Hooped Up

The NBA playoffs start April 17th and to further torture us fans, the league has released another track as a follow-up to the “Defense track” that was already remixed. What do you guys think? Are these tracks getting better or worse?

Personally, I just want to playoffs to start, NBA tracks be damned.

On yesterday’s NBA on TNT broadcast, Ernie Johnson brought Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley some of the coolest headphones a basketball fan could ever want. Inspired by the upcoming Mix Master Mike series, Skullcandy has created headphones to celebrate some of the best players in the game today like Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose, Deron Williams and Andre Iguodala also have their own signature models.

More pics, after the jump.

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The Miami Heat take serious pride in their game intros at American Airlines Arena and they kicked up the “Heat” a notch for their Noche Latina games.

Dwyane Wade split the Philadelphia 76ers defense like his name is Moses and he was loading points instead of animals two by two. Welcome to smash time Sixers.

Sit back and watch New York street artist WK Interact bring the intimidating power of Dwyane Wade to life on the streets of Manhattan. Beautiful graff work!

According to a NBA players poll, new acquired McGrady of the New York Knicks was ranked as the most overrated player in the league receiving 9% of the 173 votes cast, beating Indian Pacers swingman Danny Granger by 4%.

New teammate Al Harrington of also received one vote. Shaquille O’Neal, David West and suspended Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas received 3% of the dubious distinction and 2010 All-Stars LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Dwyane Wade and Gerald Wallace all received more than one vote each.

It’s a good thing that overrated list are usually overrated. See who made the top 5 of this list sponsored by Haterade, quenching the thirst of mediocre talent since the inception of free agency.

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The Miami Heat received an optimistic progress report Thursday on the status of Dwyane Wade’s strained left calf.

With swelling down and Wade maintaining full functionality, the team continues to list the guard as day-to-day, although it is almost certain he will not play in the final two stops of this four-game road trip, Friday night against the Memphis Grizzlies and Saturday against the Dallas Mavericks.

Wade’s injury is the type that can take two weeks or longer to heal, but a team spokesman said there is hope that a return could come far sooner. Wade remains with the team, with his treatment regimen the same as it would be with a return to South Florida.

“He’s on a day-to-day basis and he’s being treated three or four times a day and we hope it’s something that he’ll get over with quickly,” Heat President Pat Riley said.

Sun Sentinel

After failing to acquire Stoudemire, Miami Heat turns focus to keeping Dwyane Wade
Having come up short in its battle to acquire Amare Stoudemire by Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, the Heat is preparing for a bigger fight heading into free agency.

At stake: Dwyane Wade.

Although the Heat was unable to swing a deal amid a flurry of movement at the deadline, the focus shifts to protecting its biggest asset in Wade from an expanded field of suitors flushed with cash.

The New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings made moves in recent days to join the New Jersey Nets as teams that cleared enough salary-cap space to make maximum offers to Wade and other top-tier free agents.
Miami Herald

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Featuring nine members of the gold medalist 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and a total of 11 Olympians who have captured a combined 15 Olympic medals (nine gold medals and six bronze medals), USA Basketball revealed today 27 players who have been named to the 2010-2012 USA Men’s National Team program. The selections were announced by USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo.

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Welcome to international JJ Hickson dominating Dwyane Wade day.

First Wade gets got by Hickson, then he told Wade “hell to the naw” on this drive. If they played a game of chess or checkers after the game, Hickson probably would have dominated Wade at that too.

Now go dominate somebody with the initials DW to celebrate.