0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/28/2013
Two coaching positions were filled on Memorial Day, helping clear the immediate picture of two teams that finished near the bottom of their respective conferences last season. The Suns have hired Jazz assistant Jeff Hornacek to take over for Lindsey Hunter after the team opted not to retain the interim head coach. Hornacek has spent […]
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The last time the San Antonio Spurs were in the NBA Finals, Tony Parker was not quite a star and Tim Duncan was not quite over the hill (I think). Parker dominated that four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by a precocious LeBron James, by averaging 24.5 points per game and shooting 56.8 percent. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/27/2013
The night started off inauspiciously for San Antonio on Saturday night in the team's 104-93 win at FedExForum in Game Three. Memphis went ahead by 11 in the first five minutes of the game and Gregg Popovich instituted a line change, replacing his starting lineup with an entirely new group hoping that would spark something. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/26/2013
San Antonio Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzlies (SAS leads 2-0) 9 p.m./ESPN It seems like it has been a long time since the Spurs and Grizzlies got together to play a basketball game. You know in this Conference Finals series that will determine who goes to the NBA Finals. Three days off is too much to […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/25/2013
{youtube}tI1F2LBif2Y{/youtube} Before you start talking about LeBron James and his turnovers late in the game or Indiana's grit and determination in evening the series after a disappointing loss in Game One, talk about what a great and entertaining basketball game Game Two of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals was. The Pacers came out determined and […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/24/2013
Ever since the Dallas Mavericks won the 2011 championship, Mark Cuban has had his eye on the future. An odd thing to do after reaching the top of the league. He sold off much of the core of that championship team, letting Tyson Chandler walk in free agency to New York and letting Jason Terry, […]
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Duncan returns to All-NBA First Team —– The NBA announced its All-NBA teams Thursday and it looks oddly familiar to the one it had 10 years ago. OK, maybe not that familiar. But familiar (and notably deserved) names have made the list yet again. Kobe Bryant became an All-NBA First Team player for the 11th […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/23/2013
Who is ready for some hot ping pong ball action? For the first time, the NBA released the ACTUAL NBA Draft Lottery drawing following Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery announcement. Maybe they hoped to dispel the conspiracy theorists after Cleveland won its second lottery in three years. Take a look: {youtube}2DJpMyRMmls{/youtube} Wait, that isn't the right […]
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LeBron James capped off an incredible Game One overtime victory against the Pacers with, well, just watch: {youtube}Wa0iczXO0Fw{/youtube} Miami Heat take Game One in overtime 103-102 over the Indiana Pacers. The Eastern Conference Finals are off to a roaring start. LeBron's game winner was just the capstone on a miraculous night of clutch shots and […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/22/2013
Spurs guard Tony Parker will undergo an MRI on Thursday to examine his calf ahead of Saturday's Game Three in the Western Conference Finals, Jared Greenberg of NBATV report (h/t Project Spurs). Tony Parker to undergo an MRI tomorrow on calf. Says three days off couldn't have come at a better time @
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Just about every coaching opening so far — from Milwaukee to Brooklyn to even Charlotte — has tried to entice one of the best free agent coaches. Now, he has told them it might be time to back off for now. Stan Van Gundy told SportsTalk 1080 AM in Orlando on Tuesday that he does […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/21/2013
By all accounts, the Spurs thoroughly routed the Grizzlies in Game One of the Western Conference Finals. The stage looked a bit too big for the first-time conference finalists from Memphis as the team ran into the buzzsaw that is Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs. In Game One, at […]
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The Los Angeles Clippers have fired coach Vinny Del Negro, NBA sources tell Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, ending an embattled tenure that saw Del Negro lead the Clippers to new heights for the franchise, yet still not climb over the top to championship contention. The Clippers have fired Vinny Del Negro, source tells Y! — […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/20/2013
Vogel: I never said Heat were 'just another team' —– There is nothing like some media-manufactured words to get the blood boiling. Especially when the supposed perpetrator and poster of that bulleting board material did not actually say the words attributed to him. Or, even if he did, probably got taken out of context anyway. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/19/2013
Phil Jackson made some of the media rounds to promote his new book Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, yet another memoir where Jackson tries to impart his wisdom and tell the stories of his coaching successes. The book has gotten some notice for Jackson's first-ever public comparions between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan — a […]
