The Top 45 Small Forwards In Fantasy Basketball
While all of America is gearing up for fantasy football, we here at Dime feel that it’s never too early for fantasy basketball draft preparation. We’re in the process of breaking down each position...
View ArticleThe 25 Greatest Miami Heat Players In Franchise History
Four years ago, compiling a list of the 25 best players in Miami Heat history meant adding on a few that probably would not have been known of outside of Miami. How times have changed. In four years,...
View ArticleThe 25 Greatest Washington Wizards Players In Franchise History
It’s been a long time coming. Well, 35 years to be exact. That’s how long this drought has lasted. To put it into perspective, the nation’s capital has not had a NBA championship since Jimmy Carter was...
View Article5 Reasons To Watch The 2013-14 Milwaukee Bucks
With the start of the 2013-14 NBA season rapidly approaching, we thought it only fair to share what makes each team so exciting. Ontologically speaking, all 30 teams deserve our eyeballs this season....
View ArticleReport: Milwaukee Finalizing Buyout With Caron Butler
Milwaukee will finalize a buyout today for small forward Caron Butler, according to a report from ESPN.com. Butler is on the final year of his contract, making $8 million this season for the worst team...
View Article10 Free Agents That Need To Be Signed By Playoff Teams
The NBA Playoffs are still a good two months away, but that doesn’t mean teams haven’t begun preparing and planning their rosters for the home stretch. Why? March 1 marks the last day a player can be...
View ArticleReport: Caron Butler To Sign With OKC
Instead of signing with Miami, Caron Butler has agreed to sign with their chief rivals, the Oklahoma City Thunder, reports Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. Because he signed before the Saturday...
View ArticleCaron Butler Takes Viewers Back To The Drug-Dealing Days Of His Youth
Many of the finest players in the NBA grew up in some of the most improverished neighbhorhoods in America. The “streets” really were a “short stop” but they had a “wicked jump shot,” as BIGGIE intoned...
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Detroit Acquires Ersan Ilyasova From Milwaukee In A Three-Player Swap
USA TODAY Sports Let’s call this the unofficial beginning of the NBA’s silly season. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Milwaukee Bucks have traded Ersan Ilyasova to the Detroit Pistons...
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Caron Butler Will Join The Sacramento Kings, The Ninth Team Of His Career
USA TODAY Sports For as good of a player as Caron Butler has been, he sure has moved around a lot. Butler has been on eight teams in his 13 years in the NBA, and he’s about to make the Sacramento Kings...
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Caron Butler Is Ashamed Of His Very Real Addiction To Mountain Dew
Getty Image Caron Butler is entering year 14 in the NBA (on his ninth team!), and he’s one of the more compelling personalities in the game. He grew up destitute and had to sell drugs as a kid, but...
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There’s A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Gilbert Arenas Gun Incident In Caron...
Share This Video The Gilbert Arenas era of the Washington Wizards disbanded rather unceremoniously after the locker room standoff between Arenas and Javaris Crittenton in December of 2009. The...
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Gilbert Arenas Shares A Now-Deleted Version Of The 2009 Locker Room Gun Showdown
Getty Image Earlier this week, we published a heavily excerpted account of the 2009 locker-room gun standoff between Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton that Caron Butler published in his fantastic...
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Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, The Celtics & The Craziest Trade Rumor You’ve...
Kevin Garnett (Photo. Gary Land) When Danny Ainge first acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen back in 2007, the new Big Three, in theory, was providing the Celtics with a three-year championship window....
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Three-Way NBA Trade Sends Bledsoe To Suns, Redick To Clippers
As the sporting world waits for Dwightmare 2013 to come to an end, the rest of the league remains quite active. Three teams sought to improve their rosters Tuesday, conducting a trade that saw one of...
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Deron Williams Will Become A Free Agent; Caron Butler Wants the Bulls
Deron Williams Deron Williams is probably feeling mad lonely right now over there in Jersey. Dwight Howard this, and Chris Paul wants to go here and everyone wants to team up. Well Williams is sort of...
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Report: Spurs To Use Amnesty Clause On Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson (photo. Spurs.com) Although Richard Jefferson didn’t make our list of the Top 5 Potential NBA Amnesty Clause Victims, that doesn’t mean he couldn’t still fall victim. According to...
