New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith is always battling slanderous tweets directed towards him, and never fails to bring it up after the conclusion of a game – especially when the team loses, as it did on Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors. Smith scored a team-high 26 points on eight-of-17 shooting – a strong effort by the guard, who had to carry the load for an offensively futile night for the Knicks, as they shot just 35 percent as a team.
The Golden State Warriors are generally recognized as a very nice, non-confrontational type of group, led by their coach and pastor Mark Jackson, who will never use a curse word to get his point across. Apparently, that attitude does not fly with center Andrew Bogut, who went on a rant about the lack of defense played by his teammates after suffering another embarrassing defeat to the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night at home. Here’s what he had to say, from Marcus
The New York Knicks are actively seeking to trade for a backup point guard, having lost faith in Pablo Prigioni’s ability to run the team in the event Raymond Felton gets injured again, league sources tell SheridanHoops.com. [Read more…]
Today on SheridanHoopsRadio, host Brian Geltzeiler was joined by debuting co-host Seth Everett of Fox Sports Radio and interviewed columnist Brian Kamenetzky to discuss the current state of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers basketball. Site editor Chris Sheridan also joined the show and revealed his player who is most likely to be traded. Enjoy the show! Listen to internet radio with Sheridan Hoops Radio on Blog Talk Radio
The Lakers go into the All-Star break with one major immediate concern and one major long-term concern. Short-term, how do they measure up against their hallway rivals, the Clippers? We’ll find out Thursday night, and as Mark Heisler reports in this video with CineSport’s Noah Coslov: “It’s more significant than they would like. One way or the other, it’s going to be a real big upper or a real big downer.” [Read more…]
Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu has been suspended for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy. According to Jessica Camerato of CSNNE.com, Turkoglu tested positive for methenolone. Methenolone, not to be confused with methadone, is an anabolic steroid. According to Wikipedia, it’s found in nature in the adrenal glands of “pregnant domesticated felines.” Nadzeya Ostapchuk, a shot putter from Belarus, was stripped of a gold medal in the Olympics when she tested positive for methenolone. Here’s Turkoglu’s statement, via Josh Robbins of the Orlando
Kentucky freshman big man Nerlens Noel has a torn ACL and is out for the season, which could have a huge impact on the top of the 2013 NBA draft. The school is announcing the extent of the injury. Noel is expected to have surgery in two to three weeks and be sidelined six to eight months. Six months from now is August. Eight months from now is mid-October, which means NBA training camps already will be under way. And there is no
Let’s take a run up and down America’s best state (sorry, we are Cali guys) and check on all four teams. [Read more…]