 | Playing the What If Game
10.30.2008
#1: What if Boston is happy with its one Championship and the entire team just starts playing for themselves? What if what everyone feared would happen in the first place happens this season and (...)[+] 2 Comment(s) |
 | The New-Look New Jersey Nets
10.3.2008
The New Jersey Nets needed a change. It had become painfully apparent that the three-headed monster of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson wasn't going to take them anywhere near a (...)[+] 10 Comment(s) |
 | Why The L.A. Lakers Won the Trade Deadline Sweepstakes
02.22.2008
My AM Take: Forget his diverse skill-set. Forget his 20-10 numbers. And forget he’s a world-class player. The Lakers’ acquisition of Pau Gasol accomplished something bigger –it (...)[+] 9 Comment(s) |
| Analyzing Kobe Bryant & Team USA’s FIBA Americas Gold Medal Win
09.2.2007
The dictionary defines redemption as the act of redeeming or making up for past sins. Team USA defines it as dominating every country participating in the 2007 FIBA Americas Tournament. The (...)[+] 7 Comment(s) |
| Beijing Bound: Carmelo Athony, Kobe Bryant, & Team USA Qualify For Olympics With Win Over Puerto Rico.
09.1.2007
A few of life's certainties: death, taxes, and Team USA succeeding at the 2007 FIBA Americas Tournament. Stars and Stripes officially joined death and taxes on Saturday, beating Puerto Rico (...)[+] 9 Comment(s) |
| Greatest Dunk In Team USA’s History: Carmelo Anthony’s One-handed Jam or Vince Carter’s Leapfrog?
09.1.2007
You knew the comparisons were inevitable. They started started right after Carmelo Anthony froze his man with a stutter-step and threw down a one-handed jam on what felt like all of Argentina. (...)[+] 26 Comment(s) |
| FIBA: Coach Mike Kryzyzewski & Kobe Bryant Form Solid Team USA Partnership
08.30.2007
Everybody has an opinion on Kobe Bryant. The all-world guard polarizes people like the New York Yankees, Manchester United football club, Facebook, and 'W' all rolled in one. There's no middle (...)[+] 9 Comment(s) |
| Salary cap set at $55.63 million, moratorium period ends Wednesday
07.11.2007
The cap, which will rise about $2.5 million from last season's $53.135 million, takes effect Wednesday, when the NBA's moratorium period ends and trades can resume. Negotiations with free agents (...)[+] |
| Portland selects Oden with top pick
06.29.2007
The Trail Blazers, who finished 32-50 in 2006-07 and did not qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight year, made the No. 1 choice in the draft for the first time since 1978. They selected (...)[+] |
| NBA extends TV deal with ABC/ESPN and TNT
06.27.2007
Financial details of the deals were not immediately disclosed. "We are honored by the expression of confidence that these contracts, with two of the most respected media companies in the world, (...)[+] |
| San Antonio’s dynasty bred by Duncan, embraced by Parker
06.15.2007
Just like Michigan State's Jud Heathcote with Magic Johnson, Indiana State's Bob King with Larry Bird and North Carolina's Dean Smith with Michael Jordan. Ten years since holding the honor of (...)[+] |
| Camby, Bowen, headline All-Defensive Team
04.30.2007
Camby is making his third appearance on the All-Defensive First Team, while Bowen, the leading vote getter, was named to the All-Defensive Team for the seventh-straight season. Spurs' forward (...)[+] |
| NBA sets all-time attendance record
04.19.2007
It was the third consecutive year that the league has set a new high water mark in attendance. This season's average attendance of 17,757 fans per game bested the 2005-06 record of 17,558 fans (...)[+] |
