Recently John stumbled across the bloggers of OK Great (www.okaygreat.com) conducting a dunk contest on our Mini-Pro II Hoop Set. The pictures are really great, but not nearly as cool as some of the dunks they were throwing down!

Channeling Michael Jordan!

Be sure to check out the link below for more of their photos and if you would like to be featured on our blog with your friends let us know either on here or by e-mail: justin@justintymesports.com

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A great video sent in of a young hoopster on our Mini-Xtreme!

Alwasy feel free to send in pictures or videos of you enjoying our hoops!

It’s official.  John Calipari, the former Memphis coach, will replace Billy Gillespie at Kentucky. Early reports state that Calipari will be the highest paid coach in the nation.  Kentucky moved fast after firing the Billy Gillespie last week. Gillespie only lasted two rocky years with the Wildcats as he was not comfortable having to deal with the celebrity of being the head coach of a team with such a rabid fan base.

While this deals a heavy blow to the Memphis program, Calipari could give Kentucky that edge it needs to return to the top of the college basketball world.  He has been successful at every stop in his coaching career, especially with Memphis.  His recent teams have dominated Conference USA and he played for the national title last April.  He should be able to have that type of impact at Kentucky almost immediately.  With a roster that may already feature two future NBA players, Coach Cal could be bringing in a couple mega-recruits that would strike fear in most of the average rosters in the SEC.

JustInTymeSports mini basketball hoops were featured during a segment on the Today Show last week!

Watch the video to see Hoda and Kathie Lee use our Mini-Pro I hoops for a shooting contest.

Coach of the Washington Wizards, Eddie Jordan, was let go Monday after a 1-10 start to the season.

Clearly Jordan was put in a tough spot due injuries to Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood and the Wizards as a team still haven’t found their stride. I think even with Arenas and Haywood Washington had hit its ceiling, falling early in the playoffs in the past 3 seasons. When a team becomes stagnant a major shake up is needed. This is usually done by cutting the coach loose rather than making a blockbuster deal such as the Pistons-Nuggets trade not too long ago.

Its looking as though this may be a lost season for Washington fans and players. They can always look forward to the lottery picks, though.