizzlies got back to their winning ways against the Heat on Sunday with a 103-87 victory despite Marc Gasol‘s rather perfunctory performance shooting the ball. The Heat looked good on one play,...
View ArticleHeat’s Josh McRoberts Could Miss Remainder Of Season With Torn Meniscus
The injury bug continues to make its presence known throughout the league this season, as it set it sights on the Miami Heat. Already reeling with injury woes to the team’s superstars, Chris Bosh...
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Video: Josh McRoberts Smashes On Chris Andersen
Josh McRoberts, Chris Andersen The Bobcats have valiantly attempted to stay with the Heat in Game 1 this afternoon, but the tweaked plantar fascia of Al Jefferson has limited his mobility, and the Heat...
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The Heat Take 2-0 Series Lead, But Josh McRoberts Caught LeBron With A Mean...
Words by Bansky The Miami Heat took a 2-0 series lead against the Charlotte Bobcats with a 101-97 win tonight. The Bobs made it interesting again, storming back late to get an opportunity to tie the...
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Josh McRoberts Is Afraid He’s Got Some Bad News For LeBron James
Via YouTube Remember about a month ago when LeBron James blasted Roy Hibbert with a flying elbow and explained it away as an accident, claiming he only could’ve hit such a move if he was a “kung fu...
View ArticleJosh McRoberts Did His Best Hassan Whiteside Impression By Blocking Jonas...
Hassan Whiteside won’t return to his team’s game against the Toronto Raptors after aggravating a knee injury he suffered earlier in the series. The Miami Heat’s options at center are limited beyond...
View ArticleThe Raptors And Heat Almost Came To Blows After Josh McRoberts Fouled Bismack...
The postseason is never a good time to get ejected. Game 7, though? Let’s just say we’re not surprised Bismack Biyombo and the Toronto Raptors managed to keep their cool after Josh McRoberts offered...
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Dime Exclusive: Josh McRoberts Channels His Inner Billy Hoyle
When the NBA announced its preliminary selections for this year’s All-Star Dunk Contest (Blake Griffin, JaVale McGee, Serge Ibaka and Brandon Jennings), it seemed not everyone in the League was feeling...
View ArticleDime Exclusive: Josh Can’t Dunk
Last week, we told you that despite not initially being chosen for All-Star Saturday Night’s dunk contest, Josh McRoberts wanted a chance to change the committee’s mind. So, along with Pacers teammate...
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Nets eliminated from Carmelo chase; Griffin vs. K-Love in L.A.
Carmelo Anthony (photo. Zach Wolfe) Crazy night in the NBA, with overtime finishes, upsets, comebacks, a head-to-head matchup of two of the best players in the League, another head-to-head matchup of...
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How will the Indiana Pacers fix their franchise?
Danny Granger (photo. Stephen Hill) Even when the packaging and presentation gets on your nerves, Terrell Owens does at least know what he’s talking about. Last December, during the dog days of another...
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Dwight Howard’s 22-and-20 wins duel with Blake Griffin
Dwight Howard, Dime #60 On paper, Magic vs. Clippers was shaping up to be a nice showcase for the NBA. You had Dwight Howard and Blake Griffin, the two most ferocious dunkers and beastly physical...
View ArticleDuke vs. North Carolina: NBA Alumni Game
In one of the most storied rivalries in sports, Duke and North Carolina played last night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, in what turned out to be a great game. For a collegiate clash that date’s all the...
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Daily Fantasy Diagnosis: 2.17
Beast of the Night: Kyle Lowry lit up the Sixers with 36 points, four rebounds, seven assists, one steal and six three-pointers in a losing effort. He shot 83 percent (15-18) from the field, missed...
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Breaking News: O.J. Mayo trade to Indiana nixed at deadline
O.J. Mayo (photo. John Sturdy) Depending on who you ask, the Indiana Pacers just dodged a bullet. Shortly after the NBA trade deadline passed, when deals that had been agreed up before the 3 p.m....
View ArticleSo Close: 7 Trades That Almost Went Down Before The Deadline
Another year, another NBA Trade Deadline gone by. As you probably would expect, the Dime office was Ground Zero today for anything and everything trade related. Whether it was Twitter, texts or phone...
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Allen Iverson Won’t Play In The “Battle Of I-95”
Allen Iverson, Dime #6 How much would you play to see Allen Iverson play up close? Iverson has been out of the limelight for so long now that it would feel weird seeing him match up with guys like...
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NBA Fantasy Team Analysis: The Indiana Pacers
Danny Granger (photo. Stephen Hill) The Indiana Pacers are some kind of something. That is to say, they’re a mediocre team with a few mildly appealing pieces for fantasy purposes, but nothing to go...
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The Dime Lockout Survival Guide
Josh McRoberts Rookie Card When my wife found me I was laying on the floor. I was curled in the fetal position, wearing my replica 2004 Olympics Argentina basketball jersey. I had laid all my Josh...
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Kobe Bryant Is Angry About The Lamar Odom Trade; Chris Paul To The Clippers?
Kobe Bryant The Clippers better hope David Stern likes their team because if it comes down to it, he’ll have a huge say in whether or not they get the best point guard in the game to possibly ignite...
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Report: O.J. Mayo Traded To The Indiana Pacers
O.J. Mayo (photo. John Sturdy) I don’t know what it is, but Larry Bird is clearly obsessed with O.J. Mayo. What other player in recent history – other than Chris Paul – can you think of that a team has...
