Rumors

September 29, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The National Basketball Association (NBA) fined Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis $100,000 on Wednesday for making unauthorized public comments regarding the league’s collective bargaining negotiations. The Wizards owner told a business audience earlier on Wednesday that the NBA, which is working on a new labor deal, will soon [...]

September 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol A four-way deal that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey is “dead,” a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the trade. Anthony took the court [...]

September 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol How uncomfortable must it be for Devin Harris and Derrick Favors to be starting practices with the NJ Nets knowing that the team is hoping to trade you for a shot at Carmelo Anthony…. Billy King has reached the point we all were waiting for him to with [...]

September 27, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Could this be just trash talk, or is McGrady really finally back to full health and fitness and ready to regain the form of the lethal scorer we once knew and loved…. Even at age 31, time was beginning to run out for Tracy McGrady. After two seasons [...]

September 27, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol This news story title is starting to get far too familiar for fans of the LA Lakers. Then again it could be worse, they could be fans of the Blazers Greg Oden instead… Center Andrew Bynum, revealed he’s unlikely to play until late November while recovering from offseason [...]

September 26, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol D’Antoni chose Stoudemire and fellow newcomer Raymond Felton as the Knicks’ co-captains on the eve of camp. “It means a lot,” Stoudemire said. “Just the fact of accepting the leadership role. Raymond and myself have been playing in this league for a while and had some success. Raymond [...]

September 26, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Wow, it looks like the new russian owner of the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is trying to make a big splash in his debut season as owner. If the Nets land Carmelo Anthony at the end of all this speculation you may see New Jersey have the [...]

September 22, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The new NBA jersey’s released today by adidas for the upcoming NBA season are meant to be not only stylish, but also functional. I personally liked the heavy weighted jersey’s of old as they felt like higher quality products, but I always thought they were unnecessarily heavy for [...]

September 22, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed forward Jawad Williams to a one-year contract. Williams’ contract is worth roughly $1 million, but is not fully guaranteed. He was a restricted free agent and the Cavs extended him a qualifying offer on June 30. Williams spoke with several other teams but [...]

September 21, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It is usually the owners of NBA teams that come down on players for ‘being a distraction’ off the court for the organization. So what happens when the owners themselves become the distraction for the players? Who comes down on them… A federal appeals court revived the Securities [...]