0 comments by John Karalis on 8/6/2011
I make fun of Stan Van Gundy a lot because, well, it’s so much fun to do. The clothes, the voice, the sideline faces… it’s just all so much fun. But Stan’s a good coach and a good guy. And it’s not all always about basketball, either. Just like you and me, the everyday goings […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/5/2011
Welcome to a new feature on Crossover Chronicles. We’ll be grabbing the most interesting photos out there from the past week and putting them together in a little photo album. We’ll also be adding our own captions that, we hope, will make the funny. Has it been done before? Sure. But hey, it’s Friday, so […]
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No one is immune to the lockout, not even us. One way we pass the time at Crossover Chronicles HQ is a healthy debate (OK, knock-down, drag-out arguments that leave us all bitter for weeks) over the best this-or-that in basketball. So with that, we decided to put together our “All Millennium” team. The requirements […]
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So I guess last night was “assault someone night” for NBA players taking part in summer leagues. Within a couple of hours of each other, Michael Beasley pushed a fan in the face, and Matt Barnes punched a guy. Here’s the photo from that link: The pieced together story is Barnes punched an opposing player […]
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Fans at Dyckman Park in New York got a treat last night when Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant were both on the court at the same time for a summer league game. Well, that is all fans but the one that Beasley pushed in the face. Beas lost his cool when the fan apparently was […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/4/2011
The lockout marches on, and you want to keep up with the details. So every day we’re compiling the lockout related news here so you can stay informed. One man’s plan to put idle NBA players to work“I try to explain to these players, ‘Why do you think … that ESPN, Fox, TNT — for […]
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Tyson Chandler wants to say in Dallas. And the Mavericks want him back. In June, Rick Carlisle said: “I don’t need to overstate his importance. We’ll do everything possible to [re-sign him]. Tyson Chandler changed our season on a lot of levels. It wasn’t just his play, it was his enthusiasm, his energy. “He just […]
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There’s a lot of information, and maybe more importantly, mis-information out there regarding players and what they plan to do should the lockout carry on. So I’ll pass this along with a huge caveat: This is merely a report, and I’m not 100% sure of its accuracy. NIUBBall.com has compiled Chinese reports and says the […]
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When I was a kid, I used to love those “choose your own adventure” books. It was so much fun to see how one decision could affect the entire story. Even now, I wonder what would have happened if any one little seemingly minute detail had changed. Or what would have happened had I done […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/3/2011
The lockout marches on, and you want to keep up with the details. So every day we’re compiling the lockout related news here so you can stay informed. David Stern is not threatened by players going overseas“And in fact it threatens to do two things. It threatens to split the union because only the high-paying […]
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Hakeem Olajuwon is like EF Hutton. When he talks, everybody listens. (Oh come on. You haven’t heard of EF Hutton? You don’t remember these commercials? Man, I’m old). Who wouldn’t listen to Dream? He’s awesome. Dwight Howard must especially think so. After working with Olajuwon last season (as seen in the video above), and getting […]
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Kevin Durant is clearly trying to play in every high-end summer league in the country. Currently, he’s whisking his way through New York City. After dropping a crowd-pleasing 66 points at Rucker Park two night ago, KD hit Baruch College last night to take part in the Nike Pro City league. He scored 41 in […]
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Al Horford has committed a foul or two in his life. Often, he commits them in the first quarter, which was the basis for a season-long storyline in Atlanta about Larry Drew benching Horford for absurdly long stretches after said foul issues. You can argue that it worked, since he didn’t foul out last season. […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/2/2011
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah hurt his ankle back in March. You know, back when a league called the National Basketball Association existed and games were actually being played. He sat out about a week, but his ankle was never really right after that. Noah had hoped to play for France in the Eurobasket Championships, […]
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It’s been more than two months since the Los Angeles Lakers hired Mike Brown to replace Phil Jackson. A lot has happened in two months (as we’ve read, depressingly enough, since July 1). But one thing that hasn’t happened, until now, is Kobe Bryant actually talking publicly about the hire. Well, we can all breathe […]