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Dallas Is Breaking Up The Champs; Dwight Howard Names His Price
J.J. Barea (photo. Javier Pesquera) Even so little as 12 months ago, who would’ve thought we’d be starting an edition of Smack talking about J.J. Barea? He’s a big part of the story, but so is Tyson...
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Report: Caron Butler To Sign With The Los Angeles Clippers
Caron Butler, Dime #54 Too bad Chicago. And San Antonio. You’ve lost out on a potential swingman who can play defense, make plays off the dribble and won’t screw you in any particular way. You’ve lost...
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Video: Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan React to the Chris Paul Trade News
“It’s going to be Lob City.” That is the first full sentence that DeAndre Jordan can get himself to put together once his agent called him with the news that the Clippers had pulled off last night’s...
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Blake Griffin & The Clippers Run Past The Lakers; Isiah Thomas Backs LeBron’s...
No Kobe Bryant meant mismatch at times last night in the Clippers’ 108-103 win, their second straight in as many games against their crosstown rivals. It was a barrage of turnovers and highlights that...
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The Clippers’ Christmas Day Kicks
As we said yesterday, Christmas Day allows brands to drop special colorways of shoes for their guys. This year is no different. With that, watch as Clippers reporter Madelyn Burke caught up with her...
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The Top 10 NBA Superstar Trades With The Largest Impact
Kevin Garnett (Photo. Gary Land) It is pretty rare when an elite superstar, a player at the top of their game, is traded off by a team. Circumstances have to reach a boiling point where the team is not...
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Dime’s 2011 NBA Free Agent Tracker
Andrei Kirilenko Whereas last summer reshaped the NBA and as a byproduct of that, helped usher in the extended lockout, the upcoming abbreviated free agency period won’t include a single franchise...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 1.11
Derrick Rose Beast of the Night: Derrick Rose put up 31 points, three boards, 11 assists, a steal, two blocks and four three-pointers last night against the Timberwolves. He shot 55 percent (12-22)...
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20 NBA Players Who Should Play For Their Hometown Teams
LaMarcus Aldridge (photo. Hance Taplin) There’s something purely Americana about the hometown kid making good in front of the hometown crowd. Whether it’s David Freese blasting home runs to lead his...
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Derrick Rose Is Unstoppable; Blake Griffin Is Unbelievable
Derrick Rose (photo. adidas) Derrick Rose said he was gonna go crazy against Washington last night, and dude did go a little nuts. Not only did he pick up a technical, but he was as aggressive as we’ve...
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LeBron James Tries To Break Milwaukee’s Rims; We Found Blake Griffin’s...
LeBron James (photo. Jonathan Mannion) Don’t hurt ’em LeBron. We guess all it took for James to deliver a near-perfect performance was the possibility of being swept this year by Milwaukee because he...
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The Fight That Nearly Was: Blake Griffin Vs. Tyler Hansbrough
The fight would’ve been classic: Tyler Hansbrough vs. Blake Griffin. But as we pointed out in Smack, not much made sense in this whole thing. The two big fellas in the middle of it get techs for...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.26
Russell Westbrook (photo. Jeff Forney) Beast of the Night: Russell Westbrook finished the 2011-12 NBA season with a bang, producing a pretty line of 30 points, six rebounds, nine assists, three steals,...
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Andrew Bynum Ties NBA Playoff Record; Rajon Rondo Gets Ejected; Clippers Pull...
Andrew Bynum (photo. Jeff Forney) The only thing seemingly happening more often than freak injuries through the playoffs first two days are blocked shots. We saw Roy Hibbert sending away all sorts of...
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Dime TV: Tyson Chandler on Caron Butler: “His Kneecap Went Up His Knee”
Why are we dropping Part III of the Tyson Chandler video series on a Saturday morning? Because the Caron Butler-less Clippers play tonight. Listen to Chandler talk about how in many ways, Caron can...
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Memphis Cannot Stop Chris Paul; Utah Gon’ Fishing
Chris Paul (photo. Jordan Brand) Oh, we want to put an asterisk by this so, so bad. But damn, Chris Paul is just too, too good. We can forget that CP and Blake Griffin will probably wake up today with...
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LeBron & Wade Can’t Deliver; The Spurs Have Won 15 Straight Games
Danny Granger (photo. Stephen Hill) Indiana gave the Heat enough chances, missing more freebies than a Ben Wallace practice session, and yet the two best players in the world (supposedly) couldn’t...
