The DeMarcus Cousins situation continues to be a situation, with today’s blog marking the fifth consecutive headlines including his name (all in the last 10 days). Today’s top story provides our most complete and detailed look at that situation, covering all the angles, including Geoff Petrie’s job security, the Maloof brothers’ position and Cousins’ sudden switch of agents. Definitely a must-read. The other story that has dominated the news over the last week or so is the Nets’ search for a
Gracias, Pau, for linking to these highlights of Juan Carlos Navarro’s 33-point outing in FC Barcelona’s ACB victory over Real Madrid. [Read more…]
Larry Bird, Mark Price, Craig Hodges, Jeff Hornacek and Peja Stojakovic have all won multiple NBA three-point shooting contests. There’s a sixth name on that list, and it’s Jason Kapono. The only difference is that Kapono won his pair of trophies in different uniforms: with the Miami Heat in 2007 and the Toronto Raptors in 2008. Nearly four years after tying Hodges’ single-round record of 25, Kapono looks stunning in Panathinaikos Green. [Read more…]
In 16 unlikely years as a point guard who was shorter and lighter than his program listing of 5-10, 175, Avery Johnson overachieved slowly – but doggedly. When he finished his college career at Southern University, a historically black college in Baton Rouge, La., Johnson found 25 disinterested NBA teams. He had led the nation in assists with 13.3 a game and he was a showman – a miniature Magic Johnson with no-look assists and cross-court bounce passes to open teammates. But
Week 10 of the NBA Season coincides with the New Year. The Los Angeles Clippers look to continue to roll with their 16 game win streak. They have done it against a pretty tough schedule and this week it doesn’t get any easier with four games in five nights including @DEN – the league’s best home record, home to LAL in a pseudo home game for both clubs and a home and away against the surprising Warriors, who have no
Presenting the latest MVP rankings, and the New Year’s resolution list. [Read more…]
It’s been a roller-coaster week in my daily fantasy hoops (mis)adventures. We start every Monday with $100, and seem to have alternated between winning and losing nights. [Read more…]
Pity the poor Bobcats, losers of 18 straight. They had a 21-point lead and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (22 PTS, 9 REB) was outplaying his Kentucky teammate Anthony Davis (8 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK). Then Eric Gordon took over. [Read more…]