If you visit this site with any regularity, then you know I recently wrote a piece listing the NBA’s top 10 point guards. The list includes some relative newbies such as John Wall and Kyrie Irving. It also does not include Deron Williams and Derrick Rose, who in my opinion have not done enough of late to merit inclusion among the best players at arguably the most talented position in the league. Apparently, the folks at Rip City Radio 620 in Portland
Every now and then, NBA players will have a little fun with fans from around the league in various ways. Sometimes, it happens in a clothing store or right in your playground. Other times, the players are out to get the best of you like here and here. Point guard Jeremy Lin of the Los Angeles Lakers decided to try his luck as a wax figure to see if spectators would fall for the prank at a wax museum. [Read more…]
Though the Atlanta Hawks have only just begun rebuilding their image in the NBA, senseless words now have it falling apart. The Atlanta Hawks are in too deep now, and it has little to do with owner Bruce Levenson. As alluded to in last night’s Tweet post, general manager Danny Ferry is in hot water for reading a racially insensitive scouting report aloud during a conference call with Hawks management and ownership back in June. Some of the
It has been a delicate summer for the NBA — and professional sports as a whole — that is now becoming even more so. The NBA is in the spotlight again for another issue surrounding race and Atlanta Hawks owner, Bruce Levenson, and GM, Danny Ferry, are at the center of it. If the statements that Levenson and Ferry made — independent of each other — are proven to have racial intent, this could be another disaster for the NBA that is
BARCELONA — Attack mode. Derrick Rose had lost it. Now, after a long one-on-one meeting with Coach Mike Krzyzewski, he has rediscovered it. And all that talk about how he was hurting rather than helping Team USA should disappear, too. It was a sight to behold Tuesday night in a 119-76 victory over Slovenia, the Derrick Rose we had grown accustomed to seeing a couple years ago before the two knee injuries. The guy who exploded to the basket and always was
A controversial summer continues for the NBA. On the heels of the Donald Sterling saga, the association has again encountered a racial issue. Per ESPN, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson will sell his share of the organization after two-year-old messages were uncovered. As transcribed by Adi Joseph of USA TODAY Sports, Levenson made comments about the factor of race in Atlanta’s inability to sell tickets. 4. Regarding game ops, i need to start with some background. for the first couple
The suddenly-messy situation with the Atlanta Hawks got a bit messier on Monday night when an exposing letter written by Michael Gearon Jr – the minority owner of the team – was leaked for all to see. Atlanta TV station obtains more info on Danny Ferry. And I’m floored. http://t.co/PPSsvoI6f7 — Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) September 9, 2014 Danny Ferry… http://t.co/YKuYfJsZL9 — Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) September 9, 2014 Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported earlier on Monday that general manager Danny Ferry read the following words
Former Super Bowl winning running back Ray Rice will likely not play NFL football again this year, if ever. If you haven’t heard about Ray Rice you either don’t watch, read or pay attention to the NFL at all or you are living in a cave, in which case, you’re probably not reading this column. Ray Rice was the Baltimore Ravens running back. Was, until video of him assaulting his then fiancé in an Atlantic City hotel elevator