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If LeBron really wants to become an iconic figure with endorsements galore, and a championship ring for each finger, he’ll sign for the league minimum, writes SI’s Chris Ballard :
If I were advising LeBron—and clearly I’m not, or I’d be typing this on a gold-plated ...
NBA
LeBron James
New Jersey Nets
New York Knicks
Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Ballard
Jonathan Abrams of The New York Times hits one out of the park today with an article on the prevalence of the screen-and-roll in the NBA . Abrams breaks down the numbers Synergy Sports Technology style, utilizing Synergy’s intricate play-type data, and comes up with an article full of ...
NBA
New Orleans Hornets
Chris Paul
Steve Nash
LeBron James
Phoenix Suns
Cleveland Cavaliers
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports : “After months of growing discord and mistrust between the Houston Rockets and their once-franchise player, Tracy McGrady and coach Rick Adelman engaged in an emotional and sometimes loud closed-door confrontation about the star’s uncertain status ...
NBA
Milwaukee Bucks
Tracy McGrady
Houston Rockets
Brandon Jennings
Los Angeles Lakers
Pau Gasol
Sonny Vaccaro claims the NBA punished Brandon Jennings by drafting him lower than he deserved.
Trainer Brian McCormick asks : “Did the NBA want to punish Gilbert Arenas? Is that why he fell to the second round? What about Carlos Boozer? Did NBA people want to punish Coach K and ...
NBA
Dirk Nowitzki
Brandon Jennings
Earl Boykins
Washington Wizards
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Via The Denver Post’s article on Synergy Sports Technology :
Play type
Percent of Scoring
Shooting Percentage
Offensive rebounds
2.6
5-for-10 (50%)
Cutting to basket
5.4
14-for-16 (87.5)
Using teammate screen
4.9
2-for-16 (12.5)
...
NBA
Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers
The good folks at NBA Entertainment happened to be in the Bradley Center Saturday night when Brandon Jennings dropped 55 points on the Golden State Warriors. The following clip features highlights from that game, along with some footage from practice, summer league, and Jennings’ stint in ...
NBA
Brandon Jennings
Golden State Warriors
Milwaukee Bucks
Sam Smith of Bulls.com : “Derrick Rose is averaging 13.4 points and 5.5 assists, shooting 43.8 percent without having made a three pointer and averaging fewer than three free throws a game. Even as a rookie when everyone in Chicago thought he didn’t get a call, Rose shot more free ...
NBA
Dirk Nowitzki
Vince Carter
Kevin Durant
Derrick Rose
Raja Bell
Chicago Bulls
Howard Beck : “Allen Iverson will become a free agent Thursday evening and he might become a Knick soon after that. With the team in a free fall, and no other help on the horizon, Knicks officials are seriously considering Iverson as a quick fix. The matter was still being deliberated ...
NBA
Allen Iverson
Kobe Bryant
New York Knicks
Utah Jazz
Pau Gasol
Ron Artest
…is well synopsized at Bullets Forever , Truth About It.net , and the D.C. Sports Bog . The question is, was it all a publicity stunt? Mike Prada suggests it, Kyle Weidie takes the suggestion a step further, and Dan Steinberg has some history on Arenas’ alter ego in The Washington ...
NBA
Gilbert Arenas
Washington Wizards
Mike Baldwin at The Oklahoman has the write-up :
Remember when there was concern the Thunder’s new “shell” defense might have problems defending 3-pointers after the Rockets and Spurs lit Oklahoma City up for a combined 25 3-pointers in back-to-back preseason games?
Three weeks into the ...
NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder
Kevin Durant
Andre Iguodala
Dahntay Jones
Philadelphia 76ers
Scott Brooks
I love it when someone writes something that I have been thinking, as Craig Kwasniewski does about Kobe Bryant’s increased touches in the post :
With Kobe starting down low and clapping for the ball the whole 24 seconds there’s nobody left to stretch the defense. The upside to the ...
NBA
Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers
Pau Gasol
Chicago Bulls
Derek Fisher
Michael Jordan
Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution : “Before Monday’s game, someone mentioned to Mike Woodson that his team, wonder of wonders, had just ascended to the top of Marc Stein’s NBA power ratings on ESPN.com. In case you missed that, let me repeat it: The Atlanta Hawks are, ...
NBA
Atlanta Hawks
Brandon Jennings
Phoenix Suns
New York Knicks
Dallas Mavericks
Mike Woodson
It’s worth reading the whole story . There’s plenty more. For instance, Tyler has found inspiration in Brandon Jennings’ early season success. William Weinbaum reports:
The only case considered similar to Tyler’s is that of guard Brandon Jennings, who ...
NBA
Brandon Jennings
Milwaukee Bucks
From Matthew Coller at The Biz of Basketball:
If the early season numbers are an indication of how NBA attendance will end up, than Commissioner David Stern should be pleased. Overall attendance is down two percent, but considering the current economic state, two percent isn’t bad. Also, the ...
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Memphis Grizzlies
Philadelphia 76ers
Detroit Pistons
David Stern
Mike Jones of the Washington Post : “He tried serious. Surly even. He declared Agent Zero dead and retired the Hibachi. Once the most media-accessible star in the NBA, Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas aimed to be so focused on basketball that he had to be forced by the NBA - in ...
NBA
Gilbert Arenas
Washington Wizards
Boston Celtics
Los Angeles Lakers
New Jersey Nets
Denver Nuggets
If you read one thing today, let it be this excerpt from Jackie MacMullan’s book, “When The Game Was Ours.” Trust me. Here’s a snippet: “The conversation lurched on with no resolution until the topic switched to the inevitable follow-up: who was the best 1-on-1 ...
NBA
Larry Bird
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Denver Nuggets
Washington Wizards
Oklahoma City Thunder
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports : “After LeBron James clumsily stumbled into saying his most beloved subject was now a forbidden topic, he punctuated his vow of no more free-agency talk with a most disingenuous disclaimer. For the good of the team, James suggested. For the good of ...
NBA
Pau Gasol
LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers
Phoenix Suns
Rodney Stuckey
Steve Nash
Brian Windhorst previews tonight’s Cavs/Magic matchup : “For the Cavs, the most important thing to watch in this game is the O’Neal-Howard matchup. This is something that can be judged and has an impact on a potential playoff series. It isn’t realistic to think Shaq ...
