Yardbarker: Shareef Abdur-Rahim

Kings 104, Thunder 89 - Preseason win total doubled!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:01:04 -0500

More photos » by Sue Ogrocki - AP Spencer Hawes saves the day for the Kings and stems a furious 4th quarter rally by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sacramento won the game 104-89. (AP Photo) Browse more photos » The Kings win a road game, and I put on "Pandora" to keep me company while I write the recap. The first song to pop up is "Longview" by Green Day. Life is good. The starter...

New Unis/Sneak Peak Premiere!

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:51:42 -0500

by Sandy Dover Well, it appears that there’s more NBA teams using the preseason as a means of revealing their new uniforms and the Memphis Grizzlies are the latest team to do so. As has been reported earlier, the Grizzlies are utilizing their lighter Beale Street Blue hue as a contrast to their “Baloo Bear” navy blue (that logo bear does look like “The Jungle Book” and “Talespin”’s Baloo, doesn’t it?). With that famously popular dazzle mesh (albeit with the ubiquitous adidas ClimaCool technol...

Around the Association: 2009-2010 Memphis Grizzlies- Going Back to Vancouver

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:00:29 -0500

From LA-LA land to Graceland. GSoM's got you covered! Thunder's teddy bear when he was growing up as a pudgy kid in the East Bay. Put a little mayo on it and... JUMP for a look at the 2k9-2k10 Memphis Teddy Bears! Before we start counting the ways of the super lotto balls for the 2009-2010 Memphis Grizzlies, let's go back... way back. You probably remember this: Vancouver Grizzlies Primary LogoVancouver Grizzlies primary logo in use from 1996-2001 &nb...

The Confessions Of An NBA Scorekeeper

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:45:32 -0500

"I went into the NBA as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as I could get," Alex says. "I loved the game. I didn't want to taint it." Of course, that was before Alex did all those "bad, bad, bad" things. Not long ago, we brought you the story of a stat-padding NBA scorekeeper who, one day in 1997, awarded 23 assists to Lakers guard Nick Van Exel, mostly for the hell of it. That was Alex. (He is now an officer in the Navy and asks that I not use his last name.) From...

Former Kings players gather in Roseville to call a time-out on cancer

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:40:26 -0500

Former Kings players gather in Roseville to call a time-out on cancer B-Jax, Matt Barnes, Mitch Richmond, Doug Christie, Harold Pressley, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Henry Turner were all there. Oh, so was C-Webb. Do I click the "publish" button to revise the link title?

Workhorse Link Roundup: NBA Draft Edition

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:22:45 -0500

workhorse-roundup The NBA Draft is tonight, so we've got a basketball heavy round of the Workhorse Link Roundup featuring 9 Around the Country, 6 NBA Draft, 2 Hometown, 1 Awesome YouTube Song, and 1 Megan Fox is Ungodly Hot: 9 Around the Country - * Iowa FB Coach Slain in Weight Room - Yahoo/AP * Sports All-Time Sidekicks - Rumors & Rants * Retina Burning Unis (no Shareef Abdur-Rahim green Hawks uni?) - MoonDogSports ...more...

A Word on Undocumented One-on-None Workouts

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:05:48 -0500

A few things have become apparent in the wake of Ricky Rubio's solo workout with the Kings this afternoon. 1. No media viewed the workout. 2. The Kings will not be releasing video they shot. I attended only one pre-draft workout this season, though the Kings were gracious enough to invite me to all of them. I went to the first Tyreke Evans workout. The team opened the curtain for the final 15 minutes or so. We saw Evans post up on Shareef Abdur-Rahim, shoot some free throws and run...

SLAM #39

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:43:47 -0500

Hands down (maybe), the 1996 draft was the greatest of all-time. Iverson went first to the ‘6ers; Camby, Marbury, Ray Allen, Antoine Walker, Peja, Nash, Kerry Kittles, Jermaine O’Neal, Derek Fisher, and Kobe Bryant also heard their names called that year. Funny enough, though, Shareef Abdur-Rahim was as good as the best of them. Like Russ wrote in this ish: “Since humility won’t allow him to say it, we will—Shareef Abdur-Rahim will change the game. And hopefully weR...

Abdur-Rahim Retires

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:45:14 -0500

Sharim Abdur-Rahim of the Sacramento Kings has announced that he will be retiring from the NBA due to a persistent right knee injury. The Kings have filed with the NBA to try and get the salary of Abdur-Rahim wiped off the books for this season. Unfortunately, it is unclear whether the request will go through [...]

Abdur-Rahim Retires

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:06:32 -0500

When Bad Players Happen To Good Bloggers

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:21:25 -0500

Two of my favorite NBA bloggers are Tom Ziller (Kings) and Matt Watson (Pistons). The Kings just got a little less crazy and the Pistons got a little more busty. Lets watch as the bloggers react. (The following are just snippets from larger posts, which are worth the read) This City Just Got a Little Less Zany (http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2008/7/29/582371/this-city-just-got-a-littl) Ron Artest, a talented talent with real talent, was not built to play for a rebuilding team....