SLAM Magazine - Magazine Features

Magazine Features

• "Trash Talk" - readers give their love to Slam or share some beef they had with the last magazine, and selected letters are put in this section.

• "SLAMADAMONTH" — a short article describing a slam dunk accompanied by a photograph of the play. This feature usually features a dunk performed by an NBA player, but has featured college players in the past. The first SLAMADAMONTH (Spring 1994 issue) featured Chris Webber dunking on Charles Barkley.

• "NOYZ" — a series of one-line jokes commenting on recent basketball events, written anonymously. The first NOYZ column appeared in the March 1995 issue.

• "In Your Face" —

• "Last Shot" — a former back-page column documenting a game-winning shot during a game. This feature was discontinued after the January 2000 issue.

• "SLAM Magazine's top 75 NBA players of all time" — released in 2003.

• "SLAM Magazine Old School" - Released in 2005.

• "What's My Name?- SLAM fans make nicknames for NBA players and if they win they get a prize from the slam vault.

• "The SLAM high school diary" — In 1994, SLAM began a tradition of choosing a highly talented high school basketball player to keep a monthly diary recording their accomplishments as they moved toward playing college or professional basketball. Since the diary began, 6 of its 11 keepers have not played in the NBA. Only LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair were not in their final ("senior") year of high school when they wrote the diary. The following players have been keepers of the SLAM diary: (current career status in brackets)

1. 1995 - Stephon Marbury (NBA All-Star)
2. 1996 - Ronnie Fields (CBA Player)
3. 1997 - Edmund Saunders (won an NCAA Championship with UConn in 1999)
4. 1998 - Ray Young (CBA Player)
5. 1999 - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (NBA Player)
6. 2000 - Andre Barrett (NBA Player)
7. 2001 - Eddy Curry (NBA Player)
8. 2002 - LeBron James (NBA All-Star and NBA Champion)
9. 2003 - Sebastian Telfair (NBA Player)
10. 2004 - Marvin Williams (NBA Player; won an NCAA Championship with UNC in 2005)
11. 2005 - Eric Devendorf (NBL Player)
12. 2006 - Thaddeus Young (NBA Player)
13. 2007 - Kevin Love (NBA All-Star)
14. 2008 - Tyreke Evans (NBA Player)
15. 2009 - Xavier Henry (NBA Player)
16. 2010 - Harrison Barnes (NBA Player)
17. 2011 - Quincy Miller (NBA Player)
18. 2012 - Shabazz Muhammad (UCLA Player)
19. 2013 - Andrew and Aaron Harrison (Kentucky commits)

• Trash Talk — Readers' letters to the editor are posted here, with occasional comments by the editor.
• Rookie Diary - The Rookie Diary is held by a new NBA rookie yearly, as they speak about their first experiences in the league: (rookie season team in brackets)

1. 2002-03 - Drew Gooden (Memphis Grizzlies / Orlando Magic)
2. 2003-04 - Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
3. 2004-05 - Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers)
4. 2005-06 - Ike Diogu (Golden State Warriors)
5. 2006-07 - Kyle Lowry (Memphis Grizzlies)
6. 2007-08 - Joakim Noah (Chicago Bulls)
7. 2008-09 - Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers)
8. 2009-10 - Jonny Flynn (Minnesota Timberwolves)
9. 2010-11 - DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings)
10. 2011-12 - Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves)
11. 2012-13 - Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards)