NBA Essentials: A Team of Mavericks Jerks
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... half of a self-link.) 3. Indy Cornrows. Someone out there is willing to defend Jamaal Tinsley and explain why he's in a feud with Jim O'Brien. That someone is ... Peter Vescey. 4. Associated Press, via GSoM. The Warriors are getting rid of mascot Thunder because of Clay Bennett's swag-jack. Team Robert Rovell reveals Thunder might get ditched in China next week. 5. Los Angeles Times. Wait, Lamar Odom is going to L.A.'s point guard now? ...
Andrew Bynum's Place on the Marquee
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... favorites. Adding to that core a complete man-child hitting his physical stride, a cat who'd be the best player on about 12 NBA rosters ... this team's potential for devastation is immeasurable. The only dudes who can screw it up are the dudes themselves. Lamar Odom already bristled at the suggestion he'd come off the bench in a prospective altered line-up amid Andrew Bynum's return. Instead, Phil Jackson set up Odom as the offensive initiator, a point guard in gazelle's clothing. As a form of discipline but amid reports Bynum and ...
Derek Fisher Suspended For Game 3
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by Tom Ziller Filed under: Lakers, Rockets, Playoffs That forearm earned Lakers guard Derek Fisher a one-game suspension. If the Lakers had one concern heading into the postseason, it'd be point guard with sinking Jordan Farmar and green Shannon Brown. But Phil Jackson is forced to depend on the kids in Game 3, unless he has some (Lamar Odom-related) trick up his sleeve. Fisher has argued that he mistimed his move, that he ...

