After eight years in office, Barack Obama took some well-deserved rest. He was recently seen kitesurfing with billionaire Richard Branson off the coast of private Moskito Island, but YouTuber NykeFaller had other plans for him, placing the avowed basketball fan in the video game NBA 2K17. Would Obama be a good basketball player?
No, Becky Hammon did not miss the locker room, but after 16 years of playing for the San Antonio Stars, she is moving from the women's team to the men's team, the San Antonio Spurs, the current NBA champions. Of course, she is not moving to the floor, but behind the court line, to the position of assistant coach to Gregg Popovich.
In 2014, Becky Hammon was already plowing the fallow land in the North American NBA basketball league, when she became a full-fledged member of the professional staff of head coach Gregg Popovich. The first female assistant coach of an NBA team is now on her way to a new milestone. She will join the coach of the San Antonio Spurs team at the All-Star game, where the famous coach Ostrog will lead the western team.
The Hugo Boss brand is known for sophisticated and modern clothes. And in collaboration with the NBA, they've created a collection that flirts with style, perfect for basketball fans. The NBA is home to the most talented athletes in the world, and collaboration with famous basketball players is a great opportunity for recognition of this type of clothing.
It happens to the best. Take a look at the mistake made by the Duke Blue Devils, who play in the NCAA American college league. A scene that you can only see at primary school league matches.
The Nine Kobe 9 Elite is a sneaker that subtly combines aesthetics and technology. They say she has no money and is coming in February.
The European Basketball Championship 2015 is just around the corner. This year will be something special (well, hands down, EuroBasket 2013, hosted by Slovenia, was even more so), as it is shared by four countries, namely Germany, Latvia, France and Croatia. The proximity (Slovenia will play the preliminaries in Zagreb) will give the championship an extra boost, as we will practically be playing at home again. A real migration of nations is thus expected to the Arena. Since 1993, Slovenia has not missed a single basketball tournament of the old continent, and the last five have always reached the quarterfinals. Is it time to go one step further? The championship starts on September 5 and ends on September 20, 2015, and Slovenia opens it on Saturday with a match against the Croatians.
Lionel Messi and Kobe Bryant are fierce competitors in their fields, but they found a way to compete with each other. After a very successful ad campaign last year for Turkish Airlines, which reached more than 100 million views, they thought about how to get back into the game of the most wanted on the Internet. And they came up with the idea of including the most searched word of the previous year: "selfie" or "self-portrait with a mobile phone".
A few days ago they laughed at him, but today Goran Dragić proved that he can also score! After a failed attempt in the game against Cleveland, he showed at night against Orlando that he can also put the ball through the hoop! Watch his first dunk in a Miami Heat jersey.
The guys from the How Ridiculous team set a new world record for long distance baskets in history. Namely, the basketball flew through the ring after flying as high as 126.5 meters, which is (plus the height of the basket) the height of the dam in Tasmania (Australia). And while it's hard not to be skeptical when it comes to footage online, the record has been certified by Guinness, so it must be authentic.
The adidas ZNE Hoodie with a unique hood contributes to the reduction of distracting external factors and helps athletes to have complete mental focus. With it, Gareth Bale, Tori Bowie, James Harden, Ana Ivanović and Coco Shillin already keep their concentration optimal, and Slovenian athletes Goran Dragić, Marcos Tavares, Mina Markovič and David Pleše are also impressed by the innovative ZNE Hoodie.
Is this the most desperate free throw in history? Although it seems that all the world's basketball cream is gathered in the NBA basketball league, there are also basketball players in its ranks who probably shouldn't be there. One of them is Joakim Noah, who has repeatedly "proved himself" with defeating shots that belong in the village and not in the strongest basketball league in the world. Watch his desperate free throw that made the entire basketball world laugh. Shaquille O'Neal will surely give it a fair go in his NB playground jokes Shaqtin' A Fool.