ballerblogger.com - 8/5/2008
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Dave DeBusschere was nicknamed “Big D”. The “D” stood for Defense. A hard-nosed, tenacious forward, DeBusschere was one of the game’s all-time best defenders. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team in each of the award’s first six years of existence. ...
Sixers re-sign Lou Williams
insidehoops.com 8/5/2008 — 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 [...]
Pistons Sign Free Agent Kwame Brown
nba.com 8/5/2008 — Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the club has signed free agent center Kwame Brown to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Josh Powell Would Help Knicks' Lazy Front Court
nyknicksbeat.blogspot.com 8/5/2008 — After being released as the odd man out in Los Angeles (Clippers) Josh Powell is being looked at by the Knicks. The 6 foot 9 inch 225 pound-er showed last season that he can bang with the bigs down low. This is something the Knicks' bench would benefit from. This past season, he gave Curry and Randolph a clinic in New York, dropping in 13pts on 6-8 shooting in 23 minutes and ripped down 8 ...
David Lee Should be Knick For Life
nyknicksbeat.blogspot.com 8/5/2008 — David Lee recieved the same type of greeting that Danillo Gallinari got on draft night; heavy boos. Under Larry Brown, in his limited minutes, he quickly turned those boos into the loudest cheers that any Knick has heard since Sprewell. Continuously filling up the box score with double-digit rebounding numbers, making huge hustle plays and diving for loose-balls, Lee earned the love and ...
Josh Smith and Al Horford to Pistons? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 8/5/2008
I know what you are thinking: What is this idiot talking about? Well, apparently that was what was offered to the Pistons and they turned it down. Now, as a long time fan of the Pistons I simply wonder what they wanted in return that made them turn ...
ANALYST: KNICKS WORTH $500 MILLION —
NY Post: Sports 8/5/2008
An analyst commenting on the desire of Cablevision to sell off some of its holdings said today the Knicks likely are worth $500 million, well above the NBA average franchise value of $150 million. Andrew Zimbalist, a sports economist with Smith...
Knicks ownership considers selling some assets —
SI.com - NBA 8/5/2008
Nine months after shareholders rejected the Dolan family's latest bid to take Cablevision Systems Corp. private, the cable operator said Tuesday it is considering several options to boost its stock price including spinning off some of its diverse ...