Erik Spoesltra of the Miami Heat and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, whose teams had the longest winning streaks in February, were named Coaches of the Month, the NBA announced Thursday. The Heat are currently riding an eight-game winning streak under Spoelstra, who guided Miami to an 11-2 mark in February and was named Eastern Conference winner. The winning streak included wins at Atlanta, Milwaukee and Indiana on consecutive nights, making Miami the first team to win road games
Last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was correctly solved by Mike, who determined that all 20 players listed were active and had exactly one All-Star berth. Nice job. The latest list is below. See if you can determine the common threads among every player on the list. First correct responder gets mentioned in next week’s list. You can answer via the comments or send me a Tweet. The Bernucca List Andris Biedrins Jason Collins DeMarcus Cousins Al Harrington Dwight Howard Kurt Thomas Jason Thompson
Wednesday’s column mentioned a handful of players who need to be traded by the March 15 deadline. Apparently, NBA GMs are feeling the same way. No less than three players mentioned – Michael Beasley, Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson – saw their names dotting the interwebs as Wednesday became Thursday and February became March. There is some significance to that calendar observation. March 1 is the first day players signed to free agent contracts in the abbreviated offseason can be traded. So that
The New Orleans Hornets lost again last night, dropping their record to 8-27 before an announced crowd of 14,527. They are the worst team in the Western Conference, they are about to trade Chris Kaman for whoever ponies up the best bad offer, and all they are going to have to show for Chris Paul is Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Gordon (if he doesn’t leave as a restricted free agent, and if his knee is ever going to be OK again), along
我在中国的朋友，特别是晶晶珍妮 This photograph was taken at the 2012 All-Star weekend in Orlando at the Li Ning celebrity game: Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops playing in the Li-Ning celebrity game at NBA All-Star Weekend in February, 2012.
Kobe Bryant, wearing a mask to protect his broken nose, had 31 PTS, 7 REB and 8 AST as the Lakers trounced Minnesota. We know that Mamba is also playing with a sore wrist and maybe even a mild concussion. He’s one of the few athletes in any sport who seems impervious to pain. Kevin Love did not play, due to sore ribs and the flu, so this one was no contest. Anthony Randolph got 19 minutes and played well;
Who was that masked man? Did you mean the one in San Antonio, or the one in Los Angeles? Original masked man (aside from the “real” original, the Lone Ranger) Richard Hamilton made his long-awaited return to the starting lineup for the Chicago Bulls as they pulled off one of their most impressive road wins of the season, defeating the Spurs 96-89 in San Antonio. And Kobe Bryant slipped on a mask over his broken nose in Los Angeles and dropped 31 points
The 76ers are 12-2 with Spencer Hawes in the lineup and 9-13 without him. The Thunder are now 15-1 at home this season. Kendrick Perkins earned his 12th technical foul, leaving him one away from suspension. Hawks C Al Horford has been cleared to begin rehab from surgery for a torn left pectoral muscle. Rajon Rondo has 3 of the leagues 9 triple double’s this season, and the 10th of his career. The second-half of the Detroit Pistons game was delayed due to the lights