About to fly out to NOLA to start my first chapter as a Hornet! — Ryan Anderson (@ryananderson33) August 19, 2012 Anderson will be playing for a coach, Monty Williams, who has some serious job security after signing a new four-year contract. Hornets GM Dell Demps pulled off a steal in acquiring the 3-point shooting machine from Orlando for Gustavo Ayon. But it bears mentioning that although Anderson won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award last season, he really didn’t improve much
NEW YORK — Former NBA Deputy Commissioner and Players Association executive director Simon Gourdine has passed away at the age of 72. Gourdine joined the NBA in 1970, and was named deputy commissioner in 1974, becoming the highest ranking African- American executive in sports at the time. In 1976, Gourdine was part of the landmark collective bargaining negotiations that created the NBA’s first free agency system, an agreement that also saw the NBA absorb four ABA franchises — the Spurs, Pacers, Nuggets and Nets. NBA
heard Ibaka signed an ext with the Thunder. Great young player who keeps getting better. Now the real question!What to do with James Harden? — Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) August 18, 2012 Eric Gordon contract of 4/65 mill Is a good gage to start with. It’s hard to get that with an ext, most teams get a little discount — Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) August 18, 2012 Is James Harden a max player? If Eric Gordon is a max player, and Brook Lopez is a max player,
NBA owners, players and coaches are taking sides in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, with players and coaches favoring incumbent Democrat Barack Obama and most owners supporting Republican challenger Mitt Romney. According to research by HoopsHype.com, the largest individual donation was $15,000 (to the Romney campaign) by Michael Gearon of the Atlanta Hawks’ ownership group. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey donated $8,500 to the Romney campaign (outspending his colleague in Boston, Danny Ainge, by $6,000), and $7,500 Romney donations were made by
Serge Ibaka deal is 4 years, $48 million, league source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) August 18, 2012 No NBA journalist breaks more news that Adrian Wojnarowski, who is finally flying back from Europe after covering the Olympics. (ESPN loathes him and fears him, FYI. And legend has it that Woj abhors the WWL — just a little inside info courtesy of this independent yet knowledgeable site). Woj’s latest scoop is a big one, because it ensures that every member of the
FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann FIBA has spoken. And their message to NBA Commissioner David Stern is this: We’re not changing the Olympics, bub. In an in-house interview with FIBA.com, secretary general Patrick Baumann took a strong stance against changing to a 23-and-under rule, which Stern and NBA owners are pushing for. Baumann said such a change would actually give the United States an unfair advantage because of the advanced developmental system in the U.S. compared to other countries. “There is
So I’m taking my daughter to school and look over to see a bus with smoke coming out of it and I see this ha instagr.am/p/Oby9z1rZ_J/ — Shelden Williams (@SheldenWilliams) August 17, 2012 How does that bus not get pulled over each and every single day?
The LeBron James haters include Osama Bin Laden’s translator. Seriously. Carlos Warner of Akron, Ohio, is a lawyer representing Muhammed Rahim, an Afghan who translated for deceased former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Rahim, who is imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, sent a letter to the Washington Post detailing his client’s complaints about his confinement. He also took a shot at James. “Dear Mr. Warner!” he wrote in a declassified letter. “Lebron James is very bad man. He should apologize to the city of Cleveland.” Warner, speaking to