Day: February 8, 2025

PE Corner: DeMar DeRozan wears “Kay Yow/Think Pink” Kobe IX EM Protro

Brandon King

In a recent game, Sacramento Kings forward and Kobe line flag carrier DeMar DeRozan broke out the “Think Pink/Kay Yow” Kobe IX EM. First worn by the University of Oregon basketball team sports a pink engineered mesh upper adorned on the lateral sides with large white Swooshes and smaller such branding on the medial sides.  A Kobe logo appears on the tongue, while a Kay Yow logo appears on the rear heel.  Underneath resides a white midsole that wraps at the heel to form a heel cup, augmented with pink…

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Ben Simmons to sign with Los Angeles Clippers

Brandon King

Ben Simmons has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Clippers and will sign with the teams once he clears waivers according to Shams Charania.  Earlier on Saturday Simmons and the Brooklyn Nets agreed on a buyout, making the enigmatic power forward a free agent. The buyout ends three underwhelming seasons in Brooklyn in which Simmons appeared in just 90 of a possible 216 games and put up per-game averages of 6.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists, and 1.0 steals in 25.0 minutes of action.  Simmons, 28, was acquired by…

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Nate Robinson gets life saving operation

Brandon King

Former NBA guard Nate Robinson underwent a successful kidney transplant Friday morning at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. An ESPN chronicle of Robinson’s ordeal revealed that the three-time slam dunk champion (2006, 2009, and 2010) learned during his rookie year with the New York Knicks that his kidneys were it. In 2021 Robinson learned his kidneys were failing; he subsequently began dialysis treatment thrice per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at a Seattle clinic from 5:30 am to 9:30 am as toxins, waste products, and excess fluids…

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