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Report: O.J. Mayo Will Not Be Traded & Is Staying In Memphis
O.J. Mayo (photo. John Sturdy) YES! That was my reaction upon seeing this tweet from The Commercial Appeal in Memphis: Proposed Mayo-McRoberts deal is officially dead, source tells the CA. Mayo told...
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Chicago Locks Down Derrick Rose; Ray Allen Calls Out David West
Derrick Rose (photo. adidas) Well Derrick Rose had a nice day. He got paid and became a made man in Chicago if he wasn’t already one. Then in the capper, he methodically picked apart everyone’s Eastern...
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The NBA’s Top 10 Most Underrated Matchups On Christmas Day
As the entire basketball universe will be fixated to their TVs today to finally witness this season commence, there are several underrated gifts under the Christmas tree to unwrap as well. While the...
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DimeBag: The Weekly Dime Mailbag, Volume XIV
DimeBag (design. Ryan Hurst) HOW TO SUBMIT: E-mail dimebag@dimemag.com with your question/story/idea and include your name and hometown. Word on the street is that I owe you a DimeBag or two. My...
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Video: Josh McRoberts Looks Like A Harlem Globetrotter
Behind the back. 360. Turnaround shovel shot from almost the three-point line? Yeah, I could see someone doing that at a Harlem Globetrotter event. But here’s Josh McRoberts doing it in an NBA game. I...
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Video: Josh McRoberts with the Easy 360 Between the Legs Dunk
OK, Josh McRoberts – nice work on the easy 360-between-the-legs dunk. It’s in layup lines, but who cares? Watch it here: Follow Patrick Cassidy on Twitter Follow Dime Magazine on Twitter Become a fan...
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Video: Tim Duncan Slams On The Face Of Josh McRoberts
Since the All-Star Break, Tim Duncan is averaging 16.9 points and 9.5 rebounds on 51 percent shooting. Since the break, San Antonio has gone 20-6. But no one is really all that shocked to see the Old...
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The Orlando Magic May Have Taken The Best Deal Available After All
Dwight Howard (photo. adidas) Yep. Magic GM Rob Hennigan recently spoke with SI‘s Sam Amick about the progression of the Dwight Howard trade talks, and there was a lot of revealing information...
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The Lakers Get Pushed To A Breaking Point; The Hawks Almost Get Embarrassed
A great recipe for disaster – at least if you’re the Lakers – is playing in Denver on the second night of a back-to-back. Old legs. The high altitude. The penchant of the Nuggets to play fast and...
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Josh McRoberts Throws A Backwards Over-The-Head Pass
In his second attempt to assist J.J. Redick, Josh McRoberts throws a crazy backwards, over head pass to Redick who banks in the three-point basket in tonight’s matchup between the New York Knicks and...
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Paul Pierce Leads Boston Back From The Dead; Carmelo Anthony Erupts In Disney...
Boston had every right to lose this game. They didn’t get into Atlanta until 4 a.m., and they fell behind big in the first half. By the second quarter, the Hawks’ announcers were asking, “Lets blow...
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Josh McRoberts Throws it Down in Reverse
Josh McRoberts drives the baseline and slams down a reverse dunk in tonight’s matchup between the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets.
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Kyrie Irving Destroys The NBA’s Best Team; Indiana Knocks Off No. 1 Michigan
Kyrie Irving (photo. D.L. Anderson) Kyrie Irving took care of his All-Star case a long time ago. So last night, he spent the final three minutes of Cleveland’s five-point win over the Thunder doing...
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Breaking News: J.J. Redick Traded To Milwaukee
Two players expected to be dealt before the deadline were Orlando’s J.J. Redick and Atlanta’s Josh Smith. At one point Thursday before the 3 p.m. deadline the two were in a proposed trade package for...
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5 Reasons To Watch The 2013-14 Charlotte Bobcats
Al Jefferson signing his deal with Charlotte (photo. Instagram/charlottebobcats) With the start of the 2013-14 NBA season rapidly approaching, we thought it only fair to share what makes each team so...
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The NBA’s 10 Best Dunks This Week
(Chris Humphreys/USA TODAY Sports) A number of mainstays of the top 10 dunks of the week are featured, including Chicago’s resident creator of posters, as well as two former teammates with the Oklahoma...
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Video: Serge Ibaka Blocks A Josh McRoberts Dunk Attempt
Serge Ibaka, Josh McRoberts (Jeremy Brevard/USA TODAY Sports) The Thunder were dealt a severe blow in their attempt to get back to the NBA Finals when Russell Westbrook underwent surgery today to...
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The NBA’s 30 Biggest Unsung Heroes
Khris Middleton (Jeff Hanisch/USA TODAY Sports) Behind every great team, the superstars and the dynasties, are the guys that the average fans don’t know about. Regardless of the amount of talent at the...
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The 100 Best Dunks Of The NBA Season
Blake Griffin (photo. Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports) For only a half season’s worth of basketball, the NBA’s top athletes have put together a strong resume and large volume of impressive slams, so...
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Video: Josh McRoberts’ Earth-Bound Dunk On Andrew Bogut
Josh McRoberts, Jordan Crawford (Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY Sports) Most would find the inclusion of Josh McRoberts in this year’s Dunk Contest to be annoying. The 6-10 Bobcats forward isn’t known as a...
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Video: Josh McRoberts Behind-The-Back Cross-Court Pass For The Triple
The tussled tresses of Josh McRoberts didn’t used to be something that drew your eyes to the 6-10 forward. He had a buzz cut coming out of coach K’s system at Duke in 2007, and his minutes — since...
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