Coaching Circles

Shock Sign 50-Year-Old Lieberman to Seven-Day Contract

The Bad News Bloggers found this 7/24/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

ESPN.COM News Services reports "Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman is leaving the broadcast booth for the floor one more time -- and to set one more record. The Detroit Shock have signed Lieberman, the team's former coach and a current ESPN ...

Moving Forward with the Forwards

SteveC posted 7/24/2008 from 3shadesofblue.blogspot.com

Matt over at Hardwood Paroxysm emailed me last week to ask me a simple question that has been bandied about on the message boards for quite some time. That question was this: Why not take a stab at Josh Smith? He didn't use my response in his post about the matter, which is great for me, because now I can use it here.

O. J. Mayo chosen for USA Select Team

SteveC posted 7/24/2008 from 3shadesofblue.blogspot.com

Memphis Grizzlies rookie guard O. J. Mayo was selected to help the USA Senior National Team prepare for the 2008 Olympic games

The 'Toine Factor

SteveC posted 7/24/2008 from 3shadesofblue.blogspot.com

While there has been a ton of hours logged discussing the various aspects of the draft night trade that saw O.J. Mayo and Kevin Love change franchises, most of it has focused on those two players and sharpshooter Mike Miller while ignoring the other pieces in the transaction. Jason Collins should be a solid backup for the T'Wolves, while Brian Cardinal fills the need for a "token white guy" at ...

ESPN Page 2 - Jackson: Staying Melo

ballerblogger.com found this 7/24/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

There's something about Carmelo Anthony that seems to connect with people. Maybe it's because of the way he plays -- fearless, smooth in spots, but smash when it's called for. Maybe it's because he doesn't look like he's been hewn from stone; he has ...