0 comments by wendell maxey on 10/25/2013
Where will Royce White go from here? It is the question up for debate as the Philadelphia 76ers included White as part of their team cuts on Thursday to try and get down to a 15-man roster, that also included Khalif Wyatt, Mac Koshwal, Vander Blue. Bob Cooney, who works the beat for the Daily […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 10/23/2013
Even two days later after Brett Brown broke the news about Nerlens Noel, you have to feel for the kid. On Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers head coach informed the press that his rookie big man is still recovering from a torn ACL and is not expected to play this season, which is coming as heartbreaking […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 10/21/2013
With David Stern forever pushing for global expansion of the NBA, what better way than by leaving the front door of the league wide open in Stern’s basketball business melting pot plan. We have seen it in Sacramento and Brooklyn — the Kings ownership group is led by Vivek Ranadive, the Silicon Valley software tycoon […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 10/15/2013
When it comes to speaking up about the toughness of the modern NBA player, the first former player you expect to hear commentary on without question is Karl Malone. Aside from not winning an NBA title during his illustrious Hall of Fame career, the “Mailman” always delivered. But for Malone to knock players in the […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
Brooklyn will be well represented in China this season, that is for sure. Now three years after Stephon Marbury made the jump from the NBA to China, his cousin and recent free agent point guard Sebastian Telfair will also call the Chinese Basketball Association home this season according to reports from Yahoo! Sports. Adrian Wojnarowski […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 9/25/2013
All-Star Wednesday. At least that feels like an appropriate title knowing the NBA news set to drop around the league today. While 2013-14 training camps are now officially on countdown to get underway, much attention centers on the announcement that the 2015 NBA All-Star Game will take place in New York City at Madison Square […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 9/17/2013
It may have taken a little over a year for us to iron out all of the details on the Andrei Kirilenko to the Brooklyn Nets story, but these tampering charges filed against Brooklyn should not really come as a shock even if the evidence turned up nothing. Back in May 2012, Crossover Chronicles suggested […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 9/16/2013
There was a time last season when the league was on Derrick Rose watch, waiting to see if the MVP point guard for the Chicago Bulls would really give it a go and play during the 2012-13 season. It was the end of January and the Bulls owned the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 9/13/2013
When the Memphis Grizzlies open training camp in Nashville, Tennessee on October 1 on the campus of Vanderbilt University, fans will not only be introduced to a new head coach in David Joerger, the return of Mike Miller and the arrival of Nick Calathes, but in many ways a new look Grizzlies team despite bringing […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
Somewhere in the world Joakim Noah has to be smiling. Three years after the Chicago Bulls forward/center put the entire city of Cleveland on blast with his comments during the postseason about, ”What's so good about Cleveland?", along comes Victor Oladipo. The rookie for the Orlando Magic didn’t throw fire on the city as much […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 9/10/2013
Two years ago at EuroBasket 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania, an exhausted Dirk Nowitzki leaned with both hands on the iron railing circling the packed mixed media zone at Siemens Arena after host Lithuania ousted Germany and killed Germany's chances of advancing to the 2012 Olympics in London. It was a somber scene. Nowitzki blamed himself […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 8/27/2013
The beauty of watching the Golden State Warriors during last season and their performance in the NBA Playoffs, was the chance to witness the development of a young core that will only get better with time and experience. Seth Curry, Klay Thompson, Kent Bazemore, Festus Ezeli and Draymond Green all carved out a niche for […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 8/21/2013
When the NBA offseason reaches this time of the year — somewhere stuck between late free agent signings and the anticipation of the start of training camp — trade rumors start swirling around and leaving debris of speculation in its wake. We officially have touch down in Sacramento with a number of reports involving Jimmer […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 8/13/2013
Yesterday the news out of Washington centered on free-agent Al Harrington nearing a one-year deal with the Wizards. And now that the two sides have reportedly reached an agreement for the veterans minimum, the 6-foot-9 veteran is making all types of new news with the Wiz. It did not take long, but Harrington is already […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 8/12/2013
Even if the NBA does not have a standing-team presence in Seattle, Kevin Durant is one former Sonic who has not forgotten where he comes from. On Sunday in Seattle, Durant put on a show and let fans know exactly where his heart is at while playing in the Jamal Crawford Summer Pro-AM. While area […]
