New Video Posted!

So as mentioned previously in a our written blog posts, we have created a short video for you, demonstrating a few basketball techniques such as the three-pointer shot and the cross over. In the video contains information on helping perform these techniques.

We hope you enjoy!

Basketball Positions

Center

The center is essentially the person who is everywhere. They play generally closest to the basket on both offense and defense, getting up as high as possible for rebounds for offense. For defense, they need to block shots, thus again getting as high as possible.

Having physical strength and core holds a key role in the center's influence of the game, as getting up to the net is not an easy feat for a lanky, skinny person in a crowd of other players.

Power Forward

The power forward is similar to the center in regards to physical attributes, however they are usually somewhat faster and fitter. They must be accustomed to physical play as most of their work takes place inside, meaning a lot of banging and shoving in their gameplay. Additionally, the power forward is expected to have a higher capability of hitting shots than the center.

Small Forward

Usually shorter than the power forward, a small forward possesses similar skills of physical and speed capabilities as the power forward, they are however more capable of playing inside to do center type things, as well as guard type things. Usually the 2nd best outside shooter of the 5 players, the small forward also needs to be an all purpose defender.

Shooting Guard

The shooting guard is, obviously, the player that takes the most shots. He needs to be a dangerous outside shooter, including from three point range.

It is necessary for the shooting guard to have top ball coordination and passing skills, as well as moving without the ball and getting out in the open away from defense.

Point Guard

The point guard handles the ball the most of any player on the team, generally bringing the ball down the court and initiating the offensive plays. As such, he needs to be the best in most qualities of the team.

Height is not an important factor in the role of point guard, as much as intelligence and court vision is. This is because they are constantly coordinating all 5 players on offense to make plays.

Some point guards are offensive weapons comparable to shooting guards and take plenty of shots themselves. Others see their main role as passing to set up shots.

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Miami Fourth Straight NBA Finals?

Will Miami be the second team in NBA history to enter four NBA finals in a row? Only the LA Lakers led by Kobe Bryant has been able to do it so far. Miami have their star line up consisting of:

#34 Ray Allen

#11 Chris Anderson

#31 Shane Battier

#8 Michael Beasley

#1 Chris Bosh

# 15 Mario Chalmers

#30 Norris Cole

#40 Udonis Haslem

#6 Lebron James

#22 James Jones

#9 Rashard Lewis

#20 Greg Oden

#3 Dwyane Wade

and Coach Erik Spoelstra.

Some of NBA's biggest names are on this team, but the one that stands out the most at the moment is Lebron James having made it to the NBA finals 6 out of a possible 8 in recent times. So, will this be the 9th? With Lebron and Wade leading the team in terms of stats for the year closely followed by Allen and Bosh, this team's All Stars are looking strong and in great form with some strong individual performances week in week out. Miami is looking like a very strong team and already leading the Brooklyn Nets in a 4-1 series, so this teams hopes of making it through to yet another NBA finals is looking high. 

Best of Slam Dunks 2012-13

There were some amazing games through the 2012-2013 season of NBA, with amazing steals, shots and of course dunks. Today we are here to have a look at the top 10 dunks of the season and just some overall great plays from some extraordinary individuals. 

#10 Terrence Ross

Toronto Raptors vs Orlando Magic

Terrence Ross takes the #10 spot of the best of slam dunks 2013 in the Toronto vs Orlando game with a windmill dunk following an amazing steal.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJ8bQYkNc8

#9 Blake Griffin

LA Clippers vs Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin the giant has once again shown us his size and power with an amazing alley-oop in the Detriot Vs LA game. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IZ43hxIc8s

#8 Kobe Byrant 

LA Lakers vs Brooklyn Nets

Once again one of the NBA's best has shown off his atheism after many years in the game with one of the strongest dunks throughout the season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOGbAVMeB4

#7 Gerald Henderson

Charlotte Bobcats vs LA Lakers

Through the crowd Gerald Henderson has blown away the team reaching over the top of multiple players to slam it right over their heads.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3izkFFfkNZc

#6 Jeff Green

Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics

Some times it just seems like Jeef Green is jumping off trampolines to get these dunks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EqxSBDHdI

#5 DeMar DeRozan

Toronto Raptors vs Denver Nuggets

Powering right down the middle to slam it.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQJjaalhcwY

#4 Blake Griffin

LA Clippers vs Milwaukee Bucks

Jamal Crawford with some sick skills and tricks passing through to Blake Griffin to once again be featured in this top 10.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylFQ7-K2IE

                  

#3 LeBron James

Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics

Miami Heat have once again shown off their amazing roster with James finishing off the amazing passing and plays with a great drunk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm_t6OfBF7Y

#2 Harrison Barnes

Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Slamming into #2 is Harrison Barnes with the "One Handed Hammer".

