Stacheketball, an NBA Blog

An NBA blog with an Affinity for NBA Mustaches

What’s Wrong with Atlanta?

The Atlanta Hawks team is a very curious one. On the surface, the team has a very solid core, consisting of Al Horford, Joe Johnson and Josh Smith. And they also have one of the best 6th men in Jamal Crawford. However, the team has little else besides that. Mike Bibby is over the hill [...]

Video: 2 Winners, 2 Embarrassing Moments

AP Photo/John Raoux You know it’s funny, Despite your team winning, or winning by a huge margin (in 76ers case), bad things can still happen. Apparently, those things happened to both J.J. Redick and Andre Iguodala: Embarrassment #1: J.J. Redick Despite having somewhat of an all around game for J.J. Redick, (12 pts 6 reb [...]

This Day in NBA History, January 6

Ah, January 6. Quite the active day in 1947. Six teams were in action: the Cleveland Rebels, Boston Celtics, Washington Capitols, Pittsburgh Ironmen (named after the Steelers?), Detroit Falcons, and Toronto Huskies. (Who votes the Raptors change names to the Huskies?) Out of these six teams, only one remains in action today. If you picked [...]

Josh Smith on the alley-oop from JJ

Joe Johnson threw this up perfectly for Josh Smith — but then again, Smith can catch anything right? — as he puts down the nasty alley-oop dunk.

Al Horford Posterizes Tim Duncan, 3-21, Video

Al Horford Posterizes Tim Duncan, 3-21, Video. Tim Duncan has been posterized a lot over the years, but you have to hand it to him. He is actually trying to stop these dunks. Al was coming at the rim full blast with only one thought, and that singular thought was to dunk with authority. Tim [...]

6th Man Suits These Five

As the NBA Playoffs approach, today we bring you the five best dressed sixth men among the playoff contenders (with apologies to Kevin Love of the Timberwolves and Carl Landry of the Kings and all others on non-contenders): Lamar Odom Despite playing just over 24 or so minutes per game, Odom still pounds in around [...]

Alonzo Gee dunks on Josh Smith

Not a bad way to score your first NBA points — with a dunk over Josh Smith. But that is exactly what Alonzo Gee, formerly of the D-League, did when he was given some court time for the Washington Wizards during his 10-day contract call-up.

Why do Dominique Wilkins and Patrick Ewing Hate Isiah Thomas

Why do Dominique Wilkins and Patrick Ewing Hate Isiah Thomas. Well, they hate him because he “Debos” the last Minute Maid when you are playing 1 on 1. What’s up with that?

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