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We’ve pulled off some crazy shoots before, but this was definitely up there. Stephen Curry. E-40. Andre Ward. Mistah F.A.B. Al Attles (!). One hundred and fifty local kids. A big group of teachers, supervisors, community leaders. The middle of a popu

I just got my mag, and I won’t be the first to say that your Top 50 list is suspect. Kevin Love over Boogie. Come on SLAM. Dang lol. Chris Tillman via email It’s a projection for the coming season. Boogie is our guy but it was looking like he was out

Is it just me or does it seem that centers—the tall, gangly, or just plain gigantic guys who play down low, clog the lane and make little guys’ lives miserable—are disappearing from the NBA the way floppy Pete Maravich socks once did? Oh, there are s

SLAM: The guys at Call of Duty tell me you’re a gamer. That true? WCJ: Yeah. I play whenever I can. SLAM: Since entering the NBA I assume you have a little less time to game? WCJ: Yeah, I do. Whenever I’m not doing anything, though, I hop online and

We honestly wouldn’t be here without the Air Jordan I. One of the aspects of SLAM’s foundation is our love for sneakers and the insane world that’s been built around NBA feetwork. The passion, the obsession, the desire to collect every pair of kicks

There’s this website created by a guy who is really into cryptography, which is basically a fancy word for decoding a bunch of triangles and emojis so you can catch serial killers. The website is called CryptoIsNotCryptocurrency.com, and that sentenc

THERE’S A CERTIFIED BUZZ AROUND STATE FARM ARENA. It’s the Atlanta Hawks’ home opener and radio stations and marching bands are blasting music outside. Inside, things are even crazier with fans and media ogling over a facility that’s unveiling a $200

Stephen Curry stands on the court at Oracle Arena with a ring on his right finger and a microphone in his left hand. “Y’all ready?” he asks the riled-up crowd. Then he starts the countdown. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… All eyes gaze up as another banner rolls down

WALKING THROUGH THE PLAYA DEL REY beachside community on a Monday afternoon in early November, Lance Stephenson is all smiles. He’s back living in the same nearby Los Angeles community he resided in just three years earlier when he was a member of th

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, in a quiet gym after a long day of training, NBA rookies were at the free-throw line engaging in a shooting contest. It was a low-stakes game, $20 going to whichever young millionaire swished the most shots. A paltry payout di

Allonzo Trier had to think quickly. He only had a moment to make a life-changing decision during the middle of the 2018 NBA Draft. The 35th pick had just passed and the Knicks were on the board. Right before selecting Mitchell Robinson, executives fr

YOU CAN’T MISS THE SIGNS. Hung from lampposts, painted on the sidewalk in front of the building, the signs let you know this isn’t some ordinary elementary school. The signs offer a unifying mantra—We Are Family—and a statement of commitment, reinfor

THE SCHOOL YEAR is well under way, and I’m back teaching at New Mexico State University. But I can’t stop thinking about my summer in Chicago. And Marshall High School. And Shawn Harrington. As a boy, I attended Chicago public schools for 11 years, a

Willie Cauley-Stein is laying in his hotel bed in downtown Philadelphia, unable to sleep. His mind is wandering. He’s allowing it to think big, to imagine things it hasn’t really before. It’s mid-December of 2017 and the Kings are in town to play the

THE man once known as “Mad Max” isn’t very mad these days—in fact, he’s quite happy, especially on the course. “I think golf has settled me down,” says Vernon Maxwell, who admitted to playing “up to four times a week” during a phone interview. The gu

WITH THE NUMBER OF elite high school programs and AAU club teams multiplying exponentially every year, high school recruits now have options upon options regarding where to play and who to play with. As a result, highly rated prospects annually switc

IT WAS JUNE OF 2014, and 13-year-old Aidan Igiehon packed his bags, said goodbye to his mother and boarded a flight across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. The Clondalkin, West Dublin, native had left behind his local Moyle Park College friends a

Kyrie Irving is all about storytelling. He uses his sneakers as platforms to share his story, as well as the stories of others. He’s hit the court in numerous PEs throughout the years, harkening back to his time shooting in the driveway with his fath

PUMA Hoops came through with a right hook a few days before the 2018 NBA Draft. Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III led the way as the brand found its way back into the basketball space, becoming their first endorsers. Before Terry Rozier, DeMarcus C

Anthony Nila, the Houston Rockets’ equipment manager, is laughing about working with PJ Tucker. “In my office, just from last year, [Tucker] said it’s well over $100K of tennis shoes,” Nila says. “It’s hard to imagine. I’m like, ‘Tuck, you can buy a