Mixes, GIFs, tweets, Vines and stills—here are some of The Locker Room’s better moments from 2016. Mixes Tribute to the Original Mixmakers: A video posted by Downtown (@downtownball) on May 8, 2016 at 2:14am PDT The 2000s Pt. 1: A video posted by Downtown (@downtownball) on Jul 8, 2016 at 7:01am PDT The 2000s Pt. 2: A video posted by… Read more →
The holiday season is a time for giving, for sharing, for reconnecting with family and friends… Oh screw it, it’s a time to sit on your backside and watch five marquee matchups of NBA action in one day! The Christmas Day lineup is a stacked one this year. It tips off with the Celtics traveling to the other Garden in… Read more →
There are times in life when we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s taken away. This week, the NBA family lost one of the all-time greats. He never won a championship, was never voted to an All-Star game, never even scored a point. Yet Craig Sager changed his profession forever. Before it became known that Sager was suffering from… Read more →
It’s been a record-setting week in the Association. LeBron James further cemented his legacy in the pantheon of all-time greats as he moved past Elvin Hayes into ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. James scored 27 points to go along with eight boards and eight dimes as the Cavs cruised to their 16th win of the season against… Read more →
The NBA has a slogan reading “This is why we play.” However, for basketball fans and fantasy hoops managers, it’s really more like “This is why we watch.” And as voyeurs, we’ve been spoilt in recent history. Last year we witnessed the most phenomenal shooting season in NBA history by MVP Stephen Curry—breaking his own record for three-pointers made in… Read more →
With five weeks in the books, it’s always a good time to reflect on where things are, and there’s no better time to do so than during Thanksgiving week. Looking up and down your roster, you may have some mixed feelings. For example, in one of my redraft H2H leagues, I’m thankful that Al Horford is finally back and ballin’,… Read more →
We all love an underdog, a story of triumph against the odds, and perhaps there’s no greater basketball underdog story than that of the Hickory High School basketball team, immortalised in the movie Hoosiers. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the film, which was loosely based on the success of the Milan High School team in 1954. It told… Read more →
For all the talk that last year couldn’t be replicated, that the team was different now and his role had to change, that we wouldn’t see anything like the craziness we witnessed in that record-setting season— well, I guess there was one guy not listening. A heat check is one thing, but when you start throwing flames through the hoop… Read more →
Change is inevitable, but some handle it better than others. Take Kevin Durant’s move to Golden State for example. It would seem he’s handling it just fine and you could say that Russell Westbrook is also dealing with it as best as he can. The same cannot be said for Enes Kanter. When the Thunder rolled into Oakland on Thursday… Read more →
In the wake of Twitter’s announcement that its video sharing app Vine will be shut down, we’d like to share with you 20 of the better Vines on Downtown’s channel. We request that if you choose to continue, please watch all of these with sound. In no particular order: Chris Webber, Gary Payton and Shaquille O’Neal ft. Afrika Bambaataa Chris Mullin… Read more →