Archive for the 'Basketball - NBA' Category
This is insane… these guys are grown men acting like children. From ESPN.com:
NEW YORK — With his career in New York seemingly finished, Knicks guard Stephon Marbury lashed out at teammates and coach Mike D’Antoni a day before he was to meet with team president Donnie Walsh about a possible buyout, the New York Post […]
The $1.1 billion stadium, in Arlington, is now 3-for-3 in bids for mega-sporting events!
Then announced Wednesday that it willhost the 2014 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. The stadium, which opens in 2009, is already home to the 2010 NBA All-Star Game and the 2011 Super Bowl.
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An amazing collection of the best NBA Playoff moments guaranteed to waste your afternoon.
I bet you can’t watch just one.
Watch them all here.
This is so obviously a bad idea its shocking that so many of the Spanish players seem confused about the expected backlash…
From the AP:
BEIJING — Players on Spain’s Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese.
The photo, which has been […]
Sometimes, you wonder what are they thinking? smoking?
“Hopefully, he’s not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands,” Yao said, according to the Chronicle, about Ron Artest, who joined Yao’s team.
When asked about those comments, Artest said Yao had bought into “all the propaganda” about him, according to The Sacramento Bee.
“I understand what […]
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley.
Rose, a Chicago native, led the Tigers to the national championship game in his lone college season. The Bulls opted for the point guard’s playmaking ability over the scoring […]
So… it’s over: Boston Celtics claim their 17th championship… the Lakers were not really ever in it, even though sure, technically they almost came back to win Game 2 in Boston and had they not lost Game 3 in the worst meltdown (or best comeback - depending on your vantage point), blah-blah…
All right, point of […]
I had essentially lost interest in the NBA years ago, but the Lakers were my team dating back to the days of Kareem, Worthy and Magic… Boston has been such a turnaround story that it has been nearly impossible not to pay attention this year.
But regardless of all that, it just goes to show, when […]
#1:
1. 1987 NBA Finals, Game 4 (June 9)
Trailing by one point, the Lakers put the ball and the game in the hands of Magic Johnson. Like he had so many times before, he delivered the game-winning blow, a running hook shot in the lane.
The 107-106 victory over the Celtics gave the Lakers a 3-1 edge […]