Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

In the leadup to the 1996-97 season, SLAM magazine featured an iconic cover with 1996 draftees like Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Marcus Camby and Stephon Marbury, among ...

Allen Iverson gets a new limited edition bobblehead from FOCO, which partnered with SLAM Magazine commemorate the Sixers legend's front cover pose in March 1999. Philadelphia enters the 2020 NBA ...

In any event, if you look at Simmons and LeBron side by side in these Slam cover photos, the difference is profound. LeBron already looked like a truck, Simmons has some filling in to do.