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Video: Caron Butler Dunks, Tim Duncan Drops Head In Shame
Actually it was more like Caron Butler serves up the facial, but in the process hits Tim Duncan across the face with his off arm, thus forcing Duncan to go reeling. Watching this play live, I didn’t...
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Caron Butler Challenges His Daughters To Family Feud Games
What do NBA players do during the offseason? If you’re Caron Butler, you’re challenging your daughters to games of Hungry Hippos and thumb wars, and signing “Call Me Maybe.” The NOC YouTube channel...
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These NBA Doppelganger GIFs Are Pretty Terrifying And Accurate
I know that banner image isn’t a GIF, but I still haven’t taken the class on GIF editing through South New Hampshire State Tech’s amazing online program. Either way, it’s my effort to join in the fun...
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Dime Q&A: Trey Thompkins On Playing “Got ‘Em”& Being Drafted With His Best...
Los Angeles Clippers forward Trey Thompkins is about to begin his second NBA season. Drafted early in the second round of the 2011 draft, Thompkins appeared in 24 games last year for the 40-26...
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Video: Three Clippers Scare Themselves Silly In A Haunted House
No, that’s not a photo of forward Trey Thompkins looking on in terror at the horrifying former breakfast menu of Enes Kanter. No, Thompkins and Clipper teammates Ryan Hollins and Caron Butler all took...
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The Top 20 Small Forwards In The NBA Today
LeBron James (photo. David Alvarez) Do positions even matter anymore? They feel arbitrary. Shooting guards and small forwards should be wings or swingmen. Power forwards and centers should just be...
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Jamal Crawford Cashes in a Long Three-Pointer
Caron Butler loses his balance and passes the rock to Jamal Crawford who knocks down the three-point jumper while being defended by Jason Terry.
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Caron Butler Splits Defense And Hits A Sideways Layup
Caron Butler goes on a mission as he splits the defense, drives to the hoop and knocks down a difficult layup in tonight’s matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz.
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The Clippers Haven’t Lost In A Whole Month; Tony Parker Dices Up Dallas
Chris Paul (photo. Jordan Brand) There wasn’t as much drama to this Clippers win over the Jazz, but even more significance came with it. L.A., you see, hasn’t lost in a pure month after beating Utah,...
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Kyrie Irving Makes His All-Star Case By Lighting Up Rajon Rondo; OKC Makes A...
Kyrie Irving (photo. D.L. Anderson) Rajon Rondo is one of the best defensive point guards in the NBA. The Boston Celtics, over the past 6-7 years, have been one of the best defensive teams in the NBA....
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Caron Butler Tips In Airball Backwards At The Halftime Buzzer
Caron Butler rescues Blake Griffin‘s airball with a backwards, over-the-head tip-in as the buzzer sounded to close the first half.
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The Clippers Outclass The Lakers; Carmelo Anthony Is On The Hottest Scoring...
Chris Paul (photo. Daymon Gardner) It was fun watching Craig knock Deebo out. And in the ongoing Lakers/Clippers rivalry, it almost feels like that scene is playing out again and again. Los Angeles...
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The Top 5 Times Tim Duncan Got Dunked On In The NBA Playoffs
Tim Duncan (photo. Jonathan Mannion) Today is Tim Duncan’s birthday. As we were combing through our archives looking for some of our best Timmy posts to add to the celebration, we found this one from...
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LeBron, Ray Allen, Chris Paul, And Caron Butler Were All Unhappy At How The...
Getty Image The concept of loyalty has been popping up in NBA discussions ever since the Kyrie Irving trade. Not because of the way Irving handled his exit from Cleveland, but instead, the fact that...
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‘NBA 2K18’ Hopefully Set A Precedent By Adding Caron Butler To Its Wizards...
Getty Image While many new features are coming to NBA 2K18 on Sept. 19, no addition has created more buzz than the introduction of All-Time Teams for all 30 NBA franchises. You can check out the full...
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Mark Wahlberg Wants To Direct And Act In A Film He’s Producing About Caron...
Getty Image Caron Butler has led a fascinating life, to the point where well-known Hollywood figure Mark Wahlberg has been in the mix to produce a film about his life for quite some time. However,...
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