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All-Star Saturday Roundtable

It’s that time of year again; despite the shortened season All-Star weekend is upon us. Here at Buckets Over Broadway we thought, what better way to spend the day leading up to tonight’s events…Read More

Shumpert out, Evans in for Saturday’s Dunk Contest

It was announced today that Jeremy Evans has replaced Knicks point guard Iman Shumpert in the Dunk Contest scheduled for this weekend. Shumpert was originally selected for the contest, but suffered a Knee…Read More

Lin Added to Rising Stars Roster; Drafted to Team Shaq

In a surprise last minute announcement, Jeremy Lin and Norris Cole were added to the pool of players available for Friday night’s Rising Stars Challenge. In past years the Rising Stars Challenge has…Read More

Shumpert Joins Cast of Young Guns in the Dunk Contest

This morning the NBA announced their participants of the Sprite rising stars slam dunk contest. Among those participating will be Knicks rookie point guard Iman Shumpert.  Shumpert will be joined by…Read More

I Write about Hoops, Therefore I Must Fix All-Star Weekend

The NBA has been trying to learn from pro wrestling for years with little success.  Letting players duke it out on the floor with little or no repercussions conveyed the animosity between teams, which…Read More

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Amar’e Stoudemire On Pace To Be All-Star Starter!

The penultimate All-Star results were announced today and Amar’e Stoudemire has leapfrogged past…Read More

Knick-els: All-Star Info & Rookie Of The Month

New York Knick Landry Fields may have been losing minutes lately, but he just won the NBA’s Eastern…Read More

David Lee A Dud In 1st All-Star Appearance

On Sunday the All-Star Game was played at Cowboys Stadium in front of over 108,000 people, the largest…Read More

Nate Takes Home 3rd Slam Dunk Title

Congratulations to Nate Robinson on his 3rd slam dunk title he won tonight. Nate was easily the best,…Read More

David Lee Makes It Onto All-Star Team Too!

It’s a big day for David Lee!  Today it was announced that Kobe Bryant (due to injury) and Allen…Read More

Thoughts On Today’s Knicks/Wolves Game

Derrick Willis, the excellent blogger over at FanSided’s Minnesota Timberwolves blog, Dunking With…Read More

Will David Lee Be Announced As An All-Star Tonight?

Rather than wait a few hours to find out the answer to that question, let’s check out the possibilities. …Read More

Nate Robinson To Defend Slam-Dunk Title

A lot of Knick stuff over the 3-day weekend, including 3 games. I’ll write about the games tomorrow,…Read More