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm4UQPTORfE

#1 DeAndre Jordan

LA Clippers vs Detroit Pistons

To finish things off who better than DeAndre "Giant" Jordan with one of the most powerful showings in the NBA.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTkN2q6sUUk

A great season with some great games and great dunks. 

NBA 2k15 Announced Featuring All-Star Kevin Durant

In a relevant topic to the 2014 NBA MVP, the announcement of the next NBA 2k series has started to gear up anticipation for the next in line to the popular NBA 2k series developed by 2k Sports, a cover photo revealing NBA 2k15 has been released as we are given our current MVP Kevin Durant as the all star cover athlete for the next release coming in October 7 in North America and October 10th internationally.

The OKC star revealed "I begged them to put me on the cover because i really think nobody plays the game [NBA 2k] as much as I do"

2 life goals in the same day! So grateful. #YourTimeHasCome #MVP #NBA2K15 @NBA2K http://t.co/Jm8NKTy7Il
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) May 6, 2014

With this series we hope to see the utilization of the powerful current "next gen" consoles as we wished we would see with NBA 2k14, however in terms of graphical performance it was a slight but underwhelming improvement to what we had seen in 2k12/2k13. However this time around with the release of the XBOX One and PS4 we should see improvements to overall game play and also major updates/changes to the online system. Furthermore for PC gamers can hope to see a dedicated PC release as the previous versions had been console ported games which do not utilize a PC's performance efficiently.

RELEASE DATE: OCT 7 (NA) OCT 10 (International)

check out the NBA 2k15 cover featuring Kevin Durant below

2014 NBA Most Valuable Player award goes to Kevin Durant!

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As the 2014 NBA season comes to a near close, we have many big players in the mix for the league's most prestigious award. the most valuable player (MVP) award, with this year showing great consistency from Miami's Lebron James who has set his sights on for a "three-peat" MVP title, earning the last two in a row, and three out of the last four awards. Furthermore, LA Clippers star Blake Griffin was in the running among st other notable players in the league such as Tim Duncan and James Harden. However all efforts by league's star players were overshadowed by the OKC all-star small forward, Kevin Durant, this season in the National Basketball Association we had seen a whole new ball game to Kevin Durant, and as a result he has been awarded with the NBA 2014 MvP award for the regular season.

•  Scored at least 25 points in 41 consecutive games (3rd longest streak in NBA history)
•  Scored over 40 in 14 different matches
• Average of 32 points per game
• Average of 7.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists per game
• 50% shooting from the field

OKC Thunder point guard Russel Westbrook shared a few words about his team mate, "He's been the most constent guy all season long......he's done a great job of leading us to where we are now. He's basically put himself in front of everybody else in the league and shown that he's the best player in the world", Westbrook said at the end of the season.

Catch Kevin Durant's emotional acceptance speech below!

LeBron At It Again

LeBron James, Miami Heat All Star, has once again done his part in the 4^th game against the Brooklyn Nets to secure his team a 3-1 lead in the series. LeBron has matched his career high score of 49 points in a single match last night, displaying a dominating performance and carrying his team to possibly another NBA playoff. Specifically, he had hit a great percentage of his shots, 16 of 24 from the field and 14 of 19 from the free throw line.

LeBron showed us why he is considered one of the greatest players in NBA history, having played an extremely tight game against the Brooklyn Nets. Throughout the whole game neither team had led by double digits, swapping leads over and over. LeBron was the life behind Miami in this game, constantly trying to get the lead for his team, even at one point scoring 13 points in a row.

“He was what was needed on the road and that’s what makes him the best player in the game.” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Time and time again, LeBron has shown us why he is one of the NBA’s greatest All Stars, performing some spectacular showings during crucial games and against the best teams in the league. Will LeBron be able to repeat his performance throughout the remainder of the series and carry his team through to the playoffs? We’ll have to wait until the next match to find out.