0 comments by John Karalis on 12/14/2011
Wendell Maxey is a featured sportswriter living abroad in Nuremberg, Germany after spending the past eight years covering the NBA and sports at large in New York City and Portland, Oregon. A contributor writer for NBA.com and various newspapers in the States, Wendell has also appeared on NBA TV, NBA Radio on SIRIUS and ESPN Radio among […]
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Steve Kerr, former Phoenix Suns GM, is no fan of what’s going on in the NBA lately. He’s especially not happy with how the league handled the nixed Chris Paul trade to the Los Angeles Lakers, and he made that known on San Francisco sports radio. There are so many trades made these days that […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/13/2011
You might come across parking meters that last longer than the Eddy Curry experiment with the Miami Heat. That’s because the ol’ pork chop ain’t exactly motoring up and down the hardwood. Curry, the Heat’s attempt at a reclamation project at center, missed his second consecutive practice Tuesday. He made it through his first workout […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/12/2011
I really have to stop myself from starting off every post with some version of “The NBA is a total mess right now.” The problem, however, is the NBA is just an utter, unmitigated mess at the moment, that it affects just about every bit of business being done. The Chris Paul to the Lakers […]
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The LA Times has the story The Clippers and the New Orleans Hornets were working vigorously Sunday night to consummate a blockbuster deal that would send All-Star point guard Chris Paul to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers‘ cross-town rivals, said two people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to speak on the matter. The […]
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The “wow, David Kahn really likes point guards” class of jokes was starting to wear a little thin. Sure, he’d signed what seemed to be dozens of them over the course of his tenure in Minnesota (I’m not sure of the actual number. You can go here to try to count for yourself. I tried, […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/11/2011
To say Chauncey Billups is upset is to say the Sun is hot. Both are true, but neither fully captures the magnitude of the reality. The New York Knicks used the amnesty clause to waive Chauncey Billups yesterday as part of their sign-and-trade to acquire Tyson Chandler. Now Billups goes through a waiver process […]
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The amazingly complicated and supremely absurd trade talks that would have sent Chris Paul to the LA Lakers are over, but that doesn’t mean Chris Paul won’t be playing basketball in Los Angeles. It also may mean Dwight Howard plays basketball in Los Angeles, but they wouldn’t be on the same team. After failing to […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/9/2011
If any one word can describe the NBA since July 1, “absurd,” or some variation of it, might be the best choice. The lockout was a daily grind of absurdity, with ridiculous claims left and right, and a mind-boggling refusal to move on the final few steps of a deal that could have saved a […]
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This came out of nowhere. Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Royis expected to announce his retirement due to degenerative knees, perhaps as soon as Friday, sources have told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard. The Blazers had said earlier in the week they were expecting Roy to be ready for training camp Friday. Roy, who has had […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/8/2011
Phoenix Suns owner Rob Sarver was one of the hardest of hard liners during the lockout. He was one of the symbols of the “give us most of the money and re-tool the system to ensure complete parity” movement. Fast forward to yesterday, and the release of the Phoenix Suns schedule, which features no […]
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0 comments by John Karalis on 12/7/2011
The second everyone heard about an amnesty clause in the new CBA, people rushed to find out who would get axed on every team. We all thought owners pushed for the amnesty clause so they could get out of these horrible contracts and just move on with their lives. But it’s not working out […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 12/6/2011
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The Philadelphia 76’ers killed their former mascot, Hip Hop, a couple of weeks ago. Now, they’re trying to settle on a new one, and I’m not sure any of these are any better * A 7-foot tall rendition of Ben Franklin, named “Big Ben.” * B. Franklin Dogg, the All-American pet, adapted from artist drawings from the […]
