Ranking the small forwards, 30 through 21 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted on | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | No Comments
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Ranking the shooting guards, 10 through 1 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Raptors Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
First, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert implied LeBron James quit on his team in the playoffs. Now, Raptors president Bryan Colangelo is questioning Chris Bosh's desire to win while his club was chasing a playoff spot late last season.
It's sure going to make for some interesting homecomings for the Heat standouts next season.
Colangelo, interviewed on 590 The Fan in Toronto, admitted that Raptors officials were left scratching their collective heads when Bosh sat out seven games Feb. 19-March 5 with what was diagnosed as a sprained left ankle.
All told, Bosh missed 12 of Toronto's final 29 games and played only two minutes in a 13th. The Raptors went only 5-8 in those games and wound up missing the Eastern playoffs by one game. "Despite limited swelling and any...
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Antoine Walker is on some NBA teams' radars (Yahoo! Sports)
It has been said that in the event of a nuclear war, only cockroaches would survive. But here's another...
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Ranking the power forwards, 20 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
Slain NBA player Wright memorialized in hometown (AP)
The procession moved slowly and solemnly on Wednesday, a long line of mourners dressed in black and white, pausing in front of the silver casket of their slain native son Lorenzen Wright. Hundreds of fans, friends and family members of the former NBA player filed into the FedEx Forum in Memphis for Wright's memorial service and funeral, remembering the man many called "Ren" as a...
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Knicks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
False alarm. But what an alarm it was for Knicks fans.
When the Knicks announced that Isiah Thomas was coming back to the team as a consultant, the response was universally negative.
But the NBA didn't approve, either. League rules forbid anyone employed in the basketball operations department of an NBA team from having any contact with draft-ineligible players. Thomas obviously has such contact with such players in his role as head coach at Florida International University.
Thomas' opinion is still valued by Knicks chairman James Dolan even though the team floundered while Thomas was there and even though his sexual-harassment suit cost the team $11.6 million.
A series of public statements from the Knicks and the league Aug.
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Triano to replace D'Antoni as US coach (The Canadian Press)
Posted on | Monday, August 30, 2010 | No Comments
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. assistant coach Mike D'Antoni will miss the world championships because of a back injury and be replaced by Toronto Raptors coach Jay Triano.
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Suicide lines: The latest and greatest Kwame Brown news (Yahoo! Sports)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your sweet potato pancakes...
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Ranking the small forwards, 20 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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SL: Evan Turner 'can't wait to get started'; Calderon waits (Yahoo! Sports)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your Missouri football...
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Anthony joining Nets, Kings, Timberwolves? (Yahoo! Sports)
The Denver Nuggets are now really trying to get rid of disgruntled superstar forward Carmelo Anthony and NBA.com...
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Danny Ferry is headed back to San Antonio (Yahoo! Sports)
Former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry is headed back to the front office where his post-playing...
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Ranking the point guards, 30 through 21 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Wizards sign No. 17 pick Kevin Seraphin (AP)
The Washington Wizards have signed No. 17 overall pick Kevin Seraphin, who was acquired in a draft-day trade with the Chicago Bulls. Seraphin, a 6-foot-9 forward from French Guyana, spent the past four years playing for Cholet Basket. The French club signed him to a three-year contract in August, and he had to negotiate a buyout in order to join the Wizards.
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Ranking the shooting guards, 10 through 1 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted on | Sunday, August 29, 2010 | No Comments
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Prepare yourself to be very jealous of Roy Hibbert (Yahoo! Sports)
Last summer, the NBA world marveled as Kobe Bryant learned a lethal post game from none other than Hakeem...
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Top NBA Tweets: August 6 (SportingNews.com)
With so many active Twitter profiles across the NBA, we're going to take the legwork out of following these...
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Ranking the shooting guards, 20 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Suicide lines: Nuggets new 'Melo plan; Calderon will be ready (Yahoo! Sports)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your sweet potato pancakes.
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Worlds Capsules (AP)
Kevin Durant scored 14 points and got the United States started on a dominant second-quarter stretch in a 106-78 victory over Croatia on Saturday in its opening game at the world championship. Eric Gordon made four 3-pointers and had 16 points to lead the Americans, who turned a close game into a blowout by limiting the Croatians to six points in the second quarter.
