Congrats to Steve Nash who recorded his 10,000th career assist last night. There are only 5 players in the history of the NBA that have reached that lofty number, and Nash is quickly approaching Magic Johnson for 4th on the all-time list. Coincidentally, while now playing for Magic’s LA Lakers: [...]
January 9, 2013
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Reports started circulating on twitter last night that the owners of the Sacramento Kings have sold the franchise to Seattle investor Chris Hansen. There have been rumors for the better part of a year that the Maloof’s might sell the organization and/or move them to another city. There have been many locations discussed, including Virginia [...]
January 9, 2013
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Rumors
Kenyon Martin and the New York Knicks continue to dance around and toward each other. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Knicks are once again considering signing the veteran power forward: As Rasheed Wallace’s foot injury lingers, the New York Knicks are showing a renewed interest in free-agent forward Kenyon Martin, league sources [...]
January 9, 2013
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As you recall, Derrick Rose tore his ACL on the first day of the playoffs last year. But don’t forget about Iman Shumpert either. The Knicks rookie also tore his ACL the same day, a few hours after rose. Well, Shump is near a return and should help the Knicks with some perimeter defense. Let’s [...]
January 8, 2013
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Rumors
The NBA can be a very unpredictable League, where it’s tough to take any team too lightly. We saw that last night as the NBA-worst 4-28 Washington Wizards hosted and defeated the NBA-best 26-7 Oklahoma City Thunder, and I represented The Hoop Doctors at the Verizon Center in D.C. to cover the game. Now, it’s [...]
January 8, 2013
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Blogs, Kevin Burke
The NBA’s Development League kicked off its showcase week with a couple of match-ups earlier Monday. One of those games involved the Erie BayHawks. 37 year old NBA veteran Mike James had been one of the BayHawks’ bright spots in last year’s showcase when he received a call-up from the Chicago Bulls. This year, it [...]
January 8, 2013
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
It would be very difficult for this season to get any worse for th Lakers. They would seriously have to try to make it worse and they probably wouldn’t succeed. Dwight Howard injured his shoulder Friday night while going up for a dunk vs. the Clippers, when Caron Butler swiped down at the ball. Also, [...]
January 8, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
The Miami Heat have been looking to add a more defensive front court presence for quite some time. But lets face it, quality paint protecting big men are hard to find. The days of an abundance of defensive bigs like Dikembe Mutumbo, Ben Wallace, and Alonzo Mourning are long gone. Reports out of the Heat [...]
January 7, 2013
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It’s tough to know what exactly happened or if the following information is even true. But this story couldn’t have completely been born out of thin air. Right? Well I guess it could have, but its fun to imagine what would go down if an altercation between Bryant and Howard got physical. Mamba or Superman? [...]
January 7, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors