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The 76ers re-signed guard Lou Williams, who I
think is more talented than many people realize. I’m
not positive he’ll ever be a really good starting point guard in the league, but at the very least he’ll be a terrific backup, and the way he seems to be progressing it’s quite possible he winds up [...]
If you haven’t noticed, the New York Times
is offering its archives for free since 1985. That
gives anyone a chance to look up any topic and read about it. Without further ado, we present the best of the Isiah Thomas era on a monthly ...
The Oklahoman (Darnell Mayberry) reports: Serge Ibaka, the
No. 24 overall pick in this year’s draft, has
signed a three-year contract with a professional team in Spain. Ibaka’s contract with Ricoh Manresa has NBA buyout clauses at the end of each season that could allow him to join Oklahoma City’s franchise before the deal expires. [...]
What??? Has anyone told Dream Shake?
The Orange County Register (Kevin Ding) reports via
blog on key quotes from a Luke Walton interview
where the Lakers player talks about being stalked: “A couple of days later, I was signing stuff, and she came up. And I just rolled up my window and drove off. And as I was driving off, she [...]
The Portland Trail Blazers reached an agreement to
sign Spanish guard Rudy Fernandez, it was announced today
by general manager Kevin Pritchard. “I am so excited about joining the Trail Blazers and the NBA,” said Fernandez. “The whole staff did a tremendous job making me feel like a very important team member to them and made [...]
The Jerusalem Post reports: Legendary basketball coach Ralph
Klein died Thursday morning at Tel Hashomer’s Sheba Medical
Center. The 77-year-old, widely regarded as Israel’s greatest basketball coach, had been battling with cancer in recent years. Klein was born to a Hungarian family in Berlin. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, he fled with [...]
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Utah Jazz forward Kyle Korver will participate in
a fundraiser on September 19 in an attempt to
set the Guinness World Record for the longest kickball game ever played. The Kyle Korver Foundation is sponsoring the 25-hour kickball game marathon with ...
The question was put to Chauncey Billups after
Detroit was beaten by 24 points on Sunday at
MSG. “Are the Knicks really as bad as their record indicates?” “No, no, no,” he replied adamently. “They’ve got some really good players over there. Really good players. For them, it’s just about finding the right mix.
The following is a statement from the Los
Angeles Lakers: After meeting with law enforcement and city
representatives, we have agreed to not open STAPLES Center for a public showing of any upcoming playoff games from Boston. Because of concerns for ...
An InsideHoops.com fan poll asked, other than Derrick
Rose, Michael Beasley and Greg Oden, which rookie will
rock in 2008-09. Blowing away the competition was Grizzlies rookie OJ Mayo, receiving 44% of the votes. Over 2,700 fans participated in the poll. We left Rose, Beasley and Oden out of the poll because they’ve received massive amounts [...]
The Detroit Pistons announced today that they have
recalled Cheikh Samb from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants
of the NBA Development League. In two games (both starts), Samb averaged 13.5 points, 9.5 assists and 4.0 blocks in 31.5 minutes with the Mad ...
First woman Bball president in Canada.
July 26: I don’t think it’s particularly big
news that an overseas team offered Mike Finley a
contract. Chances are, every player in the NBA who is either an aging veteran or a young guy who isn’t a lock to stay in the league gets multiple overseas offers. It’s just that now, with Bostjan Nachbar [...]
Time to add a 4th team to the
dice roll of predicting who comes out of the
West. For the last few years, you look at the rosters and you think it will come down to the Mavs, Spurs and Suns (in alphabetical order) with the outcome to be determined in ...
With 27 points and 13 rebounds last night
in New Jersey, Wizards forward Antawn Jamison increased his
career totals to 13,010 career points and 5,180 career rebounds — becoming one of just 11 active players with 13,000+ points and 5,000+ rebounds in ...
Here’s Boston Celtics All-Star Ray Allen, speaking at
All-Star weekend: Q: What are your thoughts on the
NBA expanding overseas? Ray Allen: I’d be excited about it. I think it definitely shrinks the world, and to be able to shrink the ...
Sonics General Manager Sam Presti announced today that
the team has signed Ronald Dupree to a 10-day
contract. Dupree has played in nine games for the Tulsa 66ers in the NBA Development League this year, averaging 17.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 ...
This is good news for Cavs fans.
The Golden State Warriors have re-signed guard Monta
Ellis to a multi-year contract, it was announced today
by Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not announced. “We are absolutely thrilled to have Monta under contract for the next several years,” said Mullin. “He has been one [...]




Sixers re-sign Lou Williams