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First Cup: Thursday
Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: "The NBA is the ultimate what-have- you-done lately league. A day after Dirk Nowitzki's outrageous fourth quarter against Utah, everybody was still talking about it. Good thing. That way they didn't have to talk about his 4-for...
Melo's average drops as Nuggets win again
By Chris Sheridan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Another 2.5 points dropped off Carmelo Anthony’s scoring average Wednesday night, but if you think he cared much about it, you don’t understand the new Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony made his first shot, missed his next 12, made six...
Botching the Italian Job: The case of Brandon Jennings
by Chad Ford
Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings is off to a torrid start, prompting the inevitable "What the heck were the [insert your lottery team here] thinking on draft night?" questions.
Considering that Jennings was ranked in the top five of our Top 100 draft...
Dwight Howard unhappy with referees
By Henry Abbott
On his blog, Orlando center Dwight Howard writes about the fouls and injuries that kept him from playing much in a Magic loss to the Pistons last night. On both counts, he implicates the night's referees Steve Javie , Eli Roe and Joe Forte:
I was on the floor...
D-League Draft Tomorrow
By Chris Sheridan
The D-League will hold its annual draft tomorrow, and we can provide you with the names of a few of the 200-plus players who will be up for grabs. (The NBA wil release the entire list tonight. It'll be available on NBA.com/dleague.)
Names on the list include...
Is Allen Iverson just now learning his role?
By Henry Abbott
Chris Herrington of the Memphis Flyer makes a convincing case that Allen Iverson should come off the bench. For instance, the starters score very well, but need defense and rebounding, while the bench could use some scoring. Herrington continues, however:
The problem...
Will Bynum and the Pistons Make a Statement
By Henry Abbott
The defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic lost last night for the first time since the beginning of preseason, and it's not all that shocking.
Even though they were on the road, they outplayed the Pistons when their superstar, Dwight Howard, was...
First Cup: Wednesday
Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune: "Before the Timberwolves traded Kevin Garnett to the Celtics for Al Jefferson and fodder, Wolves fans were tired of losing in the first round of the playoffs, Danny Ainge was considered a general manager flop on par with Kevin McHale, and Celtics...
Recruiting Violations Hit NBA
By Marc Stein
Who says recruiting violations are limited to the college game?
The NBA notified its teams on Tuesday that four clubs have been fined $25,000 each for reimbursing travel, lodging and/or meal expenses incurred by free agents in excess of league-approved limits, ESPN...
Kevin Martin's All-Star campaign is being led by young Indonesians
By Henry Abbott
The Kings' guard scored 48 last night, is the NBA's fourth-leading scorer at the moment and is tied with Amare Stoudemire for the best true-shooting percentage of any active NBA player.
Martin also, it should be pointed out, stayed glued to O.J. Mayo down...
First Cup: Monday
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "It will be debated and discussed for the next five years. Did the Lakers do the right thing in essentially trading up-and-comer Trevor Ariza for already-there Ron Artest? An unforgettable July afternoon turned into the busiest of the...
First Cup: Friday
Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press: "Chris Bosh won a legal victory Wednesday and claimed custody of around 800 Internet domain names that had been stolen from celebrities and professional and college athletes -- including seven Pistons. Bosh accused a cybersquatter and his...
First Cup: Thursday
Frank Dell'Apa of The Boston Globe: "Kevin Garnett passed the alley-oop test in the Celtics' 106-90 exhibition win over Toronto last night. Garnett converted two dunks off lobs from Rajon Rondo, the first time they have combined on the play since Garnett was injured...
Wednesday Mini-Bullets
More Coach Wooden, on his 99th birthday, as relayed by Esquire: "Coming off the floor after the NCAA semifinal win over Louisville in 1975, it just hit me: Time to go. It was an emotional thing. I can't explain it. I went to the dressing room, congratulated my players. I...
Chris Bosh, Cyber Hero
Some jerk beat Chris Bosh to registering the domain www.chrisbosh.com. So Bosh went after the cybersquatter. All sorts of legal wrangling later, Bosh has won damages, his domain ... and a zillion other domains the same guy had been squatting. There are nearly 800 names in the list...
John Wooden is 99
Happy Birthday, coach. His family says they will celebrate quietly. The tallest of his red-headed former pupils, Bill Walton, has written Wooden a heartfelt and funny letter full of memories and ... play-by-play of some of Walton's favorite new albums. He even implies that Bob...
First Cup: Wednesday
Scott Cacciola of The Commercial-Appeal: "Allen Iverson's abilities are a gift, which even he recognizes. In the same way that musical prodigies can just pick up an instrument and create a song, so too can Iverson grab a basketball -- without hours of practice -- and control...
Dikembe Mutombo: "I Just Want to Be Able to Walk."
A shocking bit of insight from the legendary big man Dikembe Mutombo, who is still rehabbing from his career-ending ruptured tendon in April. (By the way, Mutombo was called for a foul on the play.) Can only wish that classiest of NBA players the best of luck in achieving a full recovery...
Tuesday Bullets
Bret LaGree of Hoopinion on Larry Brown's ejection via replacement referee: "Larry got his 2nd T from Kevin Scott, who never got within 35 feet of Brown before, during, or after the call. Brown tried to engage any of the refs on the occasion of his ejection but none would...
First Cup: Tuesday
Howard Beck of The New York Times: "Coach Mike D'Antoni, ever the nonconformist, is eliminating the morning shootaround for all home games this season, starting with Tuesday's exhibition against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Knicks instead will gather for an afternoon...
SonicsGate
"It's like fighting a hurricane. You hope the hurricane's not going to blow your house down. But good luck with that." -- Author Sherman Alexie, in the new documentary SonicGate When your strongest weapon is hope, you're out of bullets. And that's the feeling...
Memo to a Young Baller
On Friday, TrueHoop had a post about Kevin Durant's statistics sending conflicting messages. They show that Kevin Durant is literally among the very best players in the NBA, of any age. Other numbers show, however, that the Thunder have somehow been a lot better when their franchise...
First Cup: Monday
Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "If anyone thought him guilty of unearned hubris, he followed by punctuating his performance with a basket that provided the Spurs their margin of victory in a 95-93 win. His game-winning layin, off a nice feed from Malik Hairston...
An Allen Iverson Tribute from Manny Ramirez
It wasn't clear, when Allen Iverson made his rant about practice, just how memorable that would prove to be. Here's Manny Ramirez from the weekend, and for the second time, and just for fun, here's the funky remix.
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