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BEST BASKETBALL MAGAZINE OUT!!!!
To any basketball fan reading this--you need to subscribe to this magazine or atleast buy it monthly, if not you are missing out on the best coverage of professional basketball. About 80% of this magazine is NBA, about 20% high school, college, and womens basketball. The writers in this magazine do a great job on giving you stories on and off the court of the athletes.

Sports Illustrated doesnt even come close to what this magazine has and The Inside Stuff is more on a pre-teen level.

Every issue of Slam has an article with an Old School Player which they interview, the cover story usually interviews the athlete, there are about 2 to 3 more full sized articles along with the "Punks" section which features high school b-ball players or schools. Plus much more.

Every once in a while they will release a special issue that isn't included in the subscription.... They have had a Streetball Issue, (another is on the way), they have released 3 KICKS ISSUES (all about shoes), They have also released the 50 GREATEST DUNKERS ISSUE, along with the 50 Greatest Players Issue.
Oh, the 10th anniversary issue just came out a couple of months ago and a couple of years ago they released the 50th issue in which they had 3 special covers of Jordan dunking from the freethrow line. (These are now framed and on my wall!!!)

Slam covers every aspect of the sport of basketball, if you are lookin for a good basketball magazine to subscribe to this is the one. The pictures in here are also the best, no one can compete with this mag!!!!

Best basketball magazine available!
For fans of NBA basketball, or college basketball for that matter, SLAM is the best magazine for you.

SLAM is a magazine that focuses on giving fans some background knowledge about the players on the court, and how they got there. Importantly, it does not solely focus on the mainstream guys. In fact, frequently there are articles about guys who never made it to the big stage, but were legends in their area for that brief moment. That is what makes SLAM different.
There are sections on high school and college basketball, foreign leagues, and past legends. The pieces on 'old school' players are often the best, telling the stories of the greats from yesteryear and showing that the game was invented long before Michael Jordan ever made a Nike commercial.

Clever basketball related jokes are woven in throughout the magazine, and make for humorous reading.
Add to all this the great action photos, and of course the tear-out posters of stars doing what they do best. Plus, a section devoted entirely to the latest shoes and clothing available to help you look good when you hit the streets.

SLAM is essential if you want to call yourself a real fan, and to keep up with the game it is well worth subscribing to.

its a pretty good magazine
ok so there are to much advertisments but the pictures rock some of the best ive seen.and the articles rock as well.

GO JAZZ

Everything hoops
I read a lot of the different sports magazines, especially anything about basketall, and this is basically the only one that really tells me what I want to know about the game and keeps me entertained at the same time. Slam has a lot of features on different players, and not just NBA, but college and even high school players. Slam is the first place that I read about LeBron James and most of the other high school players who came into the NBA. If you love basketball, you'd definite love Slam.

This Magazine Tries to be Cool...
and fails. As an avid basketball fan who watches every game possible, checks nba.com and espn.com every morning, this magazine isn't worth your money. The magazine uses a lot of unnessacary slang and swear words, which looks and sounds unprofessional. It has a few good story ideas and sections, but the finished stories aren't very interesting or well written. As another rewiewer said, there is a lot of adevertising. I bought the August edition of this magazine to check it out before subscribing, and I'm glad I did because I do not reccoment anyone ot subscribe to this. ... Read more

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reviewed from CA
I've been a subscriber since Issue #2. This mag has the feel of an independent source for info. on the NBA, College, Playground, and High School that you may not find anywhere else. I'd rather read Dime than any of the other major mags when it comes to bball news. I wish it was 12 issues instead of 4 per year; but that's only because I enjoy reading it so much.

Like No Other Magazine
I just got their third issue with Kenyon Martin on the cover and it is awesome. They look at hoop the way it is supposed to be looked at. The writing is sophisticated and the stories are about the lives of the players and the different stories within the game. They have a piece on the different jewlery NBA stars are rocking, an interview with Kenyon Martin who says being black contributed to his "thug" rep and a very cool piece where they go out in NYC with Richard Jefferson. Definitely worth picking up. ... Read more