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Dwight Howard Fires His Cousin As His Manager

Dwight Howard Fires His Cousin As His Manager

Dwight Howard is starting to finally get serious about making the most out of this roller coaster of a season in L.A. He has never been one to blame others for his failures (although there haven’t been many to speak of until this year). Dwight came to the league so young, that his family sent [...]

March 20, 2013 admin Rumors 1

Andrew Bynum Will Undergo Season Ending Surgery on Both Knees

Andrew Bynum Will Undergo Season Ending Surgery on Both Knees

Yahoo! Sports has reported on twitter today that Andrew Bynum made his decision to have the season ending surgery on both knees that has been speculated about for weeks. Andrew Bynum will undergo season-ending surgery on both knees, source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) March 18, 2013 Brian Windhorst from ESPN about an [...]

March 18, 2013 admin Rumors 1

Tracy McGrady Says Rockets 22 Game Streak More Impressive Than Heat’s

Tracy McGrady Says Rockets 22 Game Streak More Impressive Than Heat’s

Tracy McGrady today weighed in on the Miami Heat’s 22 game winning streak. Reached via text message, McGrady said the Rockets 22 game winning streak from a few years ago was a lot more impressive. He mainly cites the Rockets lack of multiple all-star personnel as the reason for the differentiation. “I’m enjoying watching because [...]

March 18, 2013 admin Rumors 0

Mark Cuban Explains Why He’s Still Upset With Derek Fisher

Mark Cuban Explains Why He’s Still Upset With Derek Fisher

Mark Cuban can be irritating and annoying to many, but that’s part of the reason he’s so successful. You don’t get to his position without pissing people off. Last year, Derek Fisher asked for his release from the Dallas Mavericks, then signed with the OKC Thunder this year. That rubbed Cuban the wrong way. Fisher [...]

March 18, 2013 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Bucks Larry Sanders Fined $50K for Derogatory Term Towards Refs

Bucks Larry Sanders Fined $50K for Derogatory Term Towards Refs

Milwaukee Bucks forward Larry Sanders has been fined $50,000 for using a derogatory and offensive term and publicly criticizing the officials, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. With 2:44 in the fourth quarter of the Bucks 107-94 home loss to the Miami Heat on Friday Sanders directed a derogatory [...]

March 17, 2013 admin Rumors 0

Knicks Sign Kenyon Martin For the Rest of the Season

Knicks Sign Kenyon Martin For the Rest of the Season

With Amar’e Stoudemire out for the rest of the season, and Tyson Chandler recently bruising his knee, the Knicks need all the frontcourt help they can get. They signed Kenyon Martin to two back-to-back 10 day contracts to fill that void. K-Mart has played very will for the Knicks in the few games he’s been [...]

March 15, 2013 Anou Enright Rumors 1

Gilbert Arenas is Happy in China, No Plans of Returning to NBA

Gilbert Arenas is Happy in China, No Plans of Returning to NBA

Gilbert Arenas is now a punchline, and because of that, we forget just how good he actually was in his prime. He was arguably one of the 5 best offensive guys in the league. But that all seems like a distant memory. Because of his antics and injuries, his NBA shelf-life expired and is playing [...]

March 15, 2013 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Tyson Chandler Sidelined With Bruised Knee

Tyson Chandler Sidelined With Bruised Knee

The Knicks and knees don’t jive anymore it seems. Amar’e Stoudemire is out for practically the rest of the season, as he needs more surgery on his knees. Then of course, Carmelo is battling a mystery knee injury that can’t be explained. Then last night, Tyson Chandler made it a trio. The Knicks were in [...]

March 14, 2013 Anou Enright Rumors 0

Watch: Was Kobe Bryant’s Ankle Injury a ‘Dirty Play’ by Dahntay Jones?

Watch: Was Kobe Bryant’s Ankle Injury a ‘Dirty Play’ by Dahntay Jones?

Ankle and knee sprains are the most common injuries in basketball. Mainly because of the cutting, starting/stopping, and most of all jumping without certainty of your landing zone. There is much debate about what is considered a dirty play in the NBA. There has always been an understanding that if a defender sticks his foot [...]

March 14, 2013 admin Rumors 2

Derrick Rose Offers to Pay for Chicago Shooting Victim, 6-Month Old Jonylah Watkins, Funeral

Derrick Rose Offers to Pay for Chicago Shooting Victim, 6-Month Old Jonylah Watkins, Funeral

Derrick Rose loves his city. When Chicago is mourning, as it turns out, Bulls star Derrick Rose is mourning right a long with them. Chicago has been publicly grieving the death of 6-month old Jonylah Watkins, who was shot five times in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night. Authorities believe her father was the target of [...]

March 14, 2013 admin Rumors 0