0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 9/27/2011
Memphis Grizzlies’ Hamed Haddadi is on the hot seat and the finger-pointing is not coming from his teammates in Memphis. Rather, the criticism is coming from his Iranian teammates. Haddadi and the Iranian team participated in the 2011 Asian FIBA Asian Championship in the hopes of securing a spot for the 2012 London Olympic games. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
The dance begins again Tuesday as small groups of players and owners begin meeting in the latest (maybe last) attempt to save the entire regular season. Negotiating will take place Tuesday and Wednesday before the sides break for the holiday on Wednesday night/Thursday (insert your favorite Jewish lawyer joke here). Deadlines are getting very real […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers on 9/26/2011
In short, it’s good. Only two episode’s into Kevin Durant’s 35th Hour YouTube Series and you can count me as a guy who’s already hooked. The series does a better job than you’d think at offering an authentic behind the scenes look into life of a basketball mega-star like Durant, and it does so […]
0 comments by John Karalis
NBA labor negotiations resume tomorrow. They’ve been at this, in ernest, for a few weeks now and they really haven’t gotten all that far. It’s too bad, according to super-agent David Falk, that super-agent David Falk isn’t involved. Because if he was, this thing would be over. What would you do if you could get […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Note to NBA coaching staffs: once the lockout is over, make sure the team’s defensive playbook is thicker than the offensive playbook. The players might need a refresher on defense. Some of the game’s biggest stars such as Chris Paul, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were out in full force for the Melo-Philly League showdown […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
LeBron James, Akron native and lead-ringer on Carmelo Anthony’s Team Baltimore, was met by a sold-out chorus of boos when he took to The Palestra floor last night in Philadelphia for what was dubbed “The Battle of I-95”. He went on to lead all scorers with 43 points despite the lack of love he received […]
0 comments by John Karalis
The Blake Griffiin comedy extravaganza rolls on at Funny or Die. This time, its Blake behind the scenes of a new commercial when he’s introduced to his marionette doppelganger, “Lil’ Blake”. And Lil’ Blake is a bastard who frames Blake for murder. Via TBJ
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Tennis great Billy Jean King must be beaming right now after New York Liberty’s Cappie Pondexter held her own at the Las Vegas Impact League when faced off against Minnesota Timberwolves’ Sebastian Telfair. The Timberwolves guard and Pondexter went a few rounds of one-on-one (via Bloguin’s Hoops Manifesto) during a game at Impact and from […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
Kyrie Irving’s right foot injury prevented him from playing in all but 11 games down at Duke since last October, but it didn’t prevent him from being taken first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers this past June. While Kyrie continues to say that he feels “150%” and that his foot is “fine” every time somebody […]
0 comments by John Karalis
New Jersey Nets part-owner Shawn Carter, who I’m told may be better recognized by his rap name “Jay-Z”, went on TV this morning to make an announcement about the Nets move to Brooklyn. “We’ve decided that the final name would be the Brooklyn Nets,” said the rapper who grew up only minutes away from […]
0 comments by John Karalis
After the New York Knicks’ disappointing first round sweep at the hands of the Boston Celtics, Carmelo Anthony sort of disappeared for a while (except for chilling out with a Panda in China). While most of his buddies were showing off in Pro-Ams, Melo seemed content to just do nothing. Now we know why. He […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Though NBA training camps and the first week of preseason games may have been canceled, that doesn’t mean there is action on the hardwood for fans to feast upon and leading the charge this time was Washington Wizards’ John Wall. Players such as George Hill, Zach Randolph, Paul George, Eric Gordon, DeMarcus Cousin, Jeff Green […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/25/2011
Friday saw the league cancel its first batch of games as the lockout drags on. The first two weeks of training camp and preseason games have officially been shelved and, unless an agreement can be come to soon, the regular season is in very real jeopardy. It is widely assumed that the owners strategy has […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/24/2011
The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls are widely regarded as the best team in NBA history. Tough to argue after they went 72-10 behind an angry Michael Jordan and romped through the postseason. It was the first of Jordan’s second three-peat and nobody in the NBA seemed to even be in the same class as Chicago for […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 9/23/2011
If for some reason, in the midst of your normal day-to-day routine, you suddenly feel the ground below your feet start to shake, see trees shake violently, or have wall art fall, do not panic. It’s probably not an Earthquake or armageddon. It might be a foot race between two of the largest pro-athletes to […]
