Awesome Basketball

The Chicago Bulls’ main man will make a comeback this season with the help of his new signature shoes. The D Rose 3 was designed to be lightweight and flexible and sports the new D Rose logo.

Get a good look at the new player animations and signature moves in NBA 2K13, including lots of dunks, crazy layups and pumped up celebrations. The song is Victory, a Puff Daddy classic.

NBA 2K13 brings a crossover-friendly control scheme, new player physics, the Dream Team and the return of the All Star game modes. We hope they made the Slam Dunk contest enjoyable.

King James’ latest signature shoes have a full length Zoom air unit, Flywire tech and Hyperfuse construction. Some models will be Nike+ compatible. Other known colorways here and here.

A Laker-esque colorway of the Feet You Wear shoes, aka the shoes that Kobe Bryant wore when he still had an afro and was winning Slam Dunk contests. Also available in the South Beach colors.

A documentary about the 1992 USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, a group so packed with talent and egos that they faced  – and created – greater challenges within than in the Olympics itself.

Old Uncle Drew is asked to play ball with the young blood, who are annoyed at first but then quickly remember not to judge a book by its cover. Especially if it really is just that: a cover.

The team has yet to play a single game – and its roster needs a lot of work – but fans of the Brooklyn Nets can already show their support with ballin’ merch from the NBA. BROOOOKLYYYYN!

Think Mamadou is huge? Meet Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, one of the newest members of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. At 7’8″, Tiny can hang onto the rim with both his feet still touching the floor.

In a match against Serbian basketball team Partizan, Croatian team Cibona learned a very valuable lesson. The same lesson as this cyclist did – the game isn’t over until it’s over. Poor coach.

People are always arguing about what the NBA could do to make the All-Star Game more interesting. We have a pretty simple suggestion: more Phantom high-speed cameras, please.

Imbued with a bold reddish-orange hue, these lightweight shoes weigh just 11 ounces. Perfect for B-ball, D. Rose himself will be wearing a pair for this year’s NBA All-Star Game. Out 2/23 for $110.

The Rapid Fire is a ball return system that makes it significantly easier to practice shooting. It can easily be adjusted to return the ball from shots of different angles or turned into a backstop.

At 7’5″, high school junior Mamadou Ndiaye is taller than any active NBA player. A pituitary tumor (now removed) is believed to have influenced his towering height. More about him here and here.

The dunk factory Blake Griffin cranked out a colossal one against Kendrick Perkins in the Los Angeles Clippers’ win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Get your future classic poster here.

Using only a basketball and bucket of red paint, artist OhiseeRED paints a rather impressive likeness of Yao Ming – though she doesn’t have enough paper to render all 7 foot 6 inches of him.

Want to show some love to the hardwood classics and greatest games that we watched over and over again during the protracted off-season? Get these throwback NBA team shirts by ‘47 Brand.

Elevate is a documentary about four talented West African teenagers from the SEEDS academy who have qualified for slots at an American prep school, a step closer to their dream of playing in the NBA.

Here ye, greedy NBA players: don’t think for a minute you couldn’t get replaced by this number one feline draft pick. Looks like all the moves are solid, plus, bonus: payment in Friskies.

Derrick Rose collaborated extensively on his latest shoe release with Adidas; this pair features an adjustable collar, lightweight build and welded sprint frame support for all your wicked cuts.

King James’ latest signature shoes, the Lebron 9 Cannon Has a military green, slate and orange Hyperfuse upper with Flywire support and Air Max 180 on the heel. Also available in black and red.

Yeah, yeah, get the dirty jokes out of your system and watch Selyna Bogino “practicing at home for fun”, juggling not one, not two, but five basketballs with her hands and feet. Unreal.

2K Sports brings out the big guns for NBA 2K12, which will feature more legends aside from Jordan, along with their signature moves that will send chills down the spine of basketball fans.