James reveals struggles with prep fame in new book
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »LeBron James struggled with sudden fame after appearing on Sports Illustrateds cover as a 17-year-old and admits he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school. Those are two of the revelations in a book chronicling James rise from Akron, ...
Records shed light on Cuban-Nelson dispute
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The feud between Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and former coach Don Nelson stretches back nearly seven years and has some $7 million at stake. But just how ugly and dysfunctional their relationship has been is only now being revealed. Previously ...
Free agent forward Chris Wilcox signs with Pistons
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent forward Chris Wilcox to a multiyear contract. The 26-year-old Wilcox has appeared in 448 NBA games since the Los Angeles Clippers drafted him eighth overall in 2002. He also has played for Seattle/Oklahoma City ...
Pacers waive G Tinsley
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Larry Birds housecleaning project is complete. The Indiana Pacers announced that they waived point guard Jamaal Tinsley on Wednesday, and a team spokesman said the NBA will process the request Thursday. If he clears waivers in seven days, he will become ...
Jazz keep F Paul Millsap
Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Paul Millsap is staying with the Utah Jazz. The Jazz matched the Portland Trail Blazers $32 million offer for the restricted free agent, keeping Millsap in Utah with a new four-year deal. Keeping Paul on our roster was one of our main ...
Clippers trade Randolph to Memphis for Richardson
Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »The Clippers have traded leading scorer Zach Randolph to Memphis in exchange for Quentin Richardson. The deal was announced Friday. Richardson averaged 10.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in 72 games with the New York Knicks last season. Hes returning to the Clippers, ...
Yao Ming to have foot surgery
Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Houston center Yao Ming will have surgery on his broken left foot next week and will likely miss all of next season, the latest blow to the Rockets faltering bid to return to the NBAs elite. The team said Friday that ...
Frye comes home to play for Suns
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »Channing Frye grew up cheering for the Phoenix Suns. Now hell play for them. It feels good to be home, Frye said at a U.S. Airways Center news conference Tuesday. I know Im comfortable here. I know I can win in ...
Stern hopes to return profitability to NBA
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »NBA commissioner David Stern said Tuesday he hopes the league can come up with a plan to return itself to profitability as it grapples with decreasing revenues. The losses that are being shown by the league and the decrease in business, ...
Heat tell Wade they want him to stay
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »When Dwyane Wade checked his cell phone shortly after midnight Sunday, he got perhaps the most predictable text message of his life. After all, it hardly classifies as stunning news that the Miami Heat want to keep him. Wade said Heat president ...
