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I knew there was a reason I signed
up for the MyBulls newsletters - they always give
me good posting topics. Today's most recent topic - Bulls' rookie PG Derrick Rose has been named to the USA Men's Basketball Select Team. Rose will join nine other top young NBA players to help the 2008 USA Senior National team that will compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
Three sad tales of players who couldn't stay
out of trouble. Where would they be if they
had, no one knows. But, hey, we can at least rate them. 3. Booger Smith (video has some strong language) What??????? He didn't get any money from a documentary ...
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Marvin "Bad News" Barnes -- who received his
nickname for various off-the-court problems, like (allegedly) attacking Providence
teammate Larry Ketvirtis with a tire iron -- was one of the NBA's great wasted talents. Cocaine abuse destroyed his body ...
The NBA's luxury tax -- a 100% tax
to the League for player salaries in excess of
$67,865,000 -- has proven to be much more effective than the salary cap when it comes to controlling spending. With all of the complicated bonuses and everything else ...
DeSagana Diop signed a five-year, $31 million deal
with the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, six months after
Dallas sent him to New Jersey in the Jason Kidd trade.
LeBron James (photo. Mannion) ESPN.com's Chris Sheriden, while
answering several other questions about Team USA, presents his
starting 5 for the United States: Kobe, LeBron (at the 3), Melo (at the 4), Jason Kidd and Dwight Howard. No real surprises ...
With the breaking (and super relevant) news that
Cynthia Rodriguez has filed for divorce from one Alex
Rodriguez, we here at Rumors and Rants wanted to weigh in on what Larry King calls, "The greatest tabloid story in some time." Mrs. A-Rod claimed ...
Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Dwayne Wade and the
rest of Team USA discuss expectations in Beijing.(NYPost.com)
Compared to when Jason Kidd pushed his way
out of New Jersey in February, Lawrence Frank seemed
more understanding Thursday when speaking of last week's trade that sent Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee.
Last Monday, USA Basketball announced the 12 man
roster that will comprise the 2008 U.S. Olympic basketball
team. Five of the 12 have participated in the Olympics previously (Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Jason Kidd and Dwyane Wade); the only U.S. team that had more Olympic veterans was the 1996 squad--the so-called "Dream Team II" that welcomed back six players from the first ...
Busy day, and so my own blogging has
taken a bit of a hit (until later tonight
when I finally get caught up, that is), but this is too interesting to pass up: Dwyane Wade has filed his first blog post for the Chicago Sun-Times . Of course, it is the ...
Andrew Bynum arrived at training camp in the
awkward position of being at the center of a
storm he did nothing to create. An unhappy Kobe Bryant was caught on tape in a parking lot expressing an opinion that Drew's ass would be best served shipped to ...
One too many presser buffets, Marc? Obviously it
is ESPN weekend around here. Today’s victim is journo
Marc Stein. You know him as the guy who has breaking stories attributed to him after it was reported by the AP. This shot comes ...
Drafted: 1 I'm not in the business of
promoting Jay Mariotti, but he makes a great point
in this article . Anytime you have a rookie coming in with his sights on the MVP rather than on the pedestrian Rookie of the Year trophy, you're dealing with ...
Charity event starring soccer and basketball players around
the world. StopMikeLupica went and took great close-ups of
the celebrities involved.
The USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team will
be profiled in a five-part documentary series, “Road To
Redemption presented by NIKE”, it was announced today. The series, produced by NBA Entertainment, will debut with a special one-hour episode that will air Wednesday, July 2 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN2.
Thierry Henry once said that he would love
to live in New York City because he wouldn't
get the kind of attention he gets in Europe. "When I'm in America I can be myself, I have no eyes on me. If I want to stop and buy a slice of pizza, pay man ...
What the hell is Jason Kidd doing playing
soccer in NYC? Doesn't he have that SI Model
at home?
To summarize, the question marks for next season
are: Dwyane Wade, Jason Kidd, and Kobe Bryant. And
you might want to stay away from Tayshaun Prince unless you draft someone you think will be stepping up at the end of the season when Prince is tapering off.
It may become a summer staple, it may
not. Either way, here's a bit of reaction to
some of the things you might have read in the Sunday papers yesterday. It's gotten to the point where I continually have to remind people that, no, I don't ...
A Kidd shall lead them At point guard,
he is gold standard for US By Marc J.
Spears, Globe Staff | June 22, 2008 NBA fans can argue all day about who is better, Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. But as great as Bryant and James are, the most important ...
All Johnsons, all Phoenix Suns players. In fact,
some of the greatest Johnsons to ever play the
game played some of their best seasons for the Suns. Looking at Winshares , over the history of professional basketball, approximately 2.4 percent of all wins can be attributed to players with the Johnson surname. For the Suns franchise, however, that number jumps to 7.8 percent. A look at the ...
Friendly leaks of Olympic invites coming fast and
furious these last 24 hours. As of right now,
here's where the 12-man roster stands : Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Michael Redd, Carmelo Anthony, Tayshaun ...
Paul Pierce w/Finals MVP trophy One of our
boys was at the Celtics championship parade on Wednesday
and snapped some photos, which are posted at the end of this column. Of course Paul Pierce (who claimed he hadn't slept since Game 6) was enjoying the ...
Jason Kidd said Wednesday he's looking forward to
playing in Beijing even if it does cut into
his golf game. U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said the Olympic roster will be revealed on Monday, but Kidd said USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo ...
What do the members of Team USA have
to do with America's foreign relations? Absolutely everything if
you buy the aspects of their games that make them uniquely American.
On a conference call for the celeb-am golf
tourney in Lake Tahoe next month, Jason Kidd said
that Chuck is staying debt free, and is confident that he won't gamble at the golf event in Tahoe. Barkley is a 500-1 underdog to win the tournament.


























Rose named to USA Select Team