Lakers rest while awaiting start of NBA finals
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Kobe Bryant stared straight ahead, delivering his answer without emotion. His teammates were out of earshot, though Bryant undoubtedly told them the same thing. Asked what it would take to close out Denver in six games, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar ...
Nuggets say this is the start of something special
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Denver Nuggets are torn between what-ifs and what-a-year. Deep down, they still think theyre the best team in the West and maybe even in the NBA altogether. They wont get a chance to prove it, however, after losing the conference ...
Jackson wants NBA transparency to improve game
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson is still waiting for the NBAs new era of officiating transparency to improve the game. Speaking before Friday nights Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against Denver - a series beset by complaints about ...
Hansbrough not worried about draft order
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »There was more than a touch of defiance in Tyler Hansbroughs voice while he spoke Friday at the NBA predraft camp. Doubt me all you want, but I think I have a lot to prove, the winner of the 2008 Naismith ...
76ers, Jordan reach agreement for coaching job
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Philadelphia 76ers have found their next head coach, reaching an agreement in principle with Eddie Jordan to end a search that lasted nearly three weeks. Jordan was offered the job on Friday and made the decision later that night to ...
NBA referee Violet Palmer returns to college hoops
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Violet Palmer is leaving the NBA after 12 years officiating games to become coordinator of womens basketball officials for the West Coast Conference. Her hiring was announced Thursday. Palmer became the first woman to officiate a major U.S. professional sport when she ...
Karl wont rein in his Nuggets now
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »To make the NBA Finals for the first time - and bring their tattoos, athleticism and exuberance to the biggest stage of all - the upstart Denver Nuggets must win two games in a 48-hour span against a savvy Los ...
Barkley still drinking, golfing, not gambling
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Charles Barkley says he is still not gambling but might again someday. The NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst also said hes still drinking, but not drinking and driving, since a DUI arrest on New Years Eve. And Barkley cant wait ...
Sentence ex-NBA star Jayson Williams
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence Jayson Williams for covering up a fatal shooting at his mansion in 2002 and cited the former NBA stars recent erratic behavior, including an assault arrest in North Carolina. Williams, 41, was acquitted ...
NBA rescinds technical on Magics Howard
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard had his technical foul from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals rescinded by the NBA. Howard was given his sixth technical of the playoffs for taunting Anderson Varejao after a layup in the third quarter ...
