Contents of Dime Magazine - NO65 2011

Dime is the premier basketball magazine, covering the NBA, NCAA, High School, Playground and International basketball - as well as sneakers, fashion and music.

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For a summer filled with so much uncertainty, one thing has be- come undeniably clear: Basketball has never been better. After an epic NBA Finals, pundits around the world saw July 1's expiration of the collective bargaining agreement as the "End of Days." Instead, we witnessed NBA superstars Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose and Chris Paul fly to the Philippines for an exhibition game; Kevin Durant, Brandon Jennings and John Wall hit every top-flight Pro-Am across the country; and two of the most well-known summer leagues – D.C.'s Goodman League and L.A.'s Drew League – prepare to battle for bragging rights in our nation's capital.
But amongst all that, we could not help but find ourselves com- pletely enraptured with an electric 5-7 point guard from Baltimore named Aquille Carr. Following in the footsteps of Charm City leg- ends such as Muggsy Bogues, Sam Cassell and Juan Dixon, the rising junior at Patterson High School packs a gym to capacity whenever and wherever he plays. So after two years and well over three million collective YouTube views, we decided to introduce the pint-sized monster to the world in a big way.
In the previous 64 issues of Dime, we have featured a high school ballplayer alone on the cover only four times – Dwight Howard in 2004 (Dime #9), O.J. Mayo in 2005 (Dime #17), Tyreke Evans in 2006 (Dime #24) and Lance Stephenson in 2008 (Dime #42). And I'm proud to say that as you have come to expect from us, we have given Aquille Carr the shine he deserves before anyone else.
-Aron Phillips, Managing Editor
10 Photo. Douglas Sonders