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InsideHoops.com, or Inside Hoops (ISH), is a basketball news website. InsideHoops.com was founded in 1999/2000 by Jeff Lenchiner. InsideHoops.com's primary focus is NBA coverage. The site updates several times a day. InsideHoops.com also has basic daily college basketball coverage, WNBA news roundups, and occasional features on high school and street basketball, as well as minor league and overseas hoops.

A professional media outlet, Inside Hoops' staff is small and only consists of respected professional sports journalists. Editorial contributors to the website number in the hundreds.

[edit] Interviews

InsideHoops.com publishes exclusive interviews with the superstars of basketball. Some of the famous players to have done face-to-face Inside Hoops interviews include LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Paul Pierce, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming, Chris Webber, Elton Brand, Tracy McGrady, Shawn Marion, Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, Pat Riley, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the majority of known players in professional basketball.

Because so many players interview with InsideHoops.com, the site is known as the home base for lots of famous NBA players. Many of them have recorded audio welcomes for the website, which are found on the lower right corner of the front page. NBA commissioner David Stern even recorded a greeting, welcoming readers to Inside Hoops.

[edit] Media coverage

InsideHoops.com was called "a haven for pro basketball junkies" by Sports Illustrated in their December 25, 2000 issue. It was named "Best of the Web" by Forbes a year later. The InsideHoops.com NBA Rumors page, praised by Yahoo Internet Life back in 2001, is famous and read by the majority of the basketball media and fan world. Newsweek magazine recommended InsideHoops.com in March of 2005, citing its "clever analysis."

InsideHoops.com has been quoted as a source by the New York Times, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, SportsTicker, NBA.com, CNNSI.com, ESPN Insider, Kansas City Star, Indianapolis Star, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Daily News, Jerusalem Post and dozens of other major newspapers, plus ESPN radio, ABC radio, BBC radio, WFAN radio in New York, VH1 "Fabulous Life of Hoop Superstars" television special, WB channel 11 evening news in NYC, NBA TV and other top outlets.

[edit] InsideHoops Forum

The Inside Hoops message boards have an NBA forum with thousands of posts a day. They have personal forums for all NBA teams, as well as forums for college, highschool, draft, streetball, international, and a sneakers forum. Other examples of online NBA forums are http://www.nbaboards.net/ and http://www.bballcentral.com/.