National Basketball League News and Rumors
Curry, Warriors take charge late vs. MavsAssociated Press, ESPN.com Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and David Lee's layup with 32.8 seconds left helped the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-101 Monday night. |
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Source: News Corp. working to own part of YESNov 19, 2012
Darren Rovell, ESPN.com News Corporation, parent company of Fox Sports, is inching closer to acquiring 49 percent of the YES Network, sources who were briefed by its board of directors on Monday told ESPN. |
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Spurs' Jackson (broken pinkie) out 4-6 weeksNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com San Antonio Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson is expected to miss four to six weeks after suffering a non-displaced fracture to his right pinkie finger during Monday night's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers. |
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Pacers hang on to keep woeful Wizards winlessNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com There were boos early and at the end for the winless Washington Wizards, who dropped to a franchise-worst 0-9 with a 96-89 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. |
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Spurs' Jackson out 4-6 weeks with hand injuryNov 19, 2012
Spurs small forward Stephen Jackson broke a bone in the pinky of his right (shooting) hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks. It happened in the first quarter tonight against the Clippers. |
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Cavaliers' Irving out month with broken fingerNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Cavaliers star point guard Kyrie Irving will miss at least one month with a broken finger. |
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Cavaliers' Irving out month with broken fingerNov 19, 2012
When the Cavaliers opened training camp, star point guard Kryrie Irving insisted he wasn't worried about being injury prone. |
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Z-Bo fined $25K for confrontation with PerkinsNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for confronting Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins following both their ejections in a game last week. |
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Wolves' Roy (knee surgery) likely out a monthNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Brandon Roy's balky right knee put him back on the operating table Monday, an ominous sign for a player trying to come back from years of chronic knee issues. |
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Section 15: Happy Birthday, MarcusNov 19, 2012
Jim Luttrell, nytimes.com The Off the Dribble team was interested in learning about Nets fans now that the team is in Brooklyn. Marcus Hardy's mother brought friends and family to Section 15 to celebrate his eighth birthday. |
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Knicks return to 'old-school' formula to win gamesNov 19, 2012
This is how the New York Knicks used to play, before the franchise tumbled into mediocrity and misery. |
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Bobcats' Thomas out 2 months with torn leg muscleNov 19, 2012
The Bobcats have announced that forward Tyrus Thomas is expected to miss approximately two months with a torn muscle in his lower left leg. |
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Bobcats lose reserve Thomas for two monthsNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com The Bobcats have announced that forward Tyrus Thomas is expected to miss approximately two months with a torn muscle in his lower left leg. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com At this point, most of the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interestin… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com This happened at yesterday's Lakers game. I can't stop watching it. I mean, just look at this fucking guy. The emphatic whipping off of the sunglasses, the backward hat, the arched eyebrow, the curl of his lips as he unleashes what was surely an epic br… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com When Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum — shelved since September with a bone bruise in his right knee and unlikely to play until January — told reporters prior to the Sixers' Friday matchup with the Utah Jazz that he'd suffered a "setback"… |
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Kelly Dwyer, 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: Hoopspeak. The Bobcats' insistence on … |
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The Nuggets Are a PuzzleNov 19, 2012
Jim Cavan, nytimes.com The Denver Nuggets were entertaining and successful last season, but have had a slow start this season. |
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5 Teams Hanging Tough Without Their Star PlayersNov 19, 2012
Spencer Lund, dimemag.com Through the first 20 days of the NBA’s regular season, injuries and setbacks have already occurred. Some, like Chicago, were injuries we already knew about; they would be without their former MVP, Derrick Rose, for a large portion of the season. Others,… |
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Marcin Gortat’s interview with a Polish publication reveals his uneasiness with the Suns’ offenseNov 19, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Considering what little was expected of them as they entered the 2012-13 season, the 4-7 start the Phoenix Suns have put together can be considered a triumph of sorts. The team is somewhat holding its own in the wake of the deal that sent two-time Sun a… |
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Wade regrets Clips game: Should have restedNov 19, 2012
