ballerblogger.com - 6/8/2009
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Dave McMenamin of NBA.com: “Bryant has taken on the reputation as the game’s ultimate closer, and deservedly so, but it was Gasol who was 3-for-3 from the field and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter and overtime, compared to Kobe’s 3-for-7 and 7-for-8..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/10/2009 — J.A. Adande of ESPN.com: "This time, given a reprieve on the same play, given another chance on a night of several crunch-time mistakes, Bryant couldn’t even maintain possession. After the foul he stomped around, nearly stepping on Gasol, whom he never did offer a hand..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/14/2009 — Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: "‘Right now,’ small forward Hedo Turkoglu said, ‘I’m just happy to be in this situation.’ See what we mean? The Magic have an unusual way of looking at things wrong side up..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/25/2009 — Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: “The NBA Draft is Thursday night, and how strange it is that these two kids — neither with a college education, one born an ocean away and the other one having crossed that ocean for his apprenticeship — hold the keys to the whole thing...”
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ballerblogger.com 6/19/2009 — Michael Lee of the Washington Post: "With Arenas already back to his playing weight from five years ago, maybe Grover can help him return to that all-star, all-NBA form again. And, given how Wade bounced back to the form that made him Finals MVP in 2006, this might be the best move for Arenas..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/23/2009 — Rodney McKissic of The Buffalo News: “It pays to know what you are getting when you are investing dollars and draft choices, which is why the NBA and its teams are employing detectives to check on prospective players and uncover skeletons in their closets..."
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ballerblogger.com 5/10/2009 — Terence Moore of FanHouse: “You don’t play the opponent. You play the game. That’s what Knight used to say, and that’s what these Cavaliers do, which is why only the Los Angeles Kobes will stand between them and the Larry O’Brien trophy in June..."
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ballerblogger.com 5/27/2009 — Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com: "Only one player on the court performed like a world-class tail-kicker throughout the final five minutes of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, and it wasn’t the guy with the MVP trophy who keeps showing up in all those TV commercials..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/12/2009 — Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports: “They used to come to the brink of blows in empty gymnasiums as young Lakers, Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant refusing to back down. When older teammates skipped road trip practices to rest tired legs, these two dragged themselves to the gym..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/3/2009 — Johnny Ludden of Yahoo! Sports: "Assistant Brian Shaw, who also played under Jackson, has even told his old coach he’s grown soft. ‘He allows a lot more now with the guys in terms of talk-back and even just taking their opinions into account, more so than he did when we played,’ Shaw said..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/2/2009 — Jonathan Givony for NBA.com: “As is often the case when you put every NBA general manager, head coach, director of player personnel and scout together in one small gym the conversations in the bleachers are often far more interesting than the action going on the court..."
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