Why I'm excited about the 2008-09 NBA season: Reason #4

No way José : the Spanish perspective

mookie posted 8/27/2008 from asternwarning.blogspot.com

Well, well. There certainly has been some conjecture over our article yesterday on José Calderón's opinion that there was some inaccuracies in the way the Gold Medal match between USA and Spain was officiated. A Spanish reader has provided some video evidence on where he thinks the problems lie.

Video: Rudy Fernandez dunk on Dwight Howard

Ball Don't Lie found this 8/27/2008 on www.interbasket.net

Well, it’s not quite a video of the dunk, but it’s a nice animated gif that shows just how great Rudy Fernandez’s dunk really was during the second half of the Olympic gold medal game. On the play, Rudy Fernandez and Pau Gasol ran a ...

Kobe Takes Over in the Fourth Quarter, Team USA Defeats Spain 118-107 to Claim Olympic

Maury posted 8/27/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

Kobe Bryant had 13 points and two assists in the fourth quarter as Team USA survived a gritty, determined performance by Spain to win the gold medal game, 118-107. Bryant began his onslaught with 8:13 left in the game and Team USA clinging to a 91-89 lead; in the next 2:11 he scored five points and assisted on a Deron Williams three pointer and a Dwight Howard dunk. Later, Bryant drained two ...

Phil Jackson: Dennis Rodman Best Athlete I’ve Ever Coached

Ball Don't Lie found this 8/27/2008 on dimemag.com

Not Mike, not Kobe. The Worm. “He could probably play a 48-minute game and play the 48th minute stronger than the first minute of the game,” Jackson told the crowd at UND. “He was that terrific an athlete.” Some video of Dennis doing ...

Cavalier News and Notes

Posting and Toasting found this 8/27/2008 on mvn.com

There isn’t much going on in the NBA world, as this is the time when most NBA front offices, as well as league offices, are on vacation. (Yeah, I know. Weird, right?) Which can explain the lack of news over the last week or so. So with that ...