Rashad McCants, The NBA's Premier Poet (of Love)

NBA Poetry: Tracy McGrady's 'Broken Wall'

Hardwood Paroxysm found this 2/28/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Thanks to Wolves' wordsmith Rashad McCants , more and more of today's NBA players are picking up the pen to try and express themselves through poetry. It's a beautiful thing. And today we showcase one such poem: Tracy McGrady 's poignant piece ...

Everyone in the books as Raps roll

The AltRaps Blog found this 2/28/2008 on cuzoogle.com

Toronto 107, Minnesota 85 I am still thinking about that loss to the Knicks on Friday. Yes I know I need to move on but after tonight’s blowout of the Timberwolves the Raps should be on a five game winning streak out of the All-Star break. ...

Raps Mighty Over Minny

The AltRaps Blog found this 2/28/2008 on blog.rogersradiointernet.com

Things started off slow for the Raptors but by the time the final buzzer sounded … Toronto took care of business with a 107-85 thumping of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minny got off to a 12-2 lead against the Raps … and though T.O. ...

Ronnie Brewer Takes a Hard Charge

Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: ... found this 2/28/2008 on coachingbetterbball.blogspot.com

It's one of the most underrated plays in all of basketball, so I like to feature plays that involve a player taking a charge. It seems simple, but the reality is that it does take a certain kind of player to want to take a charge. I'm not talking ...

Pistons to sign Ratliff

kcudah posted 2/29/2008 from www.detnews.com

The Pistons are about to land the veteran big man they've coveted -- and his name isn't Dale Davis. The Minnesota Timberwolves placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers Thursday night and have agreed to buy out the remainder of his $11.6 million contract. If Ratliff clears waivers in the next 48 hours -- which is almost a given with his salary -- he will sign with the Pistons for the ...