Welcome back to the MVP rankings, James Harden — even though guys on sub-.500 tams usually should have no mention in MVP discussions. We grant you leniency here, Mr. Harden, because the season is less than three weeks old [Read more…]
This was tweeted from Miami shortly after sunrise, which technically should disqualify it from Tweet of the Night. But it was still dark in Phoenix, where some poor soul had to clean up James’ vomit in the first quarter — unless LBJ made it to the toilet/sink in time. [Read more…]
Not only will you get some historical perspective in this podcast on the personal hell long-time Philadelphia 76ers fans have gone through coming out of blockbuster trades, but you’ll also hear a story about a baseball player — a well-known one– who used to carry a photograph in his wallet of his favorite gun. [Read more…]
Both knees? When Andrew Bynum used the word “setback” in describing his, ahem, recovery from a right knee injury, he understated the case with his choice of words. “I kind of have a mirror thing going on with my left knee,” Bynum said Friday night, disclosing the results of an MRI performed the previous day. [Read more…]
SAN ANTONIO — Coming off their first home loss of the season, the San Antonio Spurs got some bad news Friday when an MRI on Kawhi Leonard’s left knee showed quadriceps tendinitis. The small forward, who has started all nine games for San Antonio and is averaging 10.6 points on 49 percent shooting, is expected to be out of action for 10-14 days. He will not travel with the Spurs on the team’s upcoming six-game road trip that begins on Wednesday, Nov. 21
Our partners over at TiqIq have tickets available to every NBA game this season, and they have put together an interesting chart of the 10 most expensive games on the secondary ticket market. If you live in southern California and money is no deterrent, go ahead and fill up the Hummer with 93 octane and get ready for that Jan. 17 visit from the Heat. [Read more…]
I’ve noticed something in monitoring the NBA and the Internet over the past few days. The undefeated New York Knicks aren’t getting their props. And maybe props aren’t yet due. They played three bad quarters in Orlando the other night. They had an opening night blowout win over Miami after the Heat got stuck on their bus in post-Hurricane Sandy traffic for two hours on the short drive to the arena. They played Philly twice, and Philly doesn’t have Andrew Bynum
Yelling at a broadcaster does not merit a two-game suspension. That was the argument of the NBA players union today as it filed an appeal of Cousins’ two-game suspension for his altercation with Spurs broadcaster Sean Elliott last weekend. [Read more…]