Archive for May, 2008
Heat open for business at No. 2 The Heat will listen intently to offers for the second pick in the draft With Dwyane Wade’s free agency looming, Miami can’t be too patient Will president Pat Riley make another …
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Clippers | No Comments
Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony scored, scored and then scored some more. Media members around the NBA were not impressed.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Denver Nuggets | No Comments
Sadly for the NBA and anyone who really cares about professional sports, the Tim Donaghy case is like a barrel of toxic waste in the well water.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Philadelphia 76ers | No Comments
While everyone else in the Los Angeles Lakers organization was scurrying toward the locker room, toward the celebration, two enormous men were quietly walking away.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
Paul Pierce grew up in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Celtics for NBA titles.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Boston Celtics | No Comments
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce walked together, sporting black hats with green four-leaf clovers, and tried to soak up the moment when both superstars became conference champions for the first time.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Detroit Pistons | No Comments
A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers .
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
May 27th, 2008 by David Crockett Comments trackback 2008 NBA Mock Draft Previously I offered some thoughts on which players the lottery teams should select.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in New Jersey Nets | No Comments
Terry Porter is expected to be interviewed for a second time by the Phoenix Suns later this week.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Houston Rockets | No Comments
Terry Porter is expected to be interviewed for a second time by the Phoenix Suns later this week.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Detroit Pistons | No Comments
It’s been a long time coming. In fact, it’s been more than 20 years since the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have met in the NBA Finals.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
Chicago — Doug Collins’ second tenure as Chicago Bulls coach may be coming, but there was no announcement as of Friday evening.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Chicago Bulls | No Comments
Detroit guard Richard Hamilton started and scored 21 points despite a strained right elbow in Friday’s 89-81 loss to Boston, as the Pistons were eliminated from the playoffs.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Detroit Pistons | No Comments
It’s not the NBA playoffs without a little bit of controversy, and finally it seems we have some.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
From left, Boston’s Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett look on from the bench during the Celtics 94-75 loss to Detroit in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night in Auburn Hills, Mich.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Boston Celtics | No Comments
This is how good he is. Kobe Bryant doesn’t need a full complement of help. Kobe Bryant doesn’t even need a full 48 minutes.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers | No Comments
Run out of the playoffs by a younger team with fresher legs, the San Antonio Spurs head into the offseason with a nagging question: are they too old?
After Tim Duncan and the defending champion Spurs mounted their best-ever title defense, but fell short of a repeat with a 4-1 loss in the Western Conference finals […]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced that the team and KFAN-AM 1130 have reached an agreement on a three-year radio partnership beginning with the team’s upcoming 20th season in 2008.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Minnesota Timberwolves | No Comments
Mitchell native and professional basketball player Mike Miller and his family this week announced a donation to St.
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Memphis Grizzlies | No Comments
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The rebuilding of the Knicks officially begins here this weekend, where the entire basketball operations staff, including all 14 scouts, has come together for a meeting to decide the …
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in New York Knicks | No Comments
The Celtics held serve and a lot of it had to do with the starting five. The Big Three of Kevin Garnett , Paul Pierce , and Ray Allen all had excellent games and the two youngsters, Rajon Rondo and Kendrick …
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Boston Celtics | No Comments
Bystanders, that’s what the Mavericks have been during May. Some would say that’s what they were when they still were playing, too, but that’s another story.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Dallas Mavericks | No Comments
Bystanders, that’s what the Mavericks have been during May. Some would say that’s what they were when they still were playing, too, but that’s another story.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Los Angeles Lakers | No Comments
Bulls general manager John Paxson flatly denied Wednesday that he has decided to take Kansas State forward Michael Beasley over Memphis guard Derrick Rose with the No.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Chicago Bulls | No Comments
The Atlanta Hawks have hired former Seattle executive Rick Sund as the team’s new general manager.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Atlanta Hawks | No Comments
IN MY OPINION Former Charlotte Hornets general manager Dave Twardzik used to say there’s a subtle, but critical, difference between a scoring point guard and a scorer masquerading as a point guard.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in New Orleans Hornets | No Comments
It’s enough pressure when the season is on the line, especially this close to the NBA’s version of nirvana.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers | No Comments
It’s enough pressure when the season is on the line, especially this close to the NBA’s version of nirvana.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Detroit Pistons | No Comments
Kimbo Slice spoke for all of eight seconds at a news conference Thursday to discuss the mixed martial arts card in Newark Saturday night.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Memphis Grizzlies | No Comments
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce were stoic, almost listless in the postgame interview room moments after the Celtics narrowly avoided what would have been a sure knockout blow to their title aspirations.
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Detroit Pistons | No Comments