National Basketball League News and Rumors
Jennings explodes in second half, propels BucksAssociated Press, ESPN.com Brandon Jennings scored 20 of his 30 points in the third quarter, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 117-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. |
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Dallas Mavericks center Chris Kaman did not play against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night because of a concussion. |
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Greg Oden's next comeback could be with the Cavaliers. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Klay Thompson scored a career-high 32 points and the short-handed Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-95 on Tuesday night. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers have emerged as the top teams to sign 2007 No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden, according to a CBSSports.com report. |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the situation says the Cleveland Cavaliers are exploring the possibility of signing center Greg Oden, the former No. 1 overall pick whose NBA career has been sabotaged by injuries. |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman has been trying to keep a lid on his wife's health issues that caused him to be away from the team for three weeks, preferring to deal with the situation privately while keeping his eye on th… |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King will meet with ownership on Wednesday and Friday to discuss interim coach P.J. Carlesimo and the job he's done so far, among other things, King said during a Monday interview with NBA.com. |
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P.J. Carlesimo is convinced after a month on the job: The Brooklyn Nets are a winning team. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com On Sunday, the NFL will stage the final game of its season. While the Super Bowl typically serves to communicate football's dominion over the sports landscape, it also ushers in a few months in which the NBA is the undisputed king of the athletic world.… |
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Section 15: Family FunJan 29
Nadia Taha And Patty Laduca, nytimes.com A Nets game is a night out for the Pritchards of Bedford-Stuyvesant: Steve, Nicole and their toddler, Ivy. |
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The Golden State Warriors are without three starters for their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. |
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Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is playing against Golden State despite missing the morning shootaround because he was sick. |
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Executive director Billy Hunter has fired his daughter and daughter-in-law from the NBA players' association, less than two weeks after a review criticized his hiring practices. |
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Stars In The Making?Jan 29
Kyrie Irving is the headliner of the 2011 NBA draft class. That doesn't mean he's the only future All-Star in that crop. Ben Golliver sizes up others who could be primed to break out. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: 48 Minutes of Hell. Outlet passes matt… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com On Monday, the Miami Heat visited the White House in order to be congratulated by Barack Obama for winning the 2012 NBA championship. The visit was a worthy endeavor if only because it led to the creation of the photograph above. More » |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com When the Miami Heat won the NBA championship in June of 2012, they did so mainly on the strength of LeBron James’ emerging interior game. LeBron wasn’t endlessly tossing down jump hook after jump hook in that championship round, and to his credit his … |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com Allen Iverson still wants into the NBA, but he won’t be making it via the NBA Developmental League’s Texas Legends. Iverson turned down the offer by Mavericks executive Donnie Nelson today to play for Legends head coach and former NBA journeyman Eduar… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Back in August, fresh off his team's five-game NBA title win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat triggerman Mario Chalmers said he belongs "in the front end of the top 10" among NBA point guards. Clearly, the past five months have seen … |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com We mentioned this move in Smack, and as great as this finish was — one-handed, with the left, right over the top of Bismack Biyombo — Stacey King‘s call still beats it. King is always in rare form, and just minutes after this play, started lobbying … |
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A newspaper reader writes a letter to the editor complaining about ‘no photographs of Ricky Rubio’Jan 29
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com On Saturday night, Minnesota Timberwolves second year guard Ricky Rubio played what was easily his best game of the 2012-13 season. The point man made four of nine shots, a modest mark that still lifted his shooting percentage on the year from 23 percen… |
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Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce showed up for his pre-practice meeting with reporters carrying a basketball, which he bounced from time to time while answering questions. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Well, this is pretty goddamn cool. The NBA has made ten classic games available for purchase on iTunes. You can now download and watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first game, Game 7 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals, and Game 1 of the 1997 finals as many … |
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Greg Payne, ESPN.com The Boston Celtics took the practice floor for the first time Tuesday since news broke that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo would miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. |
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Kyle O’Quinn rocks Andray Blatche in the face with a basketball in sideline save attempt (VIDEO)Jan 29
Dan Devine, yahoo.com "Thanks, Orlando Magic rookie Kyle O'Quinn." - every Washington Wizards fan, probably, with pretty good reason. "Thanks, Orlando Magic rookie Kyle O'Quinn." - Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard, probably, with pretty good reason. "Thanks, Orlando |
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Robert Parish is ‘restless’ and wants an NBA coaching job, but may be going about it the wrong wayJan 29
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Robert Parish would like a job. The Basketball Hall of Famer and four-time NBA champion hasn’t been associated with the NBA since his final season with the Chicago Bulls in 1996-97, and he cannot understand why he’s been passed over for so many potent… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com There weren't very many reasons for Utah Jazz fans to cheer on Monday. Their team started the game by allowing the Houston Rockets to hit seven of their first 10 shots, then gave up 17-4 and 8-0 runs to fall behind by 20 in a second quarter that ended w… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com This-and not Carmelo Anthony's spy/Slayer roadie-is the reason parabolic microphones were invented. And the ball listened-it knows what's good for it. More » |
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Michael Sykes II, dimemag.com In a world where everything is instant, overreaction is expected. Today’s world has no gray area, only black and white. Seeing things differently and reading between the lines is too much work. That’s where your 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers stand right … |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com We joked in Smack that Harrison Barnes should be given his own dunk contest during All-Star Weekend. He’s already had about three facials this season that had us spitting out our drinks, and while this one probably isn’t as nasty as his crowning on Ni… |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com Utah got eviscerated so badly by the Rockets last night that Jazz fans were booing in the second quarter. James Harden was a big part of that, scoring 25 and delivering one of the nastiest dunks we’ve ever seen from him. This was one of those slams wher… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Several times during his rookie season, we ripped Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson not so much for his choices with the Xs and Os, but for acting a bit of a blowhard in ways that reminded of his annoying turn as ABC/ESPN analyst. And though he’s… |
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You Better Believe ItJan 29
Is Chris Bosh headed to the Hall? Count on it. Carmelo Anthony? Not yet. Ian Thomsen examines the 18 active players most likely to make the Hall -- and the five still on the bubble. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com It's no small secret that the Sacramento Kings are in a volatile period right now. As current owners Joe and Gavin Maloof wait for approval on their sale to a wealthy Seattle-based group and Sacto mayor Kevin Johnson spearheads an attempt to keep the fr… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Against all odds, Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace has turned into one of the more fun-loving players in the NBA, albeit not without his share of controversy. MWP, like many people in LA, also happens to associate fun with being on TV, and i… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Andre Iguodala made a free throw with 0.4 seconds remaining after forcing a turnover to deny a last-second shot by Indiana, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Pacers 102-101 Monday night. |
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The Nets really didn’t learn anything new about themselves when they swatted away yet another Eastern Conference patsy in the form of the Magic. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Jimmy Butler scored a career-high 19 points and Nate Robinson added 15 as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 93-85 on Monday night. |
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Philadelphia's 103-100 loss to Memphis was tough. So is trying to salvage a once-promising season not knowing when, or if, Andrew Bynum will return, writes Chris Mannix. |
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As spatial analytics slowly creeps its way into the NBA, we're beginning to evaluate performances and tendencies in new ways. Perhaps the most basic i... |