Michael Wallace, ESPN.com Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade said Monday he regrets his decision to play in last week's game against the Los Angles Clippers after he initially hurt his sore left foot two nights earlier in Houston. |
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James, Durant named conference Players of the WeekNov 19, 2012
The Miami Heat's LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant on Monday were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 12, through Sunday, Nov. 18. |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com Memphis handily beat the then-undefeated New York Knicks on Friday night, the seventh in a row for the Grizzlies after losing their opening game to the Clippers. Combined combined with their victory over surprisingly frisky Charlotte a day later, they n… |
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We've Probably Seen The Last Of Brandon RoyNov 19, 2012
Tom Ley, deadspin.com After playing just five games in his comeback season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Brandon Roy is scheduled to have yet another knee surgery. The seventh of his career. The Oregonian is reporting that Roy is scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery on … |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Sporadic random NBA fans shouting out cat-calls and asking for a coach's dismissal is nothing new. Any time an arena quiets down for a spell you're bound to hear some wiseacre ("wiseacre," I say!) telling someone of authority that he's a bum, … |
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On the heels of his meteoric rise and monstrous contract, Jeremy Lin has looked mortal in Act II of his NBA career. Rob Mahoney breaks down Lin's struggles, plus other emerging trends. |
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Lin: Under D'Antoni, 'Linsanity' would have continued |
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Damian Lillard dunks in two needless points at the buzzer, offends Chicago Bull sensibilities (VIDEO)Nov 19, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com The little notes that wire services love to pass along (and we love to read) will tell you that Portland Trail Blazers rookie Damian Lillard "is the first player to average 19 points and six assists through his first 10 games since Isiah Thomas in … |
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Create-a-Caption: Kobe Bryant advises James HardenNov 19, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com "One thing you have to keep in mind, James — you've got to get your teammates involved, you know? I mean, you're using about 30 percent of your team's possessions and assisting on about 23 percent of your teammates' buckets. Me, on the other hand? … |
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Rajon Rondo stays in a blowout Boston Celtics loss in order to keep his 10-assist game streak alive (VIDEO)Nov 19, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com It's one of the NBA's open secrets: Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo passes up layups and potential good looks for himself in order to cobble together impressive assist totals. He's fantastic enough of a player to approximate his league-leading 12.3 ass… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Over the past few seasons, the Houston Rockets have lots of promising young forwards, which looks great on paper but has proven difficult to manage in practice. With several players in need of playing time to prove their abilities and improve their game… |
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Kobe Bryant’s Triple-Double Grounds The Rockets; Rajon Rondo Barely Keeps His Streak AliveNov 19, 2012
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Back in the preseason when the Lakers had all five starters together (a rare occurrence, we know), there were stretches where they were cooking better than Walter White on Breaking Bad. Mike Brown‘s failed experiment hid for a time what we saw once more… |
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Wolves' Rubio progressing, begins light practiceNov 19, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Ricky Rubio has started to do some light five-on-none work in practice for the Minnesota Timberwolves, another encouraging sign in his long rehabilitation from a torn ACL in his left knee. |
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Nate Taylor, nytimes.com Donnie Walsh began to rebuild the Knicks team in 2008, when he was president and general manager. Walsh, now the president of basketball operations for Indiana, saw up-close how much the Knicks have improved when they played the Pacers on Sunday. |
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Lakers coach D'Antoni has bench debut delayedNov 19, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mike D'Antoni is postponing his debut on the Los Angeles Lakers' bench, giving the coach a few more days to recover from recent knee replacement surgery. |
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It's time to give James Dolan credit for turning Carmelo Anthony-led NY Knicks into winnersNov 19, 2012
You know the guy, Jim Dolan. He impaired this franchise for a dozen years, alienating fans and media alike with higher ticket prices and no big victories. Fair is fair, though. If we blamed him for this jumble, we can laud him for the Knicks' 7-1 start. |
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Don't Look Now, the Spurs Are Changing Their GameNov 19, 2012
Here's a sobering thought: The Spurs are 8-2, with the fifth-best point differential in the league, and they are basically screwing around. OK, that'... |
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How many adjustments does a team need to make before you just throw up your hands and call it broken? If you read any of the papers in Los Angeles or ... |
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Jalen Rose Report: Gambling on NBA PlanesNov 19, 2012
Jalen details how gambling on NBA planes really works, how much money changes hands, and when debts are paid. |
