The correct answer to last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was provided in the comments section by Charles Romancin. The list was “active NBA players who played for the Seattle SuperSonics.” Yes, Antonio Daniels was active last season. After holding Nancy Lieberman’s hand with the D-League’s Texas Legends, he had a cup of coffee with the Sixers. This week’s edition is below. If you think you know the answer, tweet it to me or post a comment. The Bernucca List Elton Brand Antonio
Chris Paul fallout, and Deron Williams calls David Stern a “bully”
I am filling in for Chris Sheridan tonight. Hopefully this will go better than Brian Cardinal and Alex Ajinca filling in for Dirk Nowitzki. We applaud Deron Williams for his candor, but we also hope he doesn’t have to eat his words. Colin Stephenson of the Newark Star-Ledger has a story coming out of Nets practice today where Turkish legend Deron Williams called David Stern a “bully” and said he speaks to Dwight Howard “all the time.” “You’re fighting a bully, man,” Williams
Celtics will be on national TV the most
TEAM NBATV TNT ESPN ABC TOTAL Boston 7 11 9 4 31 LA Lakers 5 10 9 5 29 Miami 2 9 10 6 27 New York 5 8 10 4 27 Chicago 4 7 10 5 26 Dallas 6 8 9 3 26 Oklahoma City 6 6 9 2 23 Orlando 8 6 9 1 24 LA Clippers 7 4 9 0 20 Portland 7 4 7 0 18 Golden State 7 4 6 0 17 Phoenix 5 2 8 0 15 Atlanta 6 1 7 0 14 Denver 5 2 7 0 14 San Antonio 3 2 7 0 12 Utah 4 2 6 0 12 Memphis 5 2 3 0 10 New Orleans 7 1 1 0 9 Philadelphia 3 0 6 0 9 Sacramento 8 1 0 0 9 Houston 6 0 0 0 6 Minnesota 4 0 2 0 6 Washington 6 0 0 0 6 Milwaukee 4 0 1 0 5 Charlotte 3 1 0 0 4 Indiana 4 0 0 0 4 New Jersey 4 0 0 0 4 Cleveland 1 0 0 0 1 Detroit 1 0 0 0 1 Toronto 1 0 0 0 1
Bernucca column: 10 guys on the spot
Free agency starts Friday, and we can guarantee that by Sunday night, your head will be spinning. Coming out of the last lockout in January 1999, teams made a staggering 100 deals in the first two days. There were 67 transactions on the first day and another 33 on the second day. And that total doesn’t include waiving players or renouncing rights to create cap room. Unless you become a shut-in, spend the entire weekend in front of your computer and continually
The Bernucca List – Edition II
Here is the second edition of The Bernucca List. Last week’s debut seemed to be well-received, so we will do our best to make these challenging and fun. The correct response to last week’s list is “Active NBA players who have played at least eight years with only one team.” I believe this list is a bit more difficult. If you think you know the answer, tweet it to me. The Bernucca List – Edition II Ray Allen Nick Collison Antonio Daniels Kevin Durant Francisco Elson Reggie Evans Jeff Green Rashard
The Bernucca List – Edition I
(Chris Bernucca’s usual Thursday column ran on Tuesday of this week. Click here to give it a read. It is about how the post-lockout basketball in 2011-12 will be better than it was in 1999. Bernucca is also now going to start running a list of names each week, a puzzle of sorts. If you figure out the common denominator, send him a tweet. He is @ChrisBernucca – CS) The Bernucca List Kobe Bryant Nick Collison Tim Duncan Jeff Foster Manu Ginobili Chris Kaman Andrei Kirilenko Dirk Nowitzki Tony Parker Paul Pierce Tayshaun
Bernucca column: This is not your father’s lockout
OK, the NBA is back. Now what will it look like? In the days leading up to Christmas – and likely through the first month of a truncated season – there will be a fair amount of hand-wringing about the quality of play. Gloom-and-doom purists will reference the last lockout preceding the 1998-99 season, which by any measure was not among the NBA’s brightest days. In that forgettable season, the NBA was replete with quickly formed teams made up of poorly conditioned
Bernucca column: Take the NBA lockout quiz
Miss the NBA yet? Believe it or not, my wife does. She has a job with a long commute that usually gets her home around 9 p.m. By that time, my son and I have commandeered the TV and are bouncing back and forth on League Pass, trying to watch the fourth quarter of all the early games. Normally, she walks in while we are shouting at the TV about a great play or a blown defensive assignment or a missed call.