Monday Morning Donuts: Oprah At The State Fair!
DallasBasketball.com —
[image] More Mavs “throw-in’’ talk, Jet as a defender (?), the tough job of Mavs PA announcer, an angry Durant, a rejuvenated Piston, a Spurs find, two former Mavs talking “good times’’ … and Oprah! ... It’s Monday Morning Donuts! DONUT 1: My game story last night ...
Suicide lines: 'Melo's hot start; Durantula responds to critics
Ball Don't Lie —
Each weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related
stories to digest with your turkey and pumpkin pie. (Happy Thanksgiving Day, Canadians!) Benjamin Hochman, The Denver Post: "In this preseason — and, I know, I know, it's preseason — [Carmelo Anthony(notes)] has been shooting splendidly, which is a testament to his hard work with his personal coach this summer and, I hope, a harbinger that he will shoot effectively and efficiently in 2009-10. (Last season, Anthony shot 44.3 percent from the field, his lowest mark since 2004-05.) This preseason, Melo has had a couple of ...
Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Two Man Game —
A proposed nickname for dominant preseason presence Kris Humphries: Krash Humphries. Two notes: I generally shy away from intentional misspellings in nicknames unless they’re especially pun-worthy, and technically Gerald Wallace already has the nickname ‘Crash’, even if it’s a different spelling.
Related: Mike Fisher sees similarities between Humphries, Eduardo Najera, and Brandon Bass.
Michael Lee of the Washington Post (on his Twitter account, @MrMichaelLee), during the Mavs-Wiz preseason bonanza: “Rodrigue Beaubois just picked Gil’s pocket and dunked. He looks nice. Has 11 ...