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Ranking the power forwards, 10 through 1 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Ranking the small forwards, 20 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Griffin declines Nuggets GM job (SportingNews.com)
Posted on | Saturday, August 28, 2010 | No Comments
Former Suns VP of basketball operations David Griffin turned down the Denver Nuggets general manager position, according to multiple reports. The Arizona Republic reports Denver is likely to hire Toronto assistant GM Masai Ujiri. ESPN reports that one issue was the actual authority of the next Nuggets GM. Josh Kroenke, the son of owner Stan Kroenke, has a prominent voice in the franchise. The same can be said for Stan Kroenke's adviser, Bret Bearup.
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Wright's ex-wife says he left her house with drugs (AP)
The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright told police she saw him leave her home carrying money and a box of drugs the night he disappeared, according to court documents obtained Wednesday. Sherra Wright said her ex-husband left her home at 10:30 p.m. on July 18 with the drugs, returned a short time later, then left again with an unspecified amount of money, said an affidavit for a...
Amundson expected to sign this week (Yahoo! Sports)
Three teams are left in the running for free-agent forward Lou Amundson, who is expected to make his final...
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BDL Interview: Kevin Durant (Yahoo! Sports)
Kevin Durant is smooth, no duh. That's why they call him "Velvet Hoop," I'm guessing.
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Ranking the shooting guards, 20 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Anthony would consider Rockets and Nets, too? (Yahoo! Sports)
The Houston Rockets were in the middle of the pack in the Western Conference last year and the New Jersey Nets...
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Stephen Curry sprains ankle in practice (SportingNews.com)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry suffered a left ankle sprain in Team USA practice on Wednesday,...
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Family, friends mourn for Lorenzen Wright (The Canadian Press)
Posted on | Friday, August 27, 2010 | No Comments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a man's body outside of Memphis.
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Mark Cuban makes his rap video debut (Yahoo! Sports)
Mark Cuban has been an icon for rappers since, at least, 2007 when Lil' Wayne told Complex Magazine that...
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Ranking the shooting guards, 30 through 21 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Ranking the centers, 21 through 11 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Ranking the small forwards, 30 through 21 (Yahoo! Sports)
As summer winds down and the day-to-day "news" falls flat, BDL will be ranking each NBA position,...
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Tolliver signing with Warriors or Timberwolves (Yahoo! Sports)
Forward Anthony Tolliver spent last season with two different NBA teams — the Golden State Warriors and...
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Sixers forward Nocioni to miss Worlds (SportingNews.com)
Philadelphia 76ers forward Andres Nocioni will miss the FIBA World Championship with a left-ankle injury. The Associated Press reports the Sixers, who traded for Nocioni in June, advised him to skip the tournament. "Dr. [Jack] McPhilemy didn't like what he saw, and felt Andres should not play or put a lot of impact on the ankle," Sixers president Rod Thorn told the Philadelphia Daily News . "Andres wants to play and feels very close to his country, but, in this case, it's just not prudent for him to play." Nocioni, who was...
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Musselman getting another chance to coach (AP)
Eric Musselman is finally getting another chance to coach: in the NBA's Development League. He has enjoyed some of his best coaching success in basketball's minor leagues. The former Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings head coach is set to be formally introduced by the Reno Bighorns in a news conference Thursday.
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SL: Chris Paul happy in N.O.?; McGrady to Bulls in jeopardy (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted on | Thursday, August 26, 2010 | No Comments
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your clambersnambers.
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Scottie Pippen is a Hall of Famer (Yahoo! Sports)
Here's my five, and we're going to beat you. I'm running Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan in the...
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Suicide lines: Shaq committed to No. 18; Brown back in L.A.? (Yahoo! Sports)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your roti prata.
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Nets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The Nets acquired some valuable insurance in case rookie Derrick Favors needs time to develop at power forward.
And, on top of that, they got a Jersey guy.
Troy Murphy, a nine-year veteran, was acquired from Indiana in the four-team deal Aug. 11 that also included New Orleans and Houston. The only player the Nets gave up was starting shooting guard Courtney Lee, who went to the Rockets.
Murphy is a solid pickup for several reasons.
First, he can play a little bit. He averaged 13.3 points and 9.2 rebounds in his three-plus seasons with the Pacers and can shoot a 3-pointer as well as bang underneath. But Murphy's $11.9 million contract also fits the Nets' needs perfectly because it expires after the 2010-11 season, which means they could get something for...
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US coach says team still learning to play together (AP)
The United States has three major problems to solve if it is to dominate the forthcoming World Championship, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday. Krzyzewski, who has assembled a roster of young NBA talent, said that a lack of height, the differences between NBA and global basketball rules, and his players' lack of experience playing together are all challenges for the U.S.
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Even The Worst Teams Have Reason For Optimism (SportingNews.com)
It may not often seem like it, but a team's fortunes can turn around almost instantly in the NBA.
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