Freshman RB James Making Plays

After the Hornets acquired Mike James last week, my main man Toney Blare was telling me about this insane interview dude had with SLAM Radio back in 2006, so I went and tracked it down.You can listen to it over at SLAMonline.com. Keep in mind that this interview went down just after James had wrapped...

Three games on the docket on this final Saturday of the regular season. Boston College at Georgia Tech, 12:00 PM NC State at Miami, 12:00 PM Maryland at Virginia. 3:30 PM Boston College beating Georgia Tech is highly recommened by four out of five bracketologists. Miami and NC State will wage a battle of possible NIT teams. Miami still harbors hope that the NCAA Selection Committee...

Maryland didn't even play last night but may have gotten more help getting to the NCAA Tournament than they could have hoped for with other bubble squads dropping games left and right last night. Consider the teams that lost: Florida drops a killer to Mississippi State Kentucky lost Georgia at home Georgia Tech downed Miami to all but eliminate the Hurricanes...

Sophomore DT Marcus Forston is looking to take the next step after playing regularly as a true freshman last season. Forston was one of Miami's top signees in the 2008 class and will be counted on to take the next step if the Hurricanes are planning on competing for an ACC title this season.

The Raptors put forth an admirable effort against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday but couldn't catch up in the end and fell 98-105. I was impressed by how well the Raptors hung on during an unceasing Pistons assault that lost little energy as the game wore on. Mike James was the star Raptor with 24 ...

The Washington Wizards have started out the 2008-2009 NBA campaign on a disasterous roll. The team after starting the season 1-10, they fired head coach Eddie Jordan, and replaced him with former director of player personnel Ed Tapscott. After going 3-5 in their next 8 contests, the Associated Press reported Wednesday they decided to shake up the club with a trade. The Wizards traded...

In a rare 4 team trade, four player change addresses and a 2nd round pick makes three stops. Here's how it went down: The Carolina Hurricanes shipped RW Justin Williams to Los Angeles for LW Patrick O'Sullivan and a 2nd round pick. Carolina then sent O'Sullivan and the 2nd rounder north of the border to Edmonton and then welcomed back forward Eric Cole. Edmonton...

According to Yahoo! Expert Adrien Wojnarowski, Houston is close to sending Mike James and Bonzi Wells to New Orleans in exchange for Bobby Jackson and Adam Haluska.

I spent several hours glued to my computer today. Despite my Marty Watch, I was more intent on seeing what the Oilers would do. It would take until the final moment, long past the final minute, for something to come through. Lets start with the negatives: 1. We become a bit smaller, a bit less gritty. 2. Erik Cole seems like a classy dude.And the positives?1. This is likely a...

It was an average quality and not the exciting basketball game, where you got the feeling that only three people worked hard:1.Mike James to try and prove a point,2.Tyson Chandler to get his rebounding touch back, and3.Stojakovic to find his three point stroke. The Suns looked like they were in ...

The Hornets have acquired Bonzi Wells and Mike James from the Rockets in a 3-team, 7 player deal. The Hornets traded Bobby Jackson, Adam Haluska and a 2nd round pick to the Rockets and Marcus Vinicius to the Grizzlies. Bonzi Wells played in 51 games (7 starts) for the Rockets this season and he ave...