By Dubi Pick If I were to challenge myself to guess who’s more frustrated about his current situation, recently fired Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Ilias Zouros, or the team’s point guard, Ty Lawson, I’d go with the latter. The Denver Nuggets’ exile blew off a lot of steam lately with a series of aggressive tweets, seemingly indicating he might be on his way home while bashing European basketball. A simple look at Lawson’s last four games clearly shows he hasn’t adjusted to
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Basketbrawl Video from China
Hat tip to loyal reader Lan Qiufan for sending me this video of a fight between the Guangdong Foshan Dralions of the Chinese Basketball Association and team from Melbourne, Australian. It is not the greatest fight video of all time, but it is part of a growing trend. With fights having been all but eliminated from the NBA, the best stuff is coming in from China, like the big brawl two months ago between Georgetown and the Bayi Rockets. [Read more…]
Tweet of the Day: Ty Lawson
Want to know the story behind this tweet? Kurt Helin wrote about it for NBCSports.com.
Hubbard Column: Comedy, perhaps, but was that Gumbel’s intention?
One element previously missing from NBA negotiations was introduced last week, and we have Bryant Gumbel to thank for that. At a time when NBA fans were at their most depressed about the potential loss of the season, Gumbel took matters into his own vocal cords and provided a little comic relief. Thanks, Bryant. We needed that. Hard to believe, but some were offended by Gumbel’s suggestion on his HBO show Real Sports that David Stern was like a “plantation overseer.” Come on.
The Shawn Kemp award goes to …
… someone other than Al Harrington. Although we have to give Al some props for trying. Aside from his offspring accomplishments, Kemp is best known for putting on some 50 pounds of extra weight during the 1998-99 lockout. He was never the same player afterward, and his is still a case study on what kinds of collateral damage (David Stern”s phrase from June 30) can happen during a lockout. From Susan Stapleton of HauteLiving.com: “On Saturday, Denver Nuggets player Al Harrington took the
Cuban had idea for eliminating salary cap
That was the word today from union director Billy Hunter in a podcast with Bill Simmons of Grantland.com. Simmons writes: “My takeaway from the hour: Billy seems convinced that his players are absolutely sticking together (that’s his “leverage,” so to speak); he feels like the league is in a much better place than it’s pretending to be; he’s more than happy to work with the more thoughtful owners on ambitious big-picture solutions; he believes the owners’ side has a built-in advantage
Tweet of the Day: J.J. Hickson
For those of you who may have missed it, Hickson is joining Bnei Hasharon of the Israeli League, where he will replace Wizards forward Trevor Booker, who left because of an injury. @JJHickson21 JJ Hickson Made it to Israel tweeps! Wow what a beautiful place! 1 hour ago via web
Heisler Column: At Long Last, Crunch Time
By Mark Heisler Talk about the matchup we waited our whole lives for … Bryant Gumbel vs. Paul Allen! What’s the chance of them fighting a steel cage death match? Things look that bad — as things figured to at this point with the warring parties already out $330 million … soon to be $660 million when Jefferson Davis, er, David Stern cancels two more weeks. The NBA trotted out Allen, the nation’s No. 23-ranked billionaire, now cautioning prudence after years of $100 million payrolls
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