Panic is setting in once again in Lakerland, with the latest piece of drama coming when Kobe Bryant called out Pau Gasol following Sunday night’s pitiful loss to the Orlando Magic. [Read more…]
I had the misfortune of attending Marquette University from 1983 through 1987, a time when the basketball program took a tumble that didn’t end for another decade — long before Dwyane Wade, Novak, or any of the other recent pros from the program made the school a factory for NBA talent. [Read more…]
We have a special affinity here for those who stand up to authority, and this week that affinity translates into a new hombre at the top of our MVP rankings. [Read more…]
The newest addition to the columnist staff at SheridanHoops.com is Charley Rosen, who has forgotten more about basketball than 99 percent of people know about basketball (like how John Havlicek used to get unofficial days off late in the season to go fishing). [Read more…]
NEW YORK – The NBA announced today that the San Antonio Spurs organization has been fined $250,000 for its decision to send four players (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Danny Green) home prior to the Spurs’ Nov. 29 game in Miami. The Spurs’ actions were in violation of a league policy, reviewed with the NBA Board of Governors in April 2010, against resting players in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA. NBA Commissioner David Stern stated: “The
NEW YORK — Veteran author/journalist Charley Rosen has joined the staff of SheridanHoops.com, giving the independent, non-affiliated Web site the most experienced staff of basketball journalists of any American news outlet. [Read more…]
Should NBA commissioner David Stern have kept his mouth shut instead of popping off pregame against “Pop”? Or were the “substantial sanctions” he alluded to nothing more than a precursor to a public re-assessment of the relative strength of the Miami Heat? Where does this thing go next? [Read more…]
NEW YORK — Rajon Rondo did not feel the full wrath of David Stern today, drawing a two-game suspension for instigating a brawl in Wednesday night’s game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics. It was one of the lighter fight-related suspensions in recent NBA history, and it paled in comparison to the 86-game penalty given to Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers in 2006 for his infamous role in the brawl that spilled into the stands at The